About Me
Me thinking about the latest hyped AI technology!
I’m a cloud/software architect and engineer with a focus on security. I’ve worked for over 15 years in tech, starting from the hardware side of Silicon Valley to building software orgs from the ground up in a wide range of industries/tech (SaaS, crypto, logistics, mobile, e-commerce, defence, big-data, gen AI/ML, etc.). I’ve held roles from engineer to CTO and have seen the good, bad, and the ugly of building technology systems and orgs.
What I do
I help companies optimise for their business goals while building secure, scalable, and resilient systems. I approach problems with a business mindset but dive into deep tech as needed. This means working end to end from defining business objectives to actually designing and implementing cloud infrastructure and hardening them against the latest threats.
Examples:
- Design DevSecOps and secure CI/CD process
- Help companies migrate on-prem systems to cloud providers
- Expand and harden infrastructure to support high availability while reducing costs
- Meet regulatory requirements and audit standards in a remote/global workforce environment (GDPR, ISO, SOC2, etc.)
- Select the best platforms and cloud products to meet business objectives, minimise costs, and reduce risk (e.g. data warehouse and serverless product selection on Google, AWS, Azure, etc.)
- …and more!
What I’ve done lately
Check out my LinkedIn for more details.
| NewtonX | CTO, Data Protection Officer, Security Officer |
| DCPMe | CTO/founder |
| JPG Quarterly | CTO |
| Consultant | Software and security architect and engineer |
| Boxbee | CTO/founder |
| Group4 Labs | Engineer |
| Northrop Grumman | Engineer |
| NASA | Research associate |
Education
- B.S. University of California, Berkeley
- Ph.D. Cornell University
Skills/Frameworks/Certifications/Things I enjoy working with!
- Clouds: Google Cloud, AWS, Cloudflare, Akamai, private clouds
- Security/Privacy Frameworks: OWASP, ISO, SOC2, GDPR, etc.
- Networking: Load balancing, Firewalls, DNS, CDN, etc.
- SecOps: Zero Trust, CASB, DLP, etc.
- Programming: Rust, Python, Go, Typescript, Bash, etc.
- DevOps: CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, etc.
- AI/ML: Vertex AI, AWS Sagemaker, LLMs, RAG, etc.
- Data: BigQuery, Elasticsearch, Postgres, etc.
- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, etc.
What I care about
- Great documentation that is interesting and useful to read and helps with growing sustainably
- Security and privacy as a mindset and design principle, but not at the expense of the business and productivity
- Designing high performance, scalable, and resilient systems
- Keeping costs lean and mean
- Clear communication with no bullshit and no ego
- Working with people who care about what they’re building and have at least some sense of humour!
How to work with me
I’m always happy to chat about new opportunities, consulting, ideas, or just have a coffee and chat! Shoot me an email anytime at k (at) kristophmatthews.com or connect on LinkedIn.