Technologist · Builder · Problem solver

Hi, I’m Jason.I make things work.

I’ve spent more than 20 years building, connecting, repairing, and operating the systems behind real businesses. Away from the keyboard, I bring that same curiosity to fabrication, restoration, trailers, cabins, and whatever else looks worth figuring out.

This is a record of what I’ve built and what I’ve learned.

The short version

I’ve always wanted to know how things work.

That started with computers and websites and grew into databases, accounting systems, networks, online stores, security, telephone systems, reporting, and automation. Today I also build practical AI workflows that can safely work with those real systems.

The title on my office door is Chief Information Officer, but I’m still happiest close to the work: writing SQL, tracing an API, repairing a process, improving a website, or building the tool that was missing.

I’m equally comfortable working with wood and steel. I’ve restored trailers and boats, fabricated carts, remodeled homes, built off-grid projects, and helped relocate a historic log cabin. To me, these are all versions of the same activity: understand the problem, use what you have, and leave it better than you found it.

Understand the whole system

Technology only matters when it fits the people and work around it.

Build the useful version

I prefer working tools and lasting improvements over impressive presentations.

Stay curious

I’m still learning, testing, researching, and finding better ways to do things.

Career

More than two decades close to the work.

My career has grown with the systems I support—from early websites and accounting software to connected operations, e-commerce, security, and AI-assisted automation.

Early years

Learning by building

I graduated from high school early after helping manage the school computer network, then studied computer science while turning an interest in technology into practical work.

2002–2008

Web, marketing, sales, and IT

At Pederson Company I built and maintained websites, worked with accounting systems, managed search advertising and SEO, and handled the broad mix of technology and business work that comes with a small company.

2008–today

Building the technology behind Jorgenson Industrial Companies

As CIO, I lead technology across multiple locations while continuing to design and support the underlying systems: Dynamics GP, SalesPad, SQL Server, e-commerce, networks, security, telephony, cloud services, reporting, and the integrations between them.

Today

Connecting AI to real work

I use Codex, AI agents, MCP integrations, and n8n to research problems, automate multi-step processes, work across existing business systems, and turn ideas into useful software faster.

What I’m good at

Seeing the connections other people miss.

The product names change. The useful skills underneath them do not.

Connecting business systems

ERP, accounting, CRM, e-commerce, shipping, telephony, email, and APIs—making information move where it is actually needed.

Using data to answer real questions

SQL automation, reporting, reconciliation, lead scoring, pricing analysis, and finding the truth when records disagree.

Keeping technology dependable

Networks, servers, Microsoft 365, backups, firewalls, endpoints, remote access, and the unglamorous details that keep a business operating.

Turning ideas into working tools

Websites, internal applications, AI workflows, automations, and practical improvements built around the people who will use them.

Selected work

A few things I’ve built and improved.

01 · CONNECTED OPERATIONS

The systems behind the business

Built and maintained connections among Dynamics GP, SalesPad, SQL Server, websites, phone systems, shipping services, email, analytics, and infrastructure across multiple locations.

02 · AUTOMATION

Turning repetitive work into a process

Created lead-prioritization, reporting, abandoned-cart follow-up, call attribution, data synchronization, and monitoring workflows that help people act without assembling the information by hand.

03 · SOFTWARE

Inbox Distro

Designed and deployed a team email-routing platform with Microsoft Exchange integration, fair distribution, administration tools, message history, and production monitoring.

04 · COMMUNITY

Aspen Hills Voice

Built a place for neighbors to discuss topics, express their views, prioritize roads, and explore a source-backed history assembled from public records, photographs, and community knowledge.

05 · WEB & COMMERCE

Sites that do real work

Built and improved Magento, Shopify, and custom websites, along with their product data, freight logic, safeguards, analytics, SEO, and connections to internal operations.

06 · RESEARCH

Making complicated information understandable

Reconcile databases, spreadsheets, correspondence, historical material, and public records—then explain what the evidence supports in language normal people can use.

Beyond technology