William Kennedy

Enterprise Data Products

Greater Tampa Bay Area

About

My niche is helping teams close the loop between technical architecture, governance, and work visibility, especially when tooling is fragmented or legacy constraints are high. I’d love to collaborate with teams who need to go deeper into platform telemetry, ML integrations, or compliance-heavy environments.

Experience

  • Secure Build Lead at HCLSoftware for U.S. Federal
    Sep 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Lead Atlassian migration and consolidation for a multi-national software organization, integrating Jira and GitHub to optimize engineering workflows across flagship products like AppScan, Domino, and IBM acquisitions. My focus is on security, collaboration, and development velocity, ensuring teams can innovate while maintaining compliance and efficiency.

  • Founder at A9 Group, Inc.
    Oct 2010 - Present · 15 yrs 9 mos

    Advancing the Atlassian Platform on behalf of our customers with data and API-driven solutions

  • Technical Solutions Architect at eBay
    Mar 2021 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos

    Transforming Jira Business Process with Big Data, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence

  • Principal Solution Developer at New Relic, Inc.
    Jun 2021 - Jul 2021 · 2 mos

  • Atlassian Systems Architect at KIOXIA America, Inc.
    Nov 2020 - Jun 2021 · 8 mos