Hey, my name is Tyler Ray

My fascination with technology began the day I built my first computer, and that spark has evolved into a lifelong dedication to tinkering, learning, and building. Over the years I’ve honed a solid, hands‑on skill set: assembling custom rigs, diagnosing and repairing hardware, modding gaming consoles, DIYing anything I can, and building and configuring home networks with gateways, managed switches, Wi‑Fi access points, security cameras, and NAS solutions. I’m also a self‑taught programmer with a diverse knowledge on working with APIs and libraries. There is truly no limit to what I find interesting with technology. My glee when booting my NAS with 7 drives in RAID-6 was indistinguisable from a child on christmas morning.

My enthusiasm towards programming has been there since early highschool, as a sophomore I convinced the computer science teacher to let me be his teaching assistant to take the course. My highschool held a 'junior and seniors only' rule for computer science classes, but through determination and critical thinking I realized I could negate that rule and take the class early to verify that I was teaching myself correct and proper programming methods. Being a teacher's aid also taught me invaluable skills and deepened my technical foundation. Allowing me to sharpen my ability to translate complex ideas into clear explanations for students at a higher level than myself.

Although I haven’t yet earned formal certifications, countless years of self‑directed study, relentless problem‑solving, and a ground‑up understanding of system architecture have prepared me for a variety of IT and technical positions.

Prior to my hopeful tech career, I spent eight years leading teams in grocery retail operations. That experience refined my customer‑service mindset, training capabilities, and operational acumen. Equipping myself with traits that now define my IT approach: dependable, user‑centric, and solution‑driven.

I’m now pursuing opportunities in IT support, networking, systems administration, system integration, or software development where I can blend my practical technical expertise with my passion for helping people and optimizing technology.