Chris Snowden
Principal Architect | AWS | IoT | IT/OT Integration | Product & Platform Engineering | Patented Innovator | Bar Raiser | Ex‑AWS
- Role
- Enterprise Architect at Black & Veatch
- Location
- Atlanta, GA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Chris Snowden
Principal-level digital architect bringing decades of experience to bear on tricky systems-level business problems. Deep experience in AWS, enterprise systems, and embedded systems. Holder of 2 patents, re:Invent speaker, AWS blog author, and Amazon Bar Raiser. Product mindset. Insatiable curiosity. Systems thinker. Architecture and programming polyglot.
Experience
Enterprise Architect
Aug 2023 — Present · Atlanta, GA, US
Currently supporting architectural strategy for one major business unit and two corporate functions, bridging the gap between hardware, software, cloud, and organizational goals. Leading the development of Enterprise Architecture practice maturity.Key Responsibilities and Impact- Critical Infrastructure: Architecting and deploying a NERC CIP-compliant remote asset management system to ensure rigorous security and regulatory alignment while creating capability for the enterprise- Revenue Expansion: Designing an IT/OT solution driving a 300% expansion in ARR in just 2 years- Cost Optimization: Realizing a 91% reduction in CDN expenditures through architectural redesign and traffic optimization- Organizational Engineering: Building a product-oriented software engineering team and mentoring the next generation of solution architects- Enterprise Standards: Selecting and implementing LeanIX as the global EA standard to drive visibility and support architecture strategy and road mapping- Strategic Advisory: Advising executive leadership on technology and organizational strategy, maintaining broad technical and business subject area coverage across all platforms and products.
Education
Georgia State University Perimeter College
Core Curriculum
Southern Polytechnic State University
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering Technology
Skills
- Systems Analysis
- Javascript
- Team Building
- Management
- Enterprise Software
- Strategy
- Php
- Enterprise Architecture
- Sql
- Linux
- Asp.net
- Amazon Ec2
- Consulting
- Big Data
- Amazon Ebs
- Business Intelligence
- Team Leadership
- Erp
- Java
- Integration
- Vb.net
- Cross-Functional Team Leadership
- Sdlc
- IT Management
- Solution Architecture
- Embedded Systems
- Cloud Computing
- Software Development
- Amazon Swf
- Python
- Scrum
- Amazon Sqs
- Amazon Dynamodb
- Amazon S3
- Windows
- C#
- Systems Engineering
- Qnx
- Aix
- Project Management
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