Timeline
The chronological spine. Each era links through to the projects and technology that sat under it.
What the work demanded
The timeline says which post was held when, and the technology map says what was worked on. Neither says what the job actually asked of the person doing it — which years went on leading people and defending money, and which went on the technology itself. This does, and it is derived from the same entries as everything else.
- Teaching and developing architects
- People leadership
- Commercial and budget ownership
- Executive advisory
- above the line · below
- Design authority
- Standards and governance
- Vendor and procurement
- Hands-on engineering
199319961999200220052008201120142017202020232026
CredentialsUNF - Electrical Engineering, 1993AutoCAD Design Certification, R12 and R13, 1993UF - Environmental Engineering, 1995MicroStation Design Certification, 1995MCSE 2000+I, 1996InfoImage on NT — Foundations and System Administration, 1997Compaq ASE — Intel/Windows NT Specialist, 1999CCNA, 2000CCNP, 2000Top Secret Clearance, 2001Cisco BBSM Certification, 2002CCIE #10042, 2002Cisco Expert-Track Written Examinations, 2003Cisco Specialist Examinations, 2003Emergency Management Training, 2006JNCIA, 2012JNCIS-SEC, 2012JNCIP-SEC, 2012TOGAF, 2015FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot, 2020CCDE Written, 2026
Chance & Causseux Engineering1994–1995
JIM King (leased to CSX RPI)1995–1996
CompuCom1996–1996
The Prudential Insurance Company1996–1997
StorComm, Inc.1997–1999
JEA Utility SCADA and Redundant Control SitesJEA Utility SCADA and Redundant Control Sites, 2000–2004
Florida National Guard Continuity of Operations PlanFlorida National Guard Continuity of Operations Plan, 2001–2003
Nassau County Sheriff's Office Countywide WirelessNassau County Sheriff's Office Countywide Wireless, 2001–2003
Nissan and Georgia-Pacific Industrial WirelessNissan and Georgia-Pacific Industrial Wireless, 2001–2004
Florida Rock Facilities Technology AssessmentFlorida Rock Facilities Technology Assessment, 2002–2003
GE International Power Generation Monitoring NetworkGE International Power Generation Monitoring Network, 2002–2004
MYT, Michael Young Technologies2005–2021
City of Jacksonville2005–2024
Carried into the period
Senior Network Engineer (Apr 2005 – Aug 2006)
Network Infrastructure Manager (Aug 2006 – Jan 2008)
Administrative Identity for the Network EstateAdministrative Identity for the Network Estate, 2006–2022
Chief Technology Officer (Jan 2008 – Mar 2010)
The Capital Project Evaluation MatrixThe Capital Project Evaluation Matrix, Method authored March 2008 · the quadrant workbook created 18 March 2009 · last recorded use 17 May 2023
Enterprise Security Committee and Governance ProgramEnterprise Security Committee and Governance Program, 2009–2012
Student Capstone Security Engagement and College PartnershipsStudent Capstone Security Engagement and College Partnerships, 2009–2014
Enterprise Firewall Policy and OperationsEnterprise Firewall Policy and Operations, May 2009 – March 2017
Senior Enterprise Architect (Mar 2010 – Jan 2024)
Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform and CapabilityEnterprise Business Intelligence Platform and Capability, 2012–2016
Fire & Rescue Mobile Gateway and SD-WAN OverlayFire & Rescue Mobile Gateway and SD-WAN Overlay, 2012–2023
Security Posture, Incidents and Federal LiaisonSecurity Posture, Incidents and Federal Liaison, 2012–2024
JaxReady — Public Emergency Preparedness PlatformJaxReady — Public Emergency Preparedness Platform, 2012–2024
Comprehensive Performance Management — JaxOps, JaxAnalytics, JaxScoreComprehensive Performance Management — JaxOps, JaxAnalytics, JaxScore, 2013–2016
E911 Caller Location and Backup Answering PointE911 Caller Location and Backup Answering Point, 2013–2021
Telemedicine Program with Hospital PartnersTelemedicine Program with Hospital Partners, May 2014 – August 2015
Medical Examiner's Office Enterprise IntegrationMedical Examiner's Office Enterprise Integration, 2015–2024
Clerk of the Court Filtering and DMZ ArchitectureClerk of the Court Filtering and DMZ Architecture, 2016–2023
Electronic Paper Tablet Assessment and RolloutElectronic Paper Tablet Assessment and Rollout, 2019–2023
Disaster Recovery Validation and Application TieringDisaster Recovery Validation and Application Tiering, 2020
Republican National Convention — National Special Security EventRepublican National Convention — National Special Security Event, June – October 2020
Enterprise Multi-Tenant Firewall ArchitectureEnterprise Multi-Tenant Firewall Architecture, 2020–2024
Young Tech Systems, LLC2021–present
Building Automation and PoE Lighting Feasibility PilotBuilding Automation and PoE Lighting Feasibility Pilot, 2018–2022
Fayette County RF Propagation and Municipal Backhaul EvaluationFayette County RF Propagation and Municipal Backhaul Evaluation, 2021–2022
ISP Cutover, Public IP Renumbering and WAN ModernizationISP Cutover, Public IP Renumbering and WAN Modernization, 2022–2023
PLC Alarm Notification over Cellular AssessmentPLC Alarm Notification over Cellular Assessment, 2022–2023
Union Rome Water Treatment Plant Inspection and System DesignUnion Rome Water Treatment Plant Inspection and System Design, 2022–2023
Vistakon Manufacturing Line IT/OT IntegrationVistakon Manufacturing Line IT/OT Integration, 2022–2023
Gunshot Detection and Active-Shooter Tracking Feasibility PilotGunshot Detection and Active-Shooter Tracking Feasibility Pilot, 2023–2024
New River and Kanawha Falls Site Assessment and Carrier Coverage AnalysisNew River and Kanawha Falls Site Assessment and Carrier Coverage Analysis, 2023–2024
NRI North America (formerly Core BTS)2024–present
Casino Surveillance Network Design and SegmentationCasino Surveillance Network Design and Segmentation, 2024–2026
Enterprise Agreement Pursuit — Global AutomotiveEnterprise Agreement Pursuit — Global Automotive, Pursuit March–April 2025 · headquarters session May 2025 · relationship carried forward
Post-Quantum Cryptography ProgramPost-Quantum Cryptography Program, Proposed December 2025 · accepted January 2026 · began February 2026
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2021–present · Jacksonville, Florida
Founder and Principal Consultant
Young Tech Systems, LLC
Independent advisory practice run concurrently with the roles above — enterprise and security architecture, continuity planning, and Part 107 aerial inspection. Twelve clients.
- Enterprise Architecture
- Security Architecture
- Disaster Recovery
- Portfolio Planning & Commercial
- Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Part 107 Operations
- Aerial Survey & Inspection
- Sensor Payload Design
- IT/OT Convergence
- Manufacturing Line Integration
- Gunshot Detection & Active-Shooter Tracking
- Building Automation & Physical Security
- STEM Education & Mentoring
- Cellular and Carrier Connectivity
- RF Propagation Modeling
- SCADA & Utility Control Systems
- WAN Architecture
- Modernizing Legacy Industrial Systems with AI
- Career Reference Record — Design, Build and Publishing Platform
- Commercial Site Rebuild and Live Domain Migration
- UAV Sensor Payload Development
- Gunshot Detection and Active-Shooter Tracking Feasibility Pilot
- New River and Kanawha Falls Site Assessment and Carrier Coverage Analysis
- ISP Cutover, Public IP Renumbering and WAN Modernization
- PLC Alarm Notification over Cellular Assessment
- Union Rome Water Treatment Plant Inspection and System Design
- Vistakon Manufacturing Line IT/OT Integration
- Fayette County RF Propagation and Municipal Backhaul Evaluation
- Building Automation and PoE Lighting Feasibility Pilot
2024–2026 · United States
Director of Services · Principal Architect
NRI North America (formerly Core BTS)
Two posts in two years at a global technology services provider — hands-on principal architect, then director of a practice of up to fourteen running 88 client engagements, with a thirty-six-month post-quantum research program originated along the way.
- Principal Architect, Hybrid InfrastructureApr 2024 – Aug 2024
- Director of Services, Enterprise NetworkingAug 2024 – Aug 2026Up to 14 staff
Technology is placed under the post it first appears in; work that carried on runs through the posts below it.
- Enterprise Networking Practice Lab
- Enterprise Agreement Pursuit — Global Automotive
- Diversified Industrial Manufacturer
- Network Orchestration Proof of Concept
- Post-Quantum Cryptography Program
- SD-WAN Portfolio — Banking and State Legislature
- State and Local Government Delivery
- Enterprise Architecture Practice Build
- Casino Surveillance Network Design and Segmentation
- Client Architecture Portfolio
- E-Rate Funded Network Programs
- Multi-Property Gaming Group
- Healthcare Estates
- Vendor and Partner Program
- Utility OT/IT Engagement
- Firewall Refresh and Intrusion Response
- Municipal Infrastructure Assessment to RFP
- Fourteen Weeks on the Tools
2005–2024 · Jacksonville, Florida
Senior Enterprise Architect · Chief Technology Officer
City of Jacksonville
Nineteen years and four posts at a consolidated city-county government of 9,000 employees — senior network engineer, infrastructure manager, chief technology officer, then senior enterprise architect — on a $48M–$62M technology budget built and defended in public.
- Senior Network EngineerApr 2005 – Aug 2006
- Network Infrastructure ManagerAug 2006 – Jan 2008Up to 89 staff
- Chief Technology OfficerJan 2008 – Mar 2010Line organization
- Senior Enterprise ArchitectMar 2010 – Jan 2024
Technology is placed under the post it first appears in; work that carried on runs through the posts below it.
- Citywide Network Total Cost of Ownership Study
- Enterprise AI Readiness Assessment
- Ed Ball Hearing Room — Backup Council Chambers
- Architecture Review Board
- Enterprise Multi-Tenant Firewall Architecture
- Infrastructure and Integration Automation
- Consolidated CAD/911 Dispatch System
- Data Center Estate and Colocation Program
- Medical Examiner's Office Enterprise Integration
- CBM Cost Model and Customer Billing System
- Security Posture, Incidents and Federal Liaison
- Enterprise Fortinet IPS Deployment
- JaxReady — Public Emergency Preparedness Platform
- Enterprise Technology Budget Program
- Architecture by Influence
- Proving Products Before Recommending Them
- Main Data Center Physical Connection Layout
- Enterprise Architecture Program
- Enterprise Asset and Work Management Platform
- Jacksonville Intelligent Transportation System
- Enterprise Core Network
- City Council Chamber AV and IT Architecture
- First Coast Radio System
- The Utility Relationship: Twenty-Five Years, Two Employers
- Holographic Display Evaluation
- NFL Stadium Cybersecurity Review
- Electronic Paper Tablet Assessment and Rollout
- Clerk of the Court Filtering and DMZ Architecture
- Cecil Disaster Recovery Data Center
- Nine Years to an Integration Platform
- Solid Waste Systems Modernization
- Fire & Rescue Mobile Gateway and SD-WAN Overlay
- Oracle ERP Program — RFP to Cloud Go-Live
- The Virtual Desktop Position
- Downtown Campus Distributed Antenna System
- The Capital Project Evaluation Matrix
- Enterprise GIS Platform
- Port-Level Authentication: The 2006 Position
- JTA and Downtown Transit Connectivity
- Library Wireless Program
- Enterprise Audiovisual-over-IP Fabric
- Citrix Published Application Estate
- Enterprise Web Filtering and Content Security
- Jacksonville Public Library Network
- Enterprise Network Access Control
- Council Chamber Modernization
- Enterprise Packet Capture and Network Forensics Platform
- Requirements or Findings: When Architecture Gets Called
- Administrative Identity for the Network Estate
- Enterprise Traffic Management Platform
- E911 Caller Location and Backup Answering Point
- FLGISA Cost Model Program
- Juniper Enterprise Security Suite
- Architecture Technology Governance Committee
- Emergency Operations Center Activations
- Disaster Recovery Validation and Application Tiering
- Republican National Convention — National Special Security Event
- Florida LambdaRail Regional Consortium
- Parking Meter Infrastructure
- Public Access Wireless Program
- Annex to Main Data Center Consolidation
- Public Records Request Methodology
- Records Retention and Disposition Standards
- Digital Divide Broadband Pilots
- Ed Austin State Attorney's Office
- Enterprise Firewall Policy and Operations
- Comprehensive Performance Management — JaxOps, JaxAnalytics, JaxScore
- Enterprise Business Intelligence Platform and Capability
- Fiber Proximity Web Application
- ITD Continuity of Operations Plan
- Automated Asset Tracking Program
- Automatic Vehicle Location Program
- Municipal Fiber Plant
- St. James Building Wireless
- Telemedicine Program with Hospital Partners
- One Spark Festival Wireless
- Emergency Vehicle Signal Preemption
- The SHA-2 Migration That Reached Dispatch
- Courthouse Trial Broadcast
- Student Capstone Security Engagement and College Partnerships
- Enterprise Security Committee and Governance Program
- Duval County Courthouse Technology Program
- Enterprise Change Management Standard
- Internet Perimeter Firewall Replacement
2005–2021 · Jacksonville, Florida
Founder and Principal
MYT, Michael Young Technologies
The predecessor practice, run alongside the City of Jacksonville tenure and succeeded by Young Tech Systems in 2021.
1999–2005 · Jacksonville, Florida
Senior Network Engineer
Coleman Technologies (subsequently acquired; now Presidio)
Regional systems integrator serving enterprise, government, healthcare, industrial, utility, cable and hospitality clients. Where the CCIE was earned and where the breadth was built.
- Enterprise Networking
- Routing Protocols
- Legacy Transport
- WAN Architecture
- SCADA & Utility Control Systems
- Energy Management Systems
- Hospitality PMS Integration
- DOCSIS & HFC Cable Plant
- Industrial & Plant-Floor Wireless
- Wireless Site Survey
- Tower & Antenna Work
- Deployable Infrastructure
- Point-to-Point Wireless
- Content Distribution
- Change Management
- Continuity of Operations
- Land Mobile Radio
- Regulatory Compliance Architecture
- Load Balancing & Application Delivery
- Windows Server Estates
- Reliability Engineering Practice
- Cisco DOCSIS Residential Cable Buildouts
- Super Bowl XXXIX Surveillance Network and Command Center
- Super Bowl XXXIX Stadium Wireless
- Fort Stewart Mobile Disaster Recovery Fleet
- JSOC Content Distribution Capability
- SOCOM Transportable Wireless Kit
- GE International Power Generation Monitoring Network
- Georgia-Pacific IT/OT Convergence
- Duval County Substation Network
- Nissan and Georgia-Pacific Industrial Wireless
- JEA Power Quality Metering Network
- Kerzner International Resort PMS Integration
- Hospital Network and Clinical Wireless
- JEA Utility SCADA and Redundant Control Sites
- Statewide Florida Wireless Installations
- Rosen Hotels BBSM Custom Development
- Florida Rock Facilities Technology Assessment
- Florida National Guard Continuity of Operations Plan
- Insurance Carrier E-Commerce Platform
- Nassau County Sheriff's Office Countywide Wireless
- E-Commerce Site Architecture
- Emergency Operations Center Wireless Network
- JEA Change Management System
- Vystar Credit Union Windows 2000 Domain
- Water Treatment Facilities WAN/LAN
- National Insurance Carrier Enterprise WAN
1997–1999 · Jacksonville, Florida
Chief Systems Engineer
StorComm, Inc.
Clinical imaging company serving hospital customers. Chief designer of the StorComm PACS platform, and architect for HIPAA-compliant hospital information management systems.
1996–1997 · Jacksonville, Florida
Lead Desktop Technician, Server Engineer, SQL DBA
The Prudential Insurance Company
Server engineering, SQL database administration and lead desktop support — including two years on a scanning, imaging and workflow program.
1996 · Jacksonville, Florida
Engineer
CompuCom
Hardware and software engineering and technical support, including large-scale workstation rollout techniques.
1995–1996 · Jacksonville, Florida
AutoCAD & MicroStation Draftsman
JIM King (leased to CSX RPI)
Digitizing CSX railroad property maps dating back to the 1800s, with MDL application development against the MicroStation platform.
1994–1995 · Gainesville, Florida
AutoCAD Draftsman, Environmental Technician
Chance & Causseux Engineering
Site design across Florida in AutoCAD Release 12 and 13, with Ethernet and LANtastic network support, carried alongside engineering coursework.