Updated · Apr 17, 2026

Hi, I'm J Doss.
I tell stories with data.

IT Division Manager · Client Services · Madera County, California

I run the Client Services Division at Madera County government. Before that, eighteen years of freelance design and tech work. What I keep coming back to is the story inside data — behavior patterns, system logs, the thing a number is actually telling you. Most of what I build ends up being about that.

Stats

The hard numbers.

Years in IT 12 At Madera County since Oct 2013.
Years freelance 18 Design, web, tech work. 1995 — 2013.
Direct reports 6 Client Services Division team.
Users supported ~2,000 Across county departments.
The Gap

What I'm drawn to vs. what I actually do.

This is the honest lens. I like a lot of things. I do a fraction of them. The distance between taste and practice is where my ADHD and my systems-thinking both live. Rough numbers, updated when I bother.

Cooking This month
30+ Things I could cook well
3 Times I actually cooked

I love to cook. I don't usually cook. That's the story.

Side projects Lifetime
20+ Things I started
~4 Things actually running

Most of the lab is half-finished. The finishing part is where the work is.

Reading 2026 YTD
20+ Books in the queue
1–2 Finished this year

I want to read. I don't, much. Most of what I learn is by doing and talking.

Career plan Inception → today
0 Years I planned any of this
31 Years it's happened anyway

Freelance, youth director, ad sales, IT analyst, IT manager. None of it was planned. All of it connects in hindsight.

Career arc

The non-linear path, drawn out.

1995200020052010201520202026
Freelance design & tech · 18 yrs
B&G Club
Sierra Star
Analyst I
Analyst II
Division Manager
Freelance Transition County IT Current
Active

What's running right now.

The rooms

Deeper into the data.