By day, I lead information security initiatives for Google's global data center infrastructure. By night, I run what most would consider an over-engineered home lab. The common thread? I'm obsessed with building systems that don't break.

At Google, that means protecting critical infrastructure at hyperscale through physical security, data protection, and large-scale technical program management. I design security programs that protect some of the world's most critical infrastructure - the kind that needs to work even when everything else is failing.

At home, it means running a distributed, multi-site hybrid cloud that would make most enterprise architects nod approvingly. Because if I'm going to build something, it should be resilient enough to survive a rack failure at 2 AM without waking me up.

What I Do Professionally

I lead enterprise-scale security programs, focusing on:

• Technical Program Management: Coordinating complex, multi-stakeholder security initiatives across global infrastructure
• Data Center Security: Physical security architecture and data protection for hyperscale facilities
• Infrastructure Security: Working with both proprietary hyperscaler platforms and open-source technologies
• Resilient Systems: Designing high-availability architectures that actually stay available

The skills transfer well. If you can design security for data centers that never sleep, you can probably keep your home DNS from going down during Plex movie night.

The Home Data Collection Station

I treat my home like a signals intelligence platform. It's not enough to have internet - I want to know what's flying overhead, what satellites are passing by, and which birds are visiting the backyard.

My infrastructure spans multiple sites and includes:

Aviation Intelligence: ADS-B receivers tracking aircraft telemetry in real-time. Because knowing what's overhead at 30,000 feet is just interesting.

Space Observation: Automated sky cameras for satellite tracking and robotic telescopes for deep sky astrophotography. The system runs autonomously, capturing astronomical data while I sleep.

Bio-Acoustics: High-fidelity audio capture running BirdNET for continuous bird population monitoring. I'm building a longitudinal dataset of local avian activity - because why not?

All of this runs on a technical stack that includes Kubernetes orchestration, Ceph distributed storage, Proxmox virtualization, and custom monitoring pipelines. It's the kind of infrastructure most small businesses would be happy with, running in my basement and garage.

Beyond the Terminal

When I step away from screens, I focus on things you can actually see and touch.

Photography has been a constant for years - landscape and macro work, multispectral imaging, film scanning, and deep sky astrophotography. There's something satisfying about capturing photons that have traveled for thousands of years, or scanning a 40-year-old negative and bringing it back to life.

Cooking provides the perfect counterpoint to digital work. You can't version control a sauce, and there's no rollback if you oversalt the stock. It's immediate, tangible, and you get to eat the results. I focus on technique and precision - the same mindset that makes you good at systems engineering also helps you nail a perfect sear.

Check out my blog for deep dives into security, infrastructure, and technical projects, or connect with me on GitHub or LinkedIn.