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.
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.
Zero-trust architectures, endpoint protection, SOC 2 & HIPAA readiness, incident response. I assume breach and engineer accordingly.
Practical AI — not slideware. RAG over your own docs, workflow automation, private model deployment, and governance that holds up under audit.
Azure, AWS, M365, and on-prem — designed as one system. I rightsize what's there, migrate what should move, and keep what shouldn't.
Proactive monitoring, patch management, and a direct line to the person who actually built your stack. No ticket purgatory, no call-center scripts.
Quarterly roadmaps, budget forecasting, vendor negotiation, M&A IT diligence. I sit on your side of the table, not the vendor's.
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.
Contracted clients get a direct engineer response within four hours. No ticket triage, no call center.
Every environment is designed breach-assumed. Zero-trust isn't a buzzword here — it's the default starting point.
One engineer owns your environment. The person who picks up the phone is the person who built it.
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.
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.
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.