Doug Vanderweide

Azure Cloud Computing Expert | Team Leader | Blogger | Public Speaker

About Me

I am a Director, Cloud Architecture at Avanade, a leading Microsoft partner and provider of innovative digital and cloud services. With more than 13 years of experience in Azure IaaS, PaaS, and related technologies, and 25+ years of professional experience in .NET, database, and open source development, I am an Azure expert and a trusted advisor to clients across various industry sectors.

My core competencies include cloud governance, strategy, operating models, and architecture. I assist organizations with cloud adoption patterns, migration and modernization of assets, and efficiency and improvement of processes and operations. I also lead, mentor, and supervise teams of solution architects, engineers, and developers, and provide presales technical conversations and architectures.

I am passionate about designing, implementing, operating, and improving solutions and processes that make operations efficient, lean, and measurable.

personal information

Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
E-mail
dougvanderweide@gmail.com
Education
BA, Broadcast Journalism, University of Maine

certifications

View my Microsoft Certification transcript here.

Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Expert
Microsoft Certified Cybersecurity Architect Expert
Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure Network Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure AI Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure Data Engineer Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate
Microsoft Certified Azure Fundamentals
Microsoft 365 Certified Fundamentals
Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
CompTIA CTT+ Classroom Trainer

skills

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)
  • Solution Architecture
  • Cloud Strategy
  • Automation
  • Governance
  • Security
  • Cloud Migration
  • Digital Transformation
  • DevOps
  • Platform as a Service (PaaS)
  • Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS)
  • Leadership
  • Technical Sales
  • Client Management
  • .NET
  • SQL Server
  • Active Directory

experience

Director, Cloud Architecture

Avanade US

I assist large and medium-sized organizations with cloud governance, cost management, strategy, operating models and architecture.

My industry sector experience at Avanade includes financial, government, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, transportation and energy.

I advise organizations on cloud adoption patterns, such as solution (SaaS, PaaS, CaaS, IaaS) and disposition (rehost, retire, retain, replatform, reachitect, reimagine, replace). I provide counsel and direction on migrating and modernizing assets from traditional IT estates and alternate public cloud providers to Azure.

I counsel organizations with an Azure presence on efficiency; modernization; and process and operational improvement.

I assist organizations of all sizes and across industry sectors on agility, automation and reaping the benefits of Azure public cloud.

I provide triage, process and direction to at-risk projects. I work closely with delivery teams -- both technical and PMO -- in communicating with stakeholders, ensuring clients receive the value they expect, and aiding engagements to effectively and efficiently deliver their promises.

I provide presales engineering support for large technology deals, which typically exceed $1M.

Director, Information Technology

10th Magnitude
(acquired by Cognizant Microsoft Business Group, 2020)

I am responsible for the staff, resources, technical implementations and outcomes required to onboard customers to 10th Magnitude's Azure Expert Managed Services Provider (MSP) offering.

I own the technical artifacts and platform tooling used to monitor, alert and manage customer environments and service management.

Manager, Presales Solution Architecture

10th Magnitude
(acquired by Cognizant Microsoft Business Group, 2020)

I lead, mentor, support and supervise 10th Magnitude's presales solution architecture team. I also scope, design and implement Azure-based solutions.

Partner - Cloud Solutions Architect

10th Magnitude
(acquired by Cognizant Microsoft Business Group, 2020)

I help medium and large enterprises, specializing in datacenter transformation, application modernization, automation, DevOps and solution architecture. Certified Microsoft Partner Seller - Cloud Solution Architect (P-CSA).

Azure Instructor / SME

Linux Academy
(acquired by A Cloud Guru / Pluralsight, 2019)

Developed instruction around IaaS / virtual machines, App Service, Azure SQL Database, Service Bus, IoT Hub, Azure Functions / serverless, Azure Storage, Azure Active Directory, virtual networks, security, ARM templates, PowerShell, CLI, etc.

Designed and built an industry-first, industry-exclusive, hands-on Azure laboratory and training environment system. This system makes Linux Academy the only e-learning platform that can deploy any Azure resource or service in a permissions-restricted, time-limited laboratory and training environment.

Solution Architect / Senior Software Developer

MaineToday Media
(acquired by Masthead Maine, 2019; Maine Trust for Local News, 2024)

Responsible for creating custom websites, customer portals, content automation robots, ETL solutions, and mission-critical middleware.