Product Owner Digital Transformation

George Papadopoulos

Berwyn, PA 610-***-**** ************@*******.*** LinkedIn

Experienced Digital & Tech Professional

Solutions Architecture • Cloud Platform Engineering • Product Owner • Agile Methodology

Results-driven Technology Professional with demonstrated expertise in developing and implementing strategies,

executing reliability engineering principles, and implementing cloud computing virtualization technologies across

various data and infrastructure platforms. Adept at defining the product and team vision, collaborating with partners

to understand business needs, and driving service delivery for complex system integration and cloud migration

projects. Leadership philosophy encompasses a collective approach to champion and mentor teams in delivering

successful products aligned with strategic objectives.

● Recognized for developing comprehensive product roadmaps and strategies while guiding product

introduction and lifecycle management through Agile Safe methodology.

● Adept at fostering strategic partnerships with external partners to align expectations and deliverables,

overseeing product capability enhancements, and ensuring stakeholders are informed and aligned.

● Committed to building scalable, growth-minded organizations and promoting a culture of collaboration to

drive digital transformation and accelerate the performance of technology-reliant organizations.

Areas of Expertise

Product Strategy & Architecture • Cloud & Edge Computing • Solution Architecture • Container as a Service

(CaaS) • System / Product Lifecycle Management• Digital Transformation • Coaching & Mentorship • Product

Capability Enhancements • DevSecOps • Continuous Integration & Automation • Cloud Security Policies &

Controls • Vendor Management • Software Licensing/Hardware Contracts • FinOps

Professional Experience

GSK Upper Providence, PA

Cloud Hosting Product Owner & Architect (2021-Present)

● Product Owner & Architect for the Hybrid Cloud (Azure, GCP, Edge) IaaS Compute, Hyper-Converged (HCI), High

Performance Compute (HPC) and Kubernetes (AKS, GKE) Products while overseeing the product lifecycle including

development, building, releasing, and managing strategic GSK service offerings.

● Following the Safe Agile Framework developed product roadmaps for Cloud Hosting Products (Compute and

Kubernetes). Documented, published and communicated quarterly releases of 7 by utilizing Jira and Confluence,

along with supportive product design documentation. Directed Platform and Product Engineers in the

development of product releases in accordance with expectations utilizing IaC, DevOps and Agile principles and

methodologies.

● Accountable for Product compliance to Cyber Security and Risk Standards by ensuring Product Designs are closely

aligned to Industry Security Standards and Benchmarks (i.e., CIS, NIST). Delivered Secured Infra Desings aligned to

OT Standards

● Conducted market research to identify industry trends and developed Cloud Hosting Products (Compute and

Kubernetes) strategic roadmaps aiming to support digital transformation initiatives and to address Tech and BU

Tech goals. Engaged with GSK stakeholders and partners to define and direct product capability enhancements,

manage deliverables and scope, and maintain timelines and acceptance criteria.

● Delivered architectural designs to support key digital transformation initiatives, such as SAP on Azure, Hybrid

Cloud HPC (HPE Gleenlake / GCP, Dell Apex / GCP), and AI/ML Implementations. Delivered architectural designs

for Platform and Solution Integration for key business applications including HPC / CryoEM, Edge Compute /

Azure Stack HCI, HPC Virtual Cloud Workstation / GCP.

● Negotiated with vendors during contract renewals, software licensing and hardware contracts while ensuring

renewals are applied appropriately and managing portions of the budgets associated with these contracts.

Introduced cloud resource optimization principles, achieving 20-30% cloud cost savings.

GSK Upper Providence, PA

Principle DevOps Cloud Platform Engineer (2018-2021)

● DevOps Cloud Platform Engineer with accountability on Compute (RHEL, Oracle Linux, Windows Server, ESXi,

Nutanix) and Kubernetes (AKS, GKE, Rancher) Product Engineering, Architecture, and Lifecycle Management.

● Leveraged DevOps tools (Terraform, Git, Docker, CI/CD) and Agile Methodology to automate delivery of Cloud

Services and Infra Compute Resources (RHEL, Windows Server), Container Orchestration (AKS, Rancher, GKE),

Cloud (Azure, GCP), through continuous integration, and product releases.

● Implemented automation through code, created build kits using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (i.e. Terraform

and Ansible), and bridged integration points with various APIs to enhance the delivery of Cloud Resources.

● Developed Configuration Management and application automation via Ansible playbooks and Bash scripts and

automated Kubernetes application deployments via Helm charts.

● Contributed to the development of the roadmap, strategy, implementation, release, and lifecycle of Compute and

Kubernetes products by partnered with business, application, infrastructure, and architecture solution

stakeholders to ensure that product designs rally the requirements and adhered to internal security policies,

hosting standards, and industry security benchmarks.

● Authored and published comprehensive architecture references, design specifications, and installation plans to

ensure stakeholders alignment.

GSK Upper Providence, PA

Technical Manager/Team Lead, Hosting Design & Integration (2014-2018)

● Led a core team of infrastructure engineers in providing design, integration, and expert-level support on various

virtualization platforms to enable business strategies across GSK.

● Managed the delivery of IT services to support GSK's business requirements and designed and integrated Linux-

based solutions in alignment with GSK's business expectations, compliance, and security standards.

● Assessed staffing and aligned skills needed to support the engineering and integration of IT solutions for GSK's

business applications in planning and managing the delivery process of solutions.

● Guided project-related activities tracked progress against timelines, and mentored, coached, and implemented

performance and development plans for team members.

● Identified areas where IT contributed entrepreneurially to GSK business application projects and formulated

solutions through research, investigation, and collaboration with external vendors and stakeholders.

● Applied ITIL and ADP methodologies to improve processes, and aligned IT solutions with business needs which

contributed to organizational success.

Technical Expertise

Cloud Computing: Azure • GCP

Kubernetes Container Orchestration: AKS • GKE • Rancher • Anthos

Agile & DevOps: Certified SAFe Agile Practitioner • CI/CD (Azure DevOps & Jenkins) GitHub

IaC: Ansible • Terraform • Python

High Performance Compute: Slurm• Weka • Scality

Operating Systems: RHEL • Ubuntu • Centos • Oracle Linux • AIX • Solaris • Windows Server

OS Programming: Bash • SED • AWK • Perl.

Storage Technologies: Cloud Native Storage (Azure, GCP) • NetApp CVO, CVS • S3

Systems Virtualization: Azure Stack • VMware ESXi • Nutanix NCI• Oracle VM Server • Oracle Containers

Databases: Oracle • Oracle RAC • PostgreSQL.

ITIL: Release Management • Service Design • Service Management

Education & Learning Certifications

Master of Science (MSc) in Computer Science • St. Joseph University • Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Information Science • Temple University • Philadelphia, PA

Certified SAFe Agile Practitioner

Cloud Strategy Professional (In Progress)

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert (In Progress)

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