Todd Porter

Senior Cloud Solutions Architect - Microsoft Azure @Microsoft

I am a certified Cloud Solution Architect Expert specializing in Microsoft Azure Cloud services. I regularly conduct architecture design sessions, perform assessments, planning and hands-on deployment of enterprise-class solutions for State and Local Government customers. I also consult with customers to address areas for improving performance and cost optimization. I am proficient with compute, networking, storage and other infrastructure-related workloads - leveraging both PaaS and IaaS. I am also adept with areas including security, governance, cost management, continuity of operations and optimization. I have familiarity and some hands-on experience with data, artificial intelligence (AI) and application development workloads, but would not consider myself an expert in those areas. I am currently working toward certifications in Cloud Security and Internet of Things (IoT). Example workloads I regularly design and deploy, include- Windows Virtual Desktop - Azure Site Recovery (Disaster Recovery as a Service)- Virtual Data Center - Data Protection - Backup/Restore solutions - Hybrid Networking (Site-to-Site VPN, ExpressRoute, Virtual Networks, etc.)- Application Service Environments (PaaS for Web Applications and Mobile Apps)- Storage Solutions (BLOB, File, Table, Queue and DataLake)- Compute Solutions (high-performance compute, high availability, batch, etc.)