Craig Finch
Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect at Insight
Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolCraig Finch is a Senior Enterprise Cloud Architect with 15 years of experience translating complex technical visions into production multi-cloud solutions, currently focused on Google Cloud Platform. He combines deep academic rigor—a PhD in Modeling and Simulation—with hands-on engineering across RF design, HPC, bioengineering, and regulated cloud deployments (HIPAA, PCI, SOC2). At Insight and SADA he has led $1M+ engagements, bridging pre-sales, solution definition, and delivery while providing technical oversight for concurrent workstreams. He excels at migrating and securing cloud and hybrid infrastructure for finance, SaaS, and manufacturing clients, and is building expertise in data and AI/ML applications. Previously he ran a boutique consultancy and served as a virtual CTO for startups, blending product thinking, hiring, and DevSecOps to scale teams and systems. Unexpectedly, his background includes managing a university HPC center—growing capacity fourfold and winning NSF funding—reflecting a talent for large-scale infrastructure and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
15 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignPhD Modeling and Simulation, PhD Modeling and Simulation at University of Central Florida
Stackoverflow
998reputation
70kreached
16answers
5questions
Github Skills (33)
python8
asset-management8
google-compute-engine6
google-cloud-sql6
mpi6
linux6
service-account6
google-cloud-functions6
google-cloud-platform6
vcenter5
open-source5
gcp4
vms4
google-cloud4
trust4
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
cfinch/Shocksolution_Examples
Jan 2011 - Jul 2017
Example code from shocksolution.com
Contributions:21 commits, 1 PR, 4 pushes in 6 years 6 months
python
cfinch/IGES-File-Reader
Apr 2011 - Apr 2018
Contributions:3 commits, 1 push in 7 years 1 month
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