Summary
Elliot Eaton is a Cloud Solutions Architect (Security) at Google with 11 years of experience helping customers adopt cloud securely by translating complex technical risks into business-aligned solutions. He combines hands-on cloud security engineering with cross-functional enablement—evangelizing best practices and reusable assets across sales, marketing, solution teams, and partners to accelerate adoption. His background spans consultancy roles within Google, frontend development at Rakuten, and international experience in Japan, giving him a rare blend of technical, commercial, and cultural fluency. Known for tackling hard problems, he excels at bridging engineering and stakeholder needs to make security practical and measurable.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree East Asian Studies - Japan, Bachelor's degree East Asian Studies - Japan at Yale University
Certificate of Completion Japanese Studies, Certificate of Completion Japanese Studies at Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies
English, Japanese