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Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Infrastructure is the foundational components required to build and operate cloud-based systems.

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  • Published Jul 10, 2026
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What It Is

Cloud Infrastructure is the foundational components required to build and operate cloud-based systems. On this site, it matters because it transfers across technical, operational, and venture work instead of staying trapped in one narrow context.

Learn more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing

In My Own Words

“Knowing how these systems work with other systems, and which tools and sub-products should be chosen and not used — that’s a big part of it. I can steer clients away from technology that looks like it might work but won’t actually work for their application.” Full transcript on the AWS page.

▪Amazon SQS

Amazon SQS

Amazon SQS is a managed message queue service for decoupled systems.

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▪Amazon VPC

Amazon VPC

Amazon VPC is a network isolation and configuration within AWS.

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◎API systems

API systems

Defined interfaces expose functionality or data between systems so modular integration and interoperability are possible.

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▶Aware3 Impact — DevOps Transformation

Aware3 Impact — DevOps Transformation

Modernized the entire DevOps pipeline for a company producing customized mobile apps for over 1,000 churches and communities — scaling from 5 app builds per...

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◉AWS DeepLens — Computer Vision for the House

AWS DeepLens — Computer Vision for the House

Used AWS DeepLens in 2018 to estimate the real cost of adding ML-powered visual awareness to a home automation system — and arrived at an honest 'not yet, not cheaply' answer worth having.

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◎Capital Systems

Capital Systems

Structures raise, allocate, and manage capital across ventures, including funds, syndications, and investor relationships.

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▶Data Center Migration to AWS Using Terraform

Data Center Migration to AWS Using Terraform

Migrating a federal student loan servicer's infrastructure from a physical data center to AWS using Terraform infrastructure-as-code. The project redesigned...

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▶Data Warehouse for Cloud Compliance Verification

Data Warehouse for Cloud Compliance Verification

Built a compliance data warehouse for an In-Q-Tel portfolio company using AWS Glue, Spark, and S3. The system automated FedRAMP and PCI DSS compliance...

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▪GitLab

GitLab

GitLab is a platform for version control, CI/CD, and DevOps workflows.

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▪Helm

Helm

Helm is a package manager for Kubernetes applications.

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