John Dixon
Manager, Solution Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
Summary
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Top SchoolJohn Dixon is a seasoned solutions architect and manager with nine years at AWS, currently leading Solution Architecture from Munich to help enterprises design and adopt cloud-native strategies. He combines deep pre-sales and delivery experience across virtualization, ITSM, and cloud strategy with hands-on technical work—his GitHub hosts personal AWS-related code he uses to prototype and validate solutions. John’s background spans large vendors and consulting engagements (VMware, CA Technologies, AHEAD) and early systems administration at DaimlerChrysler, giving him rare end-to-end perspective from low-level operations to executive IT strategy. He is comfortable translating business priorities into measurable cloud transformation roadmaps and has repeatedly helped Fortune 500 clients align IT investments with operational maturity. Notably, his long-running advisory role on MIS committees and open-source advocacy reflect a pragmatic focus on governance, risk, and real-world deployability.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
International Computer Science Study, Computer Science, International Computer Science Study, Computer Science at Högskolan i Jönköping / Jönköping UniversityB.A., Economics, Computer Science, B.A., Economics, Computer Science at University of Michigan-Dearborn
Github Skills (36)
kinesis-stream9
amazon-web-services8
elemental7
connected7
aws7
intellij-plugin7
aws-codebuild6
ref6
dockerfile6
amazon6
linux6
codebuild6
athena6
env6
architecture6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
dixonaws/aws-cloudops-linux
Jan 2021 - Mar 2025
AWS CloudOps Academy - Linux and EC2 Basics
Contributions:28 PRs, 57 pushes, 13 branches in 4 years 2 months
ec2athenalinuxamazon-web-servicesterraform
dixonaws/reinvent_cvra_bootcamp
Aug 2018 - Mar 2020
Workshop instructions for AMT303 - the AWS Connected Vehicle Reference Architecture Workshop
Contributions:122 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 6 months
connected-vehicleworkshopinstructionsconnectedreference-architecture
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