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Build.
Break.
Learn.

I'm Douglas Sandoval — an IT leader, systems builder, consultant, musician and lifelong tinkerer. I like technology that is reliable, thoughtfully designed, and a little bit fun.

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01 / about

The human
behind the stack.

My work lives where technology, operations, communication and people intersect. I enjoy taking messy systems and making them make sense.

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Builder

Networks, cloud infrastructure, automation, websites — I like understanding how things work and making them work better.

🎸

Musician

Bass, live production and musical direction. Timing, signal flow, listening and teamwork are systems too.

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Explorer

Travel, languages, history, culture and people continually feed the same curiosity that drives my technical work.

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Purpose

A theological and ministry background shapes how I think about leadership, service, communication and responsibility.

02 / the stack

Things I
like to break.

Click around. Hover. Move your mouse. The interface is supposed to feel alive.

01 — IDENTITY

Microsoft 365

Entra ID · Exchange · Intune · collaboration · endpoint management

02 — NETWORKS

Infrastructure

Routing · VLANs · DNS/DHCP · firewalls · VPN · distributed environments

03 — CLOUD

Multi-cloud

AWS · Azure · GCP · Linux · practical infrastructure operations

04 — COMMS

VoIP

3CX · FreePBX · SIP · multi-site communications

03 / philosophy

Make it
reliable.

Good infrastructure disappears into the background. It should be secure, documented, recoverable and boring in the best possible way.

SYSTEM PRINCIPLE_01

Make it reliable.

If people notice the infrastructure every day, something probably needs attention.

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04 / work

Where I've
been building.

A career across systems administration, consulting, operations, programming and technology leadership.

JUN 2026 — PRESENT

Information Technology Manager

CAMERA · Boston, MA · Hybrid

Lead IT operations across infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud services, endpoints, telecommunications, vendors, licensing and end-user support.

SEP 2023 — JUN 2026

Director of Campus Programming / Deputy Director

CAMERA on Campus · CAMERA

Directed national programming, staff coordination, strategic initiatives, events and technology-enabled operations.

AUG 2015 — PRESENT

Lead Systems Administrator

DT Communications · Multi-site / Remote

Provide full-spectrum IT consulting across approximately 60 client offices spanning workstations, servers, cloud, networks, telephony, backups and end-user technology.

JUN 2011 — MAY 2015

Systems Administrator

SEP IT Services · Whittier, CA

Led IT services for Windows, Mac and Linux environments including networking, diagnostics, hardware, cabling, routing, DNS, firewalls and complex troubleshooting.

05 / beyond tech

More than
computers.

Technology is one of the ways I express curiosity. It isn't the only one.

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Signal flow

Audio, Ableton, live production, bass, worship and the eternal search for a clean signal chain.

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Go somewhere

A new city, language, restaurant, historical site or road I've never driven.

📚

Keep learning

Technology, theology, history, systems thinking and whatever rabbit hole catches my attention next.

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Make it human

Behind every ticket, server, network and workflow is a person trying to get something done.

06 / contact

Say hello.
Build something.

This isn't a résumé. It's a corner of the internet where I can share what I'm working on, what I'm learning and what I'm curious about.

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