Engineer working at the seam of mechanical, hardware, and software. I build things that have to work in the real world — from cable runs to AI agents.
Today I split my time between installing and servicing AV systems for corporate clients — CTS-certified, networking gear, Teams and Zoom rooms built end to end — and Sumov.ai, an autonomous research agent I designed.
The hands-on background shapes how I think about software. Physical systems don't lie — that mindset keeps me honest about what's actually working and what just looks like it is. I'm looking for problems where the answer lives at the intersection of two different skill sets — the kind of problem that's frustrating for someone with only one toolbox.
// Selected work
Some are AI agents. Some are conference rooms with forty cables behind a wall. Both have to work on a deadline.
An autonomous research agent.
An AI agent platform focused on long-running research tasks. Designed the orchestration layer and helped shape the UX around how users hand off intent to the agent and review its work.
Role
Co-builder · systems & product
Visit
sumov.ai ↗
Teams + Zoom rooms, end to end.
Designed, installed, and serviced AV and networking gear for corporate clients. Cable runs, switch and access point provisioning, codec configuration, and post-install training. Hundreds of rooms shipped without callbacks.
From cable pull to managed switches.
Pulled, terminated, and certified runs in commercial spaces. Stood up VLANs, PoE budgets, and access points. Documented every closet so the next person doesn't have to start from scratch.
Where the hands-on intuition started.
Years of working with heavy machinery, fixtures, and assemblies before pivoting into IT and software. This page exists because that background is the reason I look at software differently — physical constraints don't lie.
Built in public, deployed on the edge.
A static-exported Next.js site with a Three.js hero, hand-tuned typography, and a blueprint design language. Deployed on Cloudflare Pages with automatic builds from GitHub. Source available on request.
// About
My background is mechanical. I picked up IT, then networking, then software. Each layer informs the others — physical constraints don't lie, and they keep my builds honest.
Snapshot
Wake Tech Community College
Associate's, Applied Science
2026
Designed and built an autonomous research agent — orchestration, tool use, and the UX of handing off intent to an AI.
2023 — present
Install and service AV + networking gear. Build out Teams and Zoom rooms end to end. Train customers on systems I helped design.
2020 — 2023
Ran internal IT — imaging, deployment, ticketing, and the occasional Linux server. Customer-facing for hardware support.
2016 — 2020
Heavy machinery, power tools, assemblies. The reason I'm comfortable when something physical breaks and a screen full of code can't fix it.
// Capability index
Self-rated, pragmatic, and honest. Levels are calibrated against the people I work with — not against an idealized expert.
What I write
What I run
Where it started
Always learning
Currently going deeper on agent orchestration, system design, and self-hosted infra. Recent reads: Designing Data-Intensive Applications, The Pragmatic Programmer.
// Contact
If you've got an interesting problem — mechanical, IT, software, or somewhere in between — I'd like to hear about it.
Let's build something.
Samrubeswork@gmail.com→