Moving critical systems without losing anything on the way.
Migration is the work where mistakes are least forgivable. The records are real customers, real certifications, real money. My approach is unglamorous on purpose: understand what is actually running, rank it by risk, prove the backup and rollback path before touching anything, and move in waves so a problem affects one group instead of everyone.
13 projects6 organizations
Tools & methods
AWSAzureServer migrationApplication readinessWave planningBackup and recoveryDisaster recoveryHigh availabilityData mappingValidationReconciliationCutoverRollback
Northern Trust2024–2025AWS migration of 500+ physical serversThe core programme: a phased migration of more than 500 physical servers and associated structured and unstructured data workloads from U.S. data centres to AWS.Northern Trust2024–2025Application readiness assessmentWorking with application teams to find and clear what would break at cutover: outdated database fields, insecure account structures, and legacy integrations.Northern Trust2024–2025Migration wave planning & sequencingAssigning every asset to a migration wave against cloud-readiness criteria, so a problem in any single wave affected one group of systems rather than the whole estate.Northern Trust2024–2025Backup & data gap remediationLeading remediation of backup and data gaps found during readiness work, and reprioritizing high-risk migration phases as a result.Northern Trust2024–2025Disaster recovery & availability alignmentKeeping the migrating estate aligned with the institution's disaster-recovery and high-availability policies throughout the programme rather than reconciling afterwards.YourChoice Concierge2021–2024CARE Risk Retention Group CRM & migrationCRM implementation, data migration, and automation for a medical-liability risk-retention insurer.YourChoice Concierge2021–2024Client data migrationsMoving client records out of spreadsheets, legacy CRMs, and paper files into structured systems: the unglamorous prerequisite to every implementation.National Restaurant Association2023Customer, product & transaction migrationConsolidation and migration of product, customer, and transaction data into a cloud solution as the legacy commerce systems were retired.National Restaurant Association2023Course, exam & certification-score migrationMigration of course, exam, and historical certification-score records, the data a certified professional depends on to prove they hold a valid credential.Peak Realty Chicago2020Live MLS feed integrationAn API integration pulling active listings from the MLS into both the website and the CRM on a recurring sync, covering a portfolio of more than 14,000 properties.Peak Realty Chicago2019Owner, renter & lead data migrationConsolidated owner, renter, lead, and operational records out of disconnected systems and into the new integrated platform.Intertek2015–2017Paper-to-digital records programmeCentralizing and digitizing physical inspection records so project information could be found, shared, and acted on reliably.Apple Inc.2011–2015Customer data migrationMoving customers' data between devices: the smallest possible version of a migration, with the same rule that nothing may be lost.