Brian Guy
Dev9 Names Brian Guy as Practice Director of Cloud Services
Software Development Firm Adds Technology Expert to Help Clients Scale Business Efforts with Cloud-Enabled Custom Software Solutions
Dev9, a Kirkland, Washington-based custom software development firm, is pleased to announce the addition of Brian Guy as Practice Director of Cloud Services. The announcement follows Dev9’s announcement of partnership with Amazon Web Services (AWS) as a Consulting Partner in the AWS Partner Network (APN).
As an APN Consulting Partner, Dev9 is designated by Amazon as a professional service firm that helps organizations design, architect, build, migrate and manage their workloads and applications for AWS. Brian Guy has joined Dev9 from Amazon Web Services to lead the firm’s practice helping organizations solve business problems with cloud-enabled custom software solutions.
“Cloud services are essential for enterprises who want to affordably, reliably and easily scale their business,” Gabe Hicks, VP of Delivery, Dev9 said. “Dev9’s cloud services have become a cornerstone of our business. With Brian Guy leading our cloud practice, Dev9 is well-positioned to support our growing list of clients who need customized cloud software.”
Brian Guy has 25 years’ experience helping business units become more effective with technology, including eight years at Microsoft in the mid 1990s, seven years at MySQL as a start up and as a part of Oracle, and several years as a dotcom entrepreneur.
Guy has an MBA in Technology Management from the University of Washington Foster School of Business and a Bachelor of Science from Butler University. Guy holds several technical certifications from Amazon Web Services, MySQL (Oracle), and Microsoft. Guy was the recipient of the 2004 University of Washington Foster School of Business Technology Management MBA Alumni Entrepreneurship Award.
Dev9’s certified AWS developers are recognized as IT professionals who possess the skills and technical knowledge necessary for designing, deploying and managing applications on the AWS platform.
As a part of the APN, Dev9 has access to AWS resources and training to support customers as they deploy, run and manage applications on the AWS Cloud. With Dev9’s help, organizations can experience a reduced-cost model, making what was once cost-prohibitive and disruptive to business possible. With extensive experience re-writing applications and platforms, Dev9 helps businesses with expensive, cumbersome and dated technology easily make the migration to AWS with little to no downtime.
Learn more about Dev9’s AWS service offerings.
About Dev9
Dev9 is a custom software development firm focused on Java and JavaScript technologies. We build custom software solutions based on Continuous Delivery – a set of processes and tools that leverages a combination of Lean principles and the heavy use of automation. Typical projects are web services at scale (e.g. Spring Boot), including integration with SQL, NoSQL and other enterprise systems. We also build client-side applications, integrating platforms such as AngularJS, Android and iOS. Developer-to-Operations and DevOps implementations often feature container strategy development (e.g. Docker). Contact us to streamline your IT investment. [email protected], (425) 296-2800.