[Pumping Station: One](https://www.pumpingstationone.org) is a hackerspace in Chicago with over 700+ members.
I currently fill the role of [CTO](https://wiki.pumpingstationone.org/wiki/Board-Appointed_Officers#CTO), otherwise known as "Chief Technology Officer" or "the person you go to when the computer is misbehaving".
I was elected to CTO on the board consecutively between 2018-2020 and in 2020 a bylaws update came into effect converting me to an appointed officer serving the board.
I lead the Tech Team at PS:One, and together we maintain and build infrastructure for the space. The Tech Team is a vital part of balancing the maintenance required to keep space infra running <3
I have lead several major overhauls of the space's systems from 2018 onward, including:
- Overhauls of the networking infrastructure in 2018, 2020, and 2025
- Implementation of Unifi infrastructure across the board for unified network administration
- Several hypervisor migrations
- 2018 - Proxmox to VMWare
- It was totally broken at the time, I swear. Different times.
- 2025 - VMWare to Proxmox (in progress)
- [Fuck](https://kagi.com/search?q=vmware+kills+free+licensing) [Broadcom](https://www.servethehome.com/vmware-end-of-availability-on-many-vmware-vsphere-editions-broadcom/) and fuck Hock Tan
- Several membership management migrations
- 2019 - In-house tooling to Wild Apricot
- 2025 - WA/Stripe Hybridization project
- 2023-2025 - Wild Apricot to Deep Harbor (in-house) (in progress)
- Our member of many hats **tachoknight** is leading the development of an open source member management system for PS:One