Keith Pleas

Keith Pleas currently serves as the Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect - Azure at BECU, where responsibilities include overseeing the architecture and strategy for the enterprise Azure Cloud platform. Previously, Keith held the position of Cloud Engineering Specialist Leader at Deloitte, focusing on cloud transformation for large clients across various industries. At Accenture, Keith worked as a Software Engineering Platform Senior Manager, leading a team that supported over 1,000 software engineering teams worldwide, and also directed the global Software Engineering Ecosystem. Keith has extensive experience in developing DevOps practices and has been a recognized voice in the software development community through founding Guided Design and leading Application Lifecycle Management conferences. With a foundation built during over two decades at Microsoft, Keith holds degrees in Psychology and Economics from the University of Washington and has furthered education at the Seattle University - Albers School of Business.