Case Studies
Real-world projects and transformations I've led for Fortune 500 companies and startups
KeyBank - AI-Powered Video Analysis Automation
Developed and implemented a confidential AI-powered video scanning solution for KeyBank in 2024 that automated previously manual video review processes, saving hundreds of hours of manual labor while maintaining strict banking compliance and confidentiality requirements.
Key Outcomes:
- Saved hundreds of hours of manual labor previously required for video analysis
- Successfully automated labor-intensive video scanning and review processes
Google GenAI for Developers Platform
Led development of AI-powered developer productivity tools, managing global teams of 20+ resources across multiple time zones for Google Cloud.
Key Outcomes:
- 40% improvement in developer productivity metrics
- 150+ enterprise customers onboarded in first 6 months
Startup Technical Strategy & $100K Funding Success
Helped a growth-stage startup optimize their technical operations and development processes, directly contributing to securing additional $100K in funding.
Key Outcomes:
- Secured $100K additional funding through technical improvements
- 50% reduction in deployment time and errors
Tyson Foods - Application Modernization Architecture
Architected the strategic foundation for Tyson Foods' application modernization journey on Google Cloud Platform, providing architectural framing and implementation planning for two critical applications that enabled fast, high-quality decision making for long-term program success.
Key Outcomes:
- Target state architecture successfully designed for two mission-critical applications
- Fast, high-quality architectural decisions enabled through structured approach
Tailored Brands - Data Integration & Retail Solutions
Delivered comprehensive retail solutions presentation and took ownership of complex data integration challenges at Tailored Brands, earning customer trust through expertise and respectful challenging of assumptions while providing comprehensive technical solutions.
Key Outcomes:
- Customer trust earned through demonstration of retail industry expertise
- Complete ownership of complex data integration challenges achieved
Sysco Foods - Outstanding ACM Demo & Solution Architecture
Delivered outstanding Application Configuration Management (ACM) demonstration and comprehensive POC support for Sysco Foods, providing invaluable knowledge and technical assistance throughout the evaluation process for food service industry cloud transformation.
Key Outcomes:
- Outstanding ACM capabilities demonstration for food service applications
- Comprehensive technical support validating Google Cloud for food service operations
Schlumberger (SLB) - DELFI Cloud Native Applications
Provided comprehensive architecture overviews and Kubernetes expertise for multiple DELFI Cloud Native applications at Schlumberger, supporting the next generation of E&P software from the leading O&G software provider with 20+ years of industry dominance.
Key Outcomes:
- Multi-application success across 7+ critical DELFI applications
- Next-generation E&P software platform development enabled
Sabre - Travel Technology Architecture
Led multiple architecture and design engagements with Sabre Corporation focused on Anthos implementation for airline systems, multi-tenant infrastructure design, and Managed Application Delivery (MAD) early access program, supporting $12M annual consumption acceleration.
Key Outcomes:
- $12M annual consumption acceleration supported
- Multi-tenant infrastructure designed for airline customers
Sabre - Managed Application Delivery (MAD) Early Access Program
Led Sabre's participation in Google's Managed Application Delivery (MAD) early access program, providing crucial product feedback from travel industry perspective while implementing cutting-edge application delivery capabilities.
Key Outcomes:
- MAD technology successfully implemented and validated
- Product development feedback contributed to market readiness
Sabre - Application Modernization & CI/CD Architecture
Architected comprehensive application modernization and CI/CD strategy for Sabre's travel technology systems, enabling modern software delivery practices while supporting airline customer operational requirements and $12M consumption acceleration.
Key Outcomes:
- $12M annual consumption acceleration achieved
- Modern CI/CD practices implemented
Sabre - Anthos Multi-Tenant Architecture for Airlines
Designed sophisticated multi-tenant Anthos architecture for Sabre's airline customer systems, enabling scalable infrastructure supporting diverse airline operations while maintaining isolation, compliance, and performance requirements.
Key Outcomes:
- Multi-tenant Anthos architecture designed for airline customers
- Complete isolation between airline customers maintained
Roche - DialogFlow Best Practices & AI Customer Perspective
Delivered transformational DialogFlow best practices presentation to Roche, opening customer eyes to new perspectives on conversational AI implementation while providing invaluable hands-on experience and guidance for pharmaceutical industry applications.
Key Outcomes:
- Perspective transformation on conversational AI implementation approaches
- Comprehensive best practices guidance for DialogFlow implementation
PetSmart - Technical Expertise & Deal Support
Provided critical technical expertise and specialized knowledge support for PetSmart opportunity, contributing significantly to competitive positioning and deal advancement through deep understanding of retail technology requirements.
Key Outcomes:
- Technical validation of Google Cloud capabilities for pet retail operations
- Strategic opportunity progression through technical expertise
Nuance Communications - Kubernetes Training to Revenue Success
Delivered high-quality Kubernetes Technical Architecture Workshop that increased customer trust in Google's container expertise, directly leading to a $150K Professional Services win and positioning $1.75M in 2019 cloud revenue for their first workload migration.
Key Outcomes:
- $150K Professional Services engagement won directly following workshop
- $1.75M in 2019 target revenue for first workload migration
Nielsen - Enterprise Analytics Solution & BigQuery Demo
Leveraged Home Depot enterprise experience to architect comprehensive analytics solution for Nielsen, including specialized BigQuery demonstrations that overcame leadership resistance and committed them to move forward with Google Cloud Platform under demanding evaluation timelines.
Key Outcomes:
- Decision acceleration despite demanding evaluation timeline
- Nielsen's commitment to move forward with Google Cloud Platform
MoneyGram - Google Cloud Days Success
Delivered outstanding presentations at MoneyGram Google Cloud Days on App Dev, Hybrid, and Anthos technologies, engaging nearly 200 customer attendees across two sessions and significantly deepening MoneyGram's partnership with Google Cloud through expert content curation and technical expertise.
Key Outcomes:
- Nearly 200 customer attendees successfully engaged
- Multi-technology coverage across App Dev, Hybrid, and Anthos
Mayo Clinic - Container Strategy & AI Factory Enablement
Transformed Mayo Clinic's perception of container technology from apprehension to excitement, unlocking a vital AI Factory opportunity for one of Google Cloud's top customer partners through expert technical leadership and strategic guidance.
Key Outcomes:
- Perception transformation from apprehension to excitement
- AI Factory opportunity unlocked with significant strategic value
Magellan Midstream - Enterprise Architecture & Insight Leadership
Provided critical last-minute support for Magellan Midstream Enterprise Architecture discussion, delivering unique perspective and genuine customer-focused approach that significantly moved the needle in proving Google Cloud Platform value to the collective team.
Key Outcomes:
- Significant impact achieved in enterprise architecture discussion
- GCP value proposition effectively demonstrated for energy industry
L.L.Bean - Retail Architecture Review
Provided critical retail expertise and architecture guidance for L.L.Bean's cloud transformation initiative, leveraging specialized retail background knowledge that proved crucial to successful architecture review meetings and future roadmap planning.
Key Outcomes:
- Critical meeting success with expert retail guidance
- Ongoing engagement established for future roadmap decisions
Kronos - Global CI/CD Workshop & Pipeline Transformation
Delivered comprehensive GKE & CI/CD workshop for Kronos with 45 virtual attendees, successfully mapping their current pipeline to GCP native tools while establishing best practices and creating organization-wide Kubernetes momentum across the enterprise.
Key Outcomes:
- Massive engagement with 45 virtual attendees
- Complete pipeline mapping from existing CI/CD to GCP native tools
Kraft Foods - CI/CD Workshop Transformation
Delivered transformational CI/CD workshop that converted Kraft's apprehension about cloud architecture into solid understanding, agreement on next steps, and comfort with Google Cloud Platform, resulting in commitment to move forward with strategic cloud adoption.
Key Outcomes:
- Decision acceleration from weeks of uncertainty to clear commitment
- Architecture clarity with solid understanding of future state
KeyBank - End-to-End AI-Enhanced Software Development Lifecycle
Provided strategic advisory services to KeyBank in 2024 on comprehensive AI tooling integration across the entire Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), spanning from AI-generated requirements through IDE tooling and CI/CD processes to reduce toil and enhance productivity at every development stage.
Key Outcomes:
- Comprehensive AI integration strategy spanning entire software development lifecycle
- Significant opportunities identified for manual work elimination across development stages
Equifax - Deployment Models Consultation
Provided specialized deployment model insights and technical consultation for Equifax, demonstrating exceptional listening skills and customer-focused approach that made the client feel valued while delivering actionable technical guidance.
Key Outcomes:
- Specialized deployment model guidance delivered
- High customer satisfaction through exceptional listening
Electronic Arts - GKE/Kubernetes Workshop Excellence
Delivered exceptional GKE/Kubernetes workshop for Electronic Arts, finding the perfect balance of high-level overview and technical depth within limited time constraints, helping overcome reservations about managed cloud offerings in the gaming industry.
Key Outcomes:
- Perfect balance of high-level overview and technical depth achieved
- Reservations about managed service offerings overcome
Disney Media & Entertainment - Software Delivery Transformation
Led a comprehensive software delivery workshop for Disney's Matterhorn team, transforming their approach to CI/CD practices on Google Cloud Platform and strengthening their commitment to cloud-native development for critical web-facing assets including Disney.com.
Key Outcomes:
- Platform optimization for critical Disney.com infrastructure
- Team enablement with actionable DevOps transformation insights
CoreLogic - Austin Hackathon Success
Provided invaluable expert advice and effective onsite support for CoreLogic Hackathon in Austin, enabling teams to create outstanding solutions they planned to take to market while accelerating consumption and strategic partnership with Google Cloud.
Key Outcomes:
- Outstanding solutions created with market potential
- Teams developed solutions planned for commercial market
Citrix - Critical Meeting & Technical Coordination
Demonstrated exceptional commitment by dropping everything to travel to North Carolina for critical Citrix meeting, requiring considerable preparation work, coordination, and technical expertise to address urgent customer requirements.
Key Outcomes:
- Critical meeting success delivered
- Rapid response mobilization demonstrated
Burlington Stores - Greenfield Customer POC Success
Supported comprehensive proof-of-concept for Burlington Stores as a Greenfield customer, demonstrating Google Cloud Platform capabilities through patient, thoughtful approach that built customer confidence in the platform's potential for retail transformation.
Key Outcomes:
- Successful proof-of-concept delivered
- Customer confidence in Google Cloud Platform built
Aetna - Digital Team Kubernetes Deep Dive
Conducted comprehensive Kubernetes workshop for Aetna's digital team, providing deep domain expertise across a broad range of containerization topics while building technical confidence for healthcare industry cloud transformation.
Key Outcomes:
- Comprehensive Kubernetes workshop delivered
- Deep domain expertise across broad range of topics
The Home Depot E-Commerce Platform Migration
Led the zero-downtime cloud migration of HomeDepot.com's $5B revenue e-commerce platform, engineering a highly scalable microservices architecture capable of handling 2,500 requests per second while improving deployment efficiency by 314%.
Key Outcomes:
- Zero-downtime migration of $5B revenue platform
- 314% improvement in deployment efficiency
HomeDepot.com $5B Revenue Platform Migration
Led the complete migration of HomeDepot.com from on-premises infrastructure to cloud with zero downtime, handling 40+ engineers across multiple teams.
Key Outcomes:
- Zero-downtime migration of $5B revenue platform
- 50% reduction in infrastructure costs
WellSky Corporation - Healthcare Cloud Migration & Platform Modernization
Led a $50M/6-year engagement supporting comprehensive migration from on-premises and AWS to Google Cloud while addressing complex healthcare compliance requirements.
Key Outcomes:
- $50M/6-year engagement led
- Comprehensive migration from on-premises and AWS to Google Cloud
Tyson - Enterprise Platform Cloud Architecture
Designed cloud architecture for a $100M/5-year transformation program and secured professional services engagement despite executive leadership changes.
Key Outcomes:
- $100M/5-year transformation program designed
- Professional services engagement secured
Nokia - SaaS Transformation & Hybrid Cloud Architecture
Directed a $45M/3-year SaaS transformation leveraging hybrid cloud technologies, designing sophisticated deployment patterns for Nokia's complex product portfolio.
Key Outcomes:
- $45M/3-year SaaS transformation directed
- Sophisticated deployment patterns designed
Back40 - Automotive Dealership Workflow Platform
Transformed from strategic technical advisor to key leader, developing a comprehensive product definition that integrated with dealership inventory systems and delivered a proof of concept within three months.
Key Outcomes:
- Delivered proof of concept within 3 months
- Completed under initial budget
TagTeams - Healthcare Operating Room Workflow Platform
Provided technical leadership for TagTeams, designing HIPAA-compliant systems integrated with Epic and Cerner that secured funding and resulted in a co-founder position offer.
Key Outcomes:
- Secured funding from UB Cultivator and Valmar Holdings
- Co-founder position offer received
T-Mobile - Platform Migration & Digital Transformation
Guided a $10M/5-year technical evaluation and migration from Pivotal Cloud Foundry to Google Kubernetes Engine while minimizing disruption to customer-facing systems.
Key Outcomes:
- $10M/5-year technical evaluation guided
- Zero-downtime migration from Pivotal Cloud Foundry to GKE
Nationwide - Insurance Agent System Architecture
Led architectural guidance and CI/CD implementation for Nationwide's complex insurance agent system, managing multi-state regulations and diverse insurance product types through sophisticated rules engines and modern development practices.
Key Outcomes:
- Successfully guided modernization of complex insurance agent system architecture
- Implemented sophisticated rules management supporting multi-state operations and diverse insurance products
Panera Bread - Kubernetes Restaurant Technology
Architected and implemented Kubernetes-based containerization strategy for Panera Bread's restaurant technology stack, enabling modern container deployment for kiosk ordering, kitchen fulfillment systems, and centralized back office aggregation and processing.
Key Outcomes:
- Successfully implemented Kubernetes-based containerization across restaurant technology stack
- Deployed consistent container solutions across Panera's restaurant chain
The Home Depot - Infrastructure Process Optimization
Led comprehensive infrastructure process optimization at The Home Depot using metrics-driven analysis, identifying critical bottlenecks and implementing automation solutions that reduced outsourced contractor team from 50 to 20 people while dramatically improving process speed, security, and predictability.
Key Outcomes:
- Reduced contractor team from 50 to 20 people (60% reduction)
- Dramatically accelerated deployment and maintenance processes
HEB - Anthos Alpha Implementation
Led one of the first Anthos alpha implementations at HEB, deploying cutting-edge enterprise GKE services for on-premises usage while integrating with centralized Google Cloud services, providing crucial feedback that contributed to Anthos product development and GA readiness.
Key Outcomes:
- Successfully deployed one of the first Anthos alpha installations in production retail environment
- Demonstrated viability of enterprise GKE services with on-premises deployment
The Home Depot - IT Agile Transformation Initiative
Led comprehensive agile transformation across Home Depot IT organization, implementing scaled agile practices, training programs, and organizational change management for 500+ people, successfully transforming traditional IT processes to modern agile methodologies supporting $5B e-commerce platform operations.
Key Outcomes:
- Successfully transformed 500+ IT professionals to agile practices
- Comprehensive training program delivered organization-wide
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