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Become a coach

Are you a cloud expert with a knack for teaching others how to leverage technology for the best results?

Cloud Institute delivers results-driven cloud training with real world practice. We’re dedicated to helping people upskill to pass certification exams, advance their careers, and ensure new skills transfer from the classroom to the workplace.

Training builds knowledge. And personalized coaching empowers people to successfully apply that knowledge. That’s why we’re building a select group of cloud coaches who are passionate about teaching, technology and community to lead individuals and teams to success.

Will you join us on this mission?

Ideal candidates will be:

    1. Certified in areas of expertise.

      You have experience architecting and deploying systems to clouds and come with valid certifications from the cloud platforms and technologies you want to teach, such as AWS, Azure and CNCF.  

    2. An experienced professional.

      You’re comfortable with public speaking and have 5+ years of professional experience and have coached individuals and/or groups in the past.

    3. Able to navigate ambiguity.

      You’re skilled at facilitating deep discussion and encouraging exploration among participants and know when to steer the conversation into a different direction for the greater good of the group.

    4. Commit to at least 5 hours per month.

      You’re able to commit to a minimum of 5 hours to coaching engagements with Cloud Institute clients each month.

If you’re interested in learning more, complete the form in the link below.

Become a coach
Richard Kang
Head of Engineering, Healthcare

Richard Kang has 15+ years of experience in software engineering, architecture and program management in financial and gaming industry. He specializes in large scale, multi-million dollar multi-year projects featuring low latency and high frequency applications and Big Data architecture.
Drawing his connections in Singapore, Malaysia, China, and his expertise in engineering, Richard works with businesses as a technology partner for designs and solutions of wearables, Internet of Things, and Big Data.
Richard is a certified Enterprise Architect, and he holds a Master of Science from the National University of Singapore.

Sam Alapati
Cloud and Data Technical Lead

Sam has over 20 years of experience it IT that spans cloud computing, databases and Big Data. He is a go-to expert when it comes to optimizing a company's strategy for cloud computing. Sam also helps companies lower their cloud spend  so they don't spend unnecessary resources on cloud services.
Sam is always at the forefront of innovation in cloud computing, which led him to author 18 books about cloud computing and cloud services. He is a lifelong learner whose expertise is invaluable. 

Mahesh Kumar
Principal Cloud Consultant

Mahesh has transformed his career multiple times from a Software Developer to Sales Engineer to Solution Architect to Technology Leader to Entrepreneur.
He is responsible for providing leadership along with other department heads, such as marketing, sales, pre-sales, and delivery in designing Google Cloud solutions and as an advisor for technologies improving efficiency and effectiveness.
Mahesh is focused on Cloud, AI & Unstructured Data Analytics. He has experience in Presales, Professional Services, Presenting in Industry events, Mentoring, Training & Enablement.
Mahesh has a Google Cloud Platform Evangelist & Enthusiastic YouTuber maintains a YouTube channel named Learn GCP with Mahesh where interesting Google Cloud Platform concepts are shared & the channel is currently subscribed by 12K+ subscribers with 827K+ views & 50K watch hours.

Shashike J.
Principal Software Engineer

In his current role, Shashike is an end-to-end software architect with a proven track record for building high achieving MVPs, enterprise applications and unlocking millions of dollars in revenue for startups and founders. He has nearly 10 years of hands-on experience in large companies and pre-revenue startups. 
Shashike enjoys writing code that matters and dealing with the roadblocks and chaos that come with building prominent products. He loves to be challenged and has never given up in his work, which is why he's been such a crucial team member for so many companies.

William A. Clark
Cybersecurity Coach

William Clark is the founder and CEO of Clark Technology Group, Inc. For the past 30 years he has been working with networking and cybersecurity in the retail, health care, government, military and manufacturing sectors. He is an accomplished IT trainer with over 30 years of experience in the classroom delivering hands-on learning experiences to his students. In addition to an active certification training schedule, he currently serves as Lead Coach for an award-winning Cybersecurity Bootcamp program.

Bill is a CompTIA Certified Technical Trainer and holds the following certifications: CompTIA IT Fundamentals, Network+, Security+, Mobility+, Certified Wireless Network Trainer, CWTS, and CWNA. In addition to teaching exam prep courses for those certificates, Bill is also an experienced course developer and is the author of several technical training courses.

Richard Kang
Head of Engineering, Healthcare
Sam Alapati
Cloud and Data Technical Lead
Mahesh Kumar
Principal Cloud Consultant
Shashike J.
Principal Software Engineer
William A. Clark
Cybersecurity Coach

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