Schonstal Sam is a seasoned technology leader with 11+ years of hands-on and managerial experience spanning telephony, cloud migrations, and generative AI across Amazon, AWS, and enterprise software firms. He blends deep systems and integration expertise—from C++/telephony and .NET backends to modern React/Angular front ends—with a strong track record of shepherding large, distributed teams and global application portfolios. At CDK he led modernization efforts and mobile strategy across 50+ teams, and at Amazon he progressed from solutions architect roles in Alexa and Music to a senior specialist in Generative AI at AWS. A lifelong tinkerer who began as an electronics technician, he pairs pragmatic engineering with people-first leadership and a continual habit of learning new technologies in his free time.
11 years of coding experience
24 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.99, Associate of Science (AS), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, 3.99 at ITT Technical Institute-Portland
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Schonstal Sam - Sr. Specialist SA, Q Developer, Generative AI