R French
Principal Cloud Architect at Slalom Build
Roswell, Georgia, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolR French is a Principal Cloud Architect with 26 years of experience designing and delivering scalable cloud-native systems across startups, big tech, healthcare, and manufacturing. He combines deep hands-on engineering—longstanding Linux kernel and Samba involvement, plus Microsoft Azure Storage experience—with leadership in architecture, DevOps, and distributed team delivery. At Slalom Build he focuses on multi-cloud, Generative AI integrations, and mentoring while retaining strong coding chops in Python, Java, and Go. His background includes shaping open source policy and ATO reform for government digital health projects and modernizing API platforms through CI/CD at TIBCO and Intel. A former academic researcher, he applies metrics-driven decision making and practical experimentation (including a published RFID study) to shorten feedback loops and drive reliable SaaS and serverless products. He also took a global sabbatical as an Airbnb operator, underscoring adaptability and real-world product empathy.
26 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
BS Computer Science, BS Computer Science at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (9)
c1710
filesystem10
protocols10
c1110
linux-kernel10
implement10
samba9
debugging8
networking8
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
smfrench/smb3-kernel
Apr 2018 - Apr 2018
SMB3 kernel client and server for Linux
Contributions:1 review, 1 commit, 114 PRs in 1 day
kernellinux
smfrench/smb3-utils
Jul 2024 - Jul 2026
Contributions:5 reviews, 10 PRs, 40 pushes in 1 year 11 months
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