Jesse Jones

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About Jesse Jones

Jesse Jones is a seasoned technology executive with extensive experience in leading enterprise cloud initiatives, digital transformation, and infrastructure optimization. As Vice President, CTO, and Chief Solutions Architect, and at Carlyle, he spearheaded strategies in cloud platforms, data engineering, and automation. At Jacobs, he led innovation in enterprise and client-facing solutions, designing the company's first private cloud space. His expertise spans cloud services (AWS, Azure), data and predictive analytics, network engineering, and large-scale infrastructure design, with a proven track record in delivering innovative solutions for government, financial, manufacturing and technology sectors.Other Management and Technical Topics experienced through Direct involvement:Technical organization and staff developmentOrganization transformation & optimizationStaff direction and mentoring Strategic Technology PlanningBudget Management & Cost OptimizationDevelopment and execution of the company's technology strategyQuantifying outcomes and results using OKRsOrganization optimizations and restructuringVendor management Access management using Okta IdPNAC (802.1x)Networks and Infrastructure Architectures & Designs (including in-depth protocols understanding)Data Center Design HCI DesignsCloud and Platform Architectures & DesignsIaaS / PaaS / SaaS DesignsDevOpsSD-WAN, SDN & 5GEVPNAutomationPythonTerraform (IaC)AI (GenAI/LLM) & MLLangChain, Pgvector vector DB, Llama, Prophet, and Vicuna modelsLLM RAG architectureDatabricks clusters, Jupyter, Azure ML, and AWS SageMakerPalantir Foundry/AIPSnowflake, Snaplogic for ETL/ELT, Sigma, AWS RDS, Azure Blob, Azure Data Factory (ADF)Product DevelopmentProduct ManagementInnovation and Prototyping Processes, Practices & MethodsSAS Data Analytics & Machine Learning (ML) SystemsEnterprise & Asset ManagementSecurity Information and Event Management (SIEM)Security ManagementThreat ManagementManaged Security ServicesThreat DetectionGlobal Security System DesignTechnical ArchitectureSCADA & IoT Systems Design