Professional Experience
From getting started in IT at Geek Squad and serving as a U.S. Army Tactical Network Administrator, to moving from a civilian healthcare IT team to the standalone UC Engineer at BCLP—and today working full-time as UC Architect at BCLP while building side projects in his spare time under Flag & Torch LLC.
Best Buy — Geek Squad
Hardware Diagnostics & Tech Support
U.S. Army Signal Corps (25N)
Tactical Network Administrator
UC Tech → UC Engineer
Moved to Civilian Sector IT Team
UC Engineer @ BCLP
Became Standalone UC Engineer
UC Architect @ BCLP
Full-Time Role • Global UC
Flag & Torch LLC ↗
Founder • Side Projects
Career Timeline
Unified Communications Architect
•Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP)Promoted from standalone UC Engineer to Unified Communications Architect—his full-time career leading global collaboration architecture across multi-office legal operations, cloud telephony modernization, and hybrid workplace standardization.
Operated in his spare time alongside his full-time role at BCLP, Flag & Torch LLC (www.flagandtorch.com) is the parent company for his software projects, including ScoreB, My Goalie Stats, and CoCaptain.
Unified Communications Engineer
•Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (BCLP)Moved from a multi-person healthcare IT team to become the standalone Unified Communications Engineer at BCLP—serving as the go-to engineer owning global voice, Cisco CUCM clusters, SIP trunking, SBCs, and conference room systems end-to-end before being promoted to UC Architect.
Unified Communications Technician → Promoted to UC Engineer
•Healthcare Enterprise ITTransitioned from military service into a civilian sector healthcare IT team as a UC Technician and earned promotion to Unified Communications Engineer—supporting 24/7 hospital and clinic voice systems, call control, faxing, paging, and emergency compliance.
Tactical Network Administrator (25N)
•United States Army Signal CorpsServed as a 25N Tactical Network Administrator in the U.S. Army Signal Corps—deploying, operating, and troubleshooting tactical network routing, switching, and voice/data communications under field conditions.
Geek Squad Consultation & Repair
•Best Buy — Geek SquadStarted career in Information Technology with Geek Squad at Best Buy—building a hands-on foundation in hardware diagnostics, operating system repair, networking fundamentals, and translating technical problems into plain English.