Christopher A Burns

Cloud Solution Architect

ChristopherABurns@gmail.com

@Forecast_Cloudy

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Over 15 years total IT experience. 10+ years’ as an accomplished architect and developer

of Mobile, Web, Desktop, and Distributed solutions at the enterprise level. 7+ years’

experience in numerous cloud taxonomies (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), consumption models

(Public, Private, Community, Hybrid) and strategies.

Qualifications Summary

  · Cloud Strategy development

o 7 years exp. developing forward looking strategic plans for next generation cloud

services including transition, hybrid, and monetization strategies.

o 5 years direct (face to face) customer engagement experience with a high win

rate.

  · Cloud Migration

o 7 years exp. identifying business applications and services that can immediately

leverage cloud technologies and assisting in the onboarding of clients to new

cloud platforms.

o 7 years exp. re-architecting applications for migration to cloud platforms

including Azure/AWS/vCloud/CloudStack(XenServer)

o 5 years exp. advising and assisting Fortune 100 clients in re-architecting/redevelopment

of applications to a Cloud Oriented Architecture.

  · Cloud solution development

o 7 years exp. creating Cloud Native solutions for Enterprise to SMB’s.

o 7 years exp. using cloud Object storage & Message Queues.

o 7 years exp. leveraging Platform as a Service (Azure, Cloud Foundry, OpenShift)

  · Internet of Things (IoT)

o 1 years exp. defining frameworks and data interoperability for IoT applications

o 5 years exp. prototyping with Arduino/ Raspberry PI

o Member of N.I.S.T Cyber-Physical Working Group (2014-2016)

  · Object Oriented, Event Driven application development.

o 13 Years exp. creating full spectrum C#.NET apps at the enterprise level.

o 2 Years exp. creating concurrent applications in GoLang

  · Cloud/Web 2.0/HTML5/ASP.NET Development.

  · Database Architect and Administration.

o 16 Years exp. developing Web sites with HTML and JavaScript. Including

Node.JS/Angular.JS

o 10 Years exp. designing, creating and administrating high volume (Millions of

records)/ transactional, MS SQL databases and maintenance plans.

o 5 Years exp. Using NoSQL and Graph DB such as MongoDB, Redis, Neo4J

  · Other notable qualifications

o 5 Years exp. with full line of VMWare products

o 2 Years exp. with the Container platforms Docker and Mesos

o 1 Year exp. with BlockChain technology (member of Ethereum dev. Group)

Professional Experience

Dell, Inc – Round Rock, Texas

Senior [Cloud] Solutions Architect Consultant – R&D Cloud Services

The role of the R&D Cloud Services team member has three primary responsibilities. 1.)

1.)Subject matter expertise is provided to both internal Dell personnel and clients via phone

or personalized onsite workshops. An R&D team member is able to act as a guide (Sherpa)

to clients in regards to consuming, migrating or operating in a cloud environment, across

cloud platforms and providers. This included drafting and consulting on cloud migration

strategies. In addition the team member is able to recommend, and if need be, develop

prototype cloud solutions - on any development platform, to solve the needs of the client.

2.) The R&D team member is also tasked with evaluating and creating innovative, leading

edge cloud technologies to be incorporated into existing public offerings or to be offered as

stand-alone cloud solutions. 3.) The R&D team is leveraged to evaluate M&A targets.

  · Provide SME in all areas of Cloud (IaaS,PaaS,SaaS) to existing and perspective clients on

multiple cloud platforms; vSphere/vCloud/CloudStack/Azure/AWS and various PaaS

platforms (Cloud Foundry/OpenShift.

  · Architect enterprise level, cloud solutions for internal and external consumption.

  · Research and Evaluate cloud technologies for purposes of Merger and Acquisitions.

  · Research emerging cloud technologies for incorporation into public offerings.

  · Conduct on-site cloud workshops for existing and prospective clients.

  · Advise and consult with existing and prospective clients on cloud based solutions.

  · Assist Clients in the development of cloud based solutions. Including development of

functional requirements and assistance with code creation directly.

  · Rapid prototype development for client use cases to prove cloud applicability to customer

needs.

  · Major successes: State of Utah, Accenture, Amgen, Gratifon, IDEXX, Salient, Sullivan

University, Wolters Kluwer, Yahoo, Disney, Linkin Park, Dupont, Samsung

  · Mulitple awards for innovation, excellence in service delivery.

Promethean Software Services - Twinsburg, Ohio

Director, Applications Development

2007-2011

The role of the Director of Applications development is to convert business needs into software

solutions via business acumen with a focus on ROI and shortest time to market while

architecting user friendly, professional grade applications.

  · Architect and deploy corporate wide SharePoint 2K7 portal for inter-department

collaboration, change management, help desk, knowledgebase and personal pages.

  · Architect and supervise the deployment and operation of vSphere based private cloud.

  · Architect and supervise the development of Azure based applications.

  · Architect C# .NET applications. This includes web service based applications, EDI

Translators, Web Based EDI Translators, XML Translators, Azure (PaaS) Cloud Applications

and Databases.

  · Develop project plans (MS Project) and provide guidance to development teams to stay on

task and meet deadlines.

  · Develop and implement SEO plan, identify industry trends in metadata.

  · Advise C-level managers on industry trends, and appropriate technologies for investment, i.e

Cloud Computing, Virtualization, HTML5, GWT, CSS3.

  · Advise network administrators on appropriate virtualization practices.

  · Monitor and grow corporate wide knowledge base (brain trust).

  · Develop and publish email, IM and internet acceptable usage policies.

2011-Present

  · Develop and publish Risk Assessments and Vulnerability analysis.

EC/EDI Ltd. - Twinsburg, Ohio

Senior Applications Developer

Lead Architect and Developer of eCommerce applications for internal and client use as well as

resale. Database Administrator, Webmaster and assistant Network Administrator.

  · Architect, plan and develop enterprise grade applications incorporating modern technologies

such as MSMQ, .NET Remoting, Windows Services and XML Web Services with an emphasis

on building quality, secure, highly scalable, low maintenance applications.

  · Architect applications and lead teams while focusing on bottom line impact of TCO and ROI.

  · Expert knowledge of EDI document mapping and processing across broad range of business

sectors (i.e. Manufacturing, Retail, Transportation and Health Care) with Gentran for

Windows and proprietary software packages.

  · Expert knowledge of internet communication protocols FTP, HTTP, HTTPS, AS1, AS2.

  · Provide Instruction, mentoring and leadership to staff members on proper code creation

using Microsoft Best Practices, Visual Source Safe (VSS), and robust code documentation

techniques.

  · Design and administer MS SQL 2005 database farm with Stored Procedures, Triggers,

Transactional Processing and automated backup.

  · Responsible for Web Site optimization achieving consistent top 10 results across major

search engines.

  · Windows Network Administrator on Active Directory enabled domain with Exchange server

2003 and SharePoint services.

  · Design and Implement strategy to utilize Microsoft Virtual Server and Microsoft Virtual PC.

  · Host webinars demonstrating products and services with an emphasis on the business

perspective.

Education

University of Akron:

Mechanical Engineering

Professional Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate

MCP C#.NET

MCP Design & Dev. Azure Applications

CompTIA: A+

2003 – 2007