Wes Zastrow

About Wes Zastrow

Technology executive focused on building modern, scalable platforms that enable business growth, operational resilience, and engineering velocity. I specialize in transforming Infrastructure and Operations organizations into high-performing Platform Operations teams that deliver cloud capabilities as products rather than services.Throughout my career, I have partnered with executive leadership to modernize technology environments, scale operations, and support rapid business growth, including organizations exceeding $1B in annual revenue. My work centers on cloud adoption, platform modernization, operational excellence, and cost optimization while maintaining a strong focus on reliability, security, and business alignment.I currently lead large-scale cloud modernization initiatives, including enterprise migration and platform expansion within AWS, while establishing platform-as-a-product operating models that enable engineering teams through automation and self-service capabilities. My teams drive DevOps adoption, Infrastructure as Code, and modern observability practices that improve deployment velocity and platform reliability.I am also a strong advocate for responsible AI adoption and intelligent automation to improve operational efficiency and unlock new opportunities across infrastructure and engineering teams.Beyond technology transformation, I am deeply committed to building strong teams and cultures. I invest heavily in talent development, upskilling, and leadership growth to ensure organizations scale sustainably while creating opportunities for technical professionals to advance their careers.Core leadership areas include:• Cloud and platform modernization (AWS and hybrid environments) • Platform Operations and platform-as-a-product transformation • Infrastructure and DevOps modernization • Disaster recovery and operational resilience • FinOps and cost optimization • AI and automation enablement • Organizational and talent developmentI am passionate about turning infrastructure into a strategic business enabler and helping organizations scale with confidence.

Experience

1. Director, IT Platform Operations

   Amerisure Insurance

   Jan 2021 — Present · Farmington Hills, MI, US

   Establish and scale Infrastructure and Operations teams supporting organizational growth toward ~$1B in annual revenue.• Build and lead a modern Platform Operations organization delivering scalable, secure, and automated infrastructure services aligned to business and engineering needs.• Drive adoption of a platform-as-a-product model enabling self-service infrastructure capabilities and improved developer productivity.• Lead major enterprise cloud migration initiatives to AWS, modernizing infrastructure and applications to improve scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.• Define and execute AWS adoption strategy enabling transition from legacy and hybrid environments toward cloud-native architectures.• Manage Cloud and Infrastructure roadmaps while governing FinOps practices and platform cost optimization.• Champion DevOps practices leveraging GitHub and Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to enable automated deployments.• Promote practical adoption of AI and intelligent automation to improve operational efficiency and platform intelligence.• Deliver Oracle Managed Services providing 24x7 database support while optimizing operational costs and capacity.• Lead migration of workloads to Exadata Cloud Service improving performance while reducing administrative and licensing overhead.• Modernize disaster recovery leveraging AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery integrated with Oracle Data Guard achieving RTO/RPO targets under six hours.• Drive modern observability and incident response practices utilizing PagerDuty, Datadog, and LogicMonitor to improve reliability and service visibility.• Lead IT upskilling initiatives leveraging AWS Skill Builder enabling multiple technical certifications annually.

Education

• Baker College

  Bachelor's Degree, Information Systems, Project Management and Planning

  2009

Skills

• Xen
• Omnigraffle
• Management
• Networking
• Virtualization
• Symantec
• Network Management Software
• Bgp
• Strategic Planning
• Network Security
• Vendor Management
• Cisco Nexus
• Microsoft Office
• System Administration
• Firewalls
• Cloud Computing
• Visio
• Linux
• Cisco Technologies
• Network Administration
• Project Management
• Business Intelligence
• Mpls
• Cisco
• Servers
• Tacacs+
• Data Center
• Netflow
• Security
• Cisco Ios
• Eigrp
• Integration
• Solarwinds
• Windows Server 2008
• Mac Os X
• Vmware
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Business Analysis
• Tableau