Technologist / Architect / Engineer / Problem Solver / Innovator / Gaming Enthusiast
Consultant - Cloud Engineer
Slalom, Inc.
Technical visionary, strategist, and team leader. Slalom is a next-generation professional services firm. I worked closely with technology teams to build cloud solutions in anything from Terraform to Python.
Infrastructure Engineer
Think|Stack
At Think|Stack, I worked as an Infrastructure Engineer specializing in AWS Migrations and other AWS solutions.
Systems Administrator
Baldwin Risk Partners
As a Systems Administrator, I was in charge of this Public Insurance Company's entire AWS infrastructure, including migrating acquired companies into the AWS environment. I built out multiple Infrastructure migration teams and spearheaded the migration of thousands of users onto our AWS platform.
Technical Support Analyst
Baldwin Risk Partners
As a TSA, I worked closely with End Users to troubleshoot issues, as well as helping to support infrastructure migrations into AWS.
Level 2 Technical Support
Convergys Corporation
At Convergys, I worked for Dell ProSupport supporting users who required assistance with their laptops.
Director, IT and Operations
Werner Hyundai
As the Director, I worked closely with our vendors to build out a state-of-the-art, 50000 square foot dealership. Assisted in vendor contracting, garbage contract negotiations, gas delivery negotiations, and several other aspects of operations for the dealership.
IT Support
Werner Hyundai
Acted as the sole point of support for the dealership, including rebuilding the entire network after a lightning strike obliterated the legacy corporate switch stack.
It's difficult to cover the breadth and depth of my last 8 years in such a small snapshot. Instead, I'll try and cover some highlights which have stood out to me.
I've won several internal awards for work I have delivered to clients while working at Slalom.
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.
Built a "Microsoft on AWS Accelerator" that allowed start-ups to quickly deploy an entire Microsoft infrastructure on AWS using IaC.
Participated in a program that would help to expand the capabilities of AWS Control Tower, before the latest Control Tower updates.
Designed and built server infrastructure for a royalty and revenue sharing application, authoring Terraform code and collaborating via Gitlab.
Led the Assess Phase of an AWS Migration Accelerator Program, designing and building a real-time data platform utilizing Kinesis, S3, Redshift and Quicksight.
Worked with a travel and hospitality organization to utilize Control Tower and AWS Config to implement best practices across their AWS Organization
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.
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.
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.
Technology should make our lives simpler, not harder. Leverage the latest advancements in cloud technologies to drive efficiency and innovation in projects.
Stay ahead in the rapidly evolving tech landscape through continuous learning and adaptation to new tools and methodologies.
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.
Foster a collaborative environment that encourages knowledge sharing and empowers team members to take initiative.
Develop solutions with a focus on customer needs, ensuring that technology serves to enhance user experience and business value.
AWS Solutions Architect - Professional | 2023
Coastal Carolina University | Bachelor of Arts | 2012 - 2014