Independent technology infrastructure — built by someone who actually lives here, works here, and is invested in this community for the long haul.
TechSpecific is the work of Travis Hill — a technical generalist and systems builder who relocated to Mancos in late 2025 and is relaunching the practice here in Montezuma County. Travis has spent the better part of two decades working across enterprise VoIP, WAN/LAN design, client-side IT, and the practical hands-on side of making technology work for real people — including time at Nextiva, Vonage, and Apple.
TechSpecific has been a work in progress since 2020 — started during COVID, tried in Arizona, tried again, relocated, and now relaunching in the place it was probably always meant to be. The idea has been consistent the whole time; the geography just took a while to catch up. Southwest Colorado, and Montezuma County in particular, is exactly the kind of place where independent, values-driven technology infrastructure actually makes sense.
The through-line across all of it: technology should give people more control over their own lives, not create new dependencies. Your accounts stay in your name. Your documentation belongs to you. The systems we build are ones you understand and can hand to someone else if you need to. No lock-in, no black boxes.
TechSpecific is an independent technology infrastructure practice rooted in Southwest Colorado. We manage domains, networks, hosting, and systems for local people and businesses — always in your name, always documented, always explained plainly. A portion of every year's surplus funds discounted or pro-bono support for nonprofits, co-ops, homesteaders, and rural organizations who need professional-grade tech without corporate pricing.
The idea for EcoEffect — a sustainable housing concept — takes shape. It's the first expression of a philosophy that still runs through everything: build infrastructure that supports self-sufficiency and reduces extraction.
EcoEffect becomes an operating DBA. The sustainability focus broadens into hands-on systems work — the pattern-recognition and build-it-yourself mentality that defines the work today begins here.
Years of enterprise-level technology work — VoIP, networking, systems administration, and client-facing technical support including time at Nextiva, Vonage, and Apple. The ability to translate between deeply technical details and plain-language outcomes gets built and tested here.
HarterHill Holdings is conceptualized and formally established as an umbrella for the ecosystem of ventures taking shape — a flexible structure built for long-term growth.
TechSpecific is founded during the COVID-19 pandemic in Arizona. The early years are a grind — finding the right focus, the right market, and the right place. Promising starts, real learning, and honest dead ends. The practice survives but doesn't yet find its footing.
Consistent client work and growing clarity about what TechSpecific actually is. YoService is spun out as a separate brand to hold the hands-on service work — mounting, RV systems, smart home, light electrical and plumbing — keeping both offerings focused and distinct.
The move to Mancos happens. Southwest Colorado — Montezuma County in particular — is the community where the work actually belongs. Rural, independent-minded, underserved by corporate IT, and full of people and organizations that need exactly what TechSpecific offers.
A fresh start in the right place. The entity cleanup, the LLC formalization, and the BBB registration are all on the 2026 roadmap. What's already real: the work, the values, the community connections, and the commitment to building something worth building here.
TechSpecific sits within a small network of complementary brands and community connections. The work is local and hands-on. The longer vision is bigger: an open-source technology network that gives communities real tools for self-governance, communication, and coordination — not platforms that extract value from them. The services fund the idealism while the idealism shapes the services.
Technology infrastructure, consulting, and managed IT for individuals, businesses, and organizations in Southwest Colorado.
techspecific.comHands-on services in Montezuma County — mounting, furniture assembly, smart home setup, light electrical and plumbing, RV and motorcoach systems, and solar basics.
yoservice.workLand-based operations and homesteading work in Southwest Colorado — where the self-sufficiency principles behind the whole ecosystem take their most tangible form.
mcafeefarm.bizA community email list for Montezuma County and the surrounding area, started and run by local farmer and community member Chuck McAfee. Neighbors share announcements, events, needs, offers, and local info — the kind of low-tech, high-trust community infrastructure that actually works.
The umbrella and the long game — connecting these ventures and pointing toward a future where open-source tools are knit together in ways that give voice and power back to the communities that deploy them.
harterhillnetwork.comWhether you need help with a single device, a full business infrastructure, or you're just not sure where to start — reach out. We'll figure it out.
is a proud member of
© 2026 TechSpecific Network