Vladimir Atehortúa
Cloud Operations & Design Architect
Colombia
Summary
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Top SchoolVladimir Atehortúa is a Cloud Operations & Design Architect with nearly a decade of experience leading cross-functional teams to run and modernize mission-critical SaaS and utility systems across Latin America and the US. He has driven measurable operational improvements—raising SaaS availability from 99.75% to 99.97%, cutting operational effort per client by 39%, and reducing critical incidents by 77%—while achieving ISO 9001, ISO 27001 and SOC2 certifications. Previously as IT Manager and Solutions Delivery Manager he led cloud migrations, cost optimizations (AWS costs down 36%, MPLS 33%), and initiatives that improved availability from 94% to 99.9% and delivered multimillion-dollar OPEX savings. Comfortable at the intersection of people, process and cloud architecture, he manages teams of 10–16 engineers and multimillion-dollar budgets to align technology roadmaps with business outcomes. Based in Colombia with an MBA and an electronics engineering background, he combines deep technical roots from early startup work with pragmatic leadership and a personal love of nature that informs a collaborative, long-term view on resilient systems.
9 years of coding experience
18 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Master of Business Administration - MBA at Universidad del Valle (CO)Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Electronics Engineering at Pontificia Universidad Javeriana
English, Spanish
Github Skills (34)
universe9
sky9
circles9
astronomy7
parameterized7
telescope7
science7
kotlin7
data-access6
tabular6
java6
database5
opengl5
cpp5
sql5
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
vlaate/vladsc
Mar 2017 - May 2017
Contributions:49 commits, 10 PRs, 48 pushes in 2 months
circlessettingaccuracy
vlaate/DobsonianDSC
Aug 2017 - Sep 2021
Contributions:129 commits, 124 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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