Chris Krough
Engineering Leader | Platform Architecture | AI/ML | Cloud Infrastructure
I help organizations design resilient infrastructure, execute complex migrations, and build engineering teams that deliver. 20+ years of experience scaling platforms at Amazon, OJO Labs/RBC, Rackspace, and high-growth startups.
What I Bring
Platform Engineering at Scale: Built and managed infrastructure supporting billions in transactions, hundreds of services, and global distributed systems.
Acquisition & Migration Expertise: Led zero-downtime migrations of entire engineering platforms during M&A transitions, including technical due diligence and team integration.
AI/ML Application Development: Currently building AI applications while completing DeepLearning.AI's Deep Learning Specialization. Combining infrastructure expertise with modern ML techniques.
Highlights
| Metric | Achievement |
|---|---|
| Services Migrated | 200+ across 6 cloud environments with zero downtime |
| Revenue Supported | $3B in transactions during 6,700% growth phase |
| Global Scale | 150+ Kubernetes clusters across 3 continents |
| Cost Optimization | Reduced hosting cost growth from 6% to 2% monthly |
| Team Leadership | Built and scaled engineering teams through 4 acquisitions |
Projects
Drover
An AI-based application demonstrating applied deep learning techniques. Built while completing the Deep Learning Specialization, Drover showcases practical implementation of neural network architectures.
Recognition
- AWS Bar Raiser: Recognized for interview excellence and talent identification
- Bringer of Talent: Leadership in refining systems developer interviews at Amazon
- Arctic Code Vault Contributor: Open source contributions preserved in GitHub's Arctic vault
Get in Touch
Looking for platform engineering expertise, M&A technical due diligence, or AI/ML infrastructure consulting?