I live in Hudson, Wisconsin, and I work with small teams around Minneapolis, Saint Paul, and Western Wisconsin. I still like being in the room when it helps. I also work remote when the problem is clear and the communication is good. Either way, I try to plug into what you already use instead of forcing a rewrite of your whole operation.
For years I have been the person who manages IT, builds internal tools, and ships automations that have to survive real staff turnover and busy weeks. That background shows up in how I scope work. I am skeptical of clever setups that only make sense if nothing ever changes. I prefer boring wins: fewer copy and paste steps, fewer spreadsheets that fight each other, fewer “we will fix that later” traps.
On the technical side I have done everything from glue between apps to backends people depend on, plus the deployment and monitoring work that keeps those things from becoming a weekend hobby. I am comfortable owning a system end to end. If something breaks at an annoying hour, I want the path to a fix to be obvious, not a scavenger hunt through someone’s memory.
I also care about handoff. If you want to run it yourself, I will train your people, write it down, and leave you with something you can actually maintain. If you want me to stay involved, that is fine too. What I will not do is talk you into work that does not earn its keep. If it does not help, we should not build it.
If you want a straight answer, a clear plan, and someone who still enjoys the craft of building systems that hold up in the real world, send a note. We can see if the fit makes sense.