Luke T.

About Luke T.

Supporting the Executive CPO, the CTO, and Leadership Team of BTP Fabric as a Strategic Partner. Managing a team of rockstar Talent encompassing EAs, EBAs, PMs, Architects, Engineers. Ensuring alignment across the Business Unit for functions such as Executive Function (Events, Site Visits and Reporting Process), Rhythm of Business, Semester Planning for Strategic Alignment, Coordination across other Executive Offices, even Executive Support. Talent sites across 20+ countries.BTP Fabric is the technology layer that powers SAP applications. It combines the areas of Application Foundation, Technical and Business Services, Foundational Plane, Runtimes, Service Reliability, and Unified Services.25+ years’ experience including executive management, datacenter operations, principal-level architecture + engineering. Formerly Microsoft Research, Disney Interactive, SAP Concur, State Farm.Proven leader with substantial experience in operational and strategic management within a global enterprise. Currently serving as Head of the Executive Office for BTP Fabric, directly partnering with the Executive CPO/CTO and Leadership Team to drive organizational excellence, operational efficiency, and a culture of trust and transparency. Demonstrated proficiency in managing communications, operational processes, and the rhythm of business across multi-country operations with thousands of engineers. Skilled in budgeting, reporting, KPI tracking, and engineering operations, with a collaborative mindset and ability to lead cross-functionally.

Experience

1. Chief Architect

   Sparkrise

   Jun 2020 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US

   Co-founder of both Flaggpole(R) & Meerkat(R)(acquired by SparkRise(R) in June 2020). Recruited as Chief Architect to develop and launch new SaaS social media platform.• Facilitated successful merger of all legacy technology systems, codebases, databases, etc.• Architect/Implement next-gen SaaS social media platform with greenfield Cloud Native Solutions.• Containerization of Legacy Systems for transparent transition from Co-Location to Cloud.SparkRise(R) truly is the next evolution of Cause Marketing, Influencer Marketing, and Sponsorship combined into explosive campaigns that ignite millions of sparks of change across the globe. Using the SparkRise(R) model, cause related marketing efforts can produce the same, or better, ROI\'s than traditional advertising campaigns. Celebrities can spend 15 minutes and \"Spark\" millions of dollars to needy causes. And, causes can leverage their network for a monetary gain without asking for a single donation. It\'s possible for everyone to Spark change.

Education

• Illinois Central College

  Computer Information Systems – Technical Emphasis

  2000 — 2004

• DigiPen Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science - Real Time Interactive Simulation

  2004 — 2009