Cloud architect who effectively communicates the benefits of innovative IT to enterprise business leaders. Expert understanding of the needs of global companies with insight into genuine innovation, which can competitively lead these companies into the future.

Lead Cloud Architect @ Lead architect in Wells Fargo's Private Cloud Enablement team, working on customization and deployment of private cloud computing infrastructure based on OpenStack. Performs development of top-down application architecture to insure scalability and extensibility. Evaluates and instigates next-generation cloud technologies. Leads projects, and manages project resources and staff. Assures enterprise quality, security, and compliance requirements are met. Oversees creation, testing, and updates to the business continuity plan. From March 2015 to Present (10 months) Cloud Infrastructure Solution Architect @ Pre-sales consulting for key strategic accounts in the Midwest (including autos, insurance/finance, and retail.) Strong focus on presentation, demoing, architecture design, enterprise integration, and consultation. Very hands-on, and active participant in customer POCs. Key products include OpenStack, OpenShift (Continuous Deployment/Integration), CloudForms/ManageIQ, Docker, Satellite, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Heavy focus on OpenStack, SDN, and other cloud technologies in highly available configurations. Deep understanding of cloud automation with Heat, Puppet, Chef, and Cloudify Effective knowledge contributor, team builder, and product evangelist. Regular speaker at several Red Hat User Groups in the Midwest. OpenStack User Committee member, and OpenStack Blueprint reviewer for Juno release. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) Senior Cloud Architect @ Enterprise pre-sales consulting for the Midwest. Focusing on cloud solutions in public, private, and hybrid environments. Working principally with strategic accounts, and enterprise business leaders. Very strong presentation, and demoing skills. Key ability to break down cloud technologies into consumable, business- focused, and results-oriented solutions. Strong technical skills in cloud solutions, including development and consumption of custom RESTful APIs and OpenStack extensions. From November 2013 to March 2014 (5 months) Cloud Service Delivery Lead @ Managed creation of a new enterprise cloud service for HP's largest managed service account. Evaluated enterprise needs for cloud computing, worked globally with HP and partners to address these needs, and delivered a robust, secure, and cost effective solution. Served as primary interface and consultant to project managers across regions to develop cloud enhancement projects. Leveraged the cloud paradigm to improve time to market, lower the cost of IT delivered solutions, and automate scalability, disaster recovery, and incident response. Performed detailed pre-sales engagement with customer, including service development and proof-of-concept, cost assessment, pricing, on-going effort assessment, presentation / marketing, and roll-out. Awarded HP's “2012 EU Idol”, which is the highest recognition given by HP leadership to the employee who demonstrates the greatest entrepreneurial innovation in the company. From May 2012 to October 2013 (1 year 6 months) Enterprise Architect @ Served as the web hosting solutions architect for HP Enterprise Services' largest account. Provided long-term assessment and planning for the enterprise focusing on trends to lower the cost of service and provide automated and streamlined delivery of service. Performed competitive market research analysis. Developed and delivered innovative web-based solutions for complex business problems. Streamlined and standardized business-to-business, business-to-enterprise, and business-to-consumer web solutions. Trained and developed global delivery resources. Implemented policies and procedures embracing the complex and rigorous IT security needs of an enterprise account. From May 2006 to May 2012 (6 years 1 month) Messaging & Collaboration Consultant @ Managed the enterprise E-mail filtering architecture for a “Fortune 50” managed service account. Managed infrastructure, consulted, and performed application development. Developed tools and training for operations resources. Managed customer and vendor relationships. Recognized by HP as a "Key Knowledge Contributor" for work in linear discriminant analysis (pattern recognition / machine learning) to reduce unsolicited bulk E-Mail for enterprises. From August 2003 to May 2006 (2 years 10 months) Systems Analyst @ Served as project team technical leader and vendor contact for E-Mail content management and virus filtering project. Led project initiation, vendor selection, testing, prototyping, configuration, training, and deployment of enterprise messaging solutions. Managed testing, prototyping, development, and deployment of Internet Standards Based Messaging Project. Product owner of global perimeter SMTP solution (Sendmail) and responsible for development, configuration, documentation, testing and deployment. Developed and managed mail provisioning system. Responsible for on-going development, the training of global resources, and the coordination of a worldwide team of testers and end users. Developed and implemented solution for secure enterprise wide configuration file management and version control. Responsible for hardening the default Sendmail setup and configuration for all HP/UX servers in the enterprise. From January 1999 to August 2003 (4 years 8 months)

Computer Science, Philosophy, Political Science @ University of Cincinnati From 1996 to 1999 Gregory Hayes is skilled in: Cloud Computing, Unix, Linux, Servers, Disaster Recovery, Enterprise Software, Software Development, IT Service Management, Virtualization, HP, Solution Architecture, Service Delivery, Perl, Pre-sales, Software Documentation