Michael Lessard
Principal Solutions Architect at Red Hat
Lévis, Quebec, Canada
Summary
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SeniorMichael Lessard is a Principal Solutions Architect at Red Hat based in Lévis, Quebec, with over two decades of experience in open source infrastructure and a decade of focused enterprise solutions work. He has progressed through presales, architecture, teaching, and IT management roles, translating deep Linux and networking expertise into strategic, customer-facing cloud and virtualization solutions. At Red Hat he helps Canadian customers adopt the full open technology stack, emphasizing cost-effective, high-performance designs grounded in the open-source development model. His background as an educator and hands-on sysadmin informs a pragmatic approach to complex deployments and knowledge transfer. Known for bridging technical detail and commercial outcomes, he brings a rare combination of classroom patience and field-proven architecture skills to enterprise transformation projects.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
French, English
Github Skills (13)
rhel10
cisco-ios10
ansible-automation-platform10
cisco10
networking10
ansible10
tiger8
openshift-v35
automation5
kubernetes2
openshift2
windows1
redhat1
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
RHMTLSAS/ansible-azure-lab
May 2018 - Aug 2018
Contributions:15 commits, 13 pushes in 2 months
redhat-gpe/workshops
Apr 2022 - Apr 2022
Training Course for Ansible Automation
Contributions:43 commits in 23 days
ansibleautomation
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