// About

Hey 👋 My name is Andrew

All my friends and family call me Spesh. I'm a MacAdmin, coder, music nerd, and gamer living in the greater Boston, MA area. By day I'm a Client Platform Engineer working on Apple fleet infrastructure; on the side I maintain a few open-source tools for the MacAdmin community.

// Why "Liquid Zoo"?

The name is a personal nod to a fond memory of mine — visiting the Atlanta Aquarium during my Apple Genius training years ago. Someone joked that aquariums are like "liquid zoos," and the name just stuck. It resonated even more as a metaphor for my wide range of interests: technology, music, gaming, software engineering, scripting languages (Python, shell, Swift), and some web development.

The Zoo represents organized chaos — a collection of passions all living under one roof.

// Life outside tech

When I'm not coding or managing Mac fleets, you can likely find me:

🏠 Hanging out with my wife and family
🎮 Deep in a single-player video game like The Last of Us (1 or 2), Ghost of Tsushima, God of War, or any of the Spider-Man games for PS5
🎃 Watching horror movies (Halloween is a sacred holiday in our house)
🎧 Producing music or listening to podcasts

// Daily tools

The apps and utilities I lean on regularly — from development to device management to writing documentation. If you're a fellow MacAdmin, developer, or automation nerd, you might find a few favorites here.

💻 Hardware

All my development happens on a MacBook Pro (M1 Max) with 32 GB RAM, paired with a Samsung ViewFinity S949 49" ultrawide.

Keychron K10 Pro keyboard
Logitech MX Master 3S mouse
AirPods Max for blocking out the world

🧑‍💻 Development

Visual Studio Code and PyCharm CE — IDEs of choice for Python, scripting, and web work
Warp — terminal client, running Oh My Zsh with the zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin

🌐 API testing & browsers

Altair GraphQL Client — primarily for the Jamf Protect API
Postman — a classic for testing REST APIs
Arc, Chrome, and Safari — yes, I rotate between all three 🙃

📝 Notes & docs

Notion — my second brain: documentation, SOPs, blog drafts, task management

🔒 MacAdmin utilities

Apparency — code-signing info and application inspection
Suspicious Package — preview .pkg installer contents before running

🔧 Workflow helpers

CopyLess 2 — clipboard manager with history and favorites
Rectangle Pro — window management with keyboard shortcuts
TextExpander — snippet/expansion tool for faster typing

// Experience

Client Platform Engineer

Current

Designed and led implementation of a full Infrastructure-as-Code pipeline for macOS MDM, aligning platform engineering and security around version-controlled, auditable deployments.
Built a Slack-based deployment system for Jamf App Installers, partnering with end users to refine notification behavior and improve adoption of update workflows.
Developed a real-time patch management dashboard integrating Jamf and CrowdStrike APIs, enabling security and IT to identify and respond to vulnerable endpoints faster.
Led migration from SimpleMDM to Jamf Pro with automated cleanup and communication workflows.
Collaborated with Security and Engineering on supply-chain security initiatives.
Expanded endpoint management to Windows environments via Microsoft Graph API, PowerShell, and GitHub Actions.
Built and open-sourced a Jamf MCP server, contributing to the broader MacAdmin community.

Internal Systems Administrator II

Prior

Championed the expansion of macOS adoption in a Windows-dominant environment, enabling a company-wide choice program.
Designed internal automation tools — desktop onboarding app, CLI troubleshooting suite — to improve consistency and reduce manual support load.
Integrated Jamf Pro with Apple Business Manager for fully automated device enrollment.
Implemented Jamf Protect with Security Operations to improve endpoint compliance and threat visibility.
Built a Slack-integrated diagnostics API that gave L1 support real-time system insights.
Enforced CVE-aligned patching policies via CrowdStrike Falcon detections.
Operationalized open-source tools (Nudge, Setup Your Mac) for compliance with a friendly user experience.

Genius · Lead Trainer · Online Store Manager

Apple Inc. · Multiple Locations, MA

2010 — 2022

Certified hardware and software repair technician; maintained a 94/100 team member satisfaction score during peak escalation periods.
Designed and led onboarding programs for 60+ new and seasonal employees across New England as Lead Trainer.
Managed escalated support cases for Apple's online store using SAP tools.

// Technical skills

Apple Ecosystem

macOS, iOS, iPadOS, Apple Business Manager, DEP

Device Management

Jamf Pro, Jamf Protect, Jamf Connect, SimpleMDM, Fleet

Infrastructure & Automation

Terraform, GitHub Actions, CI/CD, Workato, Okta Workflows

Scripting & Development

Python, Bash/zsh, Swift, JavaScript/TypeScript, REST APIs, Git

Security & Compliance

CrowdStrike Falcon, FileVault, OSQuery, Kolide, Koi

Identity & Access

Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google Workspace, ConductorOne, SailPoint

// Open source

Patcher — Patch reporting for Jamf-managed fleets · GitHub · Docs
JamfMCP — MCP server for Jamf Pro · GitHub · Docs
pymdm — Python toolkit for MDM workflows · GitHub · Docs

Hey 👋 My name is Andrew

Why "Liquid Zoo"?

Life outside tech

Daily tools