Michael Ethridge
Strategic Alliance Architect - HashiCorp
Ramah, Colorado, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Ethridge is a Principal Solution Architect specializing in cloud architecture, IaC, and platform engineering with 11+ years of focused experience and a career spanning network engineering to strategic cloud practice leadership. Currently leading the IBM HashiCorp portfolio at CDW, he blends deep hands-on automation and DevSecOps skills with a strategic, customer-first approach to drive scalable, secure cloud integrations. A HashiCorp Ambassador and founder of 404-Code-Not-Found.com, he actively promotes tooling and best practices around Terraform and platform automation. His background in large-scale network design and migrations gives him a rare cross-domain perspective that simplifies complex hybrid-cloud transitions. Known for building and mentoring teams, he has incubated cost optimization, compliance, and automation practices that persist beyond his tenure. Based in rural Colorado, he pairs continuous learning with practical execution to deliver measurable business outcomes.
10 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Georgia Southern UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Computer Science at Georgia State University
Github Skills (55)
securecrt10
connected10
vault10
cisco10
secrets9
networking9
security9
netmiko9
napalm9
api-gateway9
encryption9
cli9
command-line-tool9
macos8
python8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
methridge/dadjokes
Oct 2020 - Dec 2023
Contributions:2 releases, 4 pushes, 5 branches in 3 years 2 months
methridge/me-aws-sandbox-ssl
Sep 2021 - Nov 2024
Contributions:2 PRs, 3 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years 2 months
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