Eric Sakowski
Senior Director, Professional Services at Rackspace Technology
New Jersey, United States
Summary
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SeniorEric Sakowski is a senior technology executive with 25+ years of hands‑on IT experience who now leads Americas Cloud Platform & Applications as Senior Director at Rackspace, driving AI‑enabled cloud transformation and P&L growth across AWS, Azure, GCP and multi‑cloud environments. He combines early mainframe and Unix sysop roots with deep expertise in software architecture, DevOps, DBAs, networking, and managed services to deliver enterprise outcomes like app modernization, cost optimization, and AI‑driven SDLC modernization. Comfortable in startups and global enterprises, he has built and scaled professional services and solution architecture teams that co‑innovate with hyperscalers and accelerate time‑to‑value for Fortune 100 customers. Colleagues rely on him to translate complex technical tradeoffs into repeatable delivery models and measurable business results. An often‑overlooked strength is his long arc from code-level work to C-suite partnership, which gives him rare credibility with both engineers and executives.
13 years of coding experience
19 years of employment as a software developer
Github Skills (25)
sketchup9
mruby8
fog8
test-kitchen8
cloud-services7
puppet7
rollout6
deploying6
ruby5
rubygems4
networking4
docker3
network3
kubernetes2
linux1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
ericsakowski/hpilo
May 2013 - Apr 2015
Contributions:5 commits, 1 PR, 2 pushes in 1 year 11 months
puppet-moduleilopuppet
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