John A. Fogarty IV
Technology Executive | Cloud Platform, Enterprise Architecture and Applied AI
About
Technology executive, 29 years from hands-on engineering to VP. Built and operated the platforms global businesses run on: a multi-region AWS estate, a company's first infrastructure-as-code standards, single sign-on for customer-facing applications, and a security strategy that moved engineering teams to designing security in rather than adding it afterward. Now owns emerging technology across two operating companies running on Azure and Google Cloud, where engineering is vendor-delivered and the work is selecting vendors, reviewing their designs and deciding what gets accepted, while still building where that is the fastest way to know whether a design will hold up. Targeting Senior Director and VP roles where the architecture and platform decisions actually matter and one person owns both the decision and the outcome.
Work Experience
NTG (BEON)
April 2025 – Present
Head of Emerging Technologies
VP level, corporate aligned across both operating companies. Remote. Delivery vendor-led.
Highlights
- Built and deployed an intelligent order entry system on Google Cloud Vertex AI, reversing the original Azure platform choice mid-project once it was clear it would not deliver
- Own technical review, systems access and acceptance across two AI vendor engagements, covering two statements of work plus a parcel workstream with one vendor and a full engagement with a second
- Set the architecture and evaluation standards that delivery vendors build against, in an organization that has outsourced almost all engineering
- Stood up the emerging technology function from scratch and proved the value of AI-powered delivery across two operating companies within the first year
- Designed a model-parity evaluation methodology judged against human-built answer keys, to decide whether a private-tenancy model could replace an external one for document extraction and synthesis
Sr. Director IT, DevOps, Cloud Strategy, and Enterprise Architecture
Highlights
- Established an Architecture Review Board that standardized application quality, architectural consistency and release risk control across deployment processes, architectural changes and application design
- Collaborated with partners on an end-to-end automated AI process to assist customs brokers
- Initiated AI integration with AWS Q Developer and transitioned developers to Gemini Code Assist
Sr. Director IT, DevOps and Cloud Strategy
6 direct and 10 indirect reports. Direct report to the CTO. $3.5M to $4.5M budget.
Highlights
- Delivered single sign-on for customer-facing applications in under six months, 50% faster and at 50% of projected cost, using OIDC with Keycloak, Auth0 and Okta
- Created and articulated an information security strategy aligned to NIST and ISO frameworks, driving adoption of a secure-from-the-start methodology across all engineering teams; rated Exceeding
- Led the migration to Azure DevOps and a new agile SDLC, establishing standards, DevOps automation, CI/CD and automated test build-out for QA; the CTO recorded the team as instrumental in establishing the process
- Cut development time a further 20% and reduced defects reaching QA by moving automated testing earlier in the CI/CD pipeline
- Identified the long-term cloud provider model through a multi-cloud AWS and GCP feasibility study, selecting AWS on cost control, efficiency and organizational alignment
Director IT, Global Systems
Up to 10 reports. $1.5M to $3M budget. Owned all global compute.
Highlights
- Rated Exceeding in every performance year from 2017 onward, across six consecutive reviews
- Cut deployment time 60% through automated provisioning using Terraform, Packer, Azure DevOps and AWS CodeDeploy, accelerating time to market for new features
- Built an efficiently managed AWS environment with autoscaling, grown to 30+ accounts (now 50) across 4 regions, and set the AWS and systems deployment standards
- Held the IT operating expense plan at or below budget across multiple years while implementing recurring AWS cost savings
- Exited two legacy server rooms, migrating all production systems into AWS and consolidated data centers
Sr. Cloud Architect
Highlights
- Created and managed 50+ AWS accounts across four regions, giving the organization a structured and efficiently managed cloud footprint
- Drove the first moves into CI/CD and DevOps, including team buy-in, process, standards and cultural change
- Established the deployment standard for applications and systems on AWS using CloudFormation with EC2, RDS and ECS, replacing manual provisioning
Health Information Designs
April 2014 – January 2015
Manager of Infrastructure
Highlights
- Led migration to AWS
- Managed Active Directory replacement and automation, and a Linux engineering team
Manager, Linux Systems
Highlights
- Coordinated 750+ system moves and a UK security platform deployment, improving VMware security posture
- Decreased platform complexity and automated disaster recovery on virtualized platforms
Systems Engineer
Highlights
- Designed and implemented the collaborative environment known internally as the Zone, then led its expansion to support 100+ programs, 11,000 unique users and $300B in combined potential contract value
- Led the team that won Team of the Year for the Zone, alongside the individual IS President's Award for the same effort
Perot Systems
October 2005 – August 2006
Systems Administrator
Highlights
- Saved the client $50K in hardware spend using virtual servers for development and testing
PepsiCo / Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
January 2003 – July 2005
Systems Engineer (Desktop)
Highlights
- Designed and implemented common scripted and image-based Windows installs for 30,000+ desktop and laptop computers
PepsiCo / Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
January 2001 – January 2003
Systems Administrator
Highlights
- Served as lead tester for all infrastructure changes, spanning Windows NT Workstation and Server, OS/2 Warp Server and Lotus Notes Server
PepsiCo / Frito-Lay
Plano, TX
July 1999 – January 2001
Systems Administrator
Highlights
- Provided third-level support for all field locations on the critical situations team
References
John possesses the critical blend of intellect and tenacity which places him in the category of best technologists that I have ever known. Anyone lucky enough to be working with him should consider themselves fortunate as they simply cannot find anyone better.
John is an absolute joy to have as a colleague. The value he brings to the team and the enterprise sets the bar on talent that we should nurture and grow.
John's ability to leverage his experience to anticipate the needs of a project correctly continually demonstrates how he has earned his reputation as a seasoned technical leader who can bring enormous value to forward-thinking organizations.
John served as the indispensable conductor of our Single Sign-On project, orchestrating each component with unparalleled expertise. While other team members were valuable, it was John who proved to be truly irreplaceable.