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IT & Networking
Network design, routers, switches, wireless, VoIP, servers, desktop support, and troubleshooting.
Matthew Salem · Work archive
Systems, infrastructure, technology—from the physical layer up.
I’ve spent much of my career working across IT, networking, low-voltage systems, commercial AV, automation, electrical work, and troubleshooting. More recently, that same problem-solving approach has taken me into software, infrastructure, and AI-assisted system development.
Capability overview
What I work with
The categories overlap because the work usually does. A network depends on the cable, the equipment, the power, the configuration, and the person who has to use it.
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Low Voltage & Building Systems
Structured cabling, surveillance, access control, commercial AV, distributed audio, automation, and controls.
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Electrical & Physical Infrastructure
Residential and light-commercial wiring, power distribution, service installations, conduit, and integration.
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Systems & Software
Linux, Docker, databases, APIs, automation, data processing, self-hosted infrastructure, and system architecture.
Selected work
A few points in the archive
These entries establish the range now. They will become more detailed as photographs and field notes are recovered.
Commerce systems installation
A residential systems installation bringing network infrastructure, surveillance, distributed audio, and multiple displays together behind the finished space.
Work involved: Cabling, Equipment installation, Network configuration, AV integration.
Open projectSalemNet IT Solutions
Eight years of independent IT and low-voltage work across residential and commercial environments.
Work involved: Owner and independent contractor, Design, Installation, Configuration.
Open projectElectrical work
Residential and light-commercial electrical work covering wiring, power distribution, service installation, and integration with low-voltage systems.
Work involved: Electrical technician, Wiring, Service installation, Troubleshooting.
Open projectTraceIQ
A large personal software project for organizing, processing, correlating, and reviewing complex collections of information from multiple sources.
Work involved: System design, Architecture, Data modeling, Iterative development.
Open projectWorking method
How I tend to work
Troubleshooting
Walking into systems I did not design, tracing how they work, and deciding what can be repaired, reused, or rebuilt.
Systems thinking
Looking past the individual device to understand the relationships, dependencies, and failure paths around it.
Learning across boundaries
Learning the technology required by the problem instead of staying inside one narrow discipline.
Physical + digital
Working on both sides of the wall: wiring, power, equipment, networks, computers, and software.
Practical implementation
Being most comfortable when something has to operate reliably in a real place for real people.
Experience snapshot
Work across the layers
A compact view of the progression. Background holds the conventional details; Journey explains how the changes connect.
2012–2020
SalemNet IT Solutions
Owner and independent contractor across IT, networking, low voltage, surveillance, access control, automation, and commercial AV.
2014–2023
Cullen Technologies
Independent consulting, desktop and remote support, network configuration, firewalls, and systems troubleshooting.
Detroit metro
Project work
Residential and commercial installations with organizations including Intellitech and Simply Tech.
2024–2026
Electrical work
Residential and light-commercial electrical installations, power distribution, wiring, service work, and physical infrastructure.
Current
Software & systems
Self-directed architecture and development across data processing, databases, containers, automation, and AI-assisted tools.
Journey preview
The work changed. The thread did not.
Each step added another layer to the same habit: understand the system, find the constraint, and learn what the problem requires.
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Computers
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Networks
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Building systems
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Electrical
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Software
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Current experiments
Current work · Lab
The same systems thinking, now pushed into software.
Recent projects explore how complex information can be ingested, organized, traced, and reviewed—and how specialized tools can work together without obscuring where data came from.
Open the lab- TraceIQ Information processing, relationships, timelines, and provenance.
- MCP platform Shared interfaces for tools, stores, and longer-running workflows.
- Infrastructure Databases, containers, APIs, automation, and iterative architecture.