Summary
John O'donnell is a seasoned AI/ML and cloud engineering leader with 8+ years of experience architecting compliant Generative AI and cloud migrations for Healthcare & Life Sciences at Google and AWS. He has a proven track record driving large financial and operational outcomes—doubling AWS revenue post-merger, securing multi-million dollar enterprise deals, and delivering GenAI solutions that cut clinical study onboarding by 80% and saved $100K+ per study. Equally at home with cloud strategy and low-level engineering, his background spans functional programming, computer architecture and digital circuit design, which informs pragmatic, cost-conscious system designs. A frequent public speaker and writer on cloud modernization and GenAI, he also builds automation frameworks that shrink lengthy compliance and protocol workflows from months to days. Based in Greater Philadelphia, he blends C-suite advisory experience with hands-on solution building for regulated industries.
8 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
MBA Information Sciences, MBA Information Sciences at Temple University
BS Accounting, BS Accounting at Penn State University
Spanish, English