Professional services firm · Intune workstations and Azure
Improved workstation management with Microsoft Intune and supported Azure configuration, for more consistent device management, secure access, and a clearer foundation for ongoing support.
St Croix Tech Services · Hudson & the St. Croix Valley
Selected Projects
St Croix Tech Services projects
Restaurant · Network and business-system cleanup
Cleaned up and secured the business network and improved the connectivity behind the point-of-sale and phone systems, making the environment simpler, more reliable, and easier to support.
Small business · Microsoft 365, OneDrive and workstations
Organized OneDrive folders into one company file structure across workstations with Microsoft 365, built and deployed an additional workstation, set up secure remote access for an outside accountant, and provided QuickBooks consulting.
Small businesses · Websites on the trudj.net platform
Built and moved websites for local businesses onto our trudj.net platform, with page editing, photo libraries, contact inboxes and, for food service, menus, rewards punch cards and online ordering in beta.
Current development
Work in progress on our own platform. These features are in beta and are being built and tested with real businesses before wider release.
Restaurant · Website, interactive menu and digital rewards
A new website on the trudj.net platform with a searchable menu, item photos and filters, a downloadable menu that stays current, and digital punch cards that replace paper cards, including a counter tablet for staff and customers.
Restaurant · Online ordering and kitchen screen
Pickup ordering from the website’s own menu, group orders by invite link, a kitchen orders board and printed tickets, with orders adding punches to the customer’s card.
POS system integration
Connectors for point-of-sale systems, starting with Clover, to send online orders to the register, apply rewards at checkout, keep menus in sync, and later bring sales and customer records into a custom back end.
Customer web applications
Custom web applications built on the same platform: a customer portal for proposals, approvals and invoices, a hosting portal that customers use to manage their own sites, and TRUDJ.net Secure for sending sensitive information safely.
Selected prior professional experience
These examples come from Dan’s professional experience while working for a managed services provider in the IT space. They are not presented as St Croix Tech Services client contracts.
Enterprise network modernization and acquisition integration
Brought acquired and newly added locations into a standardized, secure multi-site design as the organization grew across the United States and Canada.
Zero Trust remote access and VPN modernization
Replaced legacy VPN access with a Zero Trust service, including deployment standards, documentation, access policy, migration and support practices.
Azure and multi-site connectivity
Built Azure-to-branch connectivity with highly available virtual firewalls, IPsec VPNs and route controls, alongside SD-WAN and redundant on-premises links.
Industrial campus and operational segmentation
Designed a multi-building campus network spanning fiber, switching, wireless, cameras and point-to-point links, with separate business, guest, security and operational zones.
Hyper-V high-availability cluster standardization
Standardized Windows Server Hyper-V clusters with shared storage for migrations, host refreshes, new deployments and resilient workloads.