Micah Walter
Port Washington
Summary
Solutions Architect specializing in cloud and AI adoption, guiding enterprise customers from initial discovery to full-scale deployment. Adept at facilitating AI-driven lifecycle workshops that yield measurable business outcomes. Active contributor to the generative AI field through technical writing and hands-on projects.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
New York
01.2021 - Current
- Advised AdTech, MarTech, and Measurement enterprise customers, guiding AI and cloud discovery through full deployment at scale.
- Facilitated AI Driven Lifecycle workshops, enabling organizations to identify, prioritize, and implement AI use cases with measurable business outcomes.
- Authored articles on AWS News Blog, covering product launches, generative AI, serverless, and cloud infrastructure for a global technical audience.
- Hold AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional and AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Early Adopter) credentials among 7 total AWS certifications.
Principal
Micah Walter Studio
New York City Metropolitan Area
03.2017 - 01.2021
- Founded and operated digital product and services studio for cultural institutions, leading team of engineers, designers, and museum specialists to enhance digital offerings.
- Delivered infrastructure transformation and digital experience design for museums and nonprofits, shaping technology strategy to improve user engagement.
- Led strategic initiatives to enhance studio operations and project delivery.
- Coordinated team efforts to align creative vision with client expectations.
- Managed budgets and resource allocation for multiple design projects.
Director of Digital & Emerging Media / Software Engineer
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York
06.2010 - 03.2017
- Managed team of 5 engineers and product designers, advancing from Software Engineer to Director of Digital & Emerging Media in 2015.
- Co-developed "the Pen," an award-winning interactive experience that transformed visitor engagement with museum's permanent collection.
- Led digital operations, overseeing museum's open public API, collections website, CMS, and IT infrastructure supporting 100+ staff and 350,000 annual visitors.
Education
MFA - Photographic and Electronic Media
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD01-2010
BS - Imaging and Photographic Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, NY01-2000
Skills
- Solutions architecture
- Cloud infrastructure design
- Microservices architecture
- Serverless computing
- AWS Lambda
- Amazon Bedrock
- LLM integration
- Enterprise AI adoption
- Python programming
- Technical pre-sales
- Stakeholder communication
- Technical writing
Skills And Technologies
- Solutions Architecture
- Enterprise AI Adoption
- Technical Pre-Sales
- Amazon Bedrock
- AWS Lambda
- Serverless
- LLM Integration
- Python
- Go
- Cloud Infrastructure Design
- Stakeholder Communication
- Technical Content & Writing
Certification
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Timeline
Senior Solutions Architect
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
01.2021 - Current
Principal
Micah Walter Studio
03.2017 - 01.2021
Director of Digital & Emerging Media / Software Engineer
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
06.2010 - 03.2017
MFA - Photographic and Electronic Media
Maryland Institute College of Art
BS - Imaging and Photographic Technology
Rochester Institute of Technology