Tim Kehres Consulting
This is the personal website for Tim Kehres, a network engineer and businessman from the USA now working and living in Asia. Am passionate about building usable real world solutions. This applies to electronics, systems, network engineering, education and business. It’s all about balance!
Career
I started my career as a hardware engineer designing microcontroller solutions based on the Intel 8748 (both hardware and software). Then moved into the systems area working for some of the first Silicon Valley companies providing commercial UNIX machines and later the first company commercializing the TCP/IP protocol stack. I later did applied R&D for LLNL where I was fortunate to work on new electronic email technologies and solutions together with International standards work. After LLNL I continued my work in the areas of electronic mail technologies by providing consulting services in the Silicon Valley area, eventually founding International Messaging Associates (IMA) where we built some of the first MIME-compliant gateway solutions for PC networks.
International Messaging Associates and the Move to Asia
In 1994, we relocated IMA to Hong Kong and grew it into a multi-million dollar business, later opening a second office in the Philippines to handle most of our test engineering, support, marketing, sales, and writing work. After IMA, I launched Jade Networks to offer Internet IT services, including datacenter management, consulting, and writing services. Through Jade Networks, we supported the development of the new Macau Name Registrar. Jade Networks continues to provide Internet services and consulting while developing educational solutions built on these services.
Consulting Services
I provide consulting services in the areas of Network Planning and Infrastructure, Software Development, IoT Design, VoIP Planning and Deployment, Technical and Business Writing, and Web Services. Solutions include design, deployment, audit, capacity planning, and the security and monitoring of enterprise class servers, services and networks.
You can find more details on my Consulting Services pages.
I help take the guesswork out of the design, operation, and expansion of your networks and applications. This includes operational areas including system, network, physical security, disaster planning and recovery, policy planning and analysis, server, application and network audits, data protection, and asset management.
Unix/Linux system programming services are offered in a wide range of languages including C/C++, Python, Perl, PHP, Javascript, jQuery, and Shell scripting. My focus is on backend server programming augmenting existing services and administration automation. I work at the protocol or application levels and also do WordPress backend development.
I design and assist with web infrastructure including site design, capacity and performance planning. I also do application integration with WordPress sites such as this and others. Complete solutions provided for most applications. I also work with web design companies who may be better suited for doing application look and feel.
I’ve been building computer based telephony solutions since 2000. From systems based on Windows NT and TeleVantage (Artisoft) to more modern Asterisk based VoIP solution. Common devices include SCCP (Cisco) and SIP IP Phones, ATA’s (Cisco), and various codecs and trunk technologies integrated with local applications.
I’ve been involved with microcontroller based hardware design since the early 1980’s with the 8748. Recent work has been with the Raspberry Pi SBC and various Maker related microcontrollers (Arduino, Pico W, ESP32 and others). Related technologies include MQTT, IoT security, Node-Red in addition to numerous sensor and motor solutions.
I provide English language writing assistance in the areas of business, marketing, sales, technical and copy editing. Being able to communicate in concise and simple to understand ways is critical. In business, complete and well written documentation directly translates to profitability. Samples available through the link.
For More Information
Explore my resume and work experience pages to learn more about my work history. Feel free to contact me at anytime with questions or for further information. You can reach me via email, instant messaging or phone anytime.