Andy Kong

Background

About Andy Kong

A proven technical leader and architect with a track record of driving massive-scale system modernization, from finance to high-speed eCommerce SaaS. I specialize in building highly resilient, cloud-native platforms, leading engineering teams, and translating complex business strategy into robust, scalable technology architecture. Formerly a CTO and Co-founder in the web acceleration space, I established technical vision, managed entire engineering organizations, and personally architected a high-throughput SaaS platform using Kubernetes (EKS), GitLab/ArgoCD, Java microservices, and custom Nginx/WAF solutions. I thrive on solving difficult scalability, security, and performance challenges, and am currently focused on applying LLM and AI Agent architecture to create the next generation of intelligent software products. Core Expertise & Impact- Cloud & DevOps Modernization: Led the migration of monoliths to microservices, evolving infrastructure from EC2/SaltState to EKS/Kubernetes with Terraform and a GitOps CI/CD pipeline. I champion automation to drive efficiency and reliability- AI Architecture: Currently driving company AI strategy, designing and implementing Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) solutions (via AWS Bedrock/Azure OpenAI), and building internal AI Agentic systems to automate complex workflows (e.g, support ticket resolution)- Engineering Leadership: Excel at defining technical roadmaps, standardizing practices (e.g, RESTful APIs, OPA/RBAC/ABAC authorization), and providing technical governance to ensure alignment between different region engineering teams.