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Van Dorsey
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Business technology leader at Cisco and across DoD programs; shipped a secure cross-platform asset-data app and production TensorFlow recommendations.
United StatesBuilder at Independent Applied AI and Data Lab
Experience
Builder
Rebuilding a lab on own hardware, starting with an MCP server to serve as the tool layer for a productivity agent, using Grok Build and Claude Code as development partners.
MCPGrok BuildClaude CodeAI assisted Development
Business Technology Partner
Translated client operational and data problems into AI-enabled engagements, building working proofs. Built an MCP server with 36 tools and 975 automated tests, and created a requirements-traceability framework adopted across six projects.
MCPAIPythonSQLSeaweedFSS3ParquetDuckDBTime Series Forecasting (Meta Prophet)Computer VisionRaspberry PiCI CD
Senior Solution Architect, Analytics
Built and shipped a cross-platform desktop application for secure machines to query Cisco asset database. Sole analytics engineer sustaining and enhancing the Cisco DoD asset-management platform, including ETL and TensorFlow recommendation engine.
TauriVue.JsQuasar FrameworkPythonSQLSnowflakeTableauTensorFlowETLSharePoint
Principal Solution Architect
Led AI/ML-driven asset management across $465M in DoD contracts, built a 360° customer asset portal used by 300+ users that cut mis-assignments 40%, and evolved recommendations from NLP to TensorFlow. Also ran colocation infrastructure, avoiding ~$500K in cloud costs.
AI MLTensorFlowNLPAsset ManagementFedRAMPDoDTableauCo Location
Solutions Architect
Architected the operational data store underpinning ~$100M in annual revenue at the Proactive Network Operations Center, leading developers and DBAs across portals, databases, and ETL.
Data ArchitectureETLDatabasesLeadership
Principal Architect
Started a team of one and grew it to 15 specialists who built and ran the data platform behind managed services, giving near-real-time visibility. Built the Proactive Network Operations Center data store at $50M in annual revenue. Provided solution architecture for clients including Sprint, PwC, and Yellow Roadway.
Data PlatformManaged ServicesSolutions ArchitectTeam Building
Senior / Principal Architect, Senior Engineer and Project Manager
Created per-circuit troubleshooting cards and SQL to knit isolated site records into end-to-end circuit paths. Automated circuit provisioning with RAMIS II, cutting route selection from ~1 hour to ~5 minutes. Later performed OSS integration for McLeodUSA's national fiber network and Sprint's ION.
SQLRAMISOpen Source IntegrationCircuit ProvisioningTroubleshooting
Education
National Institute of Technology
Associate in Electronics Technology from the National Institute of Technology in Cross Lanes, WV.