Bio
Aaron is the IBM Z’s Chief Technical Penguin and leads the technical journey for startups in the IBM Hyper Protect Accelerator program. In this role drives the technical journey for 45 startups that will be growing to 100 by the end of 2021. He serves as a Cloud Solutions Architect, Technical Project Manager, and virtual CTO where he helps fintech, healthtech, and insurtech startups to build and scale their solution with a lens on incorporating confidential computing via IBM’s Hyper Protect Services product portfolio.
Prior to IBM, Aaron was a Cloud Solutions architect for Microsoft, SaaS provider Accruent, and Goodyear, where he led cloud education initiatives and cloud modernization strategy.
After serving in the United States Navy, Aaron started his IT career as a developer and later served as a Manager of Developers, Business Analysts, Test Analysts, Vendor Managers. During his twenty plus years, he has worked in banking, electric utilities, health care, transportation industries.
Aaron is an analytical and solution-oriented professional with expertise in guiding teams to improve efficiency by identifying core issues.
In his free time, Aaron enjoys working out, music and food festivals, video games, and spending time with his family.