“Neil and I worked in the same project together for over a year. He was the senior software architect for Unitrends Kentico platform and I joined them as a vendor for front end development, reporting to Neil directly. It was really impressive to work with someone who knew so much about Kentico CMS, .Net language and software development in general terms. Neil was always a step ahead of my questions. As I was based in London and he in Boston, we worked 100% remotely but keeping constant open communication through Skype, where we not only developed an incredible coding team, but also a nice and friendly relationship, sometimes even calling each other out of work hours just to have a chat. It's difficult not to become friends with someone so keen and professional. In short, I'd be delighted to have the chance of working with Neil again someday and I totally recommend him for any kind of software or technical challenges you might have.”
Elisha Powers
Northborough, Massachusetts, United States
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I build AI systems that run in production, on hardware I own, used daily. Not demos. Not…
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Thank you to the amazing people that turned up for my AI Development presentation. Technology Management Concepts #DirectionsNA
Thank you to the amazing people that turned up for my AI Development presentation. Technology Management Concepts #DirectionsNA
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We delivered a 2-month project in 3 weeks. With half the team. AI played a big role in that. A recent requirement was originally estimated at 4…
We delivered a 2-month project in 3 weeks. With half the team. AI played a big role in that. A recent requirement was originally estimated at 4…
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Worked on some digital art on my time away from work using the “Lake” iOS app 🎨🖌️🦾 It’s nice to clear my mind with a creative outlet once in a…
Worked on some digital art on my time away from work using the “Lake” iOS app 🎨🖌️🦾 It’s nice to clear my mind with a creative outlet once in a…
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Kentico Certified Developer
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CCNA
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CIW JavaScript Specialist
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CIW v5 Site Designer
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DATABASE I and II
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Database I
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Designing Customized Security
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Fundamentals of Organizational Behavior and Leadership
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IT Security
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Introduction to Programming
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Network Fundamentals
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Quantitative Literacy: College Algebra, Measurement and Geometry
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Quantitative Literacy: Quantitative Problem Solving and Applications
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PAIOS - Ending Executive Disfunction via AI
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PAIOS is a self-hosted AI operating system I built to solve a personal problem: ADHD makes it easy to see everything and finish nothing.
The system runs a three-checkpoint daily AI coaching loop (morning, afternoon,
evening), classifies behavioral data from multiple sources, and delivers
structured accountability with physical enforcement via Pavlok wearable.
Pipeline: Bee.Computer capture → classification engine → context builder →
Google Calendar sync → Notion (3…PAIOS is a self-hosted AI operating system I built to solve a personal problem: ADHD makes it easy to see everything and finish nothing.
The system runs a three-checkpoint daily AI coaching loop (morning, afternoon,
evening), classifies behavioral data from multiple sources, and delivers
structured accountability with physical enforcement via Pavlok wearable.
Pipeline: Bee.Computer capture → classification engine → context builder →
Google Calendar sync → Notion (3 databases) → daily coaching → Pavlok
stimulus + Pushover mobile notifications.
Memory layer: Qdrant vector database, Ollama local inference (nomic-embed-text),
SQLite. Reduced from 6,955 to 1,748 deduplicated memory entries via a
Memory Consolidation Agent I built for the system.
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 5, NVMe, Tailscale mesh, self-hosted on RV 12v
infrastructure with Nextcloud sync and Cloudflare tunnel over StarLink to 75mph.
This is production software running daily. It changes behavior. That was the entire point.
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POC: AI-Driven “Dev-in-the-Middle” Delivery System - fully working
On a legacy platforms with years of code and almost no documentation, I saw a major risk to delivery and onboarding new staff. I independently pondered and implemented an AI-assisted delivery and knowledge system alongside my normal project responsibilities, without being asked or assigned this work. I like to solve complex issues.
Using custom MCP servers running local for security reasons, Jira, Confluence, Python, APIs, and multiple AI models, I engineered a secure, local “long-term…On a legacy platforms with years of code and almost no documentation, I saw a major risk to delivery and onboarding new staff. I independently pondered and implemented an AI-assisted delivery and knowledge system alongside my normal project responsibilities, without being asked or assigned this work. I like to solve complex issues.
Using custom MCP servers running local for security reasons, Jira, Confluence, Python, APIs, and multiple AI models, I engineered a secure, local “long-term memory” layer over the codebase, database schema, tickets, meeting notes, and deployment history, keeping all context inside the company’s environment to align with internal AI restrictions and security requirements. This became the foundation for a "Dev-in-the-Middle" workflow:
When a BA opens a new story or bug, a trigger calls AI to automatically analyze historical tickets, documentation, relevant code, stored memories and recent deployments to gain context before working the case. Just like a good dev.
The system proposes a plan, then spawns agents to generate QA tests, implement the change in a new branch, add code comments, update in-house docs, and run code tests against in-house code design and security rules to stay in compliance.
On success, it posts a concise summary back to the ticket, adds Mermaid diagrams where useful, and opens a pull request for developer review and deploy.
Developers remain the decision-makers: they review, refine, or rework the AI output as needed, and their corrected commits and any rework feed back into the knowledge base so the agents continuously improve via contextual memory shared among the agents. In practice, the automation handled over 75% of tickets end-to-end and average eliminated 6–12 hours of code and systems research per ticket, freeing developers to focus on the most complex 25% of work issues while dramatically reducing ramp-up time for new hires. Trial by fire was a little easier and less costly to get the backlog caught up. -
HeyWrench - A non-mechanics best friend
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HeyWrench is an AI garage mechanic assistant built for hands-free use while working on vintage motorcycles.
The system provides voice-queryable access to deep repair knowledge — service
manuals, torque specs, wiring diagrams, diagnostic procedures, rebuild and repair procedures, part numbers and add to cart capabilities… the entire vehicle and garage context — without requiring the user
to touch a phone or keyboard.
Architecture:
- FastAPI backend (Python) on Raspberry…HeyWrench is an AI garage mechanic assistant built for hands-free use while working on vintage motorcycles.
The system provides voice-queryable access to deep repair knowledge — service
manuals, torque specs, wiring diagrams, diagnostic procedures, rebuild and repair procedures, part numbers and add to cart capabilities… the entire vehicle and garage context — without requiring the user
to touch a phone or keyboard.
Architecture:
- FastAPI backend (Python) on Raspberry Pi 5
- Qdrant vector database with semantic search over curated data as a knowledge store
- Ollama for local embeddings (nomic-embed-text)
- ElevenLabs TTS API for streamed voice responses
- Discord bot interface for mobile access
- web chat for the website and social media
- Cloudflare tunnel for remote access
Designed for real use: hands covered in grease, lying under a motorcycle,
asking questions out loud and getting spoken answers back including specs and step by step procedures.
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Hybrid Virtual Networking Offline
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Beyond the AI projects: I've replaced my entire cloud subscription ecosystem — OneDrive, Google Drive, etc — with a self-hosted Nextcloud running on a Raspberry Pi 5, backed by a QNAP RAID11 DR strategy, accessible anywhere via Tailscale. All my devices can get to any footage or code while at home, office or in the rv as if it were local.
The whole stack is built in the home lab and connected to the RV over StarLink. Every
architectural decision in this build was designed in…Beyond the AI projects: I've replaced my entire cloud subscription ecosystem — OneDrive, Google Drive, etc — with a self-hosted Nextcloud running on a Raspberry Pi 5, backed by a QNAP RAID11 DR strategy, accessible anywhere via Tailscale. All my devices can get to any footage or code while at home, office or in the rv as if it were local.
The whole stack is built in the home lab and connected to the RV over StarLink. Every
architectural decision in this build was designed in collaboration with AI and open-source.
— from initial planning through testing, troubleshooting, securing and iteration.
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California Avocado Commission
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See projectWorked with an agency to help upgrade Kentico 7 to 9 as the Sr. Architect, refactoring some really bad code to be clean and optimized.
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West Palm Beach
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See projectHelped finish the implementation of the sites' design and functionality. Worked on an upgade path and consulted as needed thru an agency.
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Seminars On Demand
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See projectKentico based website that needed some bug fixing, optimizations and custom cart integrations to InfusionSoft.
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Kentico Upgrade to Cooper Tire
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See projectUpgraded the site and its custom code from Kentico 5.5 to 7.latest.
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PHT Corp - Kentico Implementation
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Consulted the Dev staff, Optimizations, Site Audit and New Implementation
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Abt-SRBI
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An example of the data migration and site work done using Kentico while working with both NPowers and FuseIdeas.
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Abt-SRBI - Kentico Implementation
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An example of the data migration and site work done using Kentico while working with both NPowers and FuseIdeas.
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Technology Evaluation Centers
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Working with some great developers and managers to convert the in-house systems and data to Kentico 7. Expect great things from the team in Montreal.
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Computrition - Kentico Implementation
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Upgraded Production Kentico CMS site onto new hardware and Setup a staging environment for client to trial ideas and content before rolling them into production use.
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Bostwick Laboratories - Kentico Implementation
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See projectConversion of 10 sites into 1 multi-site. Upgrade from Kentico 4.x to 6.x. Upgrade to .net 3.5. Update custom webparts, search components and page templates.
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Aibiotech - Kentico Implementation
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See projectUpdate Kentico 4.x site to 6.x and deploy onto new servers (MS SQL and IIS 7.5. Also upgrade project to .net 4.0. Rebuild custom search components.
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Runzheimer - Kentico Implementation
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Consulting with client to Convert Photoshop Templates to a full website in a few days.
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Spanish
Elementary proficiency
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