About me
Soft skills and experience behind the four engagements.
About me
Fractional cloud architect and AI consultant
Dunedin, Aotearoa New Zealand
Senior cloud and AI help: strategy, delivery, and capability transfer, without a full time hire.
Kia ora. I am Steve, a fractional cloud architect and AI consultant for New Zealand organisations that need senior help without justifying a full time hire. Twenty plus years in the industry. I put people first and get results by understanding the problem before building the solution. Remote first from Dunedin, working with teams wherever the cloud reaches.
- Fractional architecture
- Senior judgement one or two days a week when a full time hire is not the answer.
- Roadmaps and reviews your team can act on, written in plain language.
- Workshops that leave executives and engineers clearer, without becoming their helpdesk.
- AI strategy
- Working out which ideas deserve investment, including when the honest answer is not yet.
- Use cases with owners and measures, not theatre for the board pack.
- Governance and build versus buy positions people can defend.
- Enablement and delivery
- Delivery capacity now on builds, reviews, and the operating habits that follow.
- Interim leadership and mentoring when hiring gaps cannot wait.
- Knowledge transfer so capability stays with your team after I leave.
Experience
2025 – Present
Consultant
CurrentAzure platform and AI engagements from design through delivery. Stakeholder alignment, mentoring, and the work of moving AI from experiment into capability that teams can run.
Arinco2021 – 2025
Cloud Architect
Hybrid Azure landing zones and DevSecOps frameworks, plus leading the development squad. Fractional architecture and enablement habits, in a full time seat.
Leaven / CCL / Spark2020 – 2021
Senior Cloud Engineer
End to end Azure migrations for multi industry clients: assessment, design, cutover, and keeping programmes measurable when go live pressure rises.
LeavenPre-2020
Earlier Roles
Systems, network, and infrastructure work as engineer, analyst, and consultant. Clear designs, trust under change, and the soft skills base for later cloud and AI programmes.
Infrastructure and consulting
Cloud Architecture Design
Expert
Fractional Cloud Architecture
Cloud Cost Optimisation (FinOps)
Expert
Fractional Cloud Architecture
Technical Strategy Roadmapping
Expert
Fractional Cloud Architecture
AI Use-Case Assessment
Proficient
AI Strategy and Adoption
Generative AI Strategy
Proficient
AI Strategy and Adoption
AI Governance and Risk
Proficient
AI Strategy and Adoption
LLM Application Development
Proficient
AI Implementation
Machine Learning Engineering
Proficient
AI Implementation
API and Systems Integration
Proficient
AI Implementation
DevOps and Automation
Expert
Cloud and AI Enablement
Well Architected Reviews
Expert
Cloud and AI Enablement
Technical Leadership and Mentoring
Expert
Cloud and AI Enablement