Paul Wakeford
Manager, Solutions Architecture at Amazon Web Services (AWS)
United Kingdom
Summary
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SeniorPaul Wakeford is a solutions architecture leader with 11+ years of cloud and enterprise experience, currently managing international migration assessment teams at AWS across EMEA and APJ. He has scaled delivery by +40% YoY for four years through strategic hiring, multilingual team design, program management, and enhanced migration deliverables including storage, RDS and end-user computing. A hands-on ex-Senior Solutions Architect and former cloud-cost/security consultant, he blends technical tooling (Python automation) with people development—more than 60% of his team have been promoted under his leadership. Paul runs large-scale enablement and event programs (Migratapalooza EMEA) and drives regional strategy that feeds into global standards. He’s known for turning customer conversations into pragmatic technical initiatives that both improve velocity and deepen partner impact. Based in the UK, he brings a rare mix of recruiting, delivery, and engineering craft honed across media, finance and consultancy environments.
11 years of coding experience
15 years of employment as a software developer
English
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Github Skills (72)
cytoscape10
amazon10
http-api9
aws-services9
amazon-web-services9
aws9
key-rotation9
diagram9
sonos9
aws-amplify8
security8
amazon-ecs8
raspberry8
jekyll8
tagging8
Programming languages (8)
Github contributions (5)
paulwakeford/whatiuse
Jan 2020 - Jan 2020
Contributions:6 commits, 5 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
pwakeford/graffiti-monkey
Mar 2015 - Jul 2015
Contributions:15 pushes, 1 branch in 4 months
taggingpython
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