I spent 15 years building networks for Fortune 500 companies. I know what enterprise-grade infrastructure looks like. I started Third Level IT because growing businesses deserve that same level of engineering without the enterprise overhead.
The Enterprise Background
At Presidio and Sentinel Technologies, I designed infrastructure for organizations that took security seriously because they had to. Fortune 500 networks. Defense-in-depth architectures. Proper segmentation, encryption, access controls, and logging. The kind of engineering that costs a lot of money when you're paying enterprise rates.
I saw how large companies approach compliance requirements. Not as a checkbox exercise, but as an engineering problem. You don't just document controls - you implement them. You build infrastructure that actually meets the requirements, not infrastructure that looks good on paper.
The Gap I Saw
When I started working with growing businesses in Metro Detroit, I saw the same pattern over and over. Companies with 20-100 employees, maybe one overwhelmed IT generalist, dealing with increasing security threats and infrastructure complexity.
They'd call an MSP. The MSP would send a junior tech who follows scripts. They'd get a ticketing system and a monthly retainer. Maybe some antivirus. But the actual security architecture? The infrastructure that scales? That requires engineering work, not help desk services.
These companies need what I built at Presidio and Sentinel - enterprise-grade security architecture - but they don't need the overhead of enterprise-grade billing. They need an engineer, not a 50-person MSP.
Why Boutique Consulting
I could have joined a larger firm. I could be managing a team, reviewing other people's work, dealing with account managers and project coordinators. Instead, I chose to do the work myself.
When you work with me, you get me. Not whoever's available that day. Not a rotating cast of technicians with varying skill levels. The same engineer from your initial assessment through implementation through audit preparation.
I assess your environment with an AI-powered platform that produces cryptographically verified findings. I build your remediation plan. I implement the controls myself. I prepare you for the audit. Direct access to the person who actually does the work.
Who I Work With
I focus on growing businesses in Metro Detroit who need real infrastructure expertise. Manufacturers, professional services firms, charter schools, companies with 20-200 employees. Either one overwhelmed IT generalist or no IT staff at all.
If you need someone to reset passwords and manage printers, I'm not the right fit. If you need an engineer who can assess your security posture, design proper infrastructure, and implement it right, let's talk.