SUMMARY

• Accomplished and motivated cloud solution architect, with in - depth experience in the IT and cloud computing industry.
• Demonstrated success in overseeing complete cloud services lifecycle and in ensuring timely completion of deliverables and adherence to assigned scope and budget.
• Experienced in facilitating communication with clients and stakeholders at all levels to meet client requirements and drive repeat business.
• Proven ability to identify and implement cloud process improvements which reduce costs and improve productivity.
• Possesses exceptional leadership skills, able to provide the direction and support needed to achieve key cloud operational goals.
• Adept at prioritizing competing demands in high volume, fast paced environments.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

• Cloud Architecture
• Cloud IaaS Infrastructure
• Service Design & Management
• Telecommunications / Networks
• Software Development Life Cycle
• Cloud SaaS delivery
• Unified Collaboration Systems
• Project Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Co- Founder

Responsibilities:

• Design Cloud architectures to exceed key performance indicators such as reliability, capacity, scalability, cost, security, and performance for distributed systems from inception through post-deployment. (Microsoft Azure, AWS)
• Collaborate with product development managers and solution sales teams to identify and validate new technology service solution opportunities, build standard operating procedures for solution implementation and support.
• Lead in development of cost and pricing models for business development teams for customer cases
• Assist sales and business development team with creation of solutions as we migrate our customers to the new design.
• Perform technology readiness assessments, health checks, and project milestone reviews and deliver technical training as required by customers.
• Documentation, practice business plans and create technical roadmaps and strategies for implementation and operations, drive updates to operations framework and establish cross-technology designs and plans.
• Developing reference architecture of advanced AWS Services
• Design and implement data security by encryption, REST and in-transit
• Design end to end security solutions for AWS and Azure platforms
• Using Certificates in cloud
• Setting up secure connections (VPN, Direct Connect, ExpressRoute)
• Best Practices for Identity Access Management
• Audit implementation with AWS and Azure
• Lead engineering resources in development, support, automation, and technical enablement
• Billing work on projects, individually and through all team members
• Provide best practices for optimizing cloud performance and cost-effectiveness of software running on major public clouds. (Microsoft Azure, AWS)
• Provide financial justification, ROI and cost management for all architecture and platform recommendations.

Confidential

Cloud Architect

Responsibilities:

• Cloud service design for OpenStack, AWS, Microsoft Azure
• Experience with major cloud providers (Microsoft Azure, AWS) enterprise design and implementation
• Continuously check cloud projects, goals and take corrective actions
• Defining cloud services objectives and evaluating outcomes.
• Writing Cloud Formation Templates (CFT) in YAML and JSON format to build theAWS services with the paradigm of Infrastructure as a Code.
• Providing deployment guidance, supporting on the development of the customers’ cloud adoption model, providing appropriate recommendations (i.e. Networking, Identity, Security, Compliance, etc.).
• Contributing to developing, maintaining and publishing principles, standards, guidelines and processes as needed, ensuring alignment with Enterprise Architecture Building and maintain architectural decisions.
• Design and implement all of Cloud services in Turk Telekom for customers according to business requirements.
• Utilize SDLC and ITIL processes to manage Cloud service development projects for the largest telecommunication and ISP company in Turkey, with $5 billion in annual revenue.
• Planned, monitored, and maintained annual Cloud budgets and allocated cloud resources.
• Documentation for procedures, technical design documents, operational documents
• Managed internal cloud process design initiatives, including unifications and redesigns.
• Served as the Cloud Project Lead for service design and cloud services planning projects.
• Design and deploy major cloud infrastructure and platform (Microsoft Azure, AWS, OpenStack)

Confidential

Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed operations for VoIP and Microsoft solutions for an official distributor of GrandStream and TP-Link DSL modems. Facilitated communications between clients, technical teams, and internal departments.
• Designed and developed special projects for the Turkish Authority.
• Developed and implemented new unified collaboration solutions, significantly increasing annual revenue.

Confidential

Co- Founder / Technical Manager

Responsibilities:

• Co-founded a firm which created software solutions for the textile production market.
• Introduced first-in-market web technologies to textile dyeing production operations.
• Developed new cloud solutions for the textile market, including Parallels and SteelEye.