Salem, Oregon · Full-Stack IT & AI

The Infrastructure
Beneath Everything.

AI. Networks. Security. I build, secure, and operate the systems your business quietly depends on — one senior engineer, answering the phone, accountable for the outcome.

44.9429° N 123.0351° W Willamette Valley
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Oregon · Washington · Idaho
01 — Capabilities

Seven disciplines.
One operator for all of them.

01 / 07

Network Architecture

From a six-person clinic to a twelve-site operation — switching, routing, VLAN design, SD-WAN, and wireless engineered to a spec, not a spreadsheet.

Cisco / MerakiUbiquitiFortinet
02 / 07

Security & Compliance

Zero-trust architectures, endpoint protection, SOC 2 & HIPAA readiness, incident response. I assume breach and engineer accordingly.

SOC 2HIPAACISZero Trust
03 / 07

AI Integration

Practical AI — not slideware. RAG over your own docs, workflow automation, private model deployment, and governance that holds up under audit.

RAGLLM OpsAgentsOn-Prem
04 / 07

Cloud & Hybrid

Azure, AWS, M365, and on-prem — designed as one system. I rightsize what's there, migrate what should move, and keep what shouldn't.

AzureAWSM365Hyper-V
05 / 07

Managed Services

Proactive monitoring, patch management, and a direct line to the person who actually built your stack. No ticket purgatory, no call-center scripts.

MonitoringHelpdeskvCIO
06 / 07

Strategy & vCIO

Quarterly roadmaps, budget forecasting, vendor negotiation, M&A IT diligence. I sit on your side of the table, not the vendor's.

RoadmapM&ABudget
07 / 07

Custom Development

Websites, web applications, and native iOS & Android apps — built to spec, deployed to production. Design-to-delivery with the same engineer who manages your infrastructure.

Web AppsiOSAndroidReact
02 — The ObsidianNW Difference

Four commitments.
Not the marketing kind.

< 4hr
Response guarantee

Contracted clients get a direct engineer response within four hours. No ticket triage, no call center.

Zero
Trust architecture

Every environment is designed breach-assumed. Zero-trust isn't a buzzword here — it's the default starting point.

1:1
Dedicated engineer

One engineer owns your environment. The person who picks up the phone is the person who built it.

3states
Regional coverage

Oregon, Washington, and Idaho — on-site when it matters, remote when it doesn't.

I don't sell hours. I sell outcomes — the kind where your team forgets IT exists because it finally just works.

— Working principle, pinned above the desk
03 — Who we are

Built in Salem.
Made for the Pacific Northwest.

Cascade Range · Willamette Valley44.94° N

ObsidianNW is one person, on purpose. A senior infrastructure engineer who has spent over a decade building, securing, and operating complex systems — and has a disciplined refusal to take on work that can't be done to the right standard.

Founded in Salem in 2020, ObsidianNW exists because there's a gap in this region between "my nephew fixes computers" and a faceless enterprise MSP. This is the firm I wished I could hire. Based in Salem, working across Oregon, Washington, and Idaho — on-site when it matters, remote when it doesn't.

FoundedEst. 2020 — Salem, OR
BackgroundSenior infrastructure engineer
CoverageOregon · Washington · Idaho
OperatorOne engineer. No outsourcing.

Let's talk
about what you're building.

Intro calls are 30 minutes, on Zoom or over coffee in Salem. I'll ask hard questions. If I'm not the right fit, I'll tell you — and often who is.

BasedSalem, Oregon · Willamette Valley
HoursMon–Fri 08:00–18:00 PT · On-call for contracted clients
Reviewed personally within one business day. No autoresponder, no SDR follow-up — because there is no SDR.