Summary
Sheldon Sides is a founder and Chief Solutions Architect with 10+ years of experience building production AI systems, cloud-native architectures, and security automation. He founded and exited a security startup that delivered a multi-tenant, serverless SaaS platform and later led global security and compliance enablement at AWS for ISV partners. Hands-on across AWS and Azure, Sheldon has designed secure architectures, automated remediation pipelines, and developer-friendly CI/CD workflows for enterprises and startups alike. His background spans software engineering, cloud migration, and compliance (NIST, PCI-DSS, HIPAA), reflecting a rare blend of product-minded entrepreneurship and deep security expertise. Based in Overland Park, Kansas, he combines technical leadership with mentoring experience and a track record of turning customer feedback into pragmatic platform features. An ex-Marine who transitioned into tech, he brings operational discipline and practical problem-solving to high-stakes cloud and AI projects.
10 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science Management Information Systems, Master of Science Management Information Systems at Bellevue University