I came up in my father’s contracting business and on the carrier side at Columbus 5-Star distributors. Founded Buckeye in 2003 because I’d seen how the trades earn loyalty and the carriers oversell, and I knew there was a better way. Twenty-three years in, my first client from 2003 is still on the books. Today I work with clients across the US and source services globally through carrier alliances.
“Carrier-neutral. Owner-led. Paid by the carriers, not by you.”
I bring the right delivery partners to your table for fiber, hosted phones, contact center, managed security, outsourced IT, AI, and data center moves. Mid-market to enterprise. Ohio, US, and global through carrier alliances. My engineering team and partner engineers handle the technical work. I stay in the seat through the life of the contract. My cell is on every contract because the relationship is mine to manage.
You pay me nothing directly. Carrier residuals only, 3 to 12 percent of monthly recurring revenue, paid out of the carrier’s margin and not added to yours. The full math is published.
The model is the moat.
Sell what they own. They have to. Payroll, tooling, SOC quota. If their stack is wrong for you, they sell it to you anyway.
Sell what their carrier carries. One product line. Of course they say it is the best for you.
Sell nothing I own. Every recommendation fits your situation, not my truck. When the right answer is "stay where you are and renegotiate," I say that. About 15% of my benchmarks end that way.
Pick the question that sounds most like yours.
Most buyers come to me with one of these. The answer is one click away, in plain English, with a clear point of view.
How I evaluate carriers, SD-WAN, and phone systems. Published so you can read it before the call.
My actual decision framework. Carrier selection per building. SD-WAN vs MPLS. Failover designs. Phone systems. What I will not sell, in writing. If you read me wrong, we save a meeting.
One conversation. Six layers, one advisor in the seat.
Most Ohio mid-market businesses run 8–15 separate vendor relationships for their technology. I help you select and run partners across all six layers below. The partners deliver. I sit in the seat with you for procurement, oversight, and renewals.
Your phones
Hosted VoIP, mobile, keep your 614 number. Works on cell, desk, and laptop. Survives outages.
Your network
SD-WAN across all sites, carrier-agnostic. Fiber, fixed wireless, LTE failover, right mix per building.
Your security
24/7 SOC monitoring, EDR, managed firewall through the MDR partner I place. HIPAA / CMMC / SOC 2 ready. Passes cyber-insurance underwriting.
Your cloud
Colocation, Microsoft 365, hybrid, DRaaS. Tested backups that restore. Identity hardened.
Your IT team
Helpdesk and monitoring through the IT partner I place. Co-managed if you have internal IT, fully outsourced if you do not. I run the vCIO myself.
Your bills
I audit and renegotiate every carrier contract personally. 20–35% saved in 90 days. Same prices as direct, but I am in your corner.
Wondering what AI actually does for an Ohio mid-market network in 2026? Read my take, what is real, what is hype, what I will not sell.
Every account. Start to finish. I’m in it.
When the big national MSPs hand you off to an account manager who started six months ago, you’re getting whoever’s available. With us, you’re getting me, for the life of the relationship.
Every kickoff
I run the strategy session personally before any work starts. I learn your stack, your priorities, and your constraints firsthand.
Every QBR
Quarterly business reviews, I’m at the table. Not an account manager who started last month.
Every escalation
Carrier dispute? Outage? Vendor finger-pointing? My cell number is on every contract.
Every renewal
I negotiate every contract renewal personally. Most clients save 15–25% at renewal year because of this.
I get paid by the carriers. Not by you.
Every MSP and telecom advisor in Ohio claims to be “carrier-neutral.” It’s the easiest claim to make and the hardest to verify. Read the actual answer, the carriers and platforms I represent, the compensation structure, and why my advice is on your side.
Why this works: Carrier residual income funds our entire operation. That’s how I can spend the time on every account that the big-MSP model can’t support.
Want the decision framework too? How We Evaluate publishes the actual logic I use on every carrier, SD-WAN, failover, and phone-system call.
Ohio results I have led for clients.
Anonymized for client privacy. Numbers and outcomes are exact.
Internet bill reduced + SD-WAN failover added
4-warehouse Ohio 3PL gained automatic carrier failover so a single outage stops taking down a building.
Cyber insurance premium dropped after audit
Rebuilt MFA, backup, and incident response posture in 90 days. Passed renewal on the first try.
4 offices migrated to new phone system
Cutover Friday night, fully live Monday morning. No service interruption noticed by clients or staff.
Want an honest audit? Call or book a time.
20 minutes on the phone, no sales pitch. I’ll pull your bills, look at your stack, and tell you what I’d change. Reply within 1 business hour. Always me, never a queue.