I architect AI-powered cloud platforms that scale
20+ years transforming enterprise infrastructure from legacy to modern. Currently building with GenAI, leading strategic initiatives, and mentoring teams through complex cloud transformations.
Databases at Scale
Cost Savings
Expert
AWS Certifications
What I Do
Build GenAI Solutions
Production apps with Amazon Bedrock, agentic AI, RAG patterns, and vector databases
Drive Strategic Initiatives
Facilitate roadmap workshops, align C-suite to ICs, prioritize multi-year technical vision
Lead Engineering Teams
Mentor architects, build high-performing teams, foster experimentation culture
Architect Data Platforms
Distributed systems, ETL pipelines, 1,300+ production databases, real-time analytics
Automate Everything
IaC with Terraform/CDK, Kubernetes orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, platform engineering
Ensure Compliance
FFIEC, FedRAMP, SOC-2, Zero Trust architecture, security best practices
Recent Wins
AI-Powered Math Tutor Platform
2024- Full-stack GenAI solution in production
- Agentic AI with dynamic problem generation
- Cost-optimized serverless architecture
- Homework battles reduced by 73%*
Strategic Roadmap & Cross-Functional Leadership
2021-Present- Drove consensus on multi-year technical strategy
- Enabled data-driven prioritization with executive buy-in
- Fostered collaboration across all organizational levels
Non-Profit Cloud Transformation
2020-2024- Reduced operational costs for resource-constrained organizations
- Improved scalability and reliability of critical services
- Empowered mission-driven teams with modern technology
Enterprise Cloud Migration Program
2020-2024- Zero-downtime migration
- 40% infrastructure cost reduction
- Improved disaster recovery capabilities
Production Kubernetes Platform
2019-2020- Met stringent RTO/RPO requirements
- Established sustainable containerization workflows
- Enabled rapid application deployment
Projects
These are just a few of the projects that I've maintained over time, either out of sheer necessity or as experimentation sandboxes.
Guitar Collection Manager
Serverless full-stack app for cataloging guitars with AI-powered spec extraction from PDFs using Amazon Bedrock Nova. Built with React, TypeScript, and AWS Lambda.
Math Tutor - AI-Powered Learning Game
Interactive math tutoring app using Amazon Bedrock Nova models to generate personalized problems with hints. Built with Vue.js 3, AWS Lambda, and serverless architecture.
Bike Finder
Why search for bikes manually when you can automate it with Python, Selenium and Docker?
Fedora workstation provisioner
Tired of rebuilding and installing Fedora workstations, I decided to put myself out of business using Ansible.
Grafana Stack
An easy way to get started with Grafana using Docker
S3 bucket role
An Ansible role to help provision and manage S3 buckets through Cloudformation --especially handy to manage S3-backed websites.
Technical Skills
Generative AI & ML Engineering
Cloud Architecture & Engineering
Data Architecture & Engineering
Platform Engineering & Automation
Security, Compliance & Networking
AWS Certifications
Career Journey
Practice Director - Cloud Acceleration
Practice Manager - Cloud Acceleration
Practice Manager - Architecture & Engineering
Lead Solutions Architect
Cloud Engineer
Sr. DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer
Sr. Database Administrator
Consultant: DBA & Sys Architect
IT and Project Management
Beyond Work
Languages
English
Fluent
Spanish
Native
Interests
Long distance running, trail running, hiking, reading, audiobook & podcast listening, sci-fi, tech, history & news