Hi, I'm Thomas.

Cloud Platform Leader Driving AI Governance in Regulated Insurance

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Years in Cloud
9+
Clouds, One Platform
3
Engineers Directly Led
5
Annual Cost Savings
$100K+
DR Recovery Time
24→4hr

Experience

March 2026 - Present The Baldwin Group Current

Manager, Cloud Platform Engineering

  • Lead a cross-functional platform engineering team owning cloud infrastructure, API strategy, AI deployment/governance, and enterprise observability across a growing insurance organization.
  • Design and execute a dual-platform API strategy: MuleSoft for enterprise orchestrations, AWS API Gateway for cloud-native integrations.
  • Drive the company's AI adoption program — Claude AI procurement, SSO integration, guardrails development, and org-wide rollout.
  • Build enterprise observability through Datadog dashboarding and cost optimization.
  • Lead Terraform automation, RDS architecture, and event-driven design; manage security posture with Qualys, GuardDuty, and Datadog CSPM.
  • Apply cloud and AI to insurance-specific workflows: surplus lines filing automation and compliance across PCI DSS, NAIC, and GDPR/CCPA.

April 2024 - March 2026 The Baldwin Group

Cloud Platform Lead

  • Drove vision, execution, and governance of enterprise cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Directly managed and mentored a team of 5 engineers, establishing a formalized skills matrix and career development framework.
  • Designed and operationalized a multi-year cloud platform strategy, securing stakeholder buy-in through executive-level presentations.
  • Delivered $100K+ in annual cloud cost savings through a company-wide optimization program.
  • Championed GitHub Copilot adoption to accelerate developer productivity and modernized disaster recovery — reducing time-to-restore from 24 hours to 4.
  • Oversaw infrastructure design powering all application teams and embedded security-first principles into every platform initiative.

November 2021 - April 2024 Slalom, Inc.

Consultant - Cloud Engineer

  • Served as technical visionary, strategist, and team leader at Slalom, Inc., a next-generation professional services firm.
  • Worked closely with technology teams to build cloud solutions spanning Terraform to Python.

March 2020 - November 2021 Think|Stack

Infrastructure Engineer

  • Specialized in AWS Migrations and broader AWS infrastructure solutions as an Infrastructure Engineer.

June 2018 - March 2020 Baldwin Risk Partners

Systems Administrator

  • Owned this public insurance company's entire AWS infrastructure, including migrating acquired companies into the AWS environment.
  • Built out multiple infrastructure migration teams and spearheaded the migration of thousands of users onto the AWS platform.

September 2015 - June 2018 Various Organizations

Previous Experience

  • Technical Support Analyst, Baldwin Risk Partners (2017-2018).
  • Level 2 Technical Support, Convergys Corporation for Dell ProSupport (2016-2017).
  • Director of IT and Operations, Werner Hyundai — managed dealership infrastructure and vendor relationships (2015-2016).
  • IT Support, Werner Hyundai — including network rebuilding after lightning damage (2015).
Site.Status

This Site Is Itself a Cloud Deployment

Built with vanilla HTML and CSS, deployed automatically to AWS S3 and CloudFront via GitHub Actions on every push to main — see how it's built.

Stack
HTML / CSS
Deploy
GitHub Actions → S3 → CloudFront
Status
Operational
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Accolades & Highlights

The moments from my career that have stood out most.

  1. I've won several internal awards for work I have delivered to clients while working at Slalom.

  2. Designed and deployed an IAM Identity Center IdP migration for a large scale government contractor, migrating the permissions mappings for 1700 groups from on-prem AD to Azure AD.

  3. Built a "Microsoft on AWS Accelerator" that allowed start-ups to quickly deploy an entire Microsoft infrastructure on AWS using IaC.

  4. Participated in a program that would help to expand the capabilities of AWS Control Tower, before the latest Control Tower updates.

  5. Designed and built server infrastructure for a royalty and revenue sharing application, authoring Terraform code and collaborating via Gitlab.

  6. Led the Assess Phase of an AWS Migration Accelerator Program, designing and building a real-time data platform utilizing Kinesis, S3, Redshift and Quicksight.

  7. Worked with a travel and hospitality organization to utilize Control Tower and AWS Config to implement best practices across their AWS Organization.

  8. Worked with a healthcare technology company to assist them in migrating from Google Cloud Platform to Microsoft Azure. Designed and executed a migration plan, with Azure Migrate as the center of the project.

  9. Worked with a large scale hospitality and distribution company to migrate their production workloads from Miramar, FL and Dallas, TX to Atlanta, GA while concurrently migrating their Dev workloads to Las Vegas, NV.

  10. Worked with a travel and hospitality company to execute the Assess phase of an AWS MAP assessment for their disaster recovery solution, providing cost analyses and optimizations, as well as a plan to replace the solution by migrating to the AWS Cloud.

My Technology Philosophy

Embrace the Cloud

Technology should make our lives simpler, not harder. Leverage the latest advancements in cloud technologies to drive efficiency and innovation in projects.

Continuous Learning and Adaptation

Stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape through continuous learning and adaptation to new tools and methodologies.

Security As A Priority

Security must be so interwoven into the technology that it is indiscernible from the technology itself. Prioritize security in every aspect of IT infrastructure to protect data integrity and ensure compliance.

Collaboration and Leadership

Foster a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and empowers team members to take initiative.

Customer Obsessed Design

Develop solutions with a focus on customer needs, ensuring that technology serves to enhance user experience and business value.

Services / Booking Open

Speaking & Consulting

Available for podcast appearances, conference talks, and consulting engagements.

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Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS
Azure
GCP

Automation & DevOps

Terraform
CloudFormation
Docker
Kubernetes
CI/CD
GitHub Actions
DevOps

Security & Resilience

IAM & Security
Networking
Disaster Recovery
Cost Optimization

Systems & Leadership

Linux
Windows Server
Active Directory
Cloud Migrations
Python
Team Leadership

Let's Connect

Email thomas.gallagher@thomasgallagher.org Consulting inquiries, speaking requests, or detailed questions. Active LinkedIn thomasthecreator Professional background, work history, and mutual connections. Active GitHub tgallagher91 Source, side projects, and the pipeline behind this site. Active

Education & Certifications

AWS Solutions Architect - Professional | 2023 Coastal Carolina University | Bachelor of Arts | 2012 - 2014
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