My Resume

A detailed overview of my professional journey, skills, and technical expertise in the cloud industry.

Work Experience

Darden Restaurants

Aug 2024 - Present

Mar 2025 - Present

Cloud Engineer

Engineering and maintaining secure, enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure, focusing on Azure ExpressRoute, private networking, Terraform automation, and Fortinet firewall management to support a portfolio of national restaurant brands.

Aug 2024 - Mar 2025

Terraform SME Contract

Provided subject matter expertise in Terraform, developing and implementing Infrastructure as Code solutions to streamline cloud resource provisioning and management for Darden's enterprise environment.

Aug 2023 - Oct 2024

Cloud Architect

Loyal Source Government Services

Orchestrated the migration of legacy systems to Azure, engineered a secure chat platform with Azure OpenAI, and led the transition to Azure Virtual Desktop, achieving significant cost savings and security enhancements for government clients.

Jan 2022 - Aug 2023

IT Manager

Mindful Solar

Designed and managed an integrated cloud environment with Okta, Azure AD, VMware, and AWS. Optimized the Microsoft 365 ecosystem and deployed a high-performance VDI environment to enhance security and productivity.

Jan 2021 - Dec 2021

Cloud Engineer Contract

LPL Financial

Led infrastructure modernization and cloud optimization initiatives, delivering architectural improvements that enhanced the scalability, security, and operational efficiency of enterprise systems.

May 2017 - Dec 2019

Cloud Architect

Ashland Technologies, Inc.

Executed a comprehensive on-premises to AWS migration, architected a hybrid VMware on AWS solution, and led the transition to Amazon WorkSpaces, significantly improving performance and flexibility.

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft AzureAmazon Web Services (AWS)

Infrastructure as Code

TerraformARM TemplatesCloudFormation

DevOps & CI/CD

Azure DevOpsGitHub ActionsJenkins

Containers & Orchestration

DockerKubernetes (AKS, EKS)

Security & Identity

Azure ADOktaFortinetSentinel

Virtualization

VMwareAzure Virtual Desktop

Education

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

Cloud Consulting Services

Leverage my expertise in Azure and AWS to optimize your cloud infrastructure, enhance security, and implement best practices for scalability and efficiency.

Cloud Architecture

Expert architecture design for Azure and AWS environments

Migration & Modernization

Transition from legacy systems to modern cloud platforms

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform implementation and best practices