Karl Rissland
Solutions Engineer - Azure AI And Applications
Alpharetta, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolKarl Rissland is a solutions-focused engineer with 25+ years of experience turning complex business problems into scalable cloud and DevOps solutions, currently accelerating Azure AI adoption at Microsoft. He blends deep technical expertise in Azure AI, App Services, AKS, GitHub, and DevSecOps with strong presales and customer-facing skills to design, demo, and operationalize AI-powered applications at production scale. Karl is known for removing technical objections through high-impact presentations, architecture sessions, and rapid POCs—often "vibe coding" prototypes to speed customer understanding. He has a track record of driving Azure consumption by pairing strategic guidance with infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment workflows. Based in Alpharetta, GA, he leverages developer experience best practices to bridge sales and engineering and advance long-term adoption. A former web development manager and integration specialist, he combines hands-on implementation chops with a strategic advisory mindset that helps teams move from concept to production.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Industrial Technology/Technician, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Industrial Technology/Technician at Kent State University
Github Skills (64)
azure9
azure-pipelines9
serverless8
architecture8
azure-logic-apps7
azure-devops7
command-line-interface7
documentation6
azure-architecture6
ai6
azure-api-management6
azure-cli6
visual-studio-code-extension6
testing6
prompt6
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
karlrissland/Logic-App-Standard-Deployment
Feb 2022 - Mar 2023
Contributions:3 PRs, 78 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 1 month
karlrissland/AppWorkshop
Aug 2017 - Jul 2020
Contributions:53 commits, 7 PRs, 29 pushes in 2 years 11 months
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