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John Patton

@johnpatton1

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I build and lead cloud-native engineering platforms for cybersecurity, infrastructure, and blockchain products.

Canada

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At Arctic Wolf, I lead 18 engineers across three scrum teams building a high-availability security content platform used across thousands of customer environments. I’ve delivered content ingestion, packaging, and automated testing for OVAL, SCAP, and NASL scan content, helping prevent broken content from reaching production.

I’ve also built cloud solutions and engineering organizations through NorthBay Solutions, Techture Consulting, Blue Spurs Consulting, NTT DATA, and TELUS. My work spans AWS infrastructure, cloud modernization, DevOps, AI content-generation pipelines, blockchain products, and large-scale architecture programs.

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Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Cloud Solutions Architect

Blue Spurs Consulting

Jul 2017 - Apr 2018 (9 months)

Served as lead Solutions Architect for the BlueKit IoT Starter Kit platform, defining architecture and product requirements. Designed and implemented a DevOps framework including a continuous delivery pipeline.

IoT Architecture Product Requirements DevOps Continuous Delivery AWS Amazon Alexa Skills

Chief Executive Officer / Principal Cloud Architect

Techture Consulting

Founded and operated a boutique consulting firm delivering cloud architecture, engineering management, and software development services. Delivered blockchain and cryptocurrency solutions, including NFT platforms and Hyperledger implementations.

Cloud Architecture Engineering Management Software Development Blockchain Cryptocurrency NFT Hyperledger AWS Prototyping Training

Technology Strategy Manager / Technology Architect — Cloud Computing

TELUS Communications

Evangelized and architected IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS adoption roadmaps for one of Canada's largest telecommunications companies. Designed, built, and managed a 16-person Solutions Architecture team's Proof of Concept Lab with a $1,000,000 budget.

IaaS PaaS SaaS Cloud Architecture Virtualization VMWare PowerVM Proof of Concept Budget Management Mentorship

Cloud Solutions Architect

NorthBay Solutions

Designed end-to-end cloud solutions for enterprise customers across healthcare, fashion, and blockchain domains. Drove pre-sales technical scoping and managed personnel assessment and training plans.

Cloud Architecture CI CD Pre Sales Technical Scoping Healthcare Fashion Blockchain Personnel Management

Senior Principal Consultant / Architect — Cloud Infrastructure Services

NTT DATA

Served as Centers of Excellence Team Leader and UNIX Center of Excellence Lead for Cloud Infrastructure Services across North America. Defined standards for UNIX/Linux deployments and refined ITILv3 processes.

Unix Linux VMWare VCloud Aix IBM PSeries PowerVM ITIL v3 capacity management Infrastructure

Sr. Manager, Engineering — Vulnerability Management

Arctic Wolf

Led and scaled three cross-functional scrum teams totaling 18 engineers, delivering a high-availability security content platform. Architected content ingestion and packaging libraries, automated testing pipelines, and AI content generation initiatives.