Public Safety Engineering
Systems Engineer · AMK Services · 2020 – Present
Mission-critical communications deployments for PSAPs, electric utilities, and federal customers. Full-lifecycle work: system design, FAT / ATP, multi-site commissioning, RF alignment, dispatch console integration, and zero-interruption cutover.
Before the engineering side, I spent two years as a DOCJT-certified 911 telecommunicator at Georgetown-Scott County E911 — operating the same consoles I now install. Every cutover plan I write starts with “what does the dispatcher feel at 3 a.m.”
Systems in Production
What I build and ship independently. Real platforms with third-party API integrations, persistent data layers, and operational workflows that have to work the first time, every time — from a live flagship to what I’m architecting next.
Engineering Projects
Focused open-source work demonstrating clean patterns and measured quality. Architecture over cleverness.
From the dispatcher’s chair to the engineering side
Started in a 911 center. Two years of phone, radio, CAD, and dispatch console — every public safety agency in Scott County flowing through one chair. That’s where I learned what actually goes wrong with mission-critical systems at 3 a.m., and what dispatchers need from the people who build them.
Moved to the engineering side in 2020. Same systems, different chair. Now I deploy and commission the consoles, P25 infrastructure, and dispatch networks I used to operate. Software builds run in parallel — same discipline applied to code.
That background shapes how I write code. I care about clear failure modes, observability, and avoiding “magic.” Try to write things other engineers can actually pick up and debug at 2 AM.
Let's connect
Open to Implementation Engineer, Solutions Engineer, and Technical Account Manager roles in public safety SaaS — and always happy to talk PSAP integration, P25 cutover war stories, or SaaS builder stuff.