Summary
Chris Plowman is a seasoned technology leader and Director of Enterprise Architecture, Data & AI with over 20 years of experience designing cloud-native platforms, AI solutions, and enterprise architectures that align technology with business outcomes. He has repeatedly driven measurable impact—establishing platform engineering capabilities, architecting API-centric strategies that saved $10M, and designing AI-driven streaming experiences projected to generate $20M in revenue. Comfortable working with C-suite stakeholders and leading multidisciplinary teams, he blends hands-on technical depth (cloud, serverless, LLMs) with proven people and delivery leadership across financial services, healthcare, public sector and large tech. Notably, he has a track record of rescuing stalled programs and creating self-service engineering models that both cut costs and accelerate delivery. Based in Gilbert, AZ, he pairs an engineering background from UCLA with a consultant’s agility and an operator’s focus on measurable outcomes.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
Whittier College
University of California, Los Angeles