Photo Proof

Luke Lavender work photos

Photo proof with context: field installs, POS refreshes, rack deployments, Data Center and server-room work, home production infrastructure, public proof, and early media work in one focused view.

Field and POS

Traveling onsite work, retail systems, refreshes, and closeout proof.

Arby's Dell POS boxes staged for rollout
Arby's Dell POS box stagingDell POS hardware staged for retail refresh work, showing the practical setup behind cutovers and onsite deployment.
Luke onsite at Arby's during POS field work
Onsite POS field workFull Arby's onsite scene from POS field work, with the store environment visible instead of a tight portrait crop.
Outdoor drive-thru network installation in progress
Drive-thru network installOutdoor drive-thru infrastructure work where weather, conduit, power, access, and cutover timing all mattered.
High-mounted wall network cabinet near the ceiling in a retail site
High-mounted network cabinetWall-mounted network/server cabinet in a live retail environment, showing infrastructure support above the active workspace.
Jackson Ohio Arby's rewire proof screenshot
Jackson, Ohio rewire proofBefore-and-after style proof from a network cleanup and rewire visit.
Front desk workstation and phone area during refresh work
Front desk workstation refreshFull workstation, phone, desk, and peripheral context from office refresh work.
Office copier and printer equipment during field support work
Office printer and peripheral supportPrinter and copier support context from office IT field work.
HP equipment boxes staged for field deployment
Workstation and monitor stagingHardware staged for endpoint refresh and deployment work.

Infrastructure

Racks, storage, Data Center context, production environments, and home infrastructure.

Full rack view with cabling and field equipment
Rack install and cabling workFull rack view with switches, patching, structured cabling, and onsite equipment.
Close-up of structured cabling and network rack work
Structured cabling close-upCloser view of patching and cable organization inside a production rack.
Server and network rack hardware with active equipment
Server and network rack supportRack-side server and network hardware context from infrastructure support work.

Grouped Rack Proof

Same retail rack, different site conditions.

These photos show rack work moving through rough wall wiring, utility-room placement, store-floor cutover conditions, labeled POS ports, phone/POS devices, UPS, server, and closeout context. The point is practical deployment work: making a real rack function in whatever environment the site gives you.

Retail rack with wall wiring and site equipment before closeout
Early site placement with wall wiring and rack equipment.
Retail rack in utility room with wall systems and cabling
Utility-room deployment context with wall systems and cabling.
Retail rack close view with labeled switch ports and POS cabling
Close rack view with labeled POS switch ports and patching.
Retail rack staged in store aisle during cutover work
Store-floor cutover conditions with rack and POS equipment.
Retail rack cutover detail with POS labels, phone, UPS, server, and cabling
Cutover detail with POS labels, phone, UPS, server, and cabling.
Home lab rack with NetApp storage, Dell servers, switching, patch panels, and KVM console
Full home rack and NetApp labHome and Keith's Kitchens infrastructure rack with Cisco routing/switching, NetApp storage, TrueNAS, and UCS context.
Home lab rack detail with NetApp storage and Dell rack servers
Home rack storage detailNetApp storage and rack-server detail from the production/home infrastructure rack.

Server and Data Center Proof

Rack-side exposure across enterprise hardware.

Location-neutral proof across server rooms and Data Center style spaces: HP ProLiant, Dell EMC, Cisco, NetApp/storage, cable-tray, UPS, and rack environments. These are here to show hands-on hardware context without disclosing private site locations.

Tall server and network rack in a server room
Server-room rack with active network and infrastructure equipment.
Production rack with NetApp, servers, and network equipment
Production/home infrastructure rack with NetApp, servers, and switching.
Data Center style server room with multiple racks
Data Center style server-room rack exposure.
HP ProLiant server rack detail
HP ProLiant rack hardware detail.
Data Center style space with racks, cable tray, and support equipment
Rack room context with cable tray and support equipment.
Dell EMC rack and server hardware in a Data Center style room
Dell EMC rack and server hardware exposure.
Luke using a laptop beside Data Center racks
Rack-side support portraitData Center rack-side laptop work, kept lower on the site as proof rather than the main resume hero.
Luke Lavender beside an IBM rack in 2020 with the IBM logo readable
IBM rack-side infrastructure proof, 2020IBM rack-side proof from 2020. The logo is readable and the location is intentionally not disclosed.
Large wrapped operations equipment in a shop environment
Keith's Kitchens production equipment contextShop-floor production equipment context that shaped how technology support had to fit real operations.
Large power operations equipment in an industrial facility
Power-operations equipment contextIndustrial power-operations environment context tied to interest in power, infrastructure, and grid operations.

Public Proof and Early Work

Ratings, documents, and older public-facing school technology/media work.

Field Nation ratings screenshot showing 86 ratings and 4.6 stars
Field Nation rating proofIndependent contractor rating proof: 86 ratings and 4.6 stars before moving into PAFDS Technologies.
Buffalo High School technology misuse and in-school suspension document with staff member name redacted
Buffalo technology boundary proofEarly proof point showing the lesson that technical curiosity has to become authorized, responsible security work.
Project Generals class company team photo
Project Generals teamClass company team photo from Winfield High School Business Management work.
Luke presenting during Project Generals class company work
Project Generals presentationPresentation proof from the class company work where Luke handled technology and media support.
Project Generals presentation proof screenshot
Class company presentation proofPublic-facing class company media proof from the Project Generals campaign.

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