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About Backcountry Tech Solutions

Loyal to the backcountry.

We're a three-person web application shop in Ranchita, California. Since 2017 we've kept backcountry businesses running — first with cables, antennas, and emergency calls, now mostly by building the kind of software rural businesses were told wasn't for them. We still answer the phone when something breaks. There's no one else up here, and we like it that way.

The team

You work directly with the people who do the work — no bloat, no middle management.

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Erick Tronboll

Owner & operator Backcountry Tech Solutions Ranchita, CA

Erick builds and runs everything — from writing the code to installing the Starlink dish. The premise is simple: clients get enterprise-grade solutions delivered with the attention and accountability of someone who actually cares about the outcome. Every client site is monitored, maintained, and upgraded over time. Nothing gets handed off and forgotten.

Next.js / React / TypeScriptPostgreSQL / Drizzle ORMAI integration (Claude, Grok)Starlink installation & networkingMicrosoft Active DirectoryVercel deployment & DevOps
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Stazia Tronboll

AI development engineer AppFolio · AI advisory for BTS San Diego, CA

Stazia is a Senior AI Development Engineer at AppFolio with a Computer Engineering degree from UCSD. She advises BTS on AI architecture, model selection, and integration patterns. When a client project calls for serious AI design — multi-provider routing, RAG systems, evaluation pipelines — her expertise makes sure it's built right.

AI/ML systems architectureLLM integration and evaluationComputer Engineering (UCSD)Production AI at scale (AppFolio)Multi-provider AI routingPrompt engineering & optimization
Onboarding
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Colin Keef

Wireless network engineer Independent · onboarding with BTS San Diego, CA

Colin holds a BS in Electrical Engineering and a Master's in Wireless Communications from UCSD. He specializes in RF design, point-to-point links, and enterprise wireless deployments. As BTS expands its wireless practice into larger commercial properties, Colin brings the academic depth and hands-on experience to design networks that perform in challenging terrain.

RF design and propagation modelingPoint-to-point wireless (Ubiquiti, Cambium)Enterprise Wi-Fi deploymentUCSD EE BS + Wireless MastersNetwork simulation and testingRural and backcountry deployments
From the field

When we're not building software, we're building radios.

Mesh networks and long-range radio links across the backcountry — the same hands-on wireless work the business started with, still running live.

Radio & Mesh Builds Live Mesh Map

Julian · Borrego Springs · Warner Springs · Santa Ysabel · Chihuahua Valley · Ranchita

Work with us.

One point of contact who never passes you around, and specialist depth when the work calls for it. Tell us what you're building — or what just broke.

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