Hi, I’m Justin Wallis
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AI Systems Founder.
Boundborn Builder.
SteadLamp Architect.
I am building Boundborn and SteadLamp: practical AI systems, automation infrastructure, and operating tools that connect real work to reliable execution. My background in networks, servers, web systems, hosting, and troubleshooting gives this work a grounded technical base: systems that are useful, secure, maintainable, and ready for real people to use.
AI Systems, Infrastructure & Automation
Web & CMS
Advanced CMS/WordPress setup, customization, hosting, performance, security, migrations, and ongoing site administration.
Apps & Integrations
Web and mobile applications, third-party platforms, APIs, plugins, payment systems, and connected digital services.
Networks & Security
Network configuration, IP addressing, firewalls, pfSense, connectivity troubleshooting, and security-focused system setup.
Servers & Virtualization
Windows and Linux servers, hypervisors, virtual environments, NAS storage, TrueNAS, and system configuration.
Hosting & Infrastructure
Domains, DNS, hosting environments, third-party servers, deployments, migrations, and infrastructure optimization.
Technical Support & Optimization
Troubleshooting across systems, software, websites, networks, and devices with a focus on reliability, performance, and practical solutions.
Now Building: Boundborn & SteadLamp
Boundborn is the emerging company direction. SteadLamp and Wallis Life OS are the working proof: AI coordination, local automation, WEX-style execution, knowledge systems, and practical tools built around real workflows instead of isolated prompts.
Boundborn Company Direction
The company layer for practical AI systems: turning real workflows, records, decisions, and tools into usable products instead of loose experiments.
SteadLamp AI Execution Layer
The coordination layer for AI-assisted work: prompts, approvals, WEX-style execution, receipts, project lanes, and verified follow-through.
Wallis Life OS Proof-of-Work
The operating system behind the work: command center records, execution lanes, document systems, trackers, approvals, and real operational continuity.
Local AI & Worker Infrastructure
Hands-on infrastructure for local machines, worker nodes, repositories, recovery, backups, and lightweight AI experiments that can move from idea to execution.
Technical Foundation & Experience
Education & Training
Professional & Technical Development
Continued hands-on learning across networking, servers, virtualization, firewalls, storage systems, WordPress, hosting, Linux environments, and third-party platform configuration.
York College of Pennsylvania
Graphic DesignFormal education in visual communication, design, and digital production that complements technical work in web systems, user-facing technology, and digital platforms.
Harford Technical High School
Printing & Computer GraphicsTechnical education focused on computer graphics, printing, production technologies, and hands-on digital workflows.
Technical Experience
Systems & Infrastructure
Networking • Servers • SecurityHands-on experience with IP configuration, networking, pfSense firewalls, security systems, hypervisors, NAS environments including TrueNAS, and Windows and Linux server platforms.
WordPress & Web Administration
WordPress • Hosting • Third-Party SystemsAdvanced WordPress experience spanning setup, development, administration, themes, plugins, hosting, server configuration, integrations, troubleshooting, performance optimization, and security.
Server & Platform Configuration
Windows • Linux • VirtualizationExperience configuring and working with Microsoft server environments, Ubuntu, CentOS, Red Hat, virtualization platforms, storage systems, and third-party servers and applications.
Infrastructure & Home Lab
Servers, hypervisors, pfSense, networking, NAS/TrueNAS, Linux/Windows environments
WordPress & Hosting
Advanced builds, migrations, customizations, performance, security, third-party integrations
Server Configuration
Third-party servers, applications, hosted services, Linux environments
Digital Product Systems
E-commerce, mobile applications, product testing and implementation
Current Builds & Systems
Boundborn AI Operating System
Practical AI-assisted administration combining structured knowledge, documents, spreadsheets, recurring workflows, research, reminders, and automation.
This project demonstrates a practical AI-assisted administration and knowledge system built around real files, documents, trackers, recurring responsibilities, research, and day-to-day workflows. The goal is to move beyond using AI only as a chat interface and instead organize information so an assistant can work with useful context, repeatable processes, and structured systems.
Assistant & Administrative Workflows
AI-assisted workflows support research, planning, document creation, reminders, recurring tasks, project follow-up, and administrative work while keeping the user in control of the underlying information and decisions.
Structured Knowledge Systems
Google Drive, documents, spreadsheets, trackers, and reference material are organized into a clearer knowledge structure so relevant information can be located, interpreted, updated, and reused more efficiently.
Automation & Monitoring
Repeatable workflows can include scheduled tasks, reminders, monitoring, status checks, reports, and multi-step research or document processes designed to reduce repetitive manual work.
Review → classify → update tracker
Collect → summarize → flag decisions
Monitor → remind → record status
Applied AI Rather Than a Standalone Chatbot
The system is designed around how the person actually works: what information they maintain, what tasks repeat, what needs review, and where time is being lost. AI becomes one component in a larger operating structure rather than a separate tool that has to be prompted from scratch every time.
Privacy-Aware Demonstration
Portfolio visuals use sanitized, illustrative structures rather than exposing private documents, account information, or personal records. The emphasis is on system design, workflow architecture, and practical implementation.
SteadLamp RAG & Intelligence Prototype
An experimental LLM and retrieval-augmented generation system combining cryptocurrency information, AI interaction, external data, and automated trading components.
This prototype explored how large language models and retrieval-augmented generation could be combined with cryptocurrency information and an automated trading component. The concept was intended to make market information easier to query through an AI-driven interface while also exploring how LLM-based systems could interact with external data and application logic.
LLM & RAG Architecture
The project incorporated LLM and retrieval concepts so the system could work with external information instead of relying only on a model’s built-in knowledge. This provided hands-on exposure to retrieval pipelines, context handling, model integration, and the surrounding application architecture.
Application Shell & Integration
My work focused primarily on portions of the application shell, configuration, integration, and understanding how the system components fit together. I was not the primary developer of the core trading logic or the underlying model technology.
Lightweight Model Testing
I also configured and tested smaller language models, gaining practical experience with deployment considerations, resource requirements, model behavior, and the tradeoffs involved in running AI systems outside of a fully managed platform.
Market + reference context
LLM-assisted interpretation
Prototype application logic
Prototype Evaluation
The project was ultimately discontinued after evaluating the development effort, operating cost, maintenance requirements, and whether continued investment made sense relative to rapidly advancing commercial AI platforms. The experience was still valuable as a technical prototype and provided direct exposure to the practical complexity behind maintaining an AI-enabled application.
What the Project Demonstrates
The project represents hands-on learning across LLM integration, RAG concepts, smaller model deployment, application architecture, AI-enabled interfaces, and the practical decision-making involved in determining whether a prototype is worth continuing into production.
Managed Network Infrastructure
Multi-vendor network administration spanning managed switching, wireless infrastructure, VLAN segmentation, PoE, client connectivity, and network visibility.
- Environment Lab / Demonstration Environment
- Scope Switching, Wireless & VLANs
- Platforms UniFi · Aruba · Cisco
- Focus Configuration · Monitoring · Troubleshooting
Modern network environments often combine equipment from multiple vendors, each with different management tools and workflows. This project highlights experience working across managed network platforms to organize switching, wireless access, VLANs, connected devices, PoE resources, and overall network health from centralized administration interfaces.
Network Architecture
Network infrastructure is organized around clear device roles, logical segmentation, and reliable connectivity between users, servers, wireless systems, and network services. Centralized management provides visibility into device health, connected clients, traffic, and infrastructure status.
Switching & Segmentation
Managed switching supports VLAN configuration, port administration, PoE devices, uplinks, and separation of traffic across user, voice, server, wireless, and management networks. These controls help maintain an organized and manageable network environment.
Monitoring & Troubleshooting
Network dashboards provide real-time insight into switches, access points, connected clients, interface utilization, alerts, and performance trends. This visibility helps identify connectivity issues, overloaded interfaces, offline devices, and other conditions requiring attention.



Working across different network platforms requires understanding the underlying networking concepts rather than relying on a single vendor interface. Familiarity with multiple management environments makes it easier to adapt to existing infrastructure, troubleshoot mixed-vendor networks, and support technology as organizational needs change.
Firewall & Network Security
Firewall administration and network security across multiple platforms, including traffic policies, segmentation, VPN connectivity, monitoring, and security visibility.
- Environment Lab / Demonstration Environment
- Scope VPN & Traffic Control
- Platform pfSense · FortiGate
- Focus Policies · Segmentation · Monitoring
Firewall management is a core part of maintaining a secure and reliable network environment. This project highlights administration across pfSense and FortiGate platforms, including interface management, traffic policies, VPN connectivity, network segmentation, system health, and security monitoring.
Firewall Policy & Segmentation
Firewall rules and network interfaces are organized to control traffic between internal networks, internet-facing services, VPN users, and isolated segments. Clear policy structure helps reduce unnecessary access while maintaining reliable connectivity.
VPN & Secure Access
VPN services provide protected connectivity for remote users and site-to-site communication. Monitoring tunnel status, authentication, routing, and access policies helps maintain dependable and secure remote access.
Security Monitoring
Firewall dashboards provide visibility into traffic, blocked connections, system resources, security events, application activity, and network health. This information supports troubleshooting and helps identify unusual or potentially unwanted activity.


Working with different firewall platforms reinforces the underlying concepts of policy-based access control, segmentation, routing, VPN connectivity, and network monitoring. Familiarity with multiple interfaces also makes it easier to adapt to existing security infrastructure and troubleshoot mixed-vendor environments.
Windows Infrastructure Administration
Windows Server administration across identity, directory services, policy management, DNS, and centralized update operations.
- Environment Lab / Demonstration Environment
- Scope Identity, Policy, DNS & Updates
- Platforms Windows Server · Active Directory · DNS · Group Policy · WSUS
- Focus Administration · Access · Configuration
Windows infrastructure often brings multiple administrative services together into one environment. This project demonstrates server management, directory-based user and computer administration, name resolution, centralized policy configuration, and update management across core Windows Server tools.
Identity & Access Management
Active Directory provides centralized administration of users, computers, organizational units, and security groups. A structured directory environment supports account management, permissions, device organization, and consistent access across network resources.
Policy & Configuration Management
Group Policy allows common workstation, security, access, and system settings to be applied from a central management point. Organized policies help standardize configurations across users and computers while reducing repetitive manual administration.
Core Services & Updates
DNS supports internal name resolution and service discovery, while Windows Server Update Services provides centralized visibility and control over operating-system and Microsoft software updates. Together, these services support reliable day-to-day administration of Windows environments.





Effective Windows infrastructure administration depends on understanding how identity, policy, name resolution, server roles, and system maintenance work together. Managing these services from centralized tools provides greater consistency, visibility, and control across users, computers, and network resources.
Educational Platform & LMS Development
Development and customization of an online learning platform supporting course discovery, student activity, instructor tools, and educational content management.
- Environment Web Application / Demonstration Platform
- Scope Learning Management & Course Delivery
- Platforms WordPress · LMS · Web Application
- Focus Course Management · User Experience · Administration
This project demonstrates the design and implementation of a web-based learning environment built around course access, student engagement, instructor administration, and educational content delivery. The platform combines a public-facing course experience with authenticated dashboards for managing courses, progress, assignments, and related learning activities.
Learning Experience
The public-facing interface is structured to help users discover courses, browse categories, search educational content, and move easily between learning resources.
Student & Instructor Tools
Authenticated dashboards support activities such as enrolled courses, quizzes, assignments, announcements, progress tracking, course management, and instructor administration.
Platform Administration
The system brings together content management, user accounts, course organization, analytics, certificates, and other learning-related functions within a centralized web environment.


A learning platform requires more than visual design; it must also organize users, course content, administrative tools, and ongoing educational activity in a way that remains easy to manage. This project demonstrates experience working with both the public-facing and administrative sides of an LMS-based web environment.
Ways to Work Together
AI Systems Support
AI Workflows, Automation & Technical Follow-ThroughSupport for turning AI ideas into working systems: workflows, automations, documentation, tools, integrations, and the technical follow-through that keeps them usable.
AI workflow mapping
Automation planning
AI-assisted documentation
Tool and app integration
Execution tracking
Practical system guidance
Systems & Infrastructure
Networks, Servers & InfrastructureConfiguration, deployment, troubleshooting, and improvement of the systems that keep an environment running.
Network & IP configuration
pfSense & firewall configuration
Windows & Linux servers
Ubuntu, CentOS & Red Hat
Hypervisors & virtualization
NAS & TrueNAS
Third-party server configuration
Security & infrastructure review
Web & WordPress
WordPress, Hosting & Web SystemsAdvanced WordPress and hosting support from initial configuration through troubleshooting, optimization, security, and ongoing maintenance.
WordPress development & administration
Hosting & server configuration
Domains & DNS
Themes, plugins & integrations
Performance optimization
Security hardening
Migration & troubleshooting
Third-party service integrations
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