Owner, JackBNB
Strange Integrated Real Estate · Dallas-Fort WorthShort-term and shared-housing rentals. Airbnb Superhost. More than 30,000 reservations. I built most of the software that runs it, including the email pipeline in the work section.
About
I like figuring out how things work. Then making them work better.
Sometimes that means writing software. Sometimes it means getting the tools out.
The work side
I'm Jack Morpheus. I'm engineering-trained, with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of South Carolina. I spent two years in facility operations at ExxonMobil's corporate headquarters, then left to build my own businesses.
The first was a trucking company. It closed for market reasons. Before any of that I ran an IT business. Since 2016 I've run a short-term rental business in Dallas-Fort Worth as an Airbnb Superhost.
I grew that business without an outside network, so when I needed tools I made them. Email that files itself. Reporting on every listing against prior years. Door codes that set themselves. Then I started building the same kind of systems for other operators: land, cabins, crews, locks, vehicles, devices, and the AI that ties them together.
I build with AI coding tools. The job is still to understand the problem, make the decisions, and check that the result does what it should.
Working with me is straightforward. I'll tell you what something costs and what can go wrong. Then it's your call. If I think an idea is weak, I'll say so before you pay me to build it.
I'm not a licensed professional engineer and don't take work that requires one. Licensure is a goal.
Experience
Facilities, logistics, IT, and rentals.
Facility O&M, ExxonMobil corporate HQ
ExxonMobil · Irving, TexasCoordinated the locksmiths, HVAC contractors, plumbers, electricians, landscaping, and food-service equipment contractors who kept the building running. The only in-house mechanical staff on a two-year, roughly $10 million HVAC and building management system controls project.
Owner, trucking company
LogisticsIt closed for market reasons. I came out of it able to speak logistics.
Asset management intern
Bayer MaterialScienceAudited the HVAC preventive maintenance program, with more than $1 million in projected savings. Built refrigeration trend tools for failure analysis and a program to score contractor work quality.
GIS Programmer I
South Carolina DHECLocated and documented underground storage tank sites. Verified more than 150 in the field and updated more than 10,000 records for public release.
Field analyst
Sigma SolutionsSupported chemists and remediation crews during the Gulf of Mexico oil spill response: field coordinates, computers, and travel logistics.
Founder, Northeast Computer Solutions
IT servicesComputer repair, installs, and IT consulting, including clients in Trinidad.
Education
Where the habits came from.
B.S. Mechanical Engineering
University of South CarolinaSenator John G. Blackmon Endowed Scholarship in Mechanical Engineering
Transfer program
Midlands Technical CollegeMechanical engineering transfer track
Data science
Postgraduate courseworkAway from the screen
Same curiosity, different tools.
I'm 6'6" and I do most of my own repairs. I rebuilt the top end on my dual-sport motorcycle. I chased electrical failures in a minivan down to one bad module. I handle my own HVAC, plumbing, and electrical work too.
I ride dual-sport and drive off-road when I can. I speak conversational Spanish and have traveled a lot on my own through Mexico, Central America, and the Caribbean.
See the workNext step
Tell me what isn't working.
A 30-minute call. You describe the problem, I tell you straight whether it's worth fixing and roughly what it costs.