About

Who am I?

U.S. Navy veteran, Microsoft Azure trainer, and cloud engineer with a passion for building resilient systems and resilient people.

My career in IT has been driven by discipline, service, and continuous growth. I started in techhnology, going to Cape Fear Community College. The same college my grandfather, Ralph Bordeaux worked at. I attended the computer engineering courses for a short time. I decided that joining the U.S. Navy was the path I should take. In the Navy, I worked in communications. Working with radios and computer systems. I continued my journey in technology after I left the Navy. I moved into managed service providers, providing system administration to the financial, healthcare, legal, and manufacturing sectors. I continued my journey into cloud technology specializing in Microsoft Azure, DevOps automation, infrastructure as code, and secure cloud architecture.

In 2023, I was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis. It has never defined my limits — it has refined my focus. Adaptability isn’t just something I teach in cloud architecture; it’s something I practice daily.

Today, I deliver i nfrastructure as code by day and live Azure and IT training via Zoom by evening. My family has a tradition of teaching and sharing knowledge. The goal in teaching and sharing knowledge is to buiild a collaborative community. My mission is simple:

Make complex technology practical
Build confidence in engineers
Teach skills that translate directly into real-world impact

Whether I’m designing infrastructure or teaching Azure, I operate with clarity, precision, and purpose.

An expansive cloud infrastructure diagram rendered as if it exists physically on a dark slate tabletop, with Azure service icons appearing as small, glossy 3D tiles connected by thin illuminated lines. Some tiles represent virtual machines, storage accounts, and Kubernetes clusters, while others show Terraform files as semi-transparent sheets with code faintly visible. A soft, cool overhead light casts subtle highlights on the tiles’ edges, producing gentle, sharp-edged shadows that emphasize structure and relationships. Shot from a slightly elevated angle, the composition follows the rule of thirds, drawing the eye along the main path of the architecture. The atmosphere is precise, analytical, and forward-looking, in a photographic, hyper-real style that embodies cloud design, DevOps automation, and Azure best practices.

A close-up of a matte-black mechanical keyboard on a smooth wooden desk, with several keycaps replaced by tiny, high-detail Azure service icons and Terraform logos sculpted as physical keys. Behind the keyboard, a single monitor displays a crisp, photographic screenshot of a YAML pipeline and infrastructure-as-code repository in a dark-themed editor, softly blurred to keep focus on the keys. Cool, directional side lighting from the left creates refined highlights on the key surfaces and a faint blue tint, suggesting cloud technology. The composition uses shallow depth of field and an intimate, low-angle perspective, evoking the meticulous craft of automation scripting and Azure DevOps configuration. The mood is focused and slightly dramatic, with a clean, modern, professional aesthetic.

We all have to have balance to our lives. My balance comes with writing science fiction and taking photography of nature.

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Writing and Photography

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