Summary
Douglas Hackney is an enterprise technology leader and founder with over eight years of focused experience designing, building, and operating cloud-native, data-driven systems from Austin, Texas. As President of Enterprise Group and former principal and strategic account lead at major cloud consultancies, he translates business goals into scalable architectures across cloud, IoT, microservices, and real-time data platforms. He combines hands-on AWS solutions architecture and data engineering expertise with organization-level skills in stakeholder communication, team development, and process-driven delivery. Douglas has led large cloud migrations, cost-optimization initiatives that reduced AWS spend substantially, and production ML/AI and telematics projects. He is equally comfortable in boardroom strategy and hands-on system design, bridging technical and non-technical audiences to drive measurable business outcomes. Outside of consulting, his background includes founding a serverless microservices startup and adventurous longform storytelling tied to field experience in expedition vehicle design and motorcycle world travel.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer