My name is Brandon Kendrick. I am a Data Analyst, Economist and IT Generalist based out of Citrus Heights, California.
What?
PoignantTech.com is my technology blog. I hope to provide readers with a repository of practical knowledge for business owners and hobbyists alike.
Why?
Technology is my Passion. With the use of technology, any personal or business goal can be achieved. Blogs have always served as invaluable bastions of useful information and I want to continue this tradition.
My blog also serves as a means of showcasing the knowledge and skills I’ve developed through the course of my career and continued education. Examples of services I can provide include:
Full-Stack Data Analytics
My primary specialty is generating value out of data by any means necessary. Through the combination of my educational and occupational backgrounds, I’ve developed fully-automated data analytics workflows using Python, SQLite and other tools.
Reports I’ve published are available to view on my Projects page, with detailed documentation and code examples available through my series of articles on Data Analytics. These projects and articles showcase relevant skills, including:
- Identifying and ascertaining the value of data sources within business and market contexts
- Developing robust and performant data acquisition and storage schemas which include adequate exception handling, data congruence verification, scheduling, and flow control
- Application of data normalization techniques including prescriptive handling of missing entries and null values
- Data modeling through a variety of means, ranging from making simple statistical inferences to more complex regression analysis, indices, and more.
- Publishing human-readable and routinely updated results through a self-hosted API, allowing consumption through any desired front-end interface.
- Engaging in a continuous improvement cycle, including routine code refactoring and the implementation of multi-threading and multi-processing techniques to improve script execution time.
I am currently open to part-time employment in data analytics, data science, and related fields. Feel free to reach-out to me either via LinkedIn or email via the Contact page to start a discussion.
IT Consulting Services
As an IT Generalist with almost a decade of relevant work experience, I’ve served in a variety of roles, ranging from hardware and helpdesk technician, system and network administrator, proactive services engineer, and as a direct report to the CIO of a multinational organization.
Through this experience, I’ve amassed a wealth of domain knowledge which I’m happy to share as part of a tailored suite of consulting services, including:
Security and Ransomware Resilience Auditing
This service is more than just a penetration test. This audit takes aim at five core elements that define the resiliency of business IT infrastructure:
- Principle of Least Privilege
- Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Maintenance & CVE Patching
- User Education
- Antivirus & Threat Response
Coaching and Auditing for MSP
This service is geared toward Managed Service Providers (MSP) looking to improve their internal processes with an emphasis on:
- Consistent and accurate timekeeping
- Complete and accurate documentation
- Auditing impartiality and usefulness of KPIs
- Eliminating time waste, enforcing accountability, and improving morale
Cloud Proposal – 2nd Opinion and Value Assessment
This service is geared toward companies looking for a second opinion when faced with a cloud migration proposal. The assessment places an emphasis on:
- Translating esoteric proposal details into human-readable language
- Objectively identifying business value obtained through proposed work
- Identifying and considering least-cost alternatives
- Defining remediation pathway if SLAs are breached.
- Verifying compatibility of on-premise software with cloud infrastructure
- Identify over and under-provisioned resources, balancing cost vs. performance
Feel free to reach-out via the Contact page so we can discuss what I can do to help your business.
Thank you for reading!