Solutions Architecture · Technical Pre-Sales · Proofs of Concept
Rob Blanzy
I help technology companies and enterprise teams turn business requirements into credible architectures, working proofs of concept, and practical implementation plans. With more than 30 years across cloud, security, data, and distributed systems, I work with sales, engineering, and leadership from technical discovery through validation and transition to delivery.
30+ years in technologyFormer AWS Technical Account ManagerAWS and Google CloudEnterprise customer advisory
Expertise / 01—04
From customer discovery to architecture, technical validation, and delivery readiness.
Clarify the customer outcome, technical requirements, constraints, and decision criteria. I work with commercial and technical teams to shape credible solutions, explain trade-offs, and address technical objections before commitments are made.
Example outputs
Design the connections between cloud platforms, applications, data, security, and distributed systems. Establish clear responsibilities, integration boundaries, and implementation choices so the proposed solution can be evaluated as a whole.
Example outputs
Build focused demonstrations and prototypes around the decision a customer needs to make. Define what the POC will prove, make simulated components explicit, test the important behaviours, and explain what remains to be validated before production.
Example outputs
Bring security, governance, resilience, and operational considerations into solution design. Support architecture review and the transition into implementation while keeping assumptions, risks, and ownership visible.
Example outputs
AWS · Google Cloud · Distributed Systems · Data Platforms · IoT & Edge · AI Infrastructure
Migration, modernisation, and large-scale data work remain part of this architecture and delivery practice.
Featured Demonstration
An independent proof of concept exploring how a household can move from a meal choice to pantry matching, substitutions, a reviewed shopping basket, and a simulated connected-oven workflow.
The demonstration makes quantity calculations, user approvals, integration boundaries, and appliance failure handling visible. Grocery and appliance services are simulated: no purchases are placed and no physical devices are controlled.
Independent demonstration. Not affiliated with or connected to Fresco. Not a validated cooking guide.
Evidence / Selected Impact
Selected career contributions across customer-facing technical leadership, architecture, and cloud security.
Helped acquire AWS Platinum support accounts and contributed to more than $1 million in new business through customer-facing technical leadership.
Created and launched Infrastructure Event Management while serving as an AWS Technical Account Manager, turning a recurring enterprise need into a customer-facing service.
Built and led a Google Cloud security practice, shaping offerings around customer demand and working across customer, sales, partner, and delivery teams.
Reduced one AWS customer estate from approximately 3,000 instances to 500 through architecture and optimisation work.
Led infrastructure-modernisation initiatives projected to save more than $20 million.
Method / 01—06
Customer conversations lead the engagement. Architecture and prototypes make the proposed approach testable. Evidence, decisions, and implementation responsibilities remain visible throughout the work.
Understand the customer outcome and current environment.
Identify systems, stakeholders, dependencies, and responsibilities.
Assess feasibility, gaps, risks, and alternatives.
Agree the scope, decision criteria, and what needs to be proved.
Develop the agreed architecture, prototype, or implementation approach.
Review the evidence, limitations, and next implementation decision.
Atlas is a local-first engineering intelligence system created by Blanzy Labs, connecting projects, repositories, evidence, and decisions in an inspectable operational record.
Atlas is part of my supporting engineering work, not a prerequisite product purchase. AI-assisted workflows support research, prototyping, and documentation; architectural judgment, review, and accountability remain with me.
Engagements / 01—04
Start with the customer situation and the decision that needs evidence. These offers can shape a focused engagement around what needs to work.
A customer opportunity needs clearer requirements or technical fit.
Example outputs
A decision needs working evidence before a larger commitment.
Example outputs
A technology team needs experienced technical support through customer discussions.
Example outputs
A proposed solution needs a clear transition towards implementation.
Example outputs
Experience / Current Practice
Architecture, migration, and security work includes big-data platform modernisation in a regulated financial-services environment. Hands-on prototypes and validation keep the advice connected to implementation.
In Practice / Current Work
Blanzy Labs is the active engineering and incubation environment where new systems, tools, and operating models are built and tested.
Research and engineering / Mythadis
Mythadis explores coordination infrastructure for collective intelligence—connecting humans, AI systems, data, compute, storage, validation, and mission orchestration.
Explore MythadisActive engineering / Blanzy Labs
Blanzy Labs develops Atlas, supports Mythadis, and explores AI-assisted workflows, demonstrating that Blanzy Consulting remains connected to current hands-on engineering.
View Blanzy Labs on GitHubPrompt & Circumstance Studio
An AI-assisted production and collaboration environment coordinating human hosts, multiple AI systems, audio workflows, and structured production tooling.
Career / Selected Organisations
Career history across enterprise technology, consulting, and cloud services. These organisations are part of Rob’s professional background, not client endorsements.
Begin a conversation
Let’s discuss the outcome, the technical constraints, and the decision you need to make. The first step is a focused conversation about what needs to work and what evidence would justify moving forward.
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