——About
A senior network practice, built for work that has to be right.
Herman Stone INC is a California corporation founded in 2024 — a boutique advisory practice in senior network engineering and security, serving healthcare, enterprise, and public-sector teams across Southern California.
The arch — our recurring mark
01—The principal
Our Principal Engineer
Anonymous by design · Senior on every engagement
Eighteen-plus years of senior network engineering — Cisco SD-WAN, ISE, Catalyst Center, and campus switching alongside Palo Alto Panorama, PA-series, and Prisma SD-WAN. Deep healthcare, enterprise, and public-sector experience across Southern California.
We work anonymously and let the substance speak. Every engagement is senior-only. Rigorous change control, peer-reviewed cuts, and audit-ready documentation are defaults, not upsells — because the work has to be right the first time.
- Years
- 18+
- Stack
- Cisco · PAN
- Region
- SoCal
02—The firm
Ready for federal and public-sector engagements.
Herman Stone INC is SAM.gov-registered (NPI 1043191950), structured for corp-to-corp work and enterprise contracts. Insured, written SOWs, clean change control, and evidence-grade documentation.
- California Corporation · est. 2024
- SAM.gov Registered
- NPI · 1043191950
- UEI · pending
- CAGE · pending
- Cisco · Palo Alto Networks · Prisma
03—Operating principles
Four invariants, on every engagement.
- I.
Senior expertise only
Principal-level engineering on every engagement — no juniors learning on your network.
- II.
Safety and rollback
Every change is staged, peer-reviewed, and reversible. The back-out plan exists before the cut.
- III.
Documentation as deliverable
Diagrams, SOPs, and evidence you can hand to an auditor or enterprise customer.
- IV.
Clear, direct communication
Plain English. Written summaries after every working session. No jargon walls.