Record of Service

I did not arrive at city government, or at technology, from the usual direction. My career started in the field: investigating arson, working crime scenes alongside Harris County investigators, running logistics and communications during storms and evacuations. The credentials below are not decorative — each is a tested standard, a real examination, or a peer recognition with meaningful requirements. They are filed here so residents and clients know exactly what stands behind the work.

Law Enforcement & Public Safety

Licensed Texas Peace Officer — TCOLE Advanced Certification
Commissioned fire investigator and inspector, State of Texas
Over 2,100 hours of training in law enforcement patrol and investigations
Over 3,450 hours of total tested training in public safety
Criminal investigation; interviewing witnesses and suspects
Evidence collection, chain of custody, and documentation
Latent print processing; digital forensics; property & evidence management
Courtroom and expert-witness testimony preparation

Fire Investigation Credentials

Certified Fire Investigator (CFI) — IAAI, December 2015
Certified Fire & Explosion Investigator (CFEI) — NAFI, October 2015
Advanced Arson Investigator — Texas Commission on Fire Protection, November 2016
Forensic Fire Death Investigator — Texas A&M TEEX Forensic Science Academy, December 2016
Major Crimes Investigator Certification — TEEX, April 2014
Forensic Investigator I — TEEX, April 2013
Forensic Technician — TEEX, September 2012

Fire & Emergency Services

Fire Officer II — Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office
Fire Officer I — Lone Star College
Instructor II — Harris County Fire Marshal; Instructor I — FAST Training Consultants
HazMat Technician — Lone Star College
EMT-Basic — Lone Star College
USFA All-Hazard Incident Management (ICS)
Fire Prevention Codes & Inspection

Technology Leadership

IT Director for a public-safety organization — networks, endpoints, cybersecurity, systems, strategy, and vendor relationships
Microsoft 365, Entra ID, Intune, Power Platform, and SharePoint administration
Network infrastructure design, firewall management, VLAN architecture, wireless deployment
Designed and operate a multi-node virtualization cluster running dozens of production services with high-availability failover and a documented DR model
Deployed an enterprise SIEM across ~149 endpoints with centralized syslog and custom detection rules
Automated IT asset and license management (~246 assets), reconciled nightly to feed budget planning
Managed a $1.2M divisional technology budget; identified $30,000/year in vendor waste via telecom audit
Barcode evidence-management system reducing annual inventory manhours by 88%
Python automation for statistical reporting — cut late reports by 90%+
Led a 100-unit body-worn camera deployment, fully funded and delivered on schedule
Staffed and managed a technology function of 29 personnel; mentored 6 to advancement

Certifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner — November 2023
Google Cybersecurity Certificate — November 2023
Level 4 CJIS Security Certification

Government & Municipal

Mayor of Jersey Village, Texas — budget oversight, infrastructure, public policy, and council governance
Former Harris County Fire Marshal’s Office — Lieutenant/Investigator; supervised a five-person investigative team
Inherited an investigative division 40% understaffed; redesigned sourcing and cut the vacancy rate to 3%
Grew third-party certification rate from near zero to 50%+ of staff within four years
Over 1,000 career investigations (majority fraud); IAAI Jack Sneed Award for outstanding arson case work
Former Montgomery County Fire Marshal’s Office; former municipal police patrol officer; former city Fire Marshal
Texas Fire Marshal’s Association — Legislative Committee Co-Chairman

Emergency Management & Deployments

Winter Weather Event, Harris County TX, 2014 — EOC Liaison
Wildfire, Montgomery County TX, 2011 — Logistics Officer
Hurricane Ike, Houston area, 2008 — Patrol Officer
Hurricane Rita, Cypress Creek EMS, 2005 — Communications Officer
All-Hazard Incident Management training (USFA); ICS-aligned command and logistics experience