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Dashboards · Data apps · Automations · SQL databases

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Custom dashboards, databases, and data pipelines for teams without a software department.

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What I build

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Field-data apps

Offline iOS + Android progressive web app (PWA) for collecting data in the field — customizable EcoPlot deployments with your protocols, reports, and a private database.

R Shiny apps & dashboards

Interactive web apps and dashboards built in R Shiny for data collection, reporting, visualization, and analysis.

SQL database management

Database design, schema modeling, backups, and data migrations — SQL Server, PostgreSQL, SQLite, and Azure SQL.

Data engineering

ETL pipelines, workflow integrations, and the plumbing that moves data between your tools or migrates you to an updated system.

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From the field

Some experiences through the years that helped shape my views on collecting data.

Collecting line-point intercept data with the Great Basin Institute for BLM in Ely, NV
LPI transect · GBI / BLM, Ely NV
Setting traps for a small-mammal bout
Setting small-mammal traps
MIMs sampling in Boise, Idaho with the USFS
MIMs sampling · USFS, Boise ID
Collecting soil samples at the Santa Rita Experimental Range for NEON
Soil sampling · NEON, Santa Rita
Monitoring rangeland plots for Tonto National Forest with VGS
Rangeland monitoring · VGS, Tonto NF
An electro-fishing bout at Sycamore Creek for NEON (Tonto NF)
Electro-fishing · NEON, Sycamore Creek
Teaching a field crew how to monitor vegetation data with VGS
Veg-monitoring training · VGS
Small-mammal trapping with NEON — labeling a location while picking up a filled trap
Small-mammal trapping · NEON

How I work

Discovery

Figure out your goals, needs, and constraints.

Build

Build your project specific to what you need.

Deploy

Get your project up and running, and train you on how to use it.

Who I work with

  • 🌱 Environmental consultants & nonprofits
  • 🔬 University research labs
  • 🏜 Small businesses & operators
  • 🧭 Field crews

Possible hosting plans

Flat monthly hosting estimates after I ship depending on the project, covering your Azure stack.

Base

Light hosting + monitoring

$25–$75/ mo

Application or DB · uptime monitoring · security patches · monthly health check.

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Standard

Growing businesses with live dashboards

$150–$200/ mo

Up to 25 GB SQL · 5 ADF pipelines · Shiny hosting · monthly check-in + small fixes.

Pro

Production workloads with SLAs

$300+/ mo

100+ GB SQL · 15+ pipelines · anomaly alerts · <4 hr priority response · geo backups.

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