Summary
Aaron Axvig is a Senior Network Specialist with 12 years of broad IT experience spanning network engineering, systems administration, and full‑stack development. He currently secures and optimizes internal networks at NISC while consulting through The Copper River Group to audit, recommend, and implement practical infrastructure improvements for clients. Previously he managed IT across 20 locations for a tourism nonprofit—running Active Directory, virtualization, monitoring, backups, and even designing a small data center—demonstrating both hands‑on technical depth and operational leadership. His background includes building Android and web apps, automated test systems at Microsoft, and running end‑to‑end migrations to cloud services, giving him an uncommon blend of networking, dev, and ops skills. Based in Bismarck, ND, Aaron pairs pragmatic, audit-driven recommendations with the ability to execute changes himself, making him a useful bridge between strategy and implementation.
12 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Computer Engineering at North Dakota State University