Ben Lackey

About Ben Lackey

I focus on building win-win partnerships between cloud providers and enterprise software…

Experience

1. Director Global Cloud Channel Architecture

   Neo4j

   Oct 2021 — Present

   Recruited globally to build the partner architecture team from the ground up. Our distributed team has global responsibility for the technical side of cloud channel sales and strategic cloud partner management. ⇒ Generative AI - Led the team that built Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud demos and POCs for generative AI using early access software. This led to a $2.4m deal, press release, and launch participation. Participating in the launch created a virtuous cycle where Neo4j got additional generative AI leads. ⇒ AWS - Built hands on lab describing how SageMaker and Neo4j work together. Presented that lab in Toronto and NYC. Wrote and published example SageMaker notebook. Rewrote CloudFormation Template to use modern constructs like ASG and gp3. Completed IaaS Foundational Technical Review, partnered with ClearScale on a Quick Start. Rewrote the AWS Marketplace listings. Earned the Data and Analytics Competency, Public Sector, SageMaker Service Ready and AWS Marketplace Seller designations. Presented on SageMaker integration at re:Invent 2022. ⇒ Azure - Rewrote Azure Resource Manager template to use modern constructs like VMSS and premium storage. Updated the Marketplace presence, including a new IaaS Azure Marketplace listing. ⇒ Google Cloud - Worked with Vertex AI product management on integration to Neo4j using Aura Data Science SaaS. Built hands on lab describing how Vertex AI and Neo4j work together. Presented that lab in London, Amsterdam, Austin, Singapore, and Jakarta. Published Vertex AI example notebook. Wrote blog on the integration. Rewrote Deployment Manager template to use modern constructs like managed instance groups. Updated the Marketplace presence, including a new IaaS Google Marketplace listing. Personally recognized with 2022 Google Cloud Partner All-star award. ⇒ Worked with Neo4j IT to consolidate GitHub orgs under our enterprise and create the neo4j-partners org. Developed the open source strategy for our partner integrations.

Skills

• Nosql
• Distributed Systems
• Market Data
• Integration
• Low Latency
• Cep
• Google Cloud Platform (Gcp)
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Esb
• Apache Spark
• Tibco Iprocess
• Trading
• Electronic Trading
• Cloud Computing
• Linux
• Middleware
• Perl
• Docker
• Apache Mesos
• Capital Markets
• Jms
• Enterprise Software
• .net
• Enterprise Architecture
• Python
• Mongodb
• Java
• Solution Architecture
• Hadoop
• Sql
• Big Data
• Databases
• Eai
• Pre-Sales
• Machine Learning
• Business Process Design
• Financial Markets
• Tibco Rendezvous
• Microsoft Azure
• Tibco