Carl Bates

Intermediate Platform Engineer at Appsbroker

Carl Bates has a diverse work experience in the technology and consulting industry. Carl started their career in 2007 at Veolia Environmental Services, where they held roles in telecoms support and first-line support. In 2011, they joined Jaguar Land Rover as a service desk analyst and later became a service desk SME for Google Apps.

In 2012, Carl joined Appsbroker as a G Suite professional, where they played various roles within the Technical Delivery team, including G Suite admin, Chrome Management admin, and deployment consultant. Carl achieved multiple Google certifications, delivered training to executives and PA's, and contributed to a large-scale deployment of G Suite for over 70,000 users.

Throughout their time at Appsbroker, Carl's responsibilities expanded to include working as a Google Cloud consultant, intermediate platform engineer, and Centre of Excellence tech lead. Their work involved ensuring the security of the GCP estate and defining technical processes and design patterns to support cloud platform solutions. Carl also provided technical guidance on Appsbroker's document management system to achieve ISO 9001 requirements.

Overall, Carl Bates has demonstrated expertise in Google Cloud technologies, G Suite administration, technical consulting, and project management.

Carl Bates attended Aldridge School from 1996 to 2001. No degree or field of study information is provided. In addition, they obtained certification as a Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud Architect in March 2023 from Google.

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Timeline

  • Intermediate Platform Engineer

    August, 2019 - present

  • Google Cloud Consultant

    March, 2017

  • G Suite Professional

    November, 2012