Thom Savela
Technical Director - AI Platform
Saint Petersburg, Florida, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolThom Savela is a seasoned technology leader with over two decades of experience in web and application development, now directing AI platform strategy at Raymond James. He has progressed through roles from software engineer to Technical Director, combining deep practical knowledge of web service architecture, automation, DevOps and reusable cloud infrastructure with hands-on implementation experience. Known for translating newsroom and media-driven requirements into robust CMS and real-time systems early in his career, he brings a pragmatic focus on observability and operational tooling (Splunk, IaC) to modern AI and cloud platforms. Based in Saint Petersburg, Florida, he blends agile practices and open source familiarity to bridge development, ops and data teams, and he has a unique background in telecommunications journalism and film/video that supports user-focused product thinking.
11 years of coding experience
22 years of employment as a software developer
Associate of Science Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Associate of Science Film/Video and Photographic Arts at Phillips Junior CollegeTelecommunications Journalism, Telecommunications Journalism at University of Florida
Github Skills (5)
cdktf5
terraform4
hashicorp3
infrastructure3
infrastructure-as-code2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
thomrs7/ImgHashCommand
Jan 2015 - Jan 2015
Contributions:42 commits, 41 pushes, 1 branch in 12 days
thomrs7/league_generator
Nov 2018 - Mar 2020
Contributions:11 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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