About Barry Schoedel
Barry Schoedel is a professional trainer, technologist, and business owner who helps small and medium businesses build the modern technology they actually need — lean, reliable, and cost-effective — without the enterprise price tag or the lock-in.
Who he is
Barry runs Schoedel Design, a studio that builds AI applications and operates self-hosted infrastructure for small to medium sized businesses.
He founded and leads the Tech & Infra Training for SMBs workshop series, where he teaches the same stack he builds and runs himself: secure private servers and data, self-hosted open source applications, automation pipelines, and custom agentic AI.
A teacher at heart
Barry's background is in learning science with an emphasis on technological applications for instructional and learning design. His training shapes how he facilitates learning.
He teaches the why alongside the how, in plain language, so you leave able to think smart about your own setup — not just repeat a script. No gatekeeping, no buzzwords, no vendor sales pitch.
What he teaches
- Secure domains and data-owned email
- Owning the server and applications you use
- In-sourced AI automations with n8n
- Smart, private, affordable, and powerful business applied AI
- Security, ownership, and availability without increased cost
The approach
Live builds and demos, problem-solving clinics where you bring your own challenges, and open sharing of the tools and choices that actually work. Builders helping builders.
Through every training runs one commitment: privacy, security, and data ownership come first. You’ll leave with systems you control, running on infrastructure you own.
Learn with Barry
Seats are limited so questions actually get answered live. Exclusive instructional material available only to registrants — including human-in-the-loop (HITL) design.
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