Clayton Davis

IT Consultant & Cloud Nerd

A jack-of-all-trades cloud consultant who went to school for network engineering, graduated into a program for project managers, landed a job as a developer/devops engineer, and then finally got to put all of those random skills to use as an IT/Cloud consultant.

Passionate about technology and helping others. Guiding my clients on their journey through the cloud is what makes me love my job.

Expertise

Technologically Curious

Constant drive to learn and grow in technology

Agile Minded

Excel in fast paced, ever-changing environment

Skills

Cloud

Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform

Automation

AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
GitLab
Jenkins
Cloudformation & Terraform
AWS CDK

Scripting / Coding

Bash
Powershell
Python
NodeJS

Misc

Networking

Certifications

  • AWS Certified Security - Specialty
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified DevOps – Professional
  • AWS Certified SysOps – Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals
  • VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP5) – Expired
  • Cisco Certified Networking Associate (CCNA) – Expired

Work Experience

Senior Practice Leader of Software and AI-Powered Development at Caylent
November, 2024 - Present
After scaling the cloud native application practice over 140 people, the team scaled adding more leadership to the practice. My job is to help the team scale and deliver more to our clients in proudct development, application modernization, and AI-powered delivery.
  • Strategize and build out AI-powered delivery capabilities to help our delivery teams deliver more to our clients
  • Manage a team of directors to staff and deliver successful client outcomes on projects
  • Act as the escalation point for projects for my team and within the Cloud Native Application practice
  • Aid in the build out of prduct and design capabilities to help our delivery teams deliver more to our clients
  • Lead and help with pursuit teams in selling Caylent services and solutions to clients
Director & Practice Leader - Cloud Native Applications at Caylent
April, 2022 - Present
After helping scale the Cloud Migraitons and Modernization practice, as the first real member of the Cloud Native Application practice, my job is to replicate that to build out this new practice. My job is to recruit top talent, aid our sellers in landing deal, staff projects, and ensure the success of our delivery team.
  • Manage a team of technical delivery managers
  • Act as the escalation point for projects for my team and within the Cloud Native Application practice
  • Recruit top talent for the Cloud Native Application practice
  • Aid the sales team in selling Cloud Native Application projects and pods
  • Continue to help the Cloud Migraiton and Modernization practice with management tasks
Technical Delivery Manager - Cloud Migration and Modernization at Caylent
May, 2021 - April, 2022
In this role, as the second hire on the professional services delivery team, I was tasked with doing everything. I wear multiple hats on the delivery side of the house while simultaneously working to build a team a culture that can sustain the growth we are experiencing.
  • Manage a team of engineers and architects
  • Recruit and interview potential candidates
  • Build a brand and a culture of success that people want to be a part of
  • Develop offerings and artifacts that can enable our delivery teams to move faster
Lead Solutions Architect at Onica
September, 2020 - May, 2021
This was a continuation of my previous role with the added responsibilities of managing a team of engineers and architect from an HR perspective. I was in charge of mentoring them throughout the year, helping them set and achieve goals, and conduct year end reviews.
  • Manage and mentor a team of engineers and architectss
  • Architect projects for client ensuring the team is delivering what was asked
  • Train clients on best practices in AWS
Solutions Architect at Onica
September, 2018 - September, 2020
In this role I would start projects by looking at the big picture and architecting the migration. I would create and populate a backlog of tickets that a team of engineers would execute. After architecting the solutions, I would then also get hands on a deliver the solution with the team of engineers.
  • Communicate effectively with customers to determine scope and meet timelines
  • Lead a team of engineers and ensure alignment with customer deliverables every sprint
  • Lead training sessions with the customer to train them on new technologies that we introduced
Cloud Engineer at Onica
August, 2015 - September, 2018
In this role I was put on projects and expected to deliver on anything and everything related to AWS or a customers existing technology. I was required to quickly ramp up on customers existing tech stacks and become the expert.
  • Migrate customers to the cloud following an agile methodology
  • Develop cloud native solutions for customers as they migrate legacy applications to the cloud
  • Train customers on how to manage their new cloud infrastructure and application footprint
Micro Services DevOps Lead Analyst at GE Healthcare
Aug, 2015 - Aug, 2016
This role was a continuation of my final two rotations as an ITLP where I would continue to develop and architect micro services for one of GEs largest ERP systems to enable mobile and web app development. In addition I would also manage a small team in Poland and start working as an agile team to deliver.
  • Manage a small team of developers
  • Agile development process in a traditionally non agile work environemnt
IT Leadership at GE Healthcare
Jul, 2013 - Aug, 2015
Joined a program that is focused around 4 6-month rotations providing a wide range of experience on different teams with differing responsibilities ranging from project management to technical roles.
  • 1st – Migrations project leader for the hosted technology healthcare solutions
  • 2nd – UI/UX project lead for healthcare field service and call center simplification tools
  • 3rd – Mobile API developer for ERP and CRM systems
  • 4th – Platform architect for Micro-Services dev ops team

Education

Graduate Certificate in Business Management from Indiana University
2014 - 2015
This certification was part of the ITLP program and focused on project management and business skills.
BS in Computer and Information Technology - Network Engineering from Purdue University
2009 - 2013
Extremely hands of degree that focuses an a large lab component to most technical courses. Courses covered everything from database administration, development, network engineering, cyber security, and project management.

Personal Interests

Sports

In the winter I am an avid curler playing in both a local club and traveling for touraments. In the summer I enjoy playing golf recreationally as well as basketball.

I enjoy watching most sports. For NFL, I am an Indianapolis Colts fan. For MLB, I am a St. Louis Cardinals fan. For NBA, I am a Milwaukee Bucks fan. For other sports I enjoy watching them, but not sure I can claim allegiance to any team.

Hobbies

I enjoy hanging out with friends, finding a local craft brewery in whatever city I am in, and spending time with family. I also enjoy my fair share of tech projects and problems to solve in my spare time, like this resume website that is all created through a pipeline.