About

Builder-first AI leadership with enterprise delivery credibility.

I currently serve as Lead AI & Cloud Services Engineer at PUMA North America. My work focuses on practical AI execution: retail chatbots, batch processing pipelines, conversational AI applications, and developer enablement that teams can run with confidence.

Former AWSEmployee & Community Builder
240+Employees trained in AI/GenAI
85+AWS certification students
3× AWSAI Practitioner · Solutions Architect · Database

Professional Credibility Snapshot

The background, platform breadth, and delivery scope behind my advisory and implementation support.

Current Leadership Scope

I lead AI and cloud initiatives tied to real business outcomes, collaborating with cross-functional teams to move from prototypes to durable production systems.

Industry Context

Hands-on experience in retail AI implementation patterns where reliability, speed, and governance all matter at once.

Chatbot Delivery

Built and operationalized chatbot and assistant solutions for practical customer and internal workflows.

Pipeline Engineering

Designed and improved batch/async pipelines for high-volume processing, transformation, and AI enrichment tasks.

AI Enablement & Training

Trained 240+ employees on AI/GenAI and helped teams adopt Claude Code, Google ADK, Google AI Studio, Vertex AI Studio, and AI Builder in Azure for real-world delivery.

Platform Coverage

  • Google Cloud (Gemini + Vertex AI patterns)
  • Azure ecosystem and enterprise integration workflows
  • AWS and multi-cloud architecture decisions

Tooling Coverage

  • Microsoft Foundry, Copilot Studio, AI Builder in Azure
  • Gemini 3 Pro, Gemini 2.5 Flash, Claude, OpenAI models, Google ADK
  • Google AI Studio, Vertex AI Studio, Claude Code enablement

What Colleagues Say

Perspectives from AWS partners, team leaders, and engineers I've worked with.

"Kelby demonstrated solid experience and understanding of AWS services when we worked together. He is able to take complex topics/concepts and explain them to different audiences in effective ways. I would recommend Kelby based on his abilities enabling the technical team at Mission."

Cristian Torres Alamanca

Senior Partner Solutions Architect · Amazon Web Services

"Kelby's passion for helping people is only surpassed by his deep knowledge in the field. He is not just a trainer, he is a builder himself. Whenever I was faced with a challenge he was the first to jump in to help and would often find technical solutions I had never considered."

Shannon Story

Revenue Enablement Leader · Mission Cloud

"Kelby is a true leader and brought so much joy to the start of my career. As an intern under his wing, he was always supportive, encouraging, and made it clear he wanted us to succeed. His mentorship built my confidence as an engineer and played a key role in shaping my career path."

Helen Campbell

Cloud Engineer · Mission Cloud

If you need practical AI leadership support, let's talk.

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