Kevin Inman
Frisco,TX
Summary
Visionary technology leader with over 20 years of experience in spearheading large-scale cloud modernization initiatives, assembling high-performance engineering teams, and driving pioneering advancements in emerging technologies. Proven track record of architecting cloud-native solutions, optimizing operational efficiency, and delivering substantial cost savings. Adept at building inclusive and growth-focused cultures. Recognized for achievements in cloud technologies, blockchain, deep learning, and analytics, with a strong commitment to continuous innovation. Currently serving as Senior Director at FannieMae, overseeing 138 global engineers and leaders with a focus on cloud excellence and resilience.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
4
4
Years serving on professional boards
5
5
Times Keynote Speaker
11
11
Years Executive Leadership
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Senior Director DevOps SRE
Fannie Mae
Washington, DC & Plano, TX
01.2022 - Current
- Drove growth & maturity of SRE operations across the enterprise while leading a team of 130 engineers, managers, & directors
- Pioneered the migration of 600+ applications to AWS 2.0, leveraging advanced SLOs, Error budgets, and custom metrics to optimize performance and user experience
- Achieved an impressive 19% performance gain while significantly reducing operational costs, attaining an optimal balance between efficiency and scalability
- Championed robust observability measures with AI-driven automation, enhancing incident response & proactive resolution
- Fortified cybersecurity measures and proactively thwarted potential threats, resulting in substantial cost savings of $5.3M without compromising security or stability.
Senior Director Architecture & SRE
Order My Gear
Dallas, TX
03.2021 - 01.2022
- Spearheaded a dynamic team of Engineers and SRE experts, aligning architectural frameworks seamlessly with cutting-edge GCP technologies for optimal performance and scalability
- Delivered exceptional service reliability, maintaining an impressive 99.99% uptime, leveraging tools like Kubernetes, Big Query, Cloud SQL, GitHub, and Jenkins for streamlined operations and rapid issue resolution
- Successfully secured SOC2 Certification, bolstering the company's security infrastructure and cost-efficiency while enhancing trust and compliance standards
- Elevated client satisfaction by enhancing support services, strategically increasing retention rates, and ensuring seamless, customer-centric experiences for sustained client loyalty
- Implemented automation and robust SRE processes, significantly reducing incident resolution time by 20%, thereby enhancing operational efficiency and minimizing service disruptions
- Led the restructuring of the engineering architecture with best-in-class automated CI/CD pipeline and cloud migration technologies, driving service availability higher by 23%.
Director Engineering
Sterlings Talent Solutions
Bellevue, WA
04.2020 - 03.2021
- Built & matured a high-performing cloud team, implementing cloud-agnostic policies and ensuring uninterrupted service availability
- Collaborated closely with architects and engineers, orchestrating the design of intricate networks, systems, and storage environments that seamlessly catered to business needs and security specifications
- Engineered and implemented intelligent scripts for the automated deployment and maintenance of public cloud resources, streamlining operational efficiency
- Reduced service disruption time by 25% and infrastructure capital budget by 40%, while delivering 99.99% uptime for services.
Strategic Advisor | Interim CTO
BMIIC Crypto LLC
Remote
05.2018 - 12.2020
- Successfully scaled a crypto startup, overseeing tech, budgets, and goals
- Expertly managed the transition from private to public cloud infrastructure, designing a scalable and resilient ecosystem for advanced blockchain applications
- Contributed significantly to technical reviews, ideation of proof of concepts, and exploration of innovative opportunities at the intersection of blockchain technology and business innovation
- Set key performance indicators (KPIs) for financial, operational, and sales objectives
- Provided strategic input for business decisions and deals
- Improved response-times by 150%, boosted uptime to 99.2%, and enhanced scalability and agility, thereby reducing total costs by 11%.
Senior Leader Artificial Intelligence And ML
Amazon Web Services
Seattle, WA
01.2019 - 04.2020
- Directed a team of 28+ Engineers and Managers, driving innovation in Big Data, Blockchain, & AI/ML technologies
- Orchestrated complete infrastructure automation, optimizing auto-scaling, self-healing mechanisms, CI/CD pipelines, release management, and branch strategies
- Pioneered the meticulous implementation of Agile methodologies, instilling cross-functional collaboration and iterative development, resulting in accelerated project deliveries
- Demonstrated asset ownership, strategically leveraging AI/ML advancements to transform raw data into actionable insights, empowering data-driven decision-making across the organization
- Automated data pipelines and built predictive models & machine learning solutions, driving operational efficiency by 20% & cost savings by 12%.
Senior Software Engineering Manager
AppDynamics / Cisco
San Francisco, CA
08.2014 - 07.2018
- Redesigned architecture, scaled the Technical Operations and managed growth
- Achieved unparalleled SaaS performance and gross margins, balancing operational efficiency and user satisfaction
- Led the inception and scaling of the Technical Operations - Mission Control SRE team, pioneering capacity planning, incident management, and driving unparalleled system reliability
- Facilitated a 30% reduction in operating costs by optimizing services to cost-effectively scale, increasing throughput while halving latency
- Led global technical resources to support rising demand as markets accelerated, creating a higher-performance-at-scale experience
- Fostered a culture of complete transparency, with customer audit meetings conducted weekly
- Led implementation of consistent monitoring, reducing manual labor to reduce mean time to detect and repair by 20%.
Senior Manager Performance Architecture
eBay / PayPal
San Jose, CA
05.2013 - 08.2014
- Created a performance architecture strategy to improve customer experiences by 30% and reduced technical debt in the application stack by 15%
- Implemented modern best practices for performance architecture, including introducing automation and data analysis to monitor system performance, and automated health checks and alerting for early signs of performance issues
- Developed database scalability roadmap, resulting in 30% faster query execution times.
Senior Manager Performance Engineering
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Palo Alto, CA
03.2012 - 05.2013
- Created comprehensive performance testing regime improving application response times 40+
- Renegotiated vendor contracts reducing monitoring costs by 81% dramatically expanding visibility.
Principal Engineer And Architect
Apple
Cupertino, CA
12.2010 - 03.2012
- Led the engineering and technology adoption of code refactoring initiatives that optimized application performance by 40%, reduced code size by 30% and improved test coverage by 20%
- Spearheaded cloud transformation reducing Apple's global data center footprint by 60%
- Pioneered shift from Xserve servers to virtualized private cloud model leading dropping CapEx by ~75% YOY
- Secured 99.95% uptime in core services in iTunes & iCloud with rapid scaling to 450M+ daily transactions
- Automated DevOps processes that improved deployment speed by 75%, while ensuring quality assurance across deployments and eliminating 80% manual error
- Delivered $200M+ in cloud infrastructure savings supporting explosive iPhone growth
- Led the pioneer iCloud team on initial designs & architecture of Apple iCloud, including release during iPhone launch.
Manager Capacity Planning and Performance Engineering
Bank Of America
Remote
11.2008 - 02.2010
Principle Performance Engineer
State Farm
Bloomington, IL
01.2004 - 10.2008
Senior Unix | Linux Engineer
Worldcom
St. Louis, MO
08.1999 - 02.2004
Education
Political Science | Mathematics -
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Political Science | Mathematics -
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Skills
- Machine Learning for Optimized Cybersecurity In Financial Services (IEEE Tech Conference 2023)
- Blockchain Stability Frameworks For Web 30 (APEX CISO)
- Upskilling Your Team NOW (APEX CIO 2022)
- Emerging Use Cases With Generative AI (APEX CIO 2023)
Timeline
Senior Director DevOps SRE
Fannie Mae
01.2022 - Current
Senior Director Architecture & SRE
Order My Gear
03.2021 - 01.2022
Director Engineering
Sterlings Talent Solutions
04.2020 - 03.2021
Senior Leader Artificial Intelligence And ML
Amazon Web Services
01.2019 - 04.2020
Strategic Advisor | Interim CTO
BMIIC Crypto LLC
05.2018 - 12.2020
Senior Software Engineering Manager
AppDynamics / Cisco
08.2014 - 07.2018
Senior Manager Performance Architecture
eBay / PayPal
05.2013 - 08.2014
Senior Manager Performance Engineering
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2012 - 05.2013
Principal Engineer And Architect
Apple
12.2010 - 03.2012
Manager Capacity Planning and Performance Engineering
Bank Of America
11.2008 - 02.2010
Principle Performance Engineer
State Farm
01.2004 - 10.2008
Senior Unix | Linux Engineer
Worldcom
08.1999 - 02.2004
Political Science | Mathematics -
Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Political Science | Mathematics -
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Certification
- Ethics and Compliance | 2016
- Six Sigma | 2014
- Network+ | 2010
- Gremlin Certified Chaos Engineer Practitioner | 2023
- Harness Chaos Engineering Practitioner | 2023
- A+ | 2011
- ITIL | 2015
Accomplishments
- Architected cloud-native redesign on 850+ apps; 99.99% uptime at $120M scale
- Recruited & enabled 180+ engineers excelling from quantum computing to cloud architecture
- Championed blockchain, deep learning, and other pioneering innovations driving 80%+ efficiency gains
- Early architecture design for iCloud and further virtualization designs for Apple
- Led the design and architecture for the largest password reset in history
- Created Reusable Blockchain Framework for Supply Chain and Tracking Logistics
- Implemented Deep Learning Models Boosting Demand Forecasting Accuracy by 70%
- Published 11 Whitepapers on Emerging Technologies Presented at local and nationwide Forums
Core Leadership Strengths
- Cloud Architecture Strategy & Engineering Team Building
- Continuous Security, Risk Management & Controls Optimization
- R&D Innovation Pipeline Curation and Technology Roadmapping
- Inspirational, Inclusive Culture Focused on Mentorship & Growth
Boards And Advisory
- Advisory Board Member, Wonderdads, San Rafael, CA, 02/2023
Brainstormed new business policies and directed program operations. Advisor to the CEO regarding strategic plans and board resolutions. Led strategy research and redesign concepts to improve the overall product suite, successfully reducing waste and eliminating business bottlenecks Reviewed financial reports, provided strategic direction, and identified operational issues.
- Board Member, Bellevue College AI & ML Department, Bellevue, WA, 04/2019
Leading visionary insights into the Robotics, Machine Learning, and AI curriculum, guiding the integration of cutting-edge technologies and hands-on experiences. Leading curriculum development, infusing technical depth and real-world relevance into course materials. Personally launched AI Career Accelerator Program, resulting in a 15% increase in student placement in the AI field. Leading the collaboration between instructors, education advisors, industry professionals, faculty, & other stakeholders.
Affiliations And Leadership
- Board Member - Society of Information Management Professionals
- Chair - Toastmasters
- 3x Oversees Missionairy
- Big Brothers - 12 years
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