Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Accomplished Global Cloud Architect with industry exposure to multiple verticals looking to bring strong instincts and a proven record of products and services selling, project execution/delivery and team-leading experience with strong technical acumen and extensive hands-on capabilities
Strategic Technology Leader driving enterprise digital transformation across Fortune 500 financial services and insurance organizations, delivering measurable ROI and competitive advantage through innovative cloud solutions. Executive Impact: • $1.2M+ Annual Cost Optimization - Architected enterprise storage transformation reducing costs by 74% • Product Strategy Influence - Pioneered AI-driven modernization frameworks adopted into AWS product roadmap • Innovation Leadership - First Place winner enterprise hackathon, developing solutions with $4.2M projected savings • Thought Leadership - Co-authored AWS blog on modernization strategies reaching industry decision-makers Strategic Achievements: • AWS Certification SME - Selected as technical expert for AWS Serverless Micro Credential exam development and standard setting • Led GenAI solutions transforming legacy mainframe applications to cloud-native architectures • Delivered Experience-Based Acceleration programs with perfect 5/5 customer satisfaction • Established academic partnerships training 500+ students annually with 4.5/5 satisfaction Technical Excellence: • 9 AWS certifications including Professional and Specialty levels • Serverless Ambassador, ModAx Practitioner, Mainframe Modernization Expert • Consistent 4.5+/5 customer satisfaction across enterprise engagements • Rapid solution development with same-day delivery capabilities Leadership Impact: • Mentored cross-functional teams across multiple districts • Created reusable frameworks adopted organization-wide • Maintained C-level stakeholder relationships driving strategic adoption Skills: Enterprise Architecture Strategy · AI/ML Transformation · Executive Stakeholder Management · Product Strategy · Innovation Leadership · AWS · Generative AI · Serverless Architecture · Financial Services
As a Presales Solutions Architect at Confluent Inc., I partner with sales teams to understand customer needs and design tailored streaming data solutions using Apache Kafka and Confluent’s platform. I engage with clients to demonstrate technical value, lead proof-of-concept projects, and provide strategic guidance on real-time data architecture. My role involves collaborating closely with engineering, product management, and customer success teams to ensure successful solution deployment. Additionally, I act as a trusted advisor, helping customers navigate complex technical decisions and optimize their use of Confluent’s offerings.
As a RedHat Presales Solutions Architect at IBM, I engage with clients to understand the business challenges faced by them and design tailored, RedHat-based solutions in support of the client's goals. Deliver technical leadership through the sales cycle by providing product demonstrations, workshops, and proof-of-concepts to articulate the value of RedHat technologies. I closely work with cross-functional teams to develop and present compelling proposals that ensure the technical feasibility and business fit of the solution for the customer. Also, I stay updated with regards to latest RedHat products and industry trends so I'm in a better position to guide my clients to make informed decisions. My role plays a critical role in customer success and overall sales strategy.
In this role I advise my customers on how to build world class solutions leveraging mashup of TIBCO products, open source technologies and modern cloud solutions. I take a lot of pride and responsibility in painting technical and business road map for my customers. In this role, I enjoy the fact, that I am in a constant process of learning a wide variety of customer needs while delivering customer focused demonstrations, POCs and workshops.
1) Pioneered an effort to build one of the biggest in-memory data grid solutions for TIBCO and there-by enabled repeat-selling at more than 100 new logos worldwide. 2) Delivered multiple successful projects at a retailer that increased customer retention by improving inventory accuracy, enhancing shopping experience and thereby increased their online sales by 50%. 3) Presented retail solution concepts to technical teams as well as C-level executives. 4) Created proof-of-concept prototype applications for demonstration and evaluation purposes. 5) Ensured successful customer implementations using enterprise data integration (EAI) solutions from TIBCO by developing and capturing repeatable best practices. 6) Responded to various RFPs and conducted oral presentations for potential clients. 7) Worked very closely as a trusted member of client's COE including IT architects, Operational Architects to ensure the solutions are compatible and a long term fit for the client. 8) Consolidated and analyzed field data, collaborated with Engineering and Support teams to drive improvements into TIBCO’s in-memory data grid product. 9) Developed reusable artifacts like reference architectures, frameworks, accelerators using TIBCO and open source products. 10) Participated as an active lead and code reviewer to ensure high quality of deliverables. 11) Developed technical design documents and worked with the Project Manager to develop schedules and provide estimates.
1) Designed and developed a robust, scalable and highly-available Self-service Enrollment application for Healthcare insurance company. 2) Provided technical and business writing and oral presentations. 3) Designed and developed B2B application to manage all aspects of the EDI/HIPAA 837 life cycles. 4) Successfully managed the upgrade of the company EDI 837 software with minimum or no downtime to the operation and production. 5) Verified and test end-to-end product before releasing into production and Trading Partners. 6) Reduced deployment effort in test environments by more than 70% by developing frameworks to perform automated deployments. 7) Assisted with performance monitoring, capacity planning and system tuning. 8) Performed software testing and resolved critical availability problems by monitoring, analyzing and tuning system parameters