Hi, I'm Brian —
I design and build cloud-native platforms.
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect in Germany, consulting on Azure and Google Cloud — with 15+ years across DevOps and software engineering behind it. This site also holds my cookbook and everything else I do off the clock.
Cloud architecture, end to end
From strategy through implementation and optimization — planning and managing medium- to enterprise-scale cloud deployments, and bridging the gap between stakeholders and engineering teams.
Enterprise cloud architecture
Senior Cloud Solutions Architect
- Lead cloud architect for a global, enterprise-scale manufacturing analytics platform through more than tenfold growth — balancing modernization, cost, and security.
- Migrated a legacy SaaS infrastructure to a Kubernetes-based cloud-native architecture, cutting customer onboarding from days to seconds.
- Led the migration of global e-commerce and financial web properties to modern DNS and CDN solutions, reducing response times by up to 95%.
AI product infrastructure
Cloud Software Architect
- Led the technical expansion of an AI app with 10M+ users to a multi-platform architecture, redesigning user, subscription, and storage systems.
- Oversaw and supported the development team building a next-generation AI chat web application.
Private cloud & DevOps platform
Lead DevOps Engineer · Software Engineer
- Designed and implemented IAV's private cloud offering: on-premise, ML-enabled Kubernetes, Ceph, and DevOps infrastructure.
- Built the central Kubernetes build infrastructure handling 10,000+ jobs daily; drove enterprise-wide adoption of public and hybrid cloud.
Certifications
Azure Solutions Architecture Expert · Google Professional Cloud Architect
Education
B.S. Computer Engineering & B.A. German, University of Rhode Island — summa cum laude
Core skills
Kubernetes & Docker · DevOps toolchains · TypeScript, C#, Go · React & Next.js
Languages
English (native) · German (fluent)