CASEY
DEAN
AWS Solutions Architect | Enterprise Software Implementation | Scaling Innovation | Digital Strategist | AI Architect | Cloud Architect | AI Strategy | Ideation | Design Thinking | Veteran | Extreme Ownership
CASE STUDIES
Real-world cloud architecture projects delivering measurable business impact
Founded Elegant Solutions and conceived an ER platform MVP with custom IoT-based mesh network, turning frontline insights from 200+ patient and staff interviews into a patient-focused design that improved hospital operations and led to company acquisition.
ER Patient Experience Platform
Healthcare IoT Innovation
Coordinated cross-functional teams across product, engineering, and business groups for 4 Fortune 500 clients at Wilde Group, using research and design thinking workshops to define 0-1 solution opportunities that shaped early architecture direction.
Fortune 500 Innovation Architecture
Enterprise 0-1 Solutions
Delivered 12 sensitive Department of Defense solutions at Sopheon, guiding secure, compliance-focused technical decisions and aligning architectures with mission goals and FedRAMP standards across $15M+ ARR in federal contracts.
DoD FedRAMP Solutions
Federal Portfolio Management
Lead AI Enablement Champion for AI product adoption for global Professional Services at JAGGAER, translating complex business requirements into scalable, secure system designs across discovery, configuration, deployment, and post-go-live transition. Enabled non technical users to build RAG pipelines, Projects, Custom GPTs, and use Codex to create in org apps. All compliance with security.
Global AI Adoption Champion
Global AI Adoption and Strategy Lead
CREDENTIALS
CREDENTIALS
AWS Solutions Architect - Associate
SAA-C03 certification demonstrating expertise in designing distributed systems on AWS. Valid through November 2028.
Consultant of the Year - Teamwork
Recognized for exceptional collaboration and teamwork in delivering enterprise SaaS solutions across federal contracts.
Successful Startup Exit
Founded healthcare IoT company that was acquired after proving 65% improvement in hospital survey participation.
BBA Entrepreneurship
Bachelor of Business Administration with focus on Entrepreneurship.
SKILLS
EXPERIENCE
Solutions Consultant, PS
Jaggaer
Led AI adoption as Professional Services AI Enablement Lead, enabling 500+ global PS members to build internal tools with ChatGPT Enterprise and Google Gemini, and leading the PS Center of Excellence for 100+ Solutions Consultants. Gained 90% adoption. Owned end-to-end AI solution architecture and delivery for enterprise SaaS offerings, translating complex business and compliance requirements into secure, scalable cloud-backed designs from discovery through production. Served as primary architectural advisor to client stakeholders, guiding trade-offs across integrations, data models, security controls, and extensibility within SOW constraints. Bridged business, engineering, and support teams by documenting architectural decisions and system workflows, preserving intent and enabling smooth operational handoff.
Senior Innovation Mgmt Consultant
SOPHEON
Led design and delivery of enterprise SaaS solutions across $15M+ ARR in federal contracts, aligning execution with stakeholder goals and mission outcomes. Delivered 12 DoD solutions, guiding FedRAMP-aligned architecture decisions to balance security, performance, and operational sustainability. Aligned platform capabilities to stakeholder outcomes, reducing delivery timelines by 18% and improving project efficiency. Led complex SaaS migrations and re-implementations, ensuring secure, performance-optimized configurations across enterprise environments.
Principal Consultant / Founder
Wilde Group
Led Fortune 500 engagements, facilitating design thinking workshops to define 0–1 solutions and set early solution architecture direction. Translated qualitative and quantitative research into prioritized technical requirements, informing delivery planning for nine enterprise innovation initiatives. Partnered with engineering leads to assess system constraints, integration risks, and technology gaps, delivering architecture recommendations that reduced blockers by 25% across three business units. Served as a bridge between engineering teams and the C-suite, accelerating technology alignment and reducing early-stage decision cycles by 30%.
Lead Analyst, Global Talent
Stryker
Unified global recruiting data models from BrassRing into Workday, creating a centralized analytics foundation that improved executive reporting efficiency by 35%. Built scalable analytics platforms eliminating 40+ manual reports and restoring end-to-end talent lifecycle visibility. Enabled 500+ global recruiters and leaders through data-driven training and workflow redesign, improving adoption and decision quality.
Founding Partner
Elegant Solutions
Founded and scaled a healthcare technology venture, leading deep discovery with 200+ ER patients, clinicians, and executives to surface systemic workflow, communication, and transparency failures. Defined product vision and led MVP delivery, converting frontline insights into a patient-facing ER platform that increased throughput by 5% and boosted federal survey participation by 65% during pilot rollout. Established KPI-driven reporting and recovery capabilities that improved executive decision-making, strengthened enterprise adoption, and directly contributed to the company's acquisition in 2019.