Chris Youb

Background

About Chris Youb

Professional Engineer with 20+ years of experience in the Enterprise IT sector covering government, telecom, utilities, education and banking. Experienced in Enterprise Architecture and Solutions Architect for projects spanning storage, compute, networking, and cloud in various stages from planning and budgeting to execution. Possesses a unique blend of technical skills with the ability to work effectively with technical teams, business units and vendors. HIGHLIGHTED QUALIFICATIONS • As the exclusive HPE Hybrid IT Solutions Architect for the Northern Alberta region, served (3) enterprise account managers and (42) enterprise accounts from various sectors including: Provincial Government, Municipal Government, Health, Education, Utilities and Banking. • Designed and deployed a modern self-scaling cloud architecture based on Kubernetes and PaaS Databases. • Architect for Capital Power’s migration out of their primary datacenter. A 2-year project to re-architect and modernize their Compute, Storage, Networking infrastructure while accommodating legacy applications. • Over an 8-year period have been the technical lead for over 248 successful projects across 27 clients. Involved in Storage, Compute, and Network infrastructure. • Experience with a leading-edge storage start-up, from early formation. Gained unique knowledge and insight into software test design, test automation and software/tool development with adherence to strict requirements and standards. Later engagements included projects with the military and technical pre-sales in the enterprise space.