Adrian Torrie

Background

About Adrian Torrie

A proven Principal Architect and hands-on Technical Leader with over 18 years of experience architecting and delivering complex technology solutions. I specialise in bridging the gap between high-performance computing (HPC), artificial intelligence (AI/ML), and scalable cloud/on-prem platforms, with deep expertise in Kubernetes and MLOps. I'm driven by the challenge of transforming complex technical problems into robust, scalable solutions that accelerate innovation and deliver tangible business value, particularly in environments demanding precision and reliability. Here are a few examples of the impact I've helped deliver- Business Value Unlocked: Contributed to unlocking $440m AUD in business value through Data Platform and Data Science initiatives at Newcrest Mining- Downtime Prevention: Enabled $10m AUD in downtime prevention via Data Science initiatives- Performance Optimization: Led the optimization of a major bank's data warehouse, achieving an 89% reduction in ETL runtime (from 23 hours down to 2.5 hours) and a 99.9% workload reduction for critical queries- Pioneering Implementations: Architected and installed the first Kubernetes cluster at Xenon Systems to run customer ML/AI workloads on HPC infrastructure- Strategic Consulting: Consulted and advised emerging GPU-as-a-service Nvidia Cloud Providers in the Middle East and Australia. Core Skills- Architecture: Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Cloud Architecture (Azure, Hybrid), Data Architecture, Event-driven Architecture, Microservices - Platforms & Technologies: HPC, AI / ML / GenAI / LLM, Kubernetes, MLOps, Platform Engineering, Docker, Python, Ansible, Pulumi, Azure Stack (Databricks, AKS, ML, DevOps, etc.), Nvidia GPU / Networking - Methodologies & Practices: DevOps / DevSecOps, SRE, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, Agile Project Management, Strategic Planning, Pre-sales, Stakeholder Management