Plain-language communication
Patience, clear explanations and attention to detail, especially for people who do not work with technology every day.
About AP3X
Sebastien Gifford, founder.
AP3X Operations LLC is a New York single-member LLC, established August 28, 2026 and based in Franklin, NY. It brings together three kinds of work Sebastien has done hands-on: keeping operations organized, keeping technology running, and making useful physical parts.
How the work gets done
Clear, practical and written down.
The common thread across roofing operations, telecom installs, print services and home-lab infrastructure is the same: understand how the work actually happens, make it simpler, and leave it documented for whoever comes next.
Documentation that outlasts the job
Instructions detailed enough that the next person is not left guessing, written at the level the reader actually needs.
Hands-on, practical fixes
Real experience with the hardware, software and paperwork involved, rather than recommendations from a distance.
Experience
Where the experience comes from.
Operations, field and support roles across several industries, most recent first.
- 2026
Operations and technology coordination
Roofing and construction
Customer service and technology coordination, moving into production support. Built production tracking and a sales-to-production handoff, prepared material orders and takeoffs, coordinated municipal permit paperwork and tracked customer follow-ups.
- 2026
Workshop planning and equipment requisition
Engineering workshop
Planned workshop layout, researched and specified equipment, prepared purchase orders and wrote requirements for contractors and electricians.
- 2024 – 2025
Technical Operations Associate
Shipping, printing and document services
Day-to-day technical operations in a customer-facing print and document environment.
- 2022 – 2023
Network Infrastructure Installer
Telecommunications and fiber optics
Installed, tested and staged fiber-optic installations on telecommunications projects for AT&T and Verizon.
- 2018 – 2020
Volunteer PC Technician
Community volunteer work
Assembled PCs, diagnosed hardware and software problems and set up peripherals.
Tools and platforms
Tools in daily use.
Experience from day-to-day work, self-hosted server projects and the AP3X print setup.
Systems
- Windows
- Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)
- Hyper-V
- Docker
- SSH
- Raspberry Pi
Networking and hosting
- Cloudflare
- Tailscale
- GitHub
Business tools
- Google Sheets
- Google Drive
- Google Apps Script
- Microsoft Office
- Jobber
Fabrication
- Bambu Studio
- Bambu Lab X1 Carbon
- AMS multicolor
Certification: IC3 Digital Literacy.
Work with AP3X
Tell us what you are working on.
Share the problem, the desired outcome, and your timing. AP3X will respond with the next practical step.