// practitioner

I automate the parts of running a business that eat your time alive.

Founder @ FTS · Author of Live Life Automated & Geeking Out · MSP operator since 2016 · Former DevOps Engineering Manager, Abacus Group

Live
8+ years running a production MSP
250+ hours/month automated at Abacus Group
35,000 end users on ServiceNow
2 books published on automation
Phoenix Award 2024, Entara
// by the numbers

Results, not theory.

Every metric here comes from production systems I built and ran — not case studies, not projections.

8+
Years running FTS
Founded 2016
250+
Hours automated/month
At Abacus Group
35,000+
End users served
ServiceNow deployment
43%
Throughput improvement
Enterprise DevOps
// in production

This is what automation looks like.

Two of the systems running in production at FTS right now. Real outputs, real timing.

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// from the blog

Recent writing.

// books

Written for operators, by an operator.

Not theory. Not thought leadership. Frameworks that come from running production systems.

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Live Life Automated

The Operator's Complete System for Eliminating Repetitive Work

Build systems that run your business without you.

A practitioner's handbook for MSP operators, freelancers, and small business owners who are tired of doing the same thing twice. Live Life Automated walks you through the exact frameworks, tools, and...

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Geeking Out

How to Turn Your Technical Skills into a Viable Business

The technical founder's guide to building a real business.

Most technical people are great at their craft and terrible at turning it into a business. Geeking Out bridges that gap — walking through the mindset shifts, pricing frameworks, client acquisition str...

// fitzgerald tech solutions

Need the systems, not just the book?

FTS works with small businesses, MSPs, and technical teams to build the automation infrastructure they can't build themselves.

Managed IT

Fully automated MSP services for small-to-midsize businesses. BiaB deployment, proactive monitoring, zero-touch onboarding.

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Web Hosting

Managed hosting on infrastructure I own and operate. HestiaCP, harden Nginx, Cloudflare WAF, daily backups. No shared hosting, no surprises.

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Colocation

Rack space in a carrier-neutral facility. Bring your own hardware, get enterprise connectivity. Hands-on remote management available.

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