Shalva K.

About Shalva K.

Senior Technical Director/Solutions Architect (Heavily hands-on) with a proven 10+ year track record driving success across diverse industries including Financial, Real Estate, Gaming, Gov, and eCommerce.Technical Excellence:Extensive experience navigating the full Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and Enterprise Architecture, bringing a robust technical background to every facet of the process.Expertise in:Cloud Technologies (GCP, AWS)Software and Data ArchitectureDevSecOps automation at scaleMaximizing developer productivityLarge scale software and platform implementationsEfficient Project Management:Proven expertise in establishing efficient project management and development processes, maximizing speed and quality of software delivery at scale. A champion of streamlined workflows and agile methodologies.Key Strengths:Effectively managing cross-functional, geo-location teamsOrchestrating vendor relations, contracts, and budgetsNavigating C-level stakeholder dynamicsDriving innovation through cutting-edge technologyContributing to Automation development in various languagesNoteworthy Achievements:Authored a Google Blog Post on \"Massive Cloud Transformation at CoreLogic.\" https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/corelogic-builds-modern-application-platform-with-containers/Recognized as a highlighted security researcher on Intuit. View acknowledgments here.https://security.intuit.com/responsible-disclosure-acknowledgementsPioneering Generative AI solutions, expert in RAG pattern implementations at scale with technologies: Langchain, LLamaIndex and Vector Databases.

Experience

1. Chief Technology Officer

   Revolver Gaming

   Jun 2017 — Present · London, GB

   Defining, Architecting and implementing technical strategy of the company* Building massive scale, multi-region, secure and fault tolerant micro-service Cloud Solutions* Built company\'s first, state of art SAAS RGS platform and Gaming Aggregation System, transacting multi million EUR per month* Managing portfolio of projects, meeting goals in time and budget* Managing co-located, cross functional teams and driving them towards company goals in multiple locations: UK, Ukraine, Bulgaria, India, Georgia* Structuring teams and workflows to deliver systems effectively with the lean methodologies and the least waste.* Licensed platform, Games and RNG in multiple jurisdictions: UKGC, MGA, GIB, Sweden, Denmark. Single point of Technical Contact for internal and external compliance audits.* Resource management and recruiting of the technical staff.* Achieving technical excellence through automation* Implementing company-wide DevOps best practices* Documenting and diagraming system components, network topologies* Delivering state of art Gaming Products from idea to the market with automation and the best Tech and Managerial practices.Stack: AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Jenkins, CI/CD, Microservices, SAAS, TDD, DevOps, Lean/Agile methodologies, Technical Program Management

Education

• Georgian Technical University

  Master's degree, Information Technology

• Georgian Technical University

  Bachelor's degree, Business Administration and Management, General