University of Maryland Global Campus

Team lead of specialized customer engineers; providing subject matter expert coverage on Chrome Enterprise.

Google

Customer Engineering Manager, Specialists

Helping strategic customers architect, migrate and run their applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Strategic Customers Engineering

Lead Neustar cloud-first strategy by developing public cloud onboarding, integration and controls.
•	Develop Neustar public cloud strategy
•	Define public cloud architecture, security and cost control requirement.
•	Define Neustar security processes and controls when using public cloud
•	Help create Neustar data classification model
•	Define the security team engagement model with product/engineering team
Help build cost controls resulting in spend reduction on AWS
•	Define and build cost reduction processes on AWS cloud
•	Measure and compare AWS/cloud cost against on premise infrastructure
Lead the engagement model for Neustar with public cloud providers
•	Engage the major cloud providers on roadmaps, direction, best-practices.
•	Build and champion executive relationship with AWS leadership
On-board applications onto AWS public cloud
•	Define and deliver architecture and best practices sessions for product teams
•	Define operational models and engage dev-ops teams on cloud operation
•	Created automation (Ansible, CloudFormation) layer as part of the onboarding process
•	Provide post migration support, handle cloud outages, support cases and cloud issues
Educate and train engineering and non-engineering staff on AWS and cloud technologies
•	Monitor the cloud space and present the latest updates at company events
•	Lead multiple AWS training sessions (hundreds of participants) on cloud architecture, security.
•	Initiate and lead certification study groups, resulting in multiple AWS certified employees.

NeuStar, Inc.

Senior Cloud Architect

•	Lead US East solutions architecture for Mid-Market and Territory teams
o	Hire and develop solutions architecture teams across multiple AWS locations
o	Set processes and guidelines for solutions architecture operations with sales team
o	Set goals, measure progress and manage team’s performance

•	Help new and existing AWS customers with cloud migration and adoption. 
o	Design fault tolerant highly available solutions on AWS cloud
o	Engage C level executives, architects and engineers on cloud adoption
o	Remove technical roadblocks from solutions deployment on AWS

•	Subject matter expert for big data using AWS EMR
o	Assisted multiple customers with designing big data solutions on AWS
o	Provided guidance on best practices for big data ingestion/storage, processing and automation. 
o	Optimization of Hadoop clusters on AWS cloud.

Amazon Web Services

Manager, Solutions Architecture

Design architect and implement private cloud solutions. Served as a technical account manager for critical fortune 500 accounts. My communication skills were vital in closing multi-million dollar deals and my technical skills were critical in resolving client issues. I lead teams of SE’s in various projects, POC and post-sale activities.

DataSynapse (Tibco)

Senior Systems Engineer

Lead the design and development of Trust Digital security suite including architecting, designing and developing the Windows Mobile client and the RIM Blackberry client.

Trust Digital

Senior Software Engineer

•	Design and develop wireless handheld logistics product
•	Developed a SyncML based wireless synchronization frameworks. 
•	Develop and maintain wireless communication framework

TeleCommunication Systems, Inc

Software Engineer

•	Designed and implemented a distributed Java SNMP platform.
•	Requirement analysis, design, and developed prototypes for Architecture group.
•	Java Developer.

Mike Altarace