Senior Cloud Architect

Hybrid Cloud · DevOps · Platform Engineering

AWS Azure Terraform Ansible CI/CD DevOps AI CrewAI Platform Engineering

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Hackathons

CloudSurge
Proof-of-concept platform that allows users to manage AWS EC2 instance power states via web UI or API.

Highlighted Projects

My Tools

API Client

HTTPie-style REST/GraphQL client with Bearer auth and examples for Citrix DaaS, Spacelift, and Terraform Cloud.

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Data Center Off-Hours Tool

Compare time zones and plan maintenance windows across sites, regions, and data centers.

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DevOps Markdown Workbench

Offline markdown editor with live preview, runbook/incident templates, and export for ops docs.

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Diff Tool

Side-by-side and unified text/file diff with regex strip (e.g. timestamps) and line skip for log compares.

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JWT Debugger (Online/Offline)

Decode JWT header/payload locally and verify HS256/HS384/HS512 signatures offline.

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Mermaid Studio

Create and preview Mermaid diagrams locally with SVG/PNG export.

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Network Subnet Calculator

IPv4 CIDR math, cloud reserved addresses, splits, supernets, and overlap checks offline.

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Regex Tool

Test JavaScript regex against logs with match highlighting, capture groups, and replace preview.

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Speed & IP Tool

Download/upload/latency test plus public IP, ISP/organization, and geolocation lookup.

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Teleprompter

Simple scrolling teleprompter with speed control, mirror mode, and local script save.

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Terraform Workbench

Plan visualizer, variables/outputs, HCL tools, state helpers, secrets redactor, and provider/module review.

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Text Ops Toolkit

Offline text transforms: case, sort, dedupe, JSON/Base64/URL helpers, and line operations.

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About

Designing enterprise-scale cloud platforms that balance speed, governance, and operational durability.

Senior Cloud Architect focused on defining and governing large-scale hybrid platforms supporting tens of thousands of workloads across AWS, Azure, and VMware.

I operate at the systems and decision level, shaping standards for platform architecture, infrastructure as code, and environment consistency at enterprise scale.

My background is rooted in platform engineering and automation using Terraform, Packer, and CI/CD.

I’m most interested in solving complexity at scale by turning fragmented environments into cohesive platforms.

Focus Areas

Platform Architecture & Governance
Multi-Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, VMware)
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
CI/CD & Automation
Cloud Security & Compliance
Large-Scale Systems Design

Experience

Hyland Software – OnBase · Alfresco · Nuxeo

Cloud Architect IV · 2026 – Present

Infrastructure Engineer IV · 2024 – 2026

Cloud Engineer II · 2023 – 2024

Infrastructure Engineer III · 2021 – 2023

Data Center Inc. – iCore360

Lead Technical Project Engineer · 2016 – 2021

Senior Technical Project Engineer · 2014 – 2016

Technical Project Engineer · 2012 – 2014

Hutchinson Community College

Linux Instructor · 2015

McPherson County

Information Technology Coordinator · 2008 – 2012

Engineering Technician III · 2005 – 2008

Education

McPherson College – B.S. Business Management (cum laude)

Hutchinson Community College – A.A. (Phi Theta Kappa)