I’ve been immersed in the digital world long enough to remember when 56k modems were considered high speed and 8MB of RAM was something to boast about. My first machine was an olive-green 386, more “charm” than raw power, but it was enough to understand the fundamentals of tech. These days, I focus on building and optimizing network architectures that actually keep up with modern demands, while still finding time to tinker with software and hardware whenever the mood strikes.

I tend to be the behind-the-scenes architect, the one who brings servers to life and orchestrates systems...