Independent Architecture and Technology Advisory

Rob Blanzy

Distributed Systems ArchitectFractional Chief Architect

I help organizations make high-risk technology decisions, modernize cloud and data platforms, strengthen security, and design infrastructure for AI and distributed systems.

30+ years in technologyFormer AWS Technical Account ManagerFortune 20 advisory experience10+ PB migration experience

Expertise / 01—05

Where I Help

I work with organizations that need senior technical leadership for complex architecture decisions, cloud transformation, security modernization, large-scale migration, AI adoption, or distributed-systems design.

01

Fractional Chief Architect

Senior architecture leadership without the cost or delay of a permanent executive hire.

  • Architecture principles and standards
  • Design authority
  • Technical decision frameworks
  • Executive advisory
  • Vendor and delivery-partner review
  • Cross-functional alignment
  • Risk escalation and remediation
02

Cloud and Security Architecture

Independent architecture and security leadership across AWS, Google Cloud, hybrid environments, and enterprise platforms.

  • Current-state review
  • Target-state architecture
  • Cloud governance
  • Identity and access management
  • Encryption and segmentation
  • Zero Trust strategy
  • Security remediation
  • Independent vendor-design review
03

Data and Platform Migration

Strategy and architecture for complex migrations involving large, dependent, or regulated data estates.

  • Migration sequencing
  • Petabyte-scale data movement
  • Data integrity
  • Bandwidth and transfer planning
  • Operational continuity
  • Hadoop and Cloudera modernization
  • Cloud-storage architecture
  • Cutover and risk management
04

AI Infrastructure

Practical infrastructure and governance for enterprise AI and large language model adoption.

  • AI-readiness assessment
  • Infrastructure architecture
  • Data and identity controls
  • Observability
  • Private, cloud, hybrid, and distributed deployment options
  • Platform and vendor evaluation
  • AI architecture roadmaps
  • Human-AI workflow design
05

Distributed Systems

Architecture for peer-to-peer, distributed compute, distributed storage, telemetry, resilience, and workload coordination.

  • Distributed architecture
  • Peer-to-peer networking
  • Workload coordination
  • Resilience and failure handling
  • Telemetry and observability
  • Rust-based systems design
  • Prototype and research architecture

Evidence / Selected Impact

Selected Impact

A career spanning early cloud adoption, enterprise transformation, security leadership, independent consulting, and current distributed-systems development.

  1. 01

    Created Infrastructure Event Management while serving as an AWS Technical Account Manager, establishing a new service for planning and supporting critical customer events.

  2. 02

    Advised global customers ranging from Fortune 20 enterprises to high-growth startups on cloud architecture, resilience, operations, adoption, and transformation.

  3. 03

    Designed cloud architecture for fintech, healthcare, gaming, retail, media, automotive, technology, and public-sector organizations supporting thousands of users.

  4. 04

    Led cloud and data-migration initiatives involving more than 10 petabytes of data across multiple customer environments.

  5. 05

    Founded and operated an independent consultancy serving government, retail, automotive, healthcare, and enterprise customers.

  6. 06

    Built and led a Google Cloud security practice.

  7. 07

    Helped acquire AWS Platinum support accounts and contributed to more than $1 million in new business.

  8. 08

    Reduced one AWS customer environment from approximately 3,000 instances to 500.

  9. 09

    Led infrastructure-modernization initiatives projected to save more than $20 million.

Engagements / 01—04

Ways to Engage

Engagements can begin with a focused assessment, an independent review, or ongoing architecture leadership.

Approach / Why Work With Me

Architecture Leadership With Engineering Depth

I work comfortably with CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, founders, engineering leaders, security teams, delivery partners, and technical specialists.

01

Executive Perspective

More than three decades of infrastructure and architecture experience across senior consulting, director, founder, and AWS Technical Account Manager roles.

02

Hands-On Technical Depth

Active work across cloud architecture, security, Linux, distributed systems, Rust, peer-to-peer networking, AI infrastructure, and automation.

03

Independent Judgment

Advice based on customer outcomes rather than cloud-provider quotas, implementation revenue, or a required vendor preference.

04

Strategy Through Delivery

Ability to move from executive strategy and target-state architecture into governance, delivery guidance, risk resolution, and operational transition.

In Practice / Current Work

Current Technical Work

Active engineering and research keep my architecture advice grounded in the constraints of systems being built now.

Primary / Mythadis

Coordination infrastructure for collective intelligence.

Founder and Chief Architect of a coordination fabric for collective intelligence, combining AI, distributed compute, distributed storage, peer-to-peer networking, mission orchestration, telemetry, data acquisition, validation, and human-machine collaboration.

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Open-source engineering

Public technical evidence

Public engineering work across distributed systems, AI collaboration, cloud architecture, cybersecurity, infrastructure automation, and operational tooling.

GitHub profile · URL forthcoming

Prompt & Circumstance Studio

Human and AI production workflows

An AI-assisted production and collaboration environment coordinating human hosts, multiple AI systems, audio workflows, and structured production tooling.

Career / Selected Organizations

Experience Across Cloud, Security, and Enterprise Transformation

Former AWS Technical Account Manager, cloud security director, consulting founder, and enterprise architect serving customers across financial services, healthcare, retail, gaming, media, automotive, government, and technology.

  1. 01Deloitte
  2. 02Laya Healthcare
  3. 0366degrees
  4. 04Trace3
  5. 05Blanzy Consulting
  6. 06IT Partners
  7. 07Cloud Technology Partners
  8. 08Ngineered
  9. 09IO
  10. 10Amazon Web Services
  11. 11Apollo Group

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Facing a Difficult Technology Decision?

I work with organizations that need independent senior architecture leadership across cloud, security, migration, AI infrastructure, and distributed systems.

Discuss an Engagement

Direct contact and document requests will be available in the next release.

Email
Consulting address forthcoming
LinkedIn
Profile forthcoming
Location
County Wexford, Ireland
Availability
Ireland, UK, Europe, United States · Remote engagements