Joseph Krozak

About Joseph Krozak

Master technologist with 30+ years of experience in consulting, architecture, design, and implementation, specializing in developing enterprise-class systems for federal and commercial sectors, including national security (DHS, DOJ, DOD) and industries such as banking, manufacturing, insurance, and telecommunications. Expert in Agile methodologies, CI/CD, and cloud-native applications.Data Architect with extensive experience in data modeling (conceptual, logical, physical), relational and dimensional modeling, and cloud computing. Skilled in Entity Analytics (EA), biometric search technologies, and cloud-native data lakes using AWS Athena, Glue, and RDS Postgres. Expertise in integrating transactional and graph data (via i2/IBM DataStage) for mission-critical investigative analytics in law enforcement and intelligence applications.Data Scientist with deep expertise in machine learning, deep learning, and unsupervised learning for real-time data processing and advanced analytics. Proficient in PyTorch, TensorFlow, and NVIDIA CUDA programming for high-performance machine learning (HPML). Experienced in building real-time data pipelines and deploying unsupervised clustering models (e.g, DBSCAN, K-Means, HDBSCAN) to solve complex problems in signal intelligence and NLP. My work has enhanced decision-making in mission-critical systems, integrating AI models to support real-time intelligence.Full-Stack Architect with expertise in cloud-native architectures and data science platforms. Skilled in AWS services (EC2, Lambda, Glue, Athena), Python, Spark, and ElasticSearch for building real-time data pipelines and scalable big data solutions. Extensive experience integrating NLP models and machine learning workflows to support advanced analytics and real-time decision-making in mission-critical applications.Cloud Computing Expert with extensive experience in AWS GovCloud, Microsoft Azure, and OpenStack. Led cloud migration and platform evaluations for mission-critical workloads, focusing on high availability (HA), continuity of operations (COOP), and cost optimization. Extensive experience in cloud security and hybrid cloud deployments. Expertise in guiding agencies through Authority to Operate (ATO) attainment in cloud environments. Holder of AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) and AWS Certified Machine Learning – Specialty certifications.

Experience

1. Vice President & Co-founder

   Krozak Information Technologies

   Mar 1998 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   Directs the technical and professional services operations of this boutique information technology consulting company. Engaged in advanced software architecture, process and design for Government, Fortune 500 and mid-market customers. Chief technical architect of several mission critical applications spanning multiple US federal agencies.

Education

• The Bronx High School of Science

  High School Diploma, Mathematics and Computer Science

  1981 — 1985

• Columbia University

  Doctor of Engineering, Electrical Engineering (Signals, Information & Data Specialization)

• University of California, Berkeley

  Master of Science - MS, Operations Research

  1990 — 1991

• Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Mechanical Engineering

  1985 — 1987

• NYU Tandon School of Engineering

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Industrial Engineering

  1988 — 1990

• Columbia University

  Master of Science - MS, Computer Science (Machine Learning Track)