Jay Michael is a 25-year technology industry veteran, having worked as an engineer, architect, and executive across both startups and enterprises alike. As a Principal Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services, Jay has advised hundreds of the world's fastest-growing startups on cloud architecture and strategies for achieving success at scale and is the primary author of the AWS Startup Security Baseline. Jay is based out of Seattle, WA, USA where he enjoys working on his 5-acre hobby farm alongside his wife and ever-growing pack of Corgis.