SELECTED WORK
Problems, not service categories
A few examples of the type of work that best represents how I operate. Client-sensitive details are intentionally omitted.
Technical assessment — mixed municipal service fleet
Problem: assess a large mixed fleet of street-cleaning and waste-collection equipment against technical and contractual requirements.
Challenge: the relevant inspection criteria evolved while reviewing the equipment and documentation; the methodology had to learn without losing traceability.
Work: field data and photographic evidence, identification of deviations, document/requisite comparison, iterative inspection criteria and final technical reporting.
Value: an unfamiliar equipment domain was converted into a structured, defensible assessment.
Remote autonomous backup power
Problem: remote infrastructure often combines no grid connection, a small load and expensive service visits. Commercial low-power generators rarely provide the professional autonomous functions available at higher powers.
Work: concept development, commercial-generator modification for prototypes, 48 V range-extender testing, control architecture and application discovery.
Status: ongoing development and market validation.
Engineering support — research to prototype
Problem: support an engineering office on technical subjects outside its immediate in-house expertise.
Work: technology and patent research, market assessment, concept generation, feasibility work and prototype definition.
Learning: the same work becomes significantly more scalable when sold around a defined decision/output instead of billed purely by the hour.