John Walker Email & Phone Number

Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

As a Principal Solutions Architect, I specialize in defining tech strategies and delivering innovative solutions for people moving to the cloud or innovating on the cloud at Amazon Web Services. My focus is on understanding the customer's unique challenges, ensuring customer empathy is at the forefront of the solutions I provide. I bring a strong emphasis on tech strategy definition, ensuring that the solutions I provide are aligned with the customer's business goals. Whether you need assistance with software design, deployment, or management, I can provide the guidance and expertise needed to succeed in today's rapidly changing digital landscape.In this role, I collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop custom cloud solutions, including Software as a Service (SaaS), data strategy, cloud migration, infrastructure optimization, application development, and data analytics, leveraging the power of AWS. My deep understanding of application architecture, AWS services, and SaaS best practices allows me to design and implement tailored solutions that meet the needs of each customer starting from anywhere along their cloud journey.My 23 years of experience in the industry, combined with my focus on customer empathy and tech strategy definition, make me the ideal partner for those seeking innovative technology solutions.

Seattle, Wa, Us

At AWS I work with businesses in the US to accelerate their business growth by defining Technology Strategy first and then detailing Solution Architecture Designs for their teams to develop. Using best practices and the breadth of AWS Services, I curate design patterns that will enable them to achieve their tech goals. I am a member of the Software as a Service (SaaS) technical field community within AWS. I am a repeat speaker at AWS re:Invent and other industry conferences.I love working to refine business models using tech, to define tech strategies for business growth. I then work to build elegant designs for excellence in operations, security, reliability, performance, cost optimization, and sustainability. Where is technology is going? As a SaaS architect, I've helped companies to realize both the business-changing models that create happy customers and field-defining technology intellectual properties to disrupt their industry. What have I done at AWS? I have designed new architecture approaches for tech roadmaps which have made an enormous impact for customers across all of North America. I have worked to make hundreds of companies successful in the AWS cloud. Whether you are surveying the sea floor or creating a vertically integrated transportation M&A strategy, or anything across this awesome world, I design a technology strategy that will make you succeed too! I Learn, I Build, and I Teach. Let's make tomorrow awesome together."Field CTO", Solutions Architecture, Architecture Lead, Cloud Architect, Data Architect, Enterprise Architecture, SaaS, AWS, DevSecOps, FinOps, Roadmaps, strategy, migration, modernization, monetization, optimization

Pembroke, Ma, Us

Digital transformation starts here and is my distinct pleasure to assist our customers and partners in realizing their technological potential.Conceived and implemented strategic move to Azure Government Cloud achieving the first ever Integrated Tax System (ITS) live on the cloud. Bootstrapped Cloud Services, Security, Enterprise Architecture, and Innovation teams, bringing order to innovation and progress with architectural thinking. Enterprise Architecture and Product Architecture responsibility including Innovation and Technology Strategy, new product creation, existing product evolution, innovation incubators, and proofs-of-concept of high value. As Chief Architect, I stay abreast of technological trends and wisely choose investment areas for tech improvement for the company.Create Application Roadmaps, enterprise architecture plans, conduct platform and technology analysis, tech sales and presales, strategic partner management, presentation and demonstration expertise, frequent Industry Conference Speaker, customer centered business development, oversight of standards, best practices, whitepapers, sprint technical artifacts, and agile scrum master.

Pembroke, Ma, Us

Leading architects and developers in a large software engineering group including onshore and offshore teams. I have led successful efforts to modernize the platform keeping a 7 million line of code product relevant in a world where software technology is always on the move. Building coalitions of business/tech alignment and creating cross-team cohesion is what I do best.I bootstrapped the Architecture group and currently serve in the role of the head of Architecture. As an architect, I'm responsible for defining the architecture of RSI's software products, solution architecture for systems, and for providing the premier technical expertise to RSI's software engineering and consulting divisions. I'm often called upon to develop the code on the very leading edge of the platform, to innovate with development of Proofs of Concept, designing new systems and components, and tackling technical debt head-on. I've pioneered and trail-blazed the product through the first wave of Web, Web 2.0, Service Oriented Architecture, and now find myself spearheading mobile, cloud, and containerization technologies and techniques. Constantly reinventing and continuously educating myself, I make it my concern to learn tomorrow's technology every day.I also bootstrapped the Security group within the company. Focusing on standards based compliance, security controls based implementation, and risk-based approaches to security have yielded high scores on federal audits for the software products under my stewardship. I've been trained as a certified ethical hacker and use these skills to protect the citizens, our clients, and my company.JavaScript, C#, Java, Java, SQLAzure Gov, Windows, .NET 4.7.2, .NET Core 2.1, Java, Spring Boot, Relational DB, NoSQL DBClean Architecture/Onion Architecture, Event Driven Architecture, 12-Factor Apps, Model Driven ArchitectureArchitect, Cloud, Enterprise, Full Stack, Developer, Security

Pembroke, Ma, Us

Software Architect with product oversight Revenue Premier Enterprise, an Integrated Tax System n-tier application responsible for all tax administration activities from receipt of tax returns to posting refunds in bank accounts and everything in between.

Pembroke, Ma, Us

Full stack .NET and Java software engineer with a specialization in very large RDBMS and Data Warehouse technologies for financial processing.

Houston, Texas, Us

Software Engineer in Compaq's Industry Standard Server (ISS) Division working with a team of engineers to create Network Area Storage (NAS) solutions. Wrote ASP 3.0 thin client management software to enable remote management of network storage hardware.