Experience

September 2026 — Present

Solid Waste Environment Investigator - C

Bexar County / San Antonio, TX

Conduct environmental investigations and enforcement activities involving solid waste violations, illegal dumping, nuisance conditions, unsanitary properties, abandoned vehicles, and other environmental concerns within Bexar County.

• Investigate complaints involving illegal dumping, trash and refuse accumulation, unsanitary premises, abandoned vehicles, and other solid waste or nuisance conditions.
• Conduct field inspections, document observable conditions, collect photographic evidence, and maintain detailed case records.
• Research property ownership, responsible parties, addresses, prior case history, and related enforcement information.
• Prepare and issue notices of violation and conduct follow-up inspections to determine compliance.
• Coordinate with residents, property owners, law enforcement, county departments, and other agencies during investigations and enforcement activities.
• Prepare case documentation for Justice of the Peace court, including inspection records, photographs, timelines, and supporting evidence.
• Provide testimony and technical information related to environmental and code enforcement cases when required.
• Use GIS, electronic case-management systems, mapping tools, and digital records to support field investigations and enforcement decisions.

June 2024 — September 2026

Environmental Services Inspector

Bexar County / San Antonio, TX

Conducted environmental and code compliance investigations involving property conditions, refuse accumulation, illegal dumping, abandoned vehicles, public health concerns, and other county-regulated violations.

• Conducted field inspections and investigated environmental and code compliance complaints.
• Researched property ownership, case history, addresses, and responsible parties.
• Documented violations through photographs, written reports, case records, and supporting evidence.
• Prepared and issued notices of violation and conducted follow-up inspections to determine compliance.
• Coordinated with property owners, residents, law enforcement, county departments, and other agencies.
• Prepared cases and supporting documentation for enforcement proceedings and Justice of the Peace court.
• Maintained organized inspection records, timelines, evidence, and case documentation.

March 2023 — June 2024

Survey Instrument Operator

Bexar County / San Antonio, TX

Supported surveying and infrastructure operations through precise field measurements, control establishment, GPS and GNSS data collection, and coordination with engineering and county personnel.

• Operated total stations, GPS and GNSS equipment, levels, and other survey instruments.
• Collected and verified field measurements for engineering and infrastructure projects.
• Established control points and assisted with boundary and site layout work.
• Maintained accurate field records and survey documentation.
• Coordinated with engineers, survey crews, contractors, and county departments.

October 2022 — March 2023

Survey Instrument Operator

Vaughn Construction / San Antonio, TX

Supported construction field engineering and layout operations by performing accurate measurements, survey calculations, and site positioning.

• Performed construction layout and field measurements.
• Supported survey calculations and engineering layout requirements.
• Verified locations, elevations, and dimensions against project plans.
• Coordinated field activities with project teams and subcontractors.

October 2021 — October 2022

Survey Instrument Operator

Bexar County / San Antonio, TX

Performed field surveying and infrastructure mapping using Trimble GNSS equipment and digital data collection tools.

• Collected GPS and GNSS field data for streets and infrastructure.
• Maintained accurate digital field records.
• Assisted with mapping and infrastructure documentation.
• Performed field measurements and survey verification.

August 2020 — October 2021

Gas Pipeline Survey Technician

Southern Cross Corporation / San Antonio, TX

Conducted field surveys of natural gas infrastructure while documenting potential hazards, maintaining digital records, and supporting public safety operations.

• Surveyed gas pipeline infrastructure and associated facilities.
• Identified and reported suspected leaks, hazards, and abnormal conditions.
• Maintained accurate electronic field records and inspection documentation.
• Worked independently in the field while following safety and operational procedures.
• Communicated findings requiring additional investigation or corrective action.

2024 — 2026

Owner / Mobile Mechanic

Independent Mobile Mechanic Business / San Antonio, TX

Operated an independent mobile mechanic business providing on-site automotive diagnostics, maintenance, and repair services while managing customer communication, scheduling, parts sourcing, tools, and day-to-day business operations.

• Performed mobile automotive diagnostics, preventative maintenance, and mechanical repair services.
• Troubleshot mechanical and electrical vehicle issues using inspection, testing, and practical diagnostic methods.
• Worked independently to determine repair requirements and develop appropriate repair strategies.
• Managed customer scheduling, estimates, communication, and service expectations.
• Sourced replacement parts and materials based on repair requirements and customer needs.
• Maintained tools, diagnostic equipment, inventory, and mobile service readiness.
• Managed day-to-day small business operations and coordinated service calls from initial diagnosis through completion.

2016 — 2017

Inventory Management & Shop Hand

Arts Mechanic Shop

Supported automotive repair operations through shop organization, inventory management, maintenance assistance, and hands-on mechanical work.

• Assisted with automotive maintenance and mechanical repair tasks.
• Maintained tools, parts, and shop inventory.
• Supported troubleshooting and repair workflows.
• Helped maintain an organized and efficient shop environment.

2025 — Present

Independent Systems & Network Administration

Personal Homelab / San Antonio, TX

Design, operation, and continuous development of a multi-host virtualized infrastructure environment used for networking, storage, containerization, monitoring, automation, application hosting, and technical experimentation.

• Built and administer a multi-node Proxmox VE virtualization environment using virtual machines and Linux containers.
• Deploy and maintain Docker and Docker Compose application stacks across Linux hosts.
• Design and troubleshoot network services including TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, routing, firewall rules, and segmented network environments.
• Operate UniFi networking infrastructure including gateway, switching, wireless, VLAN, and device management.
• Configure secure remote connectivity using Tailscale, WireGuard, and Cloudflare Tunnel.
• Integrate QNAP network storage using RAID, SMB, NFS, and shared storage architectures.
• Deploy infrastructure monitoring using Uptime Kuma, Pulse, UPS monitoring, and system logging.
• Perform system recovery, storage troubleshooting, service restoration, and infrastructure migration.
• Maintain documentation and standardized configurations to make systems easier to manage and recover.

2025 — Present

Self-Hosted Application Infrastructure

Independent Technical Environment

Operate and maintain a self-hosted services environment spanning application hosting, monitoring, home automation, network storage, remote access, containerization, and supporting infrastructure.

• Deploy and maintain containerized applications and supporting services.
• Integrate application environments with NAS storage and network-mounted resources.
• Configure secure external access without directly exposing internal services.
• Monitor application availability, system health, storage usage, and infrastructure performance.
• Troubleshoot container networking, service dependencies, permissions, storage mounts, and application connectivity.
• Maintain Home Assistant integrations, automation services, monitoring systems, and network-connected devices.
• Perform service migrations, configuration changes, recovery work, and infrastructure upgrades.

September 2026 — Present

Application Developer — TunnelWire

Independent Software Development

Designing and developing TunnelWire, a self-hosted infrastructure monitoring platform focused on service discovery, availability monitoring, integrations, and infrastructure visibility.

• Designed the application's architecture around Python, Flask, SQLite, and Docker.
• Built Cloudflare Tunnel discovery and published-hostname monitoring using Cloudflare APIs.
• Developed URL monitoring with status checks, HTTP response tracking, latency measurement, and persistence.
• Created reusable frontend templates, administrative interfaces, monitoring views, and integration workflows.
• Designed database structures for settings, integrations, and monitored resources.
• Implemented application configuration, API endpoints, filtering, status views, and monitoring workflows.
• Developed product architecture for Community, Pro, Business, and future hosted-service capabilities.
• Use Git and GitHub for version control, development checkpoints, and project history.

October 2026 — Present

Portfolio Web Application Development

Independent Development

Designing and developing a modern interactive portfolio application that presents professional experience, software development, infrastructure engineering, mechanical work, academic projects, and professional credentials.

• Developed the portfolio using Next.js, React, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS.
• Designed reusable TypeScript data models for projects, certifications, and professional experience.
• Built reusable React components for project cards, credentials, navigation, and experience content.
• Implemented interactive category filtering using React state.
• Structured portfolio content around reusable data rather than hard-coded pages.
• Organized public credential assets and implemented links to supporting documentation.
• Use Git and GitHub to maintain development history and project checkpoints.

2023 — Present

Software Development Studies

San Antonio College / Southern Careers Institute / San Antonio, TX

Formal software development education covering programming fundamentals, object-oriented development, web technologies, databases, computer systems, software design, and application development.

• Completed software development coursework using Java, JavaScript, PHP, HTML, CSS, SQL, and related technologies.
• Built programming assignments focused on object-oriented design, arrays, classes, methods, and application logic.
• Completed web development projects involving forms, request handling, frontend design, and server-side programming.
• Completed computer architecture coursework and Nand2Tetris projects involving logic gates, arithmetic systems, and low-level computing concepts.
• Apply classroom concepts directly to independent software and infrastructure projects.