Fire Officer and IT Specialist — leading shift operations and directing technology for public safety agencies.
Over twenty years in emergency services — starting as a volunteer, then a commercial EMT, before moving into the fire service as a firefighter/paramedic, then an engine company officer, and eventually a shift commander overseeing a 14-person crew and incident command for major alarms across engine, rescue, ladder, and marine units. Credentialed to Fire Officer 4 and Fire Instructor 2.
Over twenty years in emergency services — several of them also spent managing the technology underneath it — close enough to the job to know what actually breaks, technical enough to fix it.
His fire service experience includes serving as a shift commander — training and readiness for a 14-person crew, and incident command for major alarms across engine, rescue, ladder, and marine units. On the technology side, his background spans leading a Microsoft 365 migration, multi-district data and mobile-device projects, and vendor evaluation for the software platforms a public safety agency depends on.
He's helped write grant applications that have brought in more than $6 million for apparatus, training, and staffing; co-directs a 125-year-old fire service historical library; and co-developed a community paramedicine program connecting vulnerable residents to services after an emergency call. His experience in all of this is with West Haven Fire Department — this site, though, is personal, independent of the department, and reflects his own views, not an official one. This site is here to give a fuller picture than a résumé or LinkedIn headline can.
The only real qualification to lead is having someone willing to follow. Good organizations build around their informal leaders instead of overriding them — teams with real trust and expertise will set aside the chain of command "and function better because of it."
"Always" and "never" are claims to interrogate, not conclusions — and the standard for moral maturity should scale with responsibility, not stay fixed as rank grows.
Trust comes from how mistakes get handled, not from a record of avoiding them — the opposite of a "project confidence, hide doubt" model of leadership.
Fire Officer 4·Fire Instructor 2·CT & National Paramedic·ICS 800·HazMat Ops·CompTIA A+·Microsoft 365 Fundamentals (MS-900)
Distinguished Service Award and Community Service Award (WHFD) · three Unit Citations, including three code saves with YNHCEMS. BS in Public Safety Administration, Charter Oak State College — anticipated 2027, Dean's List.