Release, migration, validation, and cutover work shaped by commissioning: understand the state, test the path, and pause when the risk is unclear.
Commissioning · manufacturing systems · operational readinessMark Jason Ring · Phoenix, Arizona
Mark Ring
Engineering · Operations · Software
I work across physical systems and software. I learn how they behave, bring them online, and make them easier to operate.
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Permissives ready
01 / Work
The problems I tend to stay with.
Start with the people closest to it, build a working model, test what I think I understand, and keep learning until I can deliver.
Learning · systems thinking · cross-team workBuilt an AI-assisted operations tool that reduced some troubleshooting from hours to minutes; adjacent teams adapted the pattern for themselves.
Applied AI · data integration · operationsDocument, pair, and teach so the system becomes easier for a team to own instead of more dependent on one person.
Documentation · mentoring · shared ownership02 / Lab
A private AI environment, built to learn from use.
The current experiment connects models to personal documents, vector search, MCP tools, workflows, and purpose-built interfaces.
The aim is practical: understand AI automation by building with it across development, operations, and everyday life.
Over time, the assistant should retain what proves useful, forget what does not, and become less dependent on rigid instructions.
Active experimentSelf-hosted · private · evolving
03 / Next
Back toward the physical edge.
Returning to controls engineering and commissioning for power generation and critical infrastructure—bringing software, automation, and operations experience back into systems that move real energy.
Relevant experience, with more still to learn.