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Freelancing & Consulting

Hardware & Software Troubleshooting

  • Diagnose and resolve hardware issues: boot failures, POST errors, component replacement
  • Troubleshoot system performance problems across Windows and Linux environments
  • Identify and fix driver conflicts, OS errors, and application malfunctions
  • Perform device setup, configuration, and peripheral troubleshooting
  • Resolve networking issues: IP conflicts, DNS/DHCP problems, connectivity failures
  • Apply CompTIA A+–level best practices for safety, documentation, and escalation

Infrastructure & Systems Focus

  • Build and deploy cloud and on-prem environments (AWS, GNS3, Cisco, VirtualBox)
  • Design multi-tier VPC architectures with routing, subnets, and security controls
  • Simulate full production networks using Cisco routers, switches, ACLs, firewalls, and VLAN/STP

Automation & Scripting

  • Automate network configuration and inventory using Python, Ansible, Netmiko, and Terraform
  • Create repeatable, documented workflows for infrastructure deployment
  • Strong focus on reliability, reproducibility, and clean automation patterns

Networking & Cloud Skills

  • VLANs, OSPF, DHCP, DNS, trunking, broadcast domain control
  • AWS EC2, VPC, security groups, routing tables, IAM fundamentals
  • Hands-on troubleshooting across Windows and Linux OS, and hybrid environments

Content & Documentation

  • Produce clear technical demos, diagrams, and walkthroughs
  • Write accessible blog articles on networking, automation, AI, and system performance
  • Break down complex concepts for learners and stakeholders

AI Device Testing and Dataset Collection

  • Supports initiatives for next‑generation AI technologies by contributing to data collection and usability testing across speech‑driven, silent‑speech, and gesture‑based human‑machine interaction.
  • Evaluates audible and Silent Speech Recognition (SSR) devices using various facial sensors and signal captures.
  • Tests gesture‑driven devices for non-keyboard alphanumeric input.
  • Participates in instrumented, audio/video‑recorded sessions, generating high‑quality datasets that inform intent‑inference pipelines and usability analytics for emerging AI interaction systems.

AI Model Evaluation

  • Evaluates and compares large language model (LLM) responses across conversational and location-based AI use cases.
  • Develops prompt scenarios and assesses model outputs for accuracy, relevance, contextual understanding, personalization quality, and instruction adherence.
  • Identifies hallucinations, unsupported claims, reasoning errors, and personalization inconsistencies across competing model responses.
  • Documents evaluation findings and rationales that support model benchmarking, response quality improvements, and AI performance analysis.

Website User Experience (UX) Evaluation and Application Usability

  • Participates in task-based usability studies to evaluate websites, web applications, and digital user experiences.
  • Executes navigation, search, account management, and transaction workflows to assess functionality, usability, and ease of use.
  • Identifies usability barriers, navigation challenges, confusing interface elements, and workflow inefficiencies that impact task completion.
  • Provides structured feedback supporting user experience optimization, interface improvements, information architecture, and customer satisfaction initiatives.
Natasha Bonds
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Videos, Code, and Writings

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Articles (Under Construction)

Capstone Project

The Impact of STP and VLANs on Broadcast Storms

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