Mainframe security, modernization, and sovereign AI, for the systems nobody else wants to touch.
About
20+ years hardening and running Linux, z/Linux, and IBM mainframe infrastructure, most recently owning end-to-end security and modernization strategy for a production z/Linux fleet of 1,000+ RHEL/SUSE servers on IBM S/390X mainframes.
Built the Rosetta Stone legacy-modernization pipeline — first shown at Red Hat Summit, expanded at the 2026 Red Hat Conference in Atlanta — and Web3270, an open-source, browser-based TN3270 client with a built-in mainframe security-testing toolkit. Author of eight books on private, auditable AI infrastructure.
Services
Modernization strategy, legacy code documentation, and code translation for IBM mainframe and z/Linux environments, converting legacy business logic into modern languages for seamless integration into AI and automation pipelines, scoped around live production systems without a rip-and-replace pitch.
Keynotes, conference talks, and workshops on mainframe security, legacy modernization, and sovereign AI infrastructure.
View the speaker sheet →Modernization strategy for IBM mainframe and z/Linux environments, turning undocumented shell scripts and legacy code into fully tested, auditable references while uncovering protocol-level gaps and architectural debt left behind by decades of tribal knowledge. Scoped strictly around live production systems to build clean bridges into modern AI and automation pipelines without a rip-and-replace pitch.
Products
Stock price alert service — set a high and low on any ticker, get a text or call the instant it crosses. No dashboard to babysit, no app to leave open. Full-stack build: real-time market data with automatic failover, Twilio SMS/phone delivery, PayPal subscription billing, admin tooling, containerized deployment.
Open source
Browser-based TN3270(E) mainframe terminal client with a built-in security-testing toolkit — RACF probing, protocol fuzzing, MITM traffic modification.
AI + Ansible legacy-code modernization pipeline that documents and tests legacy scripts before converting them.
TN3270E/VTAM client libraries and protocol notes.
LLM observability and hardware-recommendation platform for local, private model deployment.
Publications