VP, Senior Staff Engineer — Comerica Bank

Enterprise Endpoint Engineering + AI Innovation

I took patch compliance from 50% to 95%+ across 11,000 servers. I manage 50,000+ endpoints across regulated banking environments. Now I'm building AI tools that make enterprise IT 10× faster.

50K+
Endpoints Managed
15+
Years Experience
95%+
Patch Compliance
35+
AI Models Running
Enterprise Experience

I Don't Just Use AI — I Build AI Systems

Most IT leaders talk about AI. I run a local inference lab, build agentic automation, and ship tools that solve real enterprise problems — at zero ongoing API cost.

A Full AI Operations Stack — Running From My House

35+ language models across 5 providers. An overnight agentic pipeline that monitors markets, generates reports, and preps my morning brief while I sleep. Voice assistant prototypes. Browser automation agents that navigate the web autonomously.

The enterprise version? AI WorkForce One — a NASA Mission Control-inspired dashboard managing a team of AI agents. Pair it with NVIDIA hardware and you have a private, secure, zero-cloud AI operations center for any business.

35+
AI Models
5
Providers
30+
Tools Built
24/7
Agent Pipeline
⚡ Live Infrastructure
Inference Serveri9-24C / 96GB / RTX 4080S
Mac Mini (Agent Host)M-series / 16GB / OpenClaw
Models Loaded6 active / 35+ available
ProvidersLocal + Claude + GPT + Gemini
Cron Jobs33 automated tasks
Overnight PipelineMemory → QC → Brief → Tasks
Voice AssistantRaspberry Pi 5 / In Progress
Browser AgentsChrome relay / Live
API Cost$0 for local inference

15 Years of Results

Progressive leadership across banking, payments, manufacturing, and professional services — with measurable outcomes at every stop.

Comerica Bank VP, Sr. Staff Engineer 2024 – Present
Auburn Hills, MI — Fortune 500 Banking (OCC Regulated)
  • Co-leading enterprise Windows 11 migration — imaging optimization, cross-functional coordination, on-site hardware lab
  • Own hardware/software certification pipeline — evaluating, testing, and approving all technology entering the environment
  • Run structured change control with after-hours implementations and production validations
  • Engineering lead — incident resolution, field team support, DevOps coordination across the EUC stack
Incomm Payments Systems Engineer III / MECM-Intune Lead 2021 – 2024
Atlanta, GA — Fintech / Payments
  • Sole owner of MECM platform across multiple domains — 11K servers + 1.5K workstations
  • Increased patch compliance 50% → 95%+ — a complete operational turnaround
  • Architected new production MECM hierarchy from scratch (Primary/DB/MPs/SUP/DPs)
  • Implemented full Intune/MDM stack: Autopilot, compliance policies, conditional access, MAM
  • Led PCI compliance endpoint remediation war-room sessions with Qualys
Fahrenheit IT / AAM EUC Team Lead / Sr. SCCM Engineer 2019 – 2021
Southfield, MI — Global Manufacturing
  • Lead engineer — 1 primary, 4 secondary sites, 64 DPs in a global 24/7 environment
  • Patching owner: 2K servers + 13K workstations
  • Primary driver of Windows 10 migration with multi-language deployment task sequences
  • Created "AAM in a Box" — portable SCCM deployment for rapid site onboarding after acquisitions
TEKsystems / ITC Holdings Desktop Support Lead / SCCM Lead 2016 – 2019
Novi, MI — Energy / Utility
  • Led Windows 10 migration and custom image deployments
  • 150+ app deployments and UAT testing per NERC CIP standards
  • Owner of workstation patching, 3rd party patching (Ivanti), and change control
AlixPartners Data Center Operations 2013 – 2015
Southfield, MI — Professional Services
  • Managed 7 global environments 24/7 — eDiscovery, forensic analysis (Encase, FTK)
  • VM deployment (VMware), DFS monitoring, SQL management, backup administration
Stillman Law Office IT/IS Team Lead 2010 – 2013
West Bloomfield, MI — Legal
  • Lead admin — 200+ users, 5 physical + 6 virtual servers (ESXi/vSphere)

Technical Skills

Deep expertise across enterprise endpoint management, identity, security, cloud, and AI.

🖥️ Endpoint Management

MECM/SCCMIntune/MDMJamf AutopilotMDTOSD USMTPatchMyPCIvanti

🔐 Identity & Security

Active DirectoryEntra IDGPO BeyondTrust PAMConditional Access PKI/SSLAppLockerQualys

☁️ Cloud & Virtualization

Azure/M365AVD/WVDW365 VMware vSphereHyper-VCitrix

⚙️ Automation & Scripting

PowerShellPythonBash SQL/SSMSGraph APIREST APIs

🤖 AI & Machine Learning

LLM InferenceAgent Orchestration Prompt EngineeringOpenClaw LM StudioOllamaNVIDIA CUDA

📋 Compliance & Process

PCI DSSNERC CIPSOX Change ControlITILServiceNow

📜 Certifications

MCSEJamf Pro Associate MD-102 (in progress)

Products & Projects

Real tools solving real problems — built with AI, designed for enterprise IT.

📋 PolicyForge

Intune compliance policy generator. Define requirements in plain English, get production-ready JSON policies with full documentation.

IntuneComplianceAutomation

🔒 ConfigGuard

Configuration drift detection and enforcement. Compares desired state vs. actual state across your endpoint fleet in real time.

Endpoint SecurityComplianceDrift Detection

📊 FleetPulse

Real-time fleet health dashboard. Aggregates MECM, Intune, and local agent data into a single pane of glass.

DashboardFleet ManagementAnalytics

🛡️ ThreatBoard

Security threat intelligence dashboard. Aggregates CVEs, CISA alerts, and vendor advisories relevant to your endpoint stack.

Threat IntelCVE TrackingSecurity

By the Numbers

Measurable results across every role — not just tasks completed, but outcomes delivered.

50,000+
Endpoints Managed
50→95%
Patch Compliance
64
Distribution Points
11K
Servers Patched
13K+
Workstations
7
Global Environments 24/7
150+
App Deployments (NERC CIP)
35+
AI Models Running
30+
Tools Built
33
Automated Cron Jobs

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