Summary
Michael Kalus is a Senior Solutions Architect with 17+ years of hands-on IT experience and two decades steeped in Unix, Windows and mainframe environments, now focusing on cloud-native architecture and strategic cloud adoption for large organizations. He has led cloud and infrastructure transformations across healthcare, mining, telecom and retail—most recently architecting Teck’s Copper Growth Program and previously shaping PHSA’s cloud strategy and a Cloud Center of Excellence for BC health organizations. A pragmatic bridge between business and technology, he combines certifications in AWS and Azure with deep operational knowledge to design resilient, long-lived systems that deliver measurable value. Owner of a long-running consulting practice, he brings both vendor and client-side perspectives to enterprise architecture, security and migrations. An early tinkerer who learned system interaction through Forth, he retains a systems-level curiosity that informs his practical, low-friction designs.
17 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Bürokaufmann Informatik, Bürokaufmann Informatik at Kaufmännische Schule 1 Außenstelle Süd Stuttgart
German, English