Communication
2025 President's Cup Debate
Represented Erskine in a formal team debate and practiced research-driven public communication.
Peter Fast / Personal platform
I build stronger systems.
Information Technology student graduating in 2027, building across networking, hardware, security, websites, and human-reviewed AI automation.
IT · AI automation · Customer service · Practical solutions
Freelance conversations now · Full-time, in-person work after graduation
Peter FastIT / AI Automation / Practical SystemsExpected graduation · 2027
Experience in context
Breadth backed by real responsibility.
Technology is the direction. Research, debate, customer service, tutoring, leadership, and strength competition are where the problem-solving habits were built.
Performance
Open-weight podium finish
Placed third at the 2026 RSL Mainstay Melee in Greenwood, South Carolina.
Academic milestone
Erskine Honors Institute
First student to complete the program. In an official Erskine profile, Peter described the experience through mentorship, classic texts, and close community.
Read the Erskine profileUseful work, honestly scoped
Ways I can help now.
Peter is still building depth. Every engagement starts with a clear problem, a realistic boundary, and evidence that the result works.
Small-business websites
Clear, responsive sites that explain the work, build trust, and give customers a direct next step.
AI workflow prototypes
Human-reviewed automations for research, drafting, organization, and repeatable work—without pretending the AI is infallible.
Systems & documentation
Practical cleanup for spreadsheets, technical processes, requirements, checklists, and handoff documentation.
Four connected disciplines
One work ethic. Different kinds of problems.
The common thread is practical responsibility: understand the problem, do the work, test the result, and communicate clearly.
Services
Honestly scoped websites, workflow prototypes, technical documentation, and practical systems for people and small organizations.
Technology
Verified coursework, credentials, automation, networking, hardware, security foundations, and web development.
Projects
Real work with technical decisions, test results, budget outcomes, development status, evidence, and next steps.
Strength
Strongman, collegiate performance, disciplined training, and the systems mindset carried into technical work.
Selected work
Projects with a process behind them.
01AIExperimental
LinkedIn Professional Presence System
A private, evidence-grounded workflow for preparing professional LinkedIn content with human approval, privacy gates, audit trails, and mock-only publishing.
Open case study02ITAcademic
Budget Desktop Build
A component-level desktop plan for basic web use that balanced compatibility, reliability, onboard graphics, accessories, and a strict $475 budget.
Open case study03WebsitesIn Development
Martin’s Feed Website
A complete website project for a family-owned logistics, transportation, warehousing, rail transload, and cross-border freight company.
Open case study04WebsitesActive
Peter Fast Personal Platform
The website you are using: a structured, accessible platform connecting technology, strength, projects, writing, and practical work.
Open case studyCurrent work
What I’m building
Launch
Preparing the public portfolio launch
Replacing placeholders with verified credentials, reviewed coursework, tested projects, professional photography, privacy language, and clearer hiring and freelance pathways.
AI automation
Testing a safer professional-presence workflow
Verified a local Python and SQLite prototype with 21 passing tests, human approval, privacy gates, audit trails, scheduling rules, and mock-only publishing.
Hardware
Completing a budget desktop recommendation
Built a component-level PC plan for basic web use and accessories at $473.87 against a $475 classroom assignment ceiling.
Networking
Building network fundamentals in Packet Tracer
Completing network and device coursework that connects logical and physical modes, simple-network setup, operations, security, and troubleshooting.
How I try to work
Hard work. Christian foundation. Regular-guy practicality.
Tell the truth about the workTreat people with respectLearn before pretending to knowOwn the resultMake the system useful
Start with the real problem
Need a useful solution or a future teammate?
Peter is available for carefully scoped freelance conversations now and plans to pursue full-time, in-person roles after graduating in 2027. He is willing to relocate.