Steve Shirkey
Director APAC AI Platform
Singapore
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Top SchoolSteve Shirkey is a seasoned AI and cloud leader with 13+ years in APAC driving enterprise AI adoption and platform strategy across Red Hat, Microsoft, and AWS. He specializes in turning experimental ML projects into repeatable, production-grade solutions—blending go-to-market execution, partner enablement, and open-source-driven engineering for hybrid cloud environments. Steve has led regional AI programs across ANZ, ASEAN, and Korea, helping large financial and manufacturing customers operationalize models on platforms like OpenShift, RHEL AI, and Azure AI. His background spans hands-on systems architecture, large-scale ML deployment, and cost-saving cloud consolidations from early consulting and engineering roles, giving him a rare mix of technical depth and commercial impact. Based in Singapore, he’s known for bridging vendor engineering and field sales to make AI deliver measurable business outcomes.
13 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science (AS) Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician, Associate of Science (AS) Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician at Morrison Institute of TechnologyBachelor of Science (completion Spring 2024) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (completion Spring 2024) Computer Science at University of Illinois SystemBachelor of Science (not completed) Computer Science, Bachelor of Science (not completed) Computer Science at Governors State University
English, Indonesian
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Github Skills (45)
deployd7
nodejs6
dns6
dokku6
vcenter5
backup4
provisioning4
python3
ansible3
aws3
azure3
semantic-kernel3
route533
libvirt3
socket3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
shirkeyaws/aws-dms-workshop
Oct 2017 - Oct 2017
Contributions:26 commits in 4 days
shirkey/azure-openai-workshop
Feb 2023 - Mar 2023
Contributions:19 pushes, 2 branches in 1 month
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