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Cloud Solutions Architect - Data & AI

On Premises Infrastructure Engineer

Emilio Melo

Emilio Melo is a globetrotting IT professional with projects in over 15 countries, mostly focused on Microsoft software. He has worked on a wide range of roles (such as management, sales, development and consulting) and industries (such as travel, insurance, finance and IT).

However, after 15 years of On Premises experience in Infrastructure, Data and Collaboration, he became fascinated by Cloud technologies and the incredible transformation potential it brings.

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What I Do

Azure Data & AI

I work with several tools and services on the Azure Data & AI landscape – including, but not limited to, Azure Data Factory, Power BI, Cognitive Services, Azure SQL Databases, Azure Machine Learning and Azure NetApp Files. I also have good exposure to AI solutions on other clouds, such as GCP AutoML Vision.

On Premises Technologies

Although I’ve been more involved with Azure and Cloud on the last few years, I have over 20 years of experience on On Premises software, such as SQL Server, SharePoint, Windows, Active Directory and Exchange, including an in-depth knowledge on troubleshooting, given my past work on Microsoft support.

Author, Presenter and Trainer

I have extensive experience on authoring and training delivery, having worked for companies such as Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, O’Reilly, Cloud Academy, Microsoft and IBM. I’m a Microsoft Certified Trainer for the past 21 years, and have almost 50 Microsoft certifications.

Management

Finally, I am Project Management Professional (PMP) certified and hold an MBA, having worked on executive roles on NYSE-listed companies. I speak three languages fluently and have substantial international and intercultural experience, having participated in remote and onsite engagements on over 15 countries.

Certifications

Microsoft Open Hack - Modern Data Warehousing

Microsoft Technology Associate: Database Fundamentals

Microsoft Global Challenger Sales Training

Microsoft Certified Trainer (since 2001)

Resume

20 Years of Experience on Microsoft Products

Education

2013

EuroMBA (Thesis Pending)

MBA in International Management

Consortium of 6 universities across Europe (Netherlands, Spain, Poland, Germany and France), 4th best MBA online on The Economist Ranking (2010).

2010

Excelsior College (USA)

Bachelor in Sciences, IT

Four-year bachelor degree program in Computer Sciences.

Experience

2020 – Current

Cloud Advantage

Independent Author/Consultant

Author for e-Learning companies such as Pluralsight, LinkedIn Learning, Cloud Academy and O’Reilly, focused on SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure Data & AI topics – also working as a consultant on the same areas.

2019 – 2020

NetApp

Cloud Solutions Architect

Part of the Enterprise team, helping architect Azure solutions using Azure NetApp Files for the largest corporations in Australia.

2018 – 2019

Microsoft

Cloud Solutions Architect – Data & AI

Part of the Inside Sales team for the APAC region, bringing the best of MS solutions on Data, AI and Analytics. Designing/Architecting solutions and solving issues/roadblocks that could prevent a successful implementation.

2015-2017

Trivago

Global IT Operations Manager

Responsible for the entire internal IT infrastructure, leading a team with 30+ people and reporting directly to the managing director (CTO). Portfolio management, product selection, and architectural decisions including choice of cloud-based IaaS, PaaS and SaaS.