Christine Lwanga

Cloud & AI Solutions Architect | AWS & GCP | Presales & PoC Delivery

Summary

Cloud & Infrastructure Solutions Architect with strong presales experience supporting enterprise and startup clients across AWS, GCP and hybrid environments. I specialize in translating complex cloud, infrastructure and AI concepts into clear business value, leading discovery sessions, designing architectures and delivering PoCs for real-world workloads.

Core Skills

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS: Compute, Storage, Databases, Networking, Security, Monitoring
  • GCP: Compute Engine, Cloud Run, GKE, IAM, VPC, Apigee (basics)
  • Hybrid cloud patterns, HA/DR design, security & identity
  • Virtualization & HCI fundamentals (VMware/ESXi, AHV concepts)

Presales & Customer Facing

  • Technical discovery & requirement mapping
  • Architecture design & sizing (draw.io)
  • Workshops, demos & technical evaluations
  • Proposal support, stakeholder communication (C-level & founders)

DevOps & Operations

  • CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Monitoring: Datadog, CloudWatch
  • Troubleshooting, logging, incident analysis

AI/ML Automation

  • Bedrock Agents & LLM workflows
  • Event-driven architectures (Lambda, events, notifications)
  • Automation pipelines & integrations

Certifications

  • AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • AWS CloudOps
  • AWS Security Specialty
  • AWS Machine Learning Engineer
  • AWS AI Practitioner
  • Google Associate Cloud Engineer
  • Google Cloud Sales Credential
  • CCNA – Networking Fundamentals
  • PRINCE2 – Project Management

Professional Experience

Cloud & AI Solutions Architect — Presales & Delivery

Kitsilano Technologies (AWS Advanced Partner)

Nairobi, Kenya

Mar 2025 – Present

Supporting discovery, presales, architecture design and PoC delivery for enterprise and startup clients across AWS, GCP and datacenter-adjacent workloads.

  • Lead technical discovery calls and workshops to capture business, functional and technical requirements.
  • Design secure, scalable architectures across AWS/GCP and hybrid environments.
  • Run technical demos, whiteboarding sessions and customer education on cloud & AI use cases.
  • Drive PoCs and technical evaluations for automation pipelines, agentic AI workflows and event-driven systems.
  • Prepare architecture diagrams, sizing documentation, estimates and migration recommendations.
  • Collaborate with sales and engineering teams to secure technical wins and support go-live readiness.

Selected achievements

  • Facilitated 6+ discovery & requirements workshops, improving scoping clarity and cutting solution rework by ~35%.
  • Accelerated startup go-to-market timelines by up to 40% via clearer architecture docs and PoC support.
  • Improved security and cost efficiency for enterprise clients, enabling 20–30% savings through architecture reviews.
  • Built Datadog & CloudWatch dashboards that improved issue detection speeds by ~50% for both technical and non-technical teams.
  • Delivered AI-enabled workflow prototypes that drove 30–50% productivity gains for internal and external stakeholders.

Digital Growth Consultant (Part-Time)

Self-Employed

Nairobi, Kenya

2018 – Present

Campaign strategy and tech-plus-brand integration for FMCG, fintech, lifestyle and tech brands.

  • Managed 25+ digital campaigns for global and regional brands, achieving 30%+ engagement uplift.
  • Owned end-to-end campaign execution: strategy, content, reporting and client presentations.
  • Strengthened communication, storytelling and stakeholder skills directly applicable to presales roles.

Project Specialist – Subcontractor Implementation

Huawei Technologies

Nairobi, Kenya

2016 – 2018

  • Improved supplier milestone achievement by 20% through better project tracking and reporting.
  • Reduced procurement costs by 15% via optimized budget and compliance workflows.
  • Developed subcontractor onboarding processes that improved compliance by 50%.

Project Control Manager – PMO

Huawei Technologies

Nairobi, Kenya

2014 – 2016

  • Enhanced communication between internal teams and government stakeholders, improving delivery timelines by 15%.
  • Improved acceptance metrics by 25% through training and process optimisation.

Education

B.Sc. Electrical & Electronics Engineering – University of Nairobi (2014)