Fix what breaks. Ship improvements.

Healthcare IT that has to stay up

I help teams stabilize and improve healthcare IT—usually legacy platforms. That can mean modernizing runtimes, building internal tools, and tightening up the ops basics: integrations, performance, logging/monitoring, and runbooks.

15+ years experience Healthcare IT specialist C# / Python / CFML / Java / SQL Server Hyper-V / XCP-ng Zabbix / Prometheus / Grafana / Graylog Pexip CTE (L1/L2) LG Pro:Centric

How I work

Diagnose Trace what's slow, brittle, or noisy
Plan Pick the next change that matters
Build Implement and ship the fix
Harden Logs, monitoring, runbooks, and guardrails
Iterate Measure, adjust, repeat

Why work with me

You get plain-language updates and steady progress. I’ll tell you what changed, why, what it might break, and what I’d watch after it goes live.

01

Direct access

You work with me directly. Less translation, fewer dropped details.

02

I ship the work

I can write the plan, but I also implement it: code, config, dashboards, and the reliability work that makes production calmer.

03

Small scope, real outputs

I keep scope tight and progress visible. You get concrete deliverables, not a long trail of “next steps”.

04

Used to constraints

Change control, audits, downtime windows, locked networks—all normal. We make improvements without gambling on uptime.

Featured Case Study Razuna DAM Modernization (Open BlueDragon → Lucee 7) Open BlueDragon → Lucee 7 on Java 25/Tomcat 11. ~92% query reduction, BCrypt upgrade, OpenAPI docs, and ops tooling.

Primary Focus

Healthcare IT and hospital environments where uptime and traceability matter. Work includes multi-facility deployments, patient-facing systems, and infrastructure that can't tolerate surprise outages.

Security is part of the deliverable

Security isn’t a phase at the end. It shows up in day-to-day choices: auth, least privilege, logging, and how you ship changes—especially on locked-down networks with change control and audit requirements.

Reduce risk without breaking ops Least privilege, safe admin workflows, and changes that are easy to review, approve, and roll back.
Secure-by-default patterns Auth/session handling, credential upgrades, TLS/HTTPS posture, and defensive API behavior (rate limits, audit trails, predictable errors).
Visibility and auditability Structured logs, monitoring, and runbooks so incidents are diagnosable and changes are explainable later.

What I deliver

Engineering

Greenfield Build Design and implement a clean, supportable app from scratch: core workflows, data model, APIs, and deployment path.
Legacy Modernization Baseline current behavior, pick the highest-value fixes, and ship production-ready improvements. Typically 1–2 weeks to first wins.

Data & Performance

Database Triage Identify hot paths, eliminate N+1 patterns, tune indexes against real telemetry, and validate with measurable wins.
API Readiness OpenAPI docs, consistent auth, versioning, and integration notes that make APIs usable for real teams.

Operations

Production Hardening Logging/retention, safer admin workflows, scheduled maintenance, and security-minded defaults (TLS, credentials, access boundaries) that reduce incidents and surprises.
Observability Monitoring, alerting, and log aggregation using Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, and Graylog. See the case study.

Strategy

Build vs Buy Analysis Evaluate market tools against real requirements, run a fit-gap analysis, then implement what actually wins.
Technical Due Diligence Assess existing systems for risk, technical debt, and modernization paths before acquisition or major investment.

Certifications

Vendor training tied to real deployments—especially where networks are locked down and uptime is non-negotiable.

Pexip — Certified Technology Expert (CTE) CTE Self-Hosted (Level 1) Fundamentals + CTE (Level 2). Hands-on experience with self-hosted video infrastructure: deployment/upgrade planning, certificates, firewall/port usage, troubleshooting, and interoperability-oriented integrations.
LG — Pro:Centric Certified on LG's Pro:Centric platform. Experience includes hospital-grade TV environments: configuration, channel/lineup workflows, room/site coordination, and fleet troubleshooting with operations teams.

Common questions

What's your primary tech stack?

Languages: C#, C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, PHP, CFML.
Database: SQL Server.
Virtualization: Hyper-V and XCP-ng.
Monitoring/Alerting: Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana, and Graylog—see the observability platform case study.
Platforms: Pexip, LG Pro:Centric, .Net

Remote or on-site?

Primarily remote. For discovery phases or complex deployments, on-site work in the Midwest/East Coast is possible with advance planning.

Do you provide ongoing support and maintenance?

Yes—after an initial engagement, I can continue with scheduled maintenance, monitoring, and incremental improvements. Many clients prefer a retainer for predictable support.

Ready to talk?

Send a short note with your stack + constraints. I’ll reply with what I’d do first (and what I’d need from you).

Get in touch

Typical response: 24-48 hours