Ten years inside federal programs. Here is the record.

The story

Career

1. Era 4 · HARBOR

   Productizing what I learned.

   2026 - Present

   HARBOR Initiative LLC

   Current

   Founder

   HARBOR builds Helm, a private AI workspace for work that can’t leave your firm, and HARBOR Port, the federal data layer. The practice helps federal contractors turn repeatable work into products. HARBOR operates at harborgovcon.com.

2. Era 3 · The Operator

   Setting tech strategy at scale across federal clients.

   2019 - 2026

   A defense modernization consultancy on a nine-figure Navy IDIQ

   Management Consultant → Director of Innovation

   Set technology strategy for Navy and Air Force clients. Led eight captures across Navy commands. Wrote the technical approach that won them.

3. Era 2 · Inside the Mission

   Earned operational credibility from inside — Marine and Pentagon-floor operator at the same time.

   2015 - 2023

   United States Marine Corps Reserve

   Cyber Network Operator

   Eight years of service spanning data systems, network operations, and C2 infrastructure. Supported multinational maritime exercises and Marine Air-Ground Task Force operations. Selected as the only data Marine from 1st Battalion, 23rd Marines to run the Combat Operations Center aboard USS Arlington during BALTOPS 2017, a NATO-anchored multinational exercise.

4. 2017 - 2019

   Three federal services contractors across NGEN and HQMC

   Defense Operations

   Pentagon-floor defense work across three firms in two years: a major defense technology staffing prime (NGEN deployment leadership at Quantico), a Pentagon-based defense services contractor (VIP endpoint operations at HQMC), and a Marine Corps financial systems contractor (SABRS testing and HQMC P&R support). The foundation that made the consulting work later legible.

5. Era 1 · The Builder

   Built and ran businesses end-to-end. Shipped products before learning the federal world.

   2011 - 2014

   Securranty

   Co-Founder & CTO

   Co-founded and shipped a mobile hardware management product from zero. Owned product strategy, technical architecture, and operational scaling. Stayed on as shareholder through 2014. The proof point that long predates the federal work: I have built and shipped products.

6. 2006 - 2017

   Self-employed across multiple practices

   Entrepreneurial Ventures

   Founded and ran three businesses across web design + IT consulting, financial planning + tax consulting, and a tax preparation practice. Learned to sell, deliver, and scale from the ground up. The decade that taught me the difference between building a thing and selling the thing.

Credentials

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