Summary
Richard Michaud is a Senior Solutions Engineer with three decades of technical experience and a decade focused on solutions engineering leadership across cloud and data platforms. He has led and scaled teams at AWS and Yugabyte, drove hiring and enablement programs that accelerated new-joiner productivity, and now brings that blend of people leadership and hands-on architecture to Snowflake’s enterprise AI data initiatives. His background spans database infrastructure, big data, and cloud migrations—having architected high-availability systems, virtualized demo sandboxes, and automation that turned months-long investigations into hours. Known for pragmatic tooling (including Python reporting to operationalize Well-Architected reviews) and for being a “bar raiser” culture keeper, he combines deep operational chops with talent development. Based in Oakland, NJ, he’s the kind of leader who still “dabbles” technically while driving measurable business outcomes and customer success.
10 years of coding experience
27 years of employment as a software developer
Pre-Med Liberal Arts, Pre-Med Liberal Arts at The George Washington University
International School of Brussels