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Experience
Over two decades across information systems, cybersecurity, enterprise infrastructure, disaster recovery, ERP, DevOps, AI, automation, and product delivery.
Builtto operateunder load.
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Founder and hands-on technology leader focused on security, infrastructure, software, operations, and business continuity for organizations where systems have to work under pressure.
Disaster Recovery ✦Project Management ✦ERP ✦AI & Automation ✦DevOps ✦Cybersecurity ✦BI ✦Cloud ✦Networks ✦Leadership ✦Disaster Recovery ✦Project Management ✦ERP ✦AI & Automation ✦DevOps ✦Cybersecurity ✦BI ✦Cloud ✦Networks ✦Leadership ✦
02 / ABOUT
The work combines experience, a practical skillset, and clear goals around what matters most.
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Skillset
Security architecture, data centers, cloud and on-prem infrastructure, ERP development, team leadership, automation, and practical delivery from design through operation.
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Current Direction
Building Plan-B Systems around pragmatic security and infrastructure products, while preserving the strongest content from the original vaughn.ws profile.
An index of what
I bring into the room.
Infrastructure, security, ERP, data, automation, and leadership are treated as one operating surface: designed together, run under load, and measured by business continuity.
Foundations. Infrastructure & Networks
Data centers, disaster recovery, cloud, network, DevOps, and SRE foundations for systems that have to keep running.
Disaster RecoveryCloudNetworksDevOpsSRE
Defense. Cybersecurity & Risk
Security architecture, identity, SOC/SIEM, compliance, incident response, and risk decisions grounded in operational reality.
SIEM/SOCIdentityComplianceIncident ResponseRisk
Systems. ERP, BI & Integration
ERP, BI, analytics, integration, data, and business processes that turn daily operations into measurable systems.
ERPBI & AnalyticsIntegrationProcessesData
Frontier. AI, Automation & Leadership
Practical AI, automation, project leadership, vendor strategy, and change management for teams moving under pressure.
AI & AutomationProject MgmtTeam BuildingVendorsChange Mgmt
v.26 —
a career, in releases.
A compressed version history from hands-on systems work through CIO leadership and the current Plan-B build.
- RUNTIME
- 26+ years
- MODE
- Founder / operator
Plan-B Systems founder build
Independent founder and developer building pragmatic security, infrastructure, and AI systems.
CURRENT BUILDChallenge Group CIO leadership
Led BI, ERP, systems, helpdesk, development, DevOps, network, and security pillars at group scale.
v.26.xCheck Point production IT
Managed production IT, budgets, implementation, DBA work, monitoring, and internal systems delivery.
v.25.xLogic Industries DR architecture
Designed and operated infrastructure, network, security, and disaster recovery programs for a major government project.
v.24.xEngineering track systems administration
Hands-on integration, ERP administration, enterprise systems, and early penetration testing work.
v.23.x05 / PROJECTS