As a solution architect, technology leader, and consultant, Allan has over 15 years of proven success in designing innovative solution architecture for clients in the public and private cloud across different industries. His technical expertise includes cloud platforms, DevOps, site reliability, big data, SaaS software development, and process automation. Allan excels in leading large-scale and complex digital enterprise transformation initiatives.
Participated in cloud-native solution designs and delivered high-quality solutions to the customer as part of the OpsGuru Vancouver team.
Provided deep technical expertise and leadership across several technologies, including cloud migration, Kubernetes, Helm, data lake, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC).
Drove architecture design and tool selection, resolved complex engineering issues, and guided best practices.
Led teams of cloud engineers to execute project roadmaps, guiding them in technical tasks and priorities and providing technical assistance when needed.
Recommended cloud-based solutions that improved the operational efficiency of public cloud operations.
Advised on best practices for configuration management and IaC.
Developed CI/CD pipelines and future state architectures.
Communicated with clients on a business level and translated their needs into technical cloud solutions.
Oversaw technology operations as co-founder and CTO of this data technology company providing SaaS-based retail data intelligence to retail enterprises.
Wrote most of the back-end and data-processing system code. Utilized PHP for the back end and SQL on PostgreSQL for ETL and algorithm-based batch jobs.
Designed, implemented, and configured the solution architecture for transforming the product delivery model into a DevOps process with Kubernetes and Jenkins automation software.
Improved processes by developing standard toolkits for collecting and processing desensitization data from customers, decreasing manual labor and cost by 70%, increasing processing speed by 50%, and enhancing data accuracy by 30%.
Managed large-scale, high-profile accounts for enterprise and government customers.
Provided consulting services to key customers for solution architecture and strategic planning, including server migration, server consolidation, virtual desktop management, disaster recovery, security, and private cloud computing.
Developed highly detailed proof of concepts (POCs) to establish the value of solutions for customers.
Spearheaded development efforts for the vRealize Suite of management solutions focused on increasing customer migrations from core server virtualization to software-defined data centers, DevOps, and private cloud.
VMware ESXi
VMware vCloud
VMware vCenter
Symantec
Solution Architect
2005 - 2012 (7 years)
Remote
Collaborated with a global team as a developer for the Backup Exec software on the Linux platform using C++ and Perl scripts from 2005 to 2007.
Delivered comprehensive solution architecture support to the local sales team and the China Engineering Center team from 2007 to 2010.
Engineered highly effective architectures for data management and security solutions from 2010 to 2012.
A Canadian company is migrating its core applications from Oracle Cloud to AWS.
The project involved terraforming the entire AWS infrastructure, including key services like Virtual Private Cloud, Relational Database Service, EKS, Identity and Access Management, ElastiCache, and MQ.
The lead solution architect created Helm charts and built a Kubernetes autoscaling tool on Oracle Cloud.
