Tom Canova

Tom Canova is a proficient professional with a strong focus on delivering business value through modern applications and automation while ensuring high velocity and quality and eliminating technical debt.

His expertise lies in several key areas including cloud services such as GCP, Azure, AWS, and IBM Cloud, cloud native development, containerization, and serverless platforms like Kubernetes and Cloud Vendor Serverless Functions.

Additionally, he is well-versed in event streaming, messaging, asynchronous design, loosely coupled components and services, API management, CI/CD practices using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, Concourse, and Github Actions, as well as modern source control systems like Github, Gitlab, and Bitbucket.

Tom also has experience in data management utilizing cloud managed database services for SQL and NoSql, as well as lifecycle DevOps automation with monitoring.

He values a winning culture through his *LIVE HEAT principles of Leadership, Integrity, Vision, Excellence, Humble, Equipping, Accountable, and Trusting.

With a B.S. in Computer Science from Texas A&M University, Tom has held various significant roles in renowned organizations including Director, Cloud Adoption Architect at McKesson, Lead Cloud Engineer at McKesson, Watson Health Operations Architect at IBM, Principal Software Engineer at Dell, and various roles at Citigroup such as Application Lifecycle Management Architect and Solutions Architect.

His diverse experience also extends to positions at ConocoPhillips as a SAP Business Analyst, Research Programmer, and Geological Technician, as well as roles at Mccamey ISD as a Teacher, Mecklenburg County as a Programmer, and Don Rowlett and Associates as an IT Director.

Having worked at IBM as a Programmer, Tom Canova has a multifaceted professional background that enriches his approach to solving complex problems and driving innovation.