Michael Hughes

Background

About Michael Hughes

Technology entrepreneur with a successful exit by acquisition in Dec 2021. Enthusiastically seeking my next opportunity to contribute to an innovative and dynamic technology organization. Co-Founder/Executive experience includes direction of cloud computing products and services development, datacenter/MSP operations, GTM product strategy, mission-critical infrastructure migrations, and technology sales/marketing.* Drastically improved uptime and reduced revenue disruptions by working hand-in-glove with customer stakeholders on architecture and process improvements.* Managed over 40 successful site migrations from legacy co-location into fully managed private cloud environments — on budget and on schedule, reducing customer spend by up to 50% in some cases.* Saved customers millions in IT spend by performing public cloud cost optimizations, on-prem carve-outs, and infrastructure audits.* Eliminated unnecessary fees and complexity from 3rd party vendors with a unified service delivery model including flexible financing solutions for large build-outs ($2 million++).* Provided critical infrastructure support in new product launches, geographical infrastructure expansion, and rapid capacity augmentation in new markets.* Critical role-player in customer and internal financial audits, general accounting, and M&A due diligence.* Familiar with Machine Learning / Information Retrieval / Search concepts and implementation.