Matt Lydon

Solutions Architect II

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Aerospace & Satellite Solutions

Apr 2022Sep 20264 y 6 m

• Supported 1,000+ aerospace companies with cloud infrastructure and technical architecture
• Advised C-suite leadership on IT strategy development and digital transformation initiatives
• Led GenAI strategy and implementation for ITAR-restricted aerospace workloads
• Developed and delivered technical presentations on engine test data processing solutions
• Facilitated Generative AI workshops for aerospace industry stakeholders
• Contributed as an aerospace industry panelist (Space Northwest AI), startup mentor (Orbital Edge Accelerator), and presenter at events (Space Symposium, SmallSat, SVSW, AWS Space Days, etc.)

Associate Solutions Architect

Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Central SA

Aug 2020Mar 20221 y 8 m

• Resident in the TechU program (Cohort 7)
• Supported large variety of customers across a wide breadth of AWS services.
• Served as initial technical advisor for 80+ small to medium size Aerospace customers.
• Dove deep into customer problems to recommend the best possible solutions.
• Educated customers and internal teams through immersion days and workshops.
• Created new tools and architectures to reduce time spent on repeatable tasks.
• Mentored incoming Cohort members and Internship cohorts.
• Vertical Apprenticeship with the Aerospace & Satellite industry team, helping customers find solutions for: management of geospatial data, HPC designs for performing computational fluid dynamics, and ground station operations.

Lead Graphic Designer

USF Center for Student Involvement

Jul 2018May 201911 m

• Lead a team of designers to produce marketing materials for university events.
• Develop workflow systems to increase communication and productivity of team. (Order requests, customer feedback, timeline management).
• Hold weekly team meeting to review work progress, goals, and planning.
• Communicate teams needs and responsibilities with upper-level management and university board members. Conveyed leadership goals, objectives, & projects to team.
• Design graphics and video for university using Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, InDesign, Photoshop, After Effects, and Premiere).
• Event Management (Large Concerts, Board Meetings, Athletic Events, Lectures, etc.)

Production Assistant

Sound & Vision Communications, Inc.

Apr 2019

Graphic Designer

USF Center for Student Involvement

Jul 2016Jul 20182 y 1 m

FDOT Surveying & Office Assistance

SRD Engineers Inc

Summer 2017

Bachelor of Science in Information Studies

University of South Florida · Concentration in Data Science & Analytics from the University of South Florida

Dec 2019

Studies and Projects provided experience in:

• Dataset preparation, cleaning, and validating.
• Developing machine learning models through training, testing, & validating using large datasets.
• Comparing and testing models against a baseline to develop improved machine learning models.
• Understanding model results and using results to assist in meaningful decision-making.
• Visual Peer Review Application Development