Gavin Adams

About Gavin Adams

I\'ve spent the last decade at AWS helping Fortune 500 companies solve complex technical challenges at scale. My work focuses on the intersection of cloud architecture, IoT, and enterprise transformation. Think connected vehicles processing millions of messages daily, data center migrations involving hosts, and infrastructure serving 30+ million devices.What drives me is working backward from what customers actually need. I\'ve led $50MM+ transformation programs for clients in automotive, financial services, and telecom. Whether it\'s architecting IoT platforms that handle real-time data from millions of endpoints or designing migration strategies for tier-1 manufacturers, I focus on outcomes that matter: reduced costs, improved reliability, and business agility.I have held multiple AWS Professional and Specialty certifications and have a patent in cloud computing. I\'ve presented at 50+ conferences including nine consecutive years at AWS re:Invent as a speaker-led session presenter. I also contribute to AWS open source projects and technical communities.Currently based in Michigan and working remotely (as I have for the past 10 years). Always happy to discuss cloud architecture, IoT implementations, or emerging tech over coffee, virtual or otherwise.Specialties: Enterprise Architecture • Cloud Migration • IoT/Connected Devices • AWS Solutions • Digital Transformation • Zero Trust Security • Infrastructure as Code

Experience

1. Principal Enterprise Architect

   Amazon Web Services (AWS)

   Oct 2024 — Present · Brooklyn, MI, US

   Led large scale migrations (15K+ hosts) from on-premises or other hyperscalers to AWS.* Specification driven development of tooling to manage large and customer unique migration data sets used by other migration teams.* Developed methodology for private equity approach to modernization of workloads using Agentic solutions (AgentCore, AWS Transform for VMware). Used at tier 1 automotive manufacturer.

Education

• National University

  Computer Science

  1988 — 1990

Skills

• High Availability
• Switches
• Voip
• Data Center
• Information Technology
• Network Design
• Storage Area Networks
• IT Strategy
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Vsphere
• Managed Services
• Dns
• Integration
• Virtualization
• Network Security
• Mpls
• Network Architecture
• Hybrid Cloud
• Lan-Wan
• Wan
• Active Directory
• Vpn
• Windows Server
• Netapp Filers
• Security
• Enterprise Architecture
• Cisco Technologies
• San
• Vmware
• Server Architecture
• IT Service Management
• Hybridization
• Network Administration
• Juniper
• Snapmirror
• System Administration
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Infrastructure
• Storage