Rudy Arrona - Chief Executive Officer

Rudy is a U.S. Army veteran with over 25 years of technical experience in the Intelligence Community, Army and Navy.  Has progressive technical and managerial experience leading small, specialized teams as well as large teams. Extensive experience in planning & implementing major information technology operational programs. Specialized experience in AWS Cloud, Distributed, Big Data, Data Science, Security, Systems Engineering, Integration, Project Management, and Agile Principles consulting. In-depth knowledge of architecting, implementing, securing/hardening and maintaining highly available, scalable, and cost-optimized applications using AWS Well-Architected best practices, via DevSecOps principles. Considerable experience in rapid development, surge efforts, and prototyping software. Analytical thinker that consistently resolves ongoing issues or bugs; often called upon to resolve problems that have eluded others. Extensive knowledge in varying aspects of technical projects with the ability to foresee the big picture and coordinate how development and engineering teams work together. Have supported and been embedded in special forces CONUS and OCONUS. 

Rudy has a Master’s Degree in Information Technology as well as a CISSP, Scrum Master, and multiple AWS certifications to include AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional, AWS Machine Learning Specialty and AWS Certified Data Engineer – Associate certification. Demonstrated briefing skills, strong organizational & interpersonal skills experience at all levels of management functioning as a highly motivated, goal-oriented team player. He drives the company’s vision, mission, and is responsible for the day-to-day business operations at Arrona Tech, overseeing the execution of Arrona Tech's Client Services and Client Relationship and driving the company’s long-term strategy. He is involved in the day-to-day managerial decision making and routinely collaborates with team members to ensure the proper implementation of the company’s strategic plan. He has been embedded with a Navy Seal team to develop applications per their mission requirements.  As well as having deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan multiple times as a contractor during 2006 - 2011 and has been Embedded with Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force (CJSOTF) in Afghanistan. 

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