Head of IT · Enterprise Infrastructure · Autonomous Systems

Greystones, Co. Wicklow, Ireland  · 

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    EDU["Engineering Foundation<br/>──────────────<br/>BAC STI Électrotechnique<br/>BTS IRIS · Thales · AFTI"]
    BANK["Banking IT — Paris<br/>──────────────<br/>BNP Paribas · Natixis<br/>2012 – 2014"]
    MED["Medical IT<br/>──────────────<br/>Diagnostica STAGO<br/>2,200 users · 2014 – 2016"]
    HEAD["Head of IT<br/>──────────────<br/>TCOAG · Stago Group<br/>Bray, Ireland · 2016 – Present"]
    SYS["Autonomous Systems<br/>──────────────<br/>Python · AI Agents<br/>Orchestration Layers"]
    EDU --> BANK --> MED --> HEAD --> SYS

• ROBOTAI — A small robot head that looks around and talks back. It started as a board most people would have thrown away; I brought it back to life over a serial cable and gave it animated eyes, a camera and a voice. Everything runs at home — nothing it sees or hears leaves the house.

• Roborock S5 → Valetudo — Complete UART root + dual A/B partition flash to Valetudo 2026.02.0. 22× faster flashing via optimized block writes, zero cloud dependency, MQTT Home Assistant integration, custom GLaDOS voice pack. Full technical journey with blockers documented.

• StonyClaw Showcase — Live 30-agent AI system building a pixel-art kingdom in real-time. Watch it evolve at showcase.conchita.uk

• Quake Legacy — AI-powered fragmovie production system for Quake Live. Demo parsing, pattern recognition, automated rendering pipeline.

Local AI orchestration: Claude Code + Ollama + Qdrant + n8n + multi-agent crews. Everything runs on-prem. No cloud dependency.

I also maintain a range of private systems for personal infrastructure, experimentation, and autonomous decision-making:

AI & Autonomous Systems

• Sovereign OS — Personal AI operating layer on Claude Code — sequential Ollama review chain (qwen→gemma), 3-layer memory (Qdrant · RuFlo · Obsidian Vault), 292 active learning rules, pipeline status visible on every edit
• Polymarket Bot — Autonomous multi-engine prediction market system with capital allocation, verification gates, and fail-safe execution
• Binance Bot — Algorithmic crypto trading with multi-strategy execution and risk management
• Pantry AI — Household decision engine combining structured inventory data, meal planning, recipe sourcing, and real-time price intelligence

Hardware & Home Automation

• GARDEN_CLAUDED — Plant monitoring system with automated irrigation and sensor telemetry (Raspberry Pi, MQTT)
• ESP32_CLAUDED — Embedded systems lab with 3 experimental boards and custom firmware
• Magic Mirror — Embedded information display integrating Home Assistant, MQTT, and AI-curated feeds (Raspberry Pi)
• MEDIA_HUB_CLAUDED — Media routing built around Stremio, including a Jellyfin add-on I wrote myself so my own archive of films that aren't on any streaming service plays in the same place as everything else
• NEST_CAM_CLAUDED — De-Google Nest Cam Doorbell (local fallback + privacy layer)
• SAMSUNG_TV_CLAUDED — Samsung Q80T developer access & PCM audio investigation
• Home Assistant — Large-scale home automation platform with entity orchestration, presence logic, energy-aware control

Systems & Documentation

• Finance App — Local-first financial analysis system for transaction normalisation and multi-account tracking
• email-intelligence — Intelligent email processing and insights system
• Repo-Work — Engineering documentation and procedures for industrial system recovery projects
• portfolio — Professional portfolio system

Private systems are not accessible. Descriptions reflect current architecture and purpose. All systems emphasize local-first, zero-cloud-dependency design.

Every development session runs through Sovereign OS — a wiring harness on top of Claude Code:

• Sequential Ollama review chain per edit: qwen2.5-coder:7b (code patterns) then gemma3:4b (reasoning), each loaded → reviewed → unloaded. Cross-process lock keeps multi-tab sessions VRAM-safe. Gemini 2.5 Pro and Codex run in parallel alongside.
• Every hook event emits a visible status line — no silent failures, no flying blind on which reviewers fired
• Prompt primer injects project context, active constraints, and stack info before every response
• Three-layer memory (Qdrant semantic search · RuFlo HNSW · Obsidian Vault) keeps context across sessions
• n8n automates file-change ingestion, session saves, and PR notifications via Telegram

The practical result: full project context at session start, no repeated mistakes, automated review on every change.

Infrastructure & Operations

Security & Networking

Python & Async Systems

Automation & AI

Embedded & Home Systems

14 years of enterprise IT across banking, medical diagnostics, and regulated environments. Building autonomous systems at home, in Python, because the problems are worth solving.