Kelvin Spooner - Director of Infrastructure and Architecture,

Director of Infrastructure and Architecture

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Kelvin Spooner is the Director of Infrastructure and Architecture at TechNova Solutions, where he spearheads the strategic planning and implementation of cutting-edge IT infrastructure. With over 15 years of experience in technology management, Kelvin has a proven track record of optimizing systems to enhance operational efficiency and drive innovation. Under his leadership, TechNova has successfully transitioned to a cloud-first strategy, resulting in a 30% reduction in operational costs. A visionary leader, Kelvin is passionate about leveraging emerging technologies to future-proof organizational architecture and foster sustainable growth.

FISSnr. Infrastructure Architect

Jun. 2017 - Oct. 2021Atlanta, GeorgiaLed the evolution of the cloud services brokerage model in alignment with CIO lead strategic initiatives; that delivered scalable and elastic IT-enabled capabilities as a service, using internet technologies. - Created and maintained standard Architecture patterns for three-tiered architecture that resulted in reducing build complexity. - Identify applications that are good candidates for migration to public cloud solutions; present findings with lower TCO’s realized by the adoption of SaaS and IaaS. - Develop reference architecture for GEN2 Private Cloud platform and multi-tenant mixed workloads, which result in higher compute density and lower CapEx and OpEx. - Led Solution Design and costing for GEN3 Hybrid Cloud platform with an emphasis on cloud-native applications, cloud mobility, and DevOps infrastructure. - Led cross-functional teams of SMEs and Executives through discussions for Private Cloud integration by automating regional data centers into ServiceNow, which resulted in a reduction in the end-to-end build time, and overall improved service delivery times. - Trusted advisor to lines of business, gathering and translating business requirements, into technology solutions that results in enterprise strategic alignment and SOP. - Executed remediation efforts with lines of business that own siloed, converged infrastructure. Provide recommendations and paths to reduce complexity, while collaborating and leading a cross-functional team. - Developed Infrastructure Solutions for Big Data workloads using Oracle Engineered Appliances and EMC Isilon for workloads that require native Hadoop filesystems requiring compliance with SEC 17a-4. - Created and maintained process workflows for Executive Management that resulted in strategic alignment with corporate goals for the Cloud Business Office.

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