Representative Client Engagements
Fortune 10 Technology Company — Applied ML Organization
Senior Solutions Architect | Groundcover | 2025-Present
Forward-deployed as lead solutions architect to a Fortune 10 company’s Applied Machine Learning organization, embedded deeply on GenAI observability and eBPF-based monitoring.
Key Outcomes:
- Drove account expansion through deep technical embedding rather than traditional account management
- Built production-grade OpenLLMetry demonstrations for LLM performance monitoring
- Served as company-wide subject matter expert on OpenTelemetry and distributed tracing
- Led all POCs involving distributed tracing across enterprise customer base
Technologies: OpenTelemetry, OpenLLMetry, eBPF, Kubernetes, GenAI Observability
Field CTO, Digital | Trace3 | 2024
Designed and led a resilience assessment of a global SaaS company’s cloud platform infrastructure.
Key Outcomes:
- Identified critical failure modes across microservices architecture
- Architected comprehensive mitigation strategies including chaos engineering and observability improvements
- Delivered actionable Architecture Decision Records (ADRs) documenting risk tradeoffs
- Established ongoing relationship for platform engineering consulting
Technologies: Kubernetes, Observability Stack, Chaos Engineering, SLO/SLI Design
Fortune 50 Pharmaceutical — Infrastructure Automation
Practice Director, Platform Engineering | Trace3 | 2023-2024
Architected and delivered a major infrastructure-as-code implementation enabling self-service provisioning across hybrid cloud environments.
Key Outcomes:
- Designed CrossPlane + Terraform hybrid architecture balancing flexibility and governance
- Implemented GitOps workflows via ArgoCD for infrastructure change management
- Enabled developer self-service while maintaining security and compliance controls
- Reduced infrastructure provisioning time from weeks to hours
Technologies: CrossPlane, Terraform, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, EKS, GitOps
Fortune 500 Semiconductor & Financial Services — Observability Rationalization
Practice Director, Platform Engineering | Trace3 | 2023-2024
Led parallel engagements consolidating observability tooling sprawl at two Fortune 500 organizations.
Key Outcomes:
- Reduced observability tool count from 7-10 vendors down to 2-3 consolidated platforms
- Implemented OpenTelemetry-native architectures for vendor-neutral instrumentation
- Achieved 40-60% cost reduction in observability spend
- Improved mean-time-to-resolution (MTTR) through better signal-to-noise ratio
- Established observability Centers of Excellence and golden path instrumentation
Technologies: OpenTelemetry, Distributed Tracing, Observability Pipelines, SLO/SLI, Kubernetes
Fryeburg Academy AI Enablement
Independent Consultant | 2025-Present
Led a management consulting engagement with a New Hampshire prep school, educating and enabling 50+ faculty members on practical AI adoption in education.
Key Outcomes:
- Designed and delivered faculty workshops on AI literacy and practical applications
- Built frameworks for thoughtful AI tool selection and integration
- Addressed concerns around academic integrity and pedagogical best practices
- Enabled teachers to use AI as augmentation rather than replacement
- Created governance policies balancing innovation with responsible use
Impact: Shows AI consulting reaching beyond technical organizations: building trust through education and helping non-technical stakeholders adopt new technology with confidence.
Chief Technologist | Morpheus Data | 2020-2021
Served as key solutions engineer and implementation lead for one of Morpheus Data’s most strategically significant partnerships.
Key Outcomes:
- Architected complete bare-metal cloud automation solution for telco-scale infrastructure
- Enabled a Tier 1 US telco to offer competitive cloud services on owned infrastructure
- Delivered a proof point that helped drive Morpheus Data’s acquisition by HPE in 2024
- Designed hybrid cloud orchestration spanning VMware, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and bare metal
Technologies: Bare Metal Provisioning, Multi-Cloud Orchestration, VMware, OpenStack, Kubernetes
Chief Technologist | Morpheus Data | 2020
Architected a managed service offering for a leading APAC telecommunications provider, proving platform viability in APAC telco markets.
Key Outcomes:
- Launched Morpheus Data’s Asia-Pacific business through strategic telco partnership
- Designed white-label cloud management platform enabling the provider to offer managed services
- Navigated regulatory and data sovereignty requirements for APAC region
- Established partner training and enablement model replicated across other regions
Technologies: Multi-Cloud Orchestration, Kubernetes, VMware, Service Provider Architecture
Practice Director, Automation → Platform Engineering | Trace3 | 2022-2025
Built a national practice from scratch focused on automation, observability, and platform engineering.
Key Outcomes:
- Grew it from zero into a multimillion-dollar practice within its first year
- Grew the team from zero to seven across solutions architects and delivery engineers
- Built it into one of Trace3’s most significant service-margin practices
- Designed vendor alliance strategy with RedHat, HashiCorp, Ansible, and observability vendors
- Created repeatable delivery models and IP for platform engineering engagements
- Built Cloud Center of Excellence reference architectures (EKS, Karpenter, GitOps, DevSecOps, OpenTelemetry)
HPE GreenLake OEM Partnership (Led to Acquisition)
Chief Technologist | Morpheus Data | 2020-2021
Led partner engineering for the HPE GreenLake OEM offering that resulted in Morpheus Data’s acquisition by HPE.
Key Outcomes:
- Designed technical integration architecture between Morpheus and HPE GreenLake
- Proved the technical viability of the OEM partnership
- Established strategic relationship that led to acquisition discussions
- Demonstrated value of Morpheus orchestration layer for HPE’s hybrid cloud strategy
Technologies: HPE GreenLake, Multi-Cloud Orchestration, Enterprise Architecture
Industry Expertise
Enterprise & Fortune 500
- Fortune 10 technology companies
- Global SaaS platforms
- Fortune 50 pharmaceutical
- Fortune 500 semiconductor manufacturing
- Major financial services
- Tier 1 US & APAC telecommunications providers
Client references available upon request.
Technology Domains
- Observability & Monitoring: OpenTelemetry, eBPF, Distributed Tracing, SLO/SLI, GenAI Observability
- Platform Engineering: Kubernetes, GitOps, Self-Service Infrastructure, DevSecOps
- Cloud Architecture: Multi-Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, Kubernetes, EKS, OpenShift
- AI/ML: GenAI Observability, LLM Performance Monitoring, AI Adoption Strategy
- Telco & Service Provider: Bare Metal, Managed Services, Data Sovereignty
Engagement Scale
- The technical credibility behind $30M+ in enterprise technology decisions, from Fortune 10 to high-growth startups
- Stood up a national platform engineering practice from zero and grew it into a multimillion-dollar service line
- Lead architect on multiple seven-figure enterprise engagements, including the largest in one company’s history
- Built and led cross-functional teams of 10–20 across field engineering, delivery, and partner organizations
Certifications & Education
- MIT Professional Education – Graduate Certificate, Applied Generative AI for Digital Transformation (2023)
- CNCF Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Trace3 AI Legends (Internal AI/ML Certification)
- Colorado State University – M.S. Computer Science (Architecture, Databases, Fault Tolerance, Networking)
- University of Colorado Boulder – B.A., Philosophy & Mathematics
Speaking & Thought Leadership
As a Field CTO, I’ve contributed to:
- Analyst Webinars: Competitive positioning and market analysis for observability space
- Customer Advisory Boards: Product roadmap input for vendor partners
- GenAI Maturity Frameworks: Published models for assessing organizational AI readiness
- Partner Enablement: Technical training and go-to-market strategy for channel partners
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