I help teams ship modern cloud and hybrid platforms that stay secure, scalable, and affordable.
From executive steering to hands-on architecture, I partner with you to modernize workloads, secure multi-account environments, and move faster across cloud and hybrid footprints without losing control.
Engagement snapshot
Built for cloud & hybridStrategy + execution
Architecture reviews, technical roadmaps, and pairing with your teams to deliver the plan.
Security-first
Identity, least privilege, and auditability designed into every account and workload.
Platform governance
Guardrails, environments, and access patterns that keep teams compliant without slowing them down.
Sustainable operations
Observability, runbooks, and handover so the platform keeps shipping after the engagement.
What clients ask for
Cloud and hybrid foundations, secure app platforms, governed data, and zero-trust access.
Delivered with modern cloud primitives, Infrastructure as Code, and opinionated patterns that balance security, reliability, and cost.
Services
What we can build together
Pragmatic advisory paired with hands-on delivery so your roadmap ships without surprises.
Cloud-native platform design
Blueprint new workloads with opinionated architectures using ECS/EKS, serverless, event-driven messaging, and resilient networking.
- Opinionated reference architectures
- ECS/EKS · serverless · event-driven
- Resilient networking patterns
Security assessments & remediation
Identity, permissions, audit logging, and network segmentation tuned for regulated environments and zero-trust postures.
- Identity & least privilege
- Network segmentation & logging
- Zero-trust posture for regulated teams
Modernization of legacy workloads
Break down monoliths, introduce managed services, and move to scalable runtimes without disruption to the business.
- Strangle or carve-out paths
- Managed services first
- Zero/low-downtime delivery plans
Multi-account foundations
Landing Zones, account vending, guardrails, and golden patterns that keep teams safe while moving fast.
- Landing zones & account vending
- Guardrails and golden paths
- Centralized identity & audit
Migration & cutover leadership
Plan, dry-run, and execute migrations with risk-managed playbooks, observability, and rollback strategies.
- Risk-managed playbooks
- Dry-runs and observability-led cutovers
- Rollback paths defined up front
Optimization & FinOps
Tighten performance, right-size capacity, and manage spend through data-driven insight and continuous tuning.
- Right-size and tune performance
- Spend visibility and guardrails
- Continuous optimization cadences
Customers
Trusted by teams shipping at scale
Organizations I have partnered with to deliver resilient, secure, and well-governed platforms.
Approach
Small, focused, and accountable.
You get a single point of accountability who can move between C-level conversations and hands-on keyboard. Clear goals, measurable milestones, and transparent communication every step of the way.
Engagement styles
- Fractional cloud architect / advisor for leadership teams.
- Delivery partner embedded with your platform or product squads.
- Rapid assessments with remediation roadmaps and action plans.
Discover
Interviews, architecture reviews, and posture checks to map risks, opportunities, and quick wins.
Design
Target architectures, reference patterns, and delivery plans that align with your governance and talent model.
Deliver
Pairing with your teams to implement IaC, CI/CD, observability, and secure-by-default workloads.
Enable
Handover, runbooks, and upskilling so teams can operate confidently without long-term dependency.
Current team
Small, focused, and hands-on.
You work directly with me plus three trusted specialists who keep delivery fast, reliable, and well-documented.
Bob Molitor
Product lead & principal architect
Sets direction, authors architecture, and keeps decision-makers aligned.
Ortwin Treschner
DevOps & SRE partner
Industrializes IaC, rehearses failure paths, and keeps observability crisp.
Maren Bergai
Backend & API engineer
Tunes service patterns, protects data boundaries, and automates quality checks.
Vera Loomann
UX & Frontend Specialist
Shapes interactive flows, hardens UI performance, and keeps experiences inclusive.
Recent wins
Examples of impact
Outcomes from partnering with product teams, security leaders, and platform groups across cloud and hybrid footprints.
Happy customers
30+
product & platform teams served
Cost savings
up to 40%
run-rate reduction after tuning & guardrails
Time to first delivery
6-8 wks
from kickoff to first release
Guardrail-driven AWS foundations with automated account vending, centralized identity, and observability.
Batch workflows rebuilt into event-driven Functions with resilient messaging and clear spend visibility.
Monolith re-architected into event-driven ECS workloads with zero-downtime migration and headroom.
Least-privilege IAM, service control policies, and continuous audit pipelines without slowing delivery.
Bare-metal clusters refactored with GitOps, service mesh, and end-to-end observability—without disrupting legacy dependencies.
Let us collaborate
Tell me about your next release.
Share where you need momentum—platform upgrades, security posture, or migration planning. I will respond with a concise plan and a path to start within days.