Professional Summary
Engineering leader with 15+ years of experience driving AI-first transformation in platform engineering. Proven track record building scalable infrastructure at AWS, Cisco, and Abbott Labs. Deep expertise in cloud architecture, distributed systems, and emerging AI/ML infrastructure. Currently leading platform engineering teams while pioneering AI-assisted development workflows that have achieved 20% reduction in development time.
Areas of Expertise
Work Experience
Manager, Platform Engineering
Cisco
- Lead platform engineering team supporting FedRAMP High infrastructure for Webex Government, ensuring compliance and operational excellence
- Drove multi-team coordination for Kafka infrastructure modernization serving 200+ microservices with standardized migration runbooks and rollback procedures
- Pioneered AI-first engineering practices, integrating LLM-powered workflows that reduced development and troubleshooting time by 20%
- Built custom MCP servers enabling AI agents to interact with Kafka, Jira, and Confluence for automated operations
- Led AI capability building program across 3 teams, training 20+ engineers on LLM integration and AI-assisted development
Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Guided enterprise clients through large-scale migration programs, including a 22-data center migration for a major energy-sector client
- Delivered AWS service deployments, including local zone expansion, to improve performance and availability
- Expanded expertise into the AWS Analytics community, supporting analytics infrastructure at scale for financial services clients
- Partnered with customer leadership to stabilize analytics workloads and ensure operational continuity in regulated industries
Cloud Operations Manager
Abbott Labs
- Directed cloud operations during COVID-19, leading design and delivery of APIs transmitting test results to the CDC within 24 hours
- Earned Abbott Leadership Award for critical pandemic-related infrastructure delivery
- Migrated STARLIMS customers from private data centers to AWS, improving uptime and achieving HIPAA compliance
AI Experience
Engineering leader driving AI-first transformation in platform engineering. Hands-on experience building AI tooling, developing MCP servers, and leading team upskilling in generative AI practices.
AI Skills
AI Tools & Technologies
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Sciences
Florida International University
Associate in Arts in Business Administration
Miami-Dade College
Certifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
AWS
AWS Certified Developer – Professional
AWS
AWS Certified Security Specialty
AWS
AWS Certified Analytics Specialty
AWS
AWS Certified Networking Specialty
AWS
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator
AWS
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
Georgia Tech – Professional Certificate in Python Programming
Georgia Tech