Sequoia Holdings
Rob Hughes has over 25 years of work experience in various technical roles. Rob worked as a Software Engineer at Lockheed Martin from 1993 to 2000, where they developed and re-architected mainframe-based systems. For Novetta / FGM, Inc., they served as a Technical Lead from 2000 to 2012 and was responsible for transitioning customer applications to a single Lead System Integrator model. At Sequoia Holdings, LLC, they worked as a Cloud Engineer/AWS SME/DevOps Engineer from 2012 to 2018, focusing on hybrid-cloud engineering, automation, and configuration management. Additionally, they served as a Cloudera Customer Operations Engineer, assisting customers with troubleshooting and best practice recommendations. Before their career in the tech industry, they worked as a Programming Analyst at American Home Food Products from 1988 to 1991.
Rob Hughes has a strong educational background in computer science. Rob completed their Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania from 1984 to 1988. Following this, they pursued a Master of Science (MS) degree in Computer Science from Penn State University between 1991 and 1993.
In addition to their formal education, Rob Hughes has obtained several certifications from Amazon Web Services (AWS). Rob achieved the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification in July 2015 and completed the AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification in January 2017. More recently, they obtained the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate certification in March 2021, as well as an additional AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification in the same month.
It is worth noting that there is a certification for AWS Certified Developer - Associate listed, but the information regarding the month and year of completion is not provided.