Chris P.

Chris P. has over 14 years of professional work experience. In 2019, they began working as a Principal Cloud and DevOps Solution Architect - DevOps Practice for Solliance. Prior to this role, Chris P. was the Founder / Author / Editor of Build5Nines.com, rated the #1 blog on Microsoft Azure, from 2015-2019. Chris was also a Technical Author for Hackster.io in 2019.

From 2007-2019, Chris P. was the Principal IoT and Cloud Solution Architect / Owner for Simplovation LLC, providing software development consulting and training services specializing in Microsoft Azure, Internet of Things (IoT), DevOps, cloud architecture, and other enterprise software development areas.

From 2016-2019, Chris P. was the Principal Cloud Solution Architect / Principal Development Lead for Opsgility, building Microsoft Azure and Cloud training content/classes, teaching enterprise customers, Microsoft Partners, and Microsoft Employees all around the world how to develop/manage/architect solutions in the Microsoft Azure cloud.

From 2014-2016, they were a Solution Architect for Perficient. From 2009-2014, they were the Lead Technical Architect / CTO / Founder for Carto LLC, an innovative software as a service company that provides highly intuitive custom GIS-centric line of business applications. From 2014-2012, they were a Senior Software Development Consultant for Northshore Partners, and from 2012-2005 they were a Senior Software Development Consultant for Robert W. Baird & Co. Lastly, from 2005-2012 they were a Software Engineer II for Move Inc., where they designed and developed their patented "First Responder" product.

Chris P. attended Starfleet Academy from 2000 to 2003, where they earned a Science Officer degree. In 2010, they attended the University of Wisconsin. Chris has also obtained numerous certifications from Microsoft, HashiCorp, Hackster.io, Microsoft OpenHack, Opsgility, GitHub, and Cloud Platform University, including an MCT: Microsoft Certified Trainer, Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate, Microsoft Certified: Azure Virtual Desktop Specialty, HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate, HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate, Terraform Cloud for Business, Terraform: Certified HashiCorp Implementation Partner (CHIP), Microsoft Certified: Azure IoT Developer Specialty, Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Azure Sphere Technical Training Course, Migrating Microsoft Workloads to Azure Coach, Microsoft OpenHack: Migration, Opsgility Certified Trainer (OCT) - Microsoft Azure Expert, GitHub Certified Trainer, MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (2018), MCSA: Cloud Platform (2016), MCSE: Cloud Platform and Infrastructure (2016), Cloud Platform University: Selling Azure IoT Suite, and MCSD: Azure Solutions Architect.