I'm the Principal Consultant of Ignia in the Cloud & Infrastructure team based in Melbourne with a heavy focus on cloud infrastructure, architecture and the Microsoft cloud stack. I'm also a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in Azure, an award given to exceptional, independent community leaders who share their passion, technical expertise, and real-world knowledge of Microsoft products with others. I have more than 14 years designing and implementing solutions to provide scalable and resilient services, automated (cost-effective) operational infrastructure, performance and data protection for highly available systems.