Randy Armknecht

Randy Armknecht is a Managing Director currently leading the Global Infrastructure, Cloud, and Security Engineering practice. He has over 20 years of experience and has spoken on cybersecurity, AI, and cloud computing at conferences and as a guest lecturer at multiple universities.

Major Projects

• Evaluated and refined the cloud strategy of a $7 billion technology organization bringing new SaaS products to market in a multi-cloud manufacturing environment.
• Enabled a defense contractor to quickly build and deploy within an Azure Government based Federal Enclave.
• Accelerated the adoption of regulatory controls in the cloud for a large financial global organization.
• Strengthened the resilience of revenue generating workloads in AWS for a global multi-billion dollar consumer products organization.

Areas of Expertise

• Cloud Architecture & Resiliency
• Automation / Compliance as Code / Infrastructure as Code
• Federal Cloud Compliance
• Cloud Governance
• Security Programs & Strategy
• Secure Development
• Incident Response & Computer Forensics

Industry Expertise

• Financial Services
• Manufacturing
• Aerospace & Defense

Education

• M.S. Computer Security, DePaul University
• B.S. Computer Engineering Technology, DeVry University

Professional Memberships and Certifications

• Board Member - DePaul University Arditti Center for Risk Management
• Advisory Board Member – Chicago City Colleges
• Current: CMMC Registered Practitioner
• Former: AWS Security Specialist and AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• Former: Encase EnCE and GIAC GCIH
• Former: CISSP