Eddie Franklin

About Eddie Franklin

I am an experienced Cross Technology Solution Strategist who specializes in business innovation and technology alignment. I began my career as a Cryptologic Technician in the United States Navy and currently have over 25 years of Information Technology (IT) experience in various roles supporting the public and private business sector.I have devoted much of my professional career to design, implementation, and operational support of data center, cloud and edge infrastructures, utilizing various networking, platforms, and telecommunications technologies. My experience has included various physical and virtual platform (private and public cloud) support as well as deployment of core infrastructure, business and mission critical applications. As a certified TOGAF Enterprise Architect, I have experience supporting digital transformation initiatives along with the impact of new technology to people and process. Extensive technical background in Professional Services (PSO), Pre-Sales Solution Engineering and Architecture. This has enabled a very diverse technology and business background that has included support for various innovative use cases and market segments/verticals (Gov, Retail, Manfacturing, Etc.) Security Clearance: Top Secret/SSBI - SCI Eligible

Experience

1. Sr Partner Solutions Architect

   Microsoft

   Aug 2024 — Present · Seattle, WA, US

   As a Sr. Partner Architect (PSA) in a cross-solution capacity – I play a pivotal role in driving technical strategy and innovation across Microsoft’s global partner ecosystem. In this role I:•Work with Global Channel Partners to integrate multiple solution areas (such as AI, Security, Infrastructure, and Business Applications) into cohesive partner offerings.•Play a key role in change management, adoption workshops, and envisioning journeys that help partners transform their service offerings with AI and other advanced technologies.•Co-develop technical architectures and solution strategies tailored to partner capabilities and market needs.•Accelerate partner readiness and solution build motions •Drive adoption and innovation at scale, ensuring that partner solutions are technically sound, market-ready, and aligned to strategic goals.•Solution Play alignment with technical workshops and hands-on labs.•Cross-Functional collaboration with internal and external stakeholders to align on technical strategy and partner priorities.This integration ensures that partners can deliver end-to-end solutions that are technically robust and commercially viable.

Education

• Deep Creek High School

  High School Diploma

  1996 — 1998

Skills

• Networking
• Disaster Recovery
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Vsphere
• Active Directory
• Information Security Management
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Hardware
• Security Clearance
• Vmware Esx
• Dhcp
• Information Assurance
• Windows
• Virtualization
• Firewalls
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cisco Technologies
• Network Engineering
• Software Installation
• Dod
• Testing
• Sharepoint
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Network Security
• Sccm
• Network Administration
• Dns
• Integration
• Sql
• Linux
• Private Cloud
• Computer Security
• Vmware
• Network Architecture
• Hybrid Cloud
• Systems Engineering
• Data Center
• Troubleshooting