Summary
Tom Ellis is a seasoned solutions architecture leader with 13+ years designing and delivering Linux-first infrastructure and cloud solutions for enterprise customers, now managing Solutions Architecture for AWS’s Enterprise Software & SaaS vertical. He combines deep hands‑on experience across public and private clouds (AWS, OpenStack, Eucalyptus), virtualization, configuration management and large-scale Linux deployments with a sales-enablement mindset—translating complex business requirements into operational, secure infrastructure. Tom’s background spans roles at Red Hat, Canonical and Rackspace, where he led EMEA consulting for Eucalyptus and drove migrations, big data and cloud transformation projects. Notably, his early involvement in Smoothwall and long history of distro-level engineering give him uncommon depth in OS-level packaging, performance tuning and production hardening.
13 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bsc, Technology, Computing and Business Entrepreneurship, Bsc, Technology, Computing and Business Entrepreneurship at University of Surrey
GCSE, GCSE at Horndean Community School
English, Tagalog