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Thomas Kidd

@thomaskidd1

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I build scalable SaaS platforms, developer experiences, and AI-enabled operations for regulated enterprises.

Canada

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to lead platform, SaaS, developer-experience, or AI enablement work where I can connect engineering, product, security, and operations. I value collaborative cultures, clear ownership, right-sized governance, measurable outcomes, and hands-on technical problem-solving.

I've scaled SaaS platforms from startup through acquisition, including Clevest's utility SaaS business serving 100+ enterprise customers and 17,000+ end users.

At EIS Group, I owned platform and developer-experience strategy for 20+ product teams operating 20,000+ containers across AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud. I led a global DevOps team and expanded into chief-of-staff support for a 35-person organization.

I turn infrastructure, security, governance, and service economics into reusable platform capabilities—using Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, observability, and self-service delivery to improve reliability and reduce developer toil.

Through Proximus IT, I advise on resilient infrastructure, platform architecture, and AI-assisted engineering. I stay hands-on with private LLM tooling, applied AI governance, and operational adoption while connecting technical decisions to customer and business outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Owner and Principal Consultant

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Proximus IT

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 8 months)

Independent technology consultancy combining strategic consultation with hands-on platform engineering, emerging technology evaluation and practical experimentation. Current work focuses on platform architecture, resilient distributed infrastructure, developer enablement and AI-assisted engineering.

Platform Architecture Developer Enablement AI Assisted Engineering Governance Infrastructure as Code Reverse Engineering Prototyping