Technology consulting for Philadelphia businesses
I help businesses simplify and secure their technology.
Many businesses run on a patchwork of systems, subscriptions, and online accounts. I help businesses understand the infrastructure they have, and create and execute plans to better organize everything for simplification, lower costs, and better efficiency.
I make sure business owners understand what their own infrastructure is and how to access it. This not only helps owners run their businesses better, it also gives them the knowledge to defend against and recover from cyber attacks, equipment failures, and natural disasters.
How I can help
Security upgrades
- Lock down your online accounts and permissions to protect your business
- Organize and secure your accounts in a password manager
- Better secure your business network
- Train staff to recognize and defend against cyber attacks and fraud
Backups & disaster recovery
- Design a recovery plan for cyber attacks, natural disasters, or employee error
- Make sure your backups are reliable, and test restoring from them
- Secure access to your office network for remote employees and owners, using a VPN or similar tools
Websites, payments & operations
- Build a new website, or improve the one you already have
- Make sure your website is easy for customers to use
- Explore options to lower payment processing fees and support alternative payment methods
- Secure your website, domain, and essential accounts to ensure you never lose access to your critical infrastructure
Preparing to sell your business
- Take inventory of all existing technology, accounts, and subscriptions
- Update and simplify the existing infrastructure, making the handover easier for the new owner
- Put online accounts and subscriptions into a password manager, ready to hand over
AI integration
- Find out which AI tools fit your business's needs
- Learn how to automate repetitive tasks
- Reduce risks to customer data when using AI
- Make your own documents and records searchable
- Choose tools that keep your proprietary business data private, rather than handing it to the cheapest and easiest options
Outcome: less time lost to repetitive work, and a straight answer on what is worth automating and what is not.
Everything else I help with
Wi-Fi network and internet improvements
- 🚀 Fix slow internet speeds
- 📶 Strengthen Wi-Fi signals to improve range
- 🔐 Improve your network's security
Computer tune-ups
- 🦠 Malware and virus removal
- 🗄️ Computer file organization
- 🖥️ Updating your OS, software, drivers, and more
- 💽 Hardware upgrades
- Storage drive upgrades (size, speed, and reliability improvements)
- Expansion cards (graphics cards, networking cards, and others)
Data backups
- 🗂️ Back up your data
- ♻️ Make sure the backup actually restores, rather than assuming it does
Home security systems and smart home
- 🚨 Alarm system installations with professional monitoring
- 💡 Smart lights, smart doorbells, smart thermostats, smart locks, and more
- 📹 Install security cameras and the infrastructure to store and back up footage remotely
Privacy and security help
- 🛡️ Protect yourself from online threats
- 🔒 Harden your personal accounts against threats (banking, social media, email, messaging, and more)
- 📉 Reduce your data footprint, and keep your data out of the wrong hands
Technology education
- 📚 Help learning any technology you're having trouble with
- 📝 Personalized instructions provided
Organization
- ♻️ Help cleaning up, recycling, and sorting old technology
- 🔌 Cable and wire management improvements (cleaner cables and desks)
Questions
What happens on the first call?
A free call about what you need help with, what it's costing you, and whether I'm the right person for it. If I'm not, I'll tell you.
What parts of Philadelphia do you work in?
Center City, Graduate Hospital, Queens Village, Society Hill, Old City, Manayunk, Bella Vista, South Philly, Northern Liberties, Fairmount, University City, and the surrounding neighborhoods.
I have a technology issue or concern that isn't listed above. Can you still help?
I'm always ready to tackle new and interesting problems. You're welcome to send an inquiry or schedule a call to find out whether I can help.