Category: Skills

  • Microsoft Azure

    While at WANdisco, I supported clients deploying into Microsoft Azure for Big Data services. This entailed developing demonstration environments on Azure infrastructure, and leveraging many Azure services to facilitated massive-scale Big Data migrations. I regularly deployed lab environments into Azure utilizing Security, Network, Compute, Storage, Catalog, and other Infrastructure and Platform services. I achieved the…

  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

    At WANdisco, I interacted with AWS on a daily basis, developing demonstration labs to showcase WANdisco software. This entailed Security, Networking, Compute, Storage, Data Catalog, and other services offered by AWS. While my AWS Certified Solutions Architect certification is currently expired, I did earn that credential in May, 2018 while working at Exebridge. I was…

  • TOGAF

    While not using TOGAF directly, I have applied the generic TOGAF skills of Leadership, Team Work, Inter-personal Skills, Oral and Written Communications, Logical Analysis, Steak-holder Management and Risk Management. While at Exebridge, I simultaneously performed the roles of Account Executive and Principal Architect while crafting, selling, and supporting an all-encompassing Enterprise-wide technical architecture for a…

  • Leadership

    While at Exebridge, my title was Chief Architect – Cloud Solutions. This was a combination of roles, including Sales Account Executive and Principal Architect. Both of these roles required leadership skills. I lead a Sales Support team in developing detailed quotations, documentation, statements of work, and proposals for prospective clients. I lead a team of…

  • Teamwork

    Teamwork skills are essential when developing large-scale, complex technical architectures in a fast-paced sales environment. It is impossible for one person to have all of the skills or time required to do this alone. While there are tasks that can be accomplished individually, working within tightly-coupled teams with near constant communication has been my experience…