David Brown

Cloud Platform Engineering Leader

Azure platform engineering leadership, Infrastructure as Code, and AI governance.

Experience 15+ years IaC Bicep · Terraform Based Houston, TX

About

Leading platform delivery, end to end.

Cloud platform engineering leader with 15+ years owning Azure platform strategy and delivery end to end, from Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD through identity, governance, and cost, including in regulated, enterprise-scale environments.

Sets technical direction, makes vendor and tooling decisions, and builds and mentors engineering teams while staying close to the technology.

Leads AI governance from a DevOps perspective, including an enterprise rollout of Anthropic's Claude.

Core competencies

Where I create leverage

A blend of hands-on platform engineering and the leadership to set direction, make decisions, and grow the team that delivers it.

Certifications

Credentials

Leadership

  • McKinsey Management Accelerator
  • McKinsey Problem Solving

Agile

  • Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
  • Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

Cloud & DevOps

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • AWS Technical Essentials

What I bring

The difference I make

01

Owns Azure platform engineering end to end and sets technical direction.

02

Builds and ramps high-performing engineering teams.

03

Leads AI governance and safe AI adoption across the organization.