Mike Laak
Cloud Solutions Architect @West Bend Insurance Company
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WORK HISTORY
Cloud Solutions Architect @West Bend Insurance Company
West Bend, WI, US
As a Principal Cloud Architect leading a Platform Engineering team I am primarily responsible for the design, implementation, and security of all cloud platforms within the organization. Our team focuses on turning cloud platforms into documented, secure, consumable products available across the enterprise.Projects of note- Developed architectural roadmaps to align corporate objectives with strategic technologies in order to accelerate application development- Built an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practice and fostered a code-first culture with documented standards and centralized templates- Redesigned the enterprise web application delivery structure on Azure for enhanced scalability and reliability, utilizing Azure technologies such as Front Door, Static Web Apps, Application Gateway, APIM, Redis Cache, Key Vault, App Service Environment, Service Bus, and Cosmos DB- Created authentication standards and self-service methods to transition the organization away from static keys and onto managed identities consequently reducing exposures and improving developer productivity.
EDUCATION
Waukesha County Technical College
Associate, Network Specialist
ABOUT MIKE LAAK
Focused on delivering business value through the use of cloud, commercial, and open source technologies.
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