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Chicago Smart Hands for MSPs & IT Vendors

Your client is in Chicagoland; your engineers aren't. Dispatch a senior, ITIL-certified, Dell-certified tech who works the ticket your way — scoped, executed, documented, closed — without the roulette of a gig platform.

Why MSPs & vendors call

The problems I get dispatched for

MSPs, VARs, and national field-service teams use me as their boots on the ground in the Chicago area — one-off tickets, recurring visits, and multi-day projects.

Known quantity

No marketplace roulette

You know exactly who's on site under your brand — the same senior engineer, every ticket, professional with your end client.

  • 15+ years in IT ops, ITIL-certified
  • COI, W-9 & NDA ready — easy vendor onboarding
  • Communicative from acceptance to closeout
Real smart hands

Speaks engineer

Your remote team needs on-site hands who can rack, cable, console in, read a switch, and describe what they see accurately the first time.

  • Dell-certified hardware work
  • SonicWall & Cisco Meraki familiarity
  • Photos, notes & usable closeout documentation
Coverage

Overflow to full projects

Your team is stretched, or the site is 500 miles from your nearest tech. I take the ticket, the recurring visit, or the multi-day project.

  • Same-day & after-hours available
  • Multi-site & branch coverage
  • Backfill from $640/day
Services

What I handle on dispatch

Clear scopes, clean execution, and documentation your engineers can actually work from.

Field work

Hardware & smart hands

The physical layer, handled by certified hands.

  • Hardware swaps, imaging & staging
  • Rack & stack, installs & decommissions (IMACD)
  • Data center smart hands & break-fix
Dispatch me →
Network

Network & site checks

Eyes and hands for your network team.

  • SonicWall & Meraki checks and swaps
  • Wi-Fi troubleshooting & site surveys
  • Patch panel, cabling checks & labeling
Book a site visit →
Coverage

Coverage & projects

From one ticket to a season of them.

  • Overflow & recurring dispatch
  • Backfill & branch-office coverage
  • Office openings, moves & decommissions
Discuss coverage →
Engagement & rates

Published rates, no surprises

Quoted before any work starts — no national dispatch layers, delays, or markup.

On-Site / Smart HandsStandard dispatch · hardware, network, desk-side
$135/hr
Same-Day / Urgent DispatchBusiness-impacting issues, priority response
$175/hr
After-Hours / WeekendEvenings, weekends & maintenance windows
$210/hr
Full-Day BlockUp to 8 hrs — migrations, rollouts, refreshes
$850
Backfill / Temporary CoverageMulti-day & monthly engagements — weeks to a year
from $640/day

2-hour minimum on standard visits · Drive time beyond ~1 hr billed by time, not mileage · MSP & subcontract partner rates available on request — see the full pricing page.

How it works

Three steps to sorted

No account managers, no phone trees. You reach me, I show up, the problem's handled.

01Reach out

Tell me what's broken

Send the issue, the location, and when you need someone there. I confirm availability and scope fast — usually the same day.

02I show up

The senior tech arrives

On-site or remote — the same ITIL-certified engineer every time. I learn your environment and get to work without hand-holding.

03Sorted

Fixed and documented

The issue is resolved, the work is written up, and you get clear follow-up — so the same problem doesn't come back next week.

Word of mouth

Trusted when the project can't slip

“On a large, time-sensitive merger project, without his 200% input and overtime work — including weekends — the project would not have been successful.”

— Edona Kurtolli — Director, Enterprise Customer Success, Exiger

Need boots on the ground in Chicago?

Send the site address, the scope, and the window. I'll confirm availability fast — usually the same day — and show up with the ticket read and the tools packed.

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