Our Story
In the early days of rolling out fiber internet across a national network, the conversations that stayed with me were not about download speeds or pricing. They were about parents pulling back from the signup table, looking at the contract, and saying: I am not sure I want this in my home. Not yet.
These were not technophobes. They were parents who understood exactly what unrestricted internet access meant for a household with children. They had thought about it more carefully than most. And they had decided the risk was not worth it, because nobody had given them any tools to manage it.
I went home to my own family and realized I was sitting with the same question.
MS Cybersecurity · MMEC Solutions LLC
Grand Rapids, Michigan
I spent over ten years at Safaricom, one of Africa's largest telecommunications companies, building and leading customer protection systems at a scale most organizations never reach. I built the home internet retention function from the ground up, grew it from a small team to 25 specialists, and took a product from near zero to industry leader in under four years.
That work taught me something that does not show up in cybersecurity textbooks: the biggest vulnerability in any system is not the technology. It is the human being on the other side of the screen. The person who trusts too quickly. The child who does not yet know what manipulation looks like. The older adult who cannot tell a legitimate call from a scam.
When my wife and I moved to Grand Rapids with our two teenagers, I enrolled in the MS Cybersecurity program at Grand Valley State University. Not to change direction, but to complete the picture. The technical credential alongside the behavioral knowledge I had spent a decade building.
CyMMEC came out of that combination. A platform built by someone who has spent years inside the systems that connect families to the internet, and who came home every night to two teenagers navigating it on their own.
Why CyMMEC exists
Predators are organized. Scammers are well-funded and professional. The platforms children use are designed by engineers whose job is to maximize engagement, not protect wellbeing.
Most families are navigating this with nothing but instinct and occasional news articles. CyMMEC exists to change that ratio. Practical tools, real education, and content written for people whose priority is their family, not their tech literacy.
What the name means
Human guidance through digital complexity. Someone who has been inside these systems, walking alongside families who have not.
Proactive steps that reduce risk before harm happens. Not reaction after the fact.
Tools that build genuine confidence. Families who know what to do, not families who are simply warned.
Help that fits into busy lives. Guidance that does not require a technical background or hours of reading.
What guides us
We give families tools, not just warnings. Knowledge that changes behavior, not fear that paralyzes it.
Digital safety should not require a technology background. Every resource we build is written for everyone.
We tell families what the threats actually are, not a softened version designed to avoid discomfort.
Most families come to us after something has already gone wrong, or because they are afraid it will. We meet them where they are.
We do not collect data we do not need. We do not share what families tell us. Full stop.
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. Mark 10:45.
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