Paul Trout

Paul Trout has a strong work experience in the field of cloud architecture, engineering, and development. Paul is currently working as a Sr. Cloud Architect at Elevate.inc since March 2022. Prior to that, they worked as a Senior SRE at TripActions from May 2021 to March 2022. Paul also held the position of Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer at Maxar Technologies from September 2020 to May 2021. In addition, they worked as an AWS Architect at Talent Navigation Experts from February 2020 to September 2020, where they primarily focused on developing and deploying AWS Lambda functions. Paul also served as a Principal Engineer at Validity Inc. from August 2019 to January 2020, where they led the datacenter to AWS cloud migration project. Before that, they were the Principal DevOps Engineer at Return Path from February 2017 to July 2019, where they played a key role in replacing Postfix and deploying MTA pods in Kubernetes. Prior to that, they worked at ThreatWave from February 2015 to January 2017, where they developed Haraka modules and deployed systems in AWS and their own datacenter. Paul also had previous experience as a Messaging and Transport Architect at Bounce.io from April 2014 to February 2015. Paul started their career as a Sr. Systems Engineer at ReturnPath in April 2010 and later served as the VP Technical Operations at ColdSpark from February 2004 to April 2010. Throughout their career, Paul has demonstrated expertise in cloud architecture, engineering, automation, and migration projects, as well as experience in network and database management.

Paul Trout earned a Bachelor of Science (BS) degree in Computer Science from Kennedy Western University, where they studied from 1991 to 1994. Additionally, they obtained various certifications including "Hands-On Natural Language Processing" from LinkedIn in August 2022, "Python 3 Programming Specialization" from Coursera in August 2021, "Version Control with Git" from Coursera in April 2021, and "Programming with Google Go Specialization" from Coursera in April 2020. Paul also holds certifications in A+, MCSE, Network+, and Server+, obtained from CompTIA and Microsoft, although the specific months and years of completion are not provided.