Patrick
Cloud CTRL

Cloud CTRL

Blog Author Picture

Patrick

1 follower

I'm a technologist and cloud solutions architect living in the Bay Area, CA. I specialize in AWS and have a deep Microsoft background.

Subscribe to my newsletter and never miss my upcoming articles

5 Tips to Prepare for the AWS ML Specialty Certification

Nov 15, 20213 min read

I recently sat the AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty exam and wanted to share some tips and lessons learned so you can prepare for the exam. First, note that although I work for Amazon Web Services (AWS), all opinions stated here are my ow...

5 Tips to Prepare for the AWS ML Specialty Certification

Managing IAM Identities for People

Sep 29, 20206 min read

Understanding IAM security models is one of the most important aspects of effectively and safely managing AWS environments. Throughout my work consulting with various companies, I have noticed a trend that many organizations are managing the cloud i...

Managing IAM Identities for People

Using AWS Config to Control Costs 💰

Sep 23, 20204 min read

Config is one of my favorite services in AWS. When I think about Config, my mind usually goes more toward overall security & compliance of an AWS environment, but one underrated aspect of this tool is that this can also help control your AWS costs! ...

Using AWS Config to Control Costs 💰

Using PowerShell to write Infrastructure-as-Code!

Sep 4, 20203 min read

As an AWS Solutions Architect working for at an APN partner, I frequently review workloads and customer environments who are still very new to AWS, and one thing I’ve found frequently is a lack of CloudWatch alarms, with most infrastructure also bein...

Using PowerShell to write Infrastructure-as-Code!