Infrastructure & networks
I design, build, and maintain the networks, servers, and cloud environments a business runs on, from multi-site VPNs to migrations and backups.
IT Consultant · Network Engineer · Columbus, Ohio
Justin Huffman
I design, secure, and run the technology that businesses depend on, then explain it clearly to the people who make the decisions.
18+ yrsin IT and network engineering
20+engineers mentored to Cisco certification
Multi-sitenetworks designed and supported
vCIOstrategy for growing businesses
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About
I'm a technology consultant who sits between the server room and the boardroom. I turn business needs into technical plans, and technical work into summaries that leaders can act on.
I've been hooked on technology since I took apart my parents' brand-new Betamax at age eight to see how it worked. Building a PC to play Doom in 1994 led to wiring up LAN parties in the late '90s. That grew into a career building and running networks, servers, websites, and software, with 18+ years across network integration, transportation and logistics, and independent consulting.
Today I run Huffman Information Technologies, where I serve as a virtual CIO and hands-on engineer for my clients. I still love to tinker, whether that means benchmarking a PC or wiring an Arduino to open the garage door from my phone. Away from screens, you'll find me spinning records, enjoying a craft brew, or looking for the next great place to eat around Columbus.
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What I do
Security & compliance
I audit systems for weak spots and put practical security in place, including device management for teams that use their own phones and laptops.
IT strategy
As an outside IT director, I build technology roadmaps that fit a company's goals and budget, and I explain the trade-offs in plain language.
Vendor & project management
I choose vendors, negotiate contracts, and deliver projects on time and on budget, each with a technical write-up and an executive summary.
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Skills & Education
Infrastructure & Networking
- Routing & switching
- Firewalls
- VPN
- Wireless
- DNS & proxy
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- Exchange
- macOS
- Debian / Linux
- MDM & BYOD security
- Backup & NAS
- Cloud migration
- Cisco
- Juniper
- WatchGuard
- Dell
- HP
Consulting & Leadership
- Virtual CIO
- Technology roadmaps
- Project management
- Agile / Scrum
- Vendor negotiation
- Risk management
- Budgeting & forecasting
- Team leadership
- Mentoring
- Stakeholder communication
- Technical writing
Software Development
- Java
- Spring Boot
- JavaScript
- React
- HTML
- CSS
- SQL
- JPA / ORMs
- MVC
- TDD
- Git
Tools
- Jira
- Trello
- Bitbucket
- GitHub
- Microsoft 365
- Adobe Acrobat
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- QuickBooks
Degree · 2022
B.S. Business Administration
Franklin University. Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA.
Bootcamp · 2018
Full-Stack Java Developer
We Can Code IT. Java, Spring Boot, JavaScript, TDD, SQL.
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Projects
Featured · 2026
Turnkeeper
I built Turnkeeper to help the beginners in my Dungeons & Dragons group. It reads each player's stats from their Google Sheets character sheet, lays out everything they need at the table, and keeps track of their turn from start to end. It follows the 5e rules, so it knows what each character can do and hands them the dice roll commands to paste into our Discord game. It runs as static web pages with nothing to install and no login, and a free Firebase database carries each player's live hit points and conditions to the DM Screen.
- JavaScript
- HTML & CSS
- Google Sheets
- Firebase
- GitHub Pages
- Imports a character straight from a shared Google Sheet with no API keys
- A Combat Menu walks new players through their actions, bonus actions, and reactions, then gives them the Avrae roll command to paste
- Tracks hit points, spell slots, Hit Dice, death saves, concentration, and conditions, and adds them to rolls automatically
- Enforces spell limits from the Player's Handbook, including the wizard's spellbook
- A campaign hub with portrait cards for each character, plus color themes, on any device
Bootcamp work · 2018
Exercises from the We Can Code IT full-stack Java program.
Virtual Pets Amok
Shows the four pillars of object-oriented programming in Java. The design uses an abstract pet superclass, organic and robotic subclasses, and shared behavior through polymorphism.
- Java
- OOP
- TDD
Song Reviews
A song review site with a Java back end and a Spring MVC and Thymeleaf front end.
- Java
- Spring MVC
- Thymeleaf
Fortune Teller
A web-based "digital oracle." A Java back end generates random fortunes, and a templating engine delivers them to the user.
- Java
- Spring Boot
- Templating