Columbus, Ohio, United States
As a Cloud Architect / Senior Technical Consultant with 9 years of infrastructure experience and 6 years in public cloud, I specialize in designing scalable, cost-efficient, and automated cloud solutions that drive real business value. I’ve led teams and initiatives that have delivered over $80M in total cloud cost savings, streamlined DevOps workflows, and accelerated cloud migrations across industries like Finance, Energy, Insurance, and Healthcare. My technical toolkit includes IaC (Terraform, CDK, CloudFormation), Python, Golang, Kubernetes, and Serverless, with a strong focus on automation, reusability, and performance optimization. Whether it’s building CI/CD pipelines, optimizing Kubernetes workloads, or scripting to enhance developer experience and reduce operational overhead, I bring a strategic mindset and hands-on execution to every challenge. Clifton Strengths: Includer, Analytical, Harmony, Consistency, and Adaptability. Personality Type: Consul, ESFJ-A
Strategic Cloud Engineering Leader
• Tech Lead of DevOps Engineers/Cloud Consultants for Fortune 100 clients • Created multiple patterns and constructs using the AWS CDK • Designed & Implemented reusable CI/D pipelines for infrastructure deployments
• Led development and integration of AWS Data Lake solutions with Databricks and StreamSets (Control Hub and Data Collector) • Acted as product lead and strategist for cloud-native data platforms and DevOps transformation initiatives • Optimized Kubernetes deployments for performance and cost savings, and guided on-prem to cloud data migrations • Consulted with Cloud Delivery and Site Reliability Engineering teams on scalable data and cloud strategies • Recognized with enterprise award for leadership in data lake product development
• Designed and implemented network and system solutions for small to mid-sized businesses, including restaurants, agencies, and apartment complexes • Diagnosed infrastructure issues, designed custom network topologies, deployed and configured hardware, ran and terminated cabling, and provided post-deployment support
Deployed and supported temporary and long-range wireless networks, conducted site surveys with Netscout Air Magnet, migrated configurations from Cisco Secure ACS to ISE, and validated wireless performance using Cisco Prime