John Layne

John Layne

Information Technology Leader

Personal Summary

Strategic Director of IT / Cloud Architecture & Infrastructure Leader with over 20 years of expertise designing, scaling, and securing enterprise environments for 24/7 financial and healthcare applications. Proven track record of blending hands-on technical depth—spanning multi-cloud infrastructure (AWS/Azure), Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and hybrid datacenters—with executive leadership, team management, and strict regulatory compliance (SOC 2, HIPAA). Adept at driving multi-cloud migrations and stabilizing core operations while leading high-performing technical teams.

Core Competencies & Technical Skills

  • Leadership & Strategy: IT Strategy & Operations, Directing Technical Teams & Vendors, Budgeting & Purchasing, Enterprise Architecture, Vendor Management
  • Cloud & Infrastructure: Multi-Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure), VMware vSphere / Hyper-V, Hybrid Datacenter Management, SAN/Storage Optimization (HP, Nimble, Dell, EMC)
  • DevOps & Automation: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), CI/CD Deployment Pipelines, Scripting & Automation (Bash/PowerShell)
  • Security & Compliance: SOC 2 & HIPAA Compliance Implementation, Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity Planning, Identity & Access Management (Entra, Active Directory, O365)
  • Networking: Routing, Switching & Firewalls (Cisco, Juniper, ASA), BGP, VPN, VLAN/Subnet Design

Professional Experience

HSBlox / INVeSHARE / BloxShare / PatientBlox | Alpharetta, GA

Operations across related entities under continuous executive management. Director of Information Technology | August 2014 - Present

  • Direct all hybrid datacenter, cloud, server, and network operations supporting a 24/7 mission-critical financial and healthcare services application suite.
  • Architected and executed a comprehensive migration of legacy infrastructure to a scalable multi-cloud environment using Terraform for robust Infrastructure as Code (IaC) management.
  • Spearheaded rigorous security and compliance initiatives, successfully achieving and maintaining SOC 2 and HIPAA compliance standards.
  • Designed and deployed cutting-edge blockchain / Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) infrastructure, ensuring high availability and transactional security.
  • Established and mentored an internal DevOps group, implementing modern CI/CD deployment pipelines to accelerate release cycles.
  • Maintained uninterrupted 24/7 operational availability through resilient design, active monitoring, and robust disaster recovery/business continuity frameworks and multi-region cloud replication.

TV2 Consulting | Remote

Infrastructure Architect | February 2012 - August 2014

  • Designed end-to-end enterprise infrastructure spanning L2/L3 networking, storage arrays, hypervisors, and middleware platforms.
  • Deployed and supported high-scale IPTV environments utilizing Microsoft/Ericsson Mediaroom.
  • Accelerated business agility by integrating corporate infrastructure into cloud ecosystems including Microsoft Azure, Amazon EC2/S3, and Office 365.
  • Served as the ultimate escalation authority for complex cross-vendor infrastructure issues and automated routine IT workflows utilizing PowerShell.

Fundtech | Norcross, GA

Corporate IT Systems Team Lead | October 2011 - February 2012

  • Led a high-performing technical team to align new and existing systems with strict enterprise industry standards.
  • Managed Fibre Channel and iSCSI SAN environments alongside VMware vSphere clusters and HP/Dell blade infrastructure.
  • Administered complex n-Tier Windows and Linux architectures leveraging IIS, Apache, SQL Server, MySQL, and Oracle.

VMWare Consultant to AT&T

July 2011 - September 2011

  • Cloud and Mobile Hosting Services: Key member of AT&T’s new Cloud and Mobile hosting services team, supporting a multisite/multicluster VMware deployment.
  • Engineering and Architecture Collaboration: Worked with engineers and architects to define desired future state environments and implement corrective actions for production issues.
  • Mobile Device Management and Application Hosting: Collaborated closely on new products for mobile device management and application hosting infrastructures for AT&T’s Mobile Enterprise Application Platform (MEAP) offerings.
  • Infrastructure Management: Managed infrastructures that included VMware, Windows Server 2008 R2, IIS, SQL Server 2008 R2 with Clustering, RedHat/CentOS Linux, Apache, and MySQL.

Early Career Experience

  • AT&T (Contract via Pinnacle) - Cloud & Mobile Systems Deployment Engineer | 2011
  • Matrix Resources / Professional Services - Infrastructure Architect / Team Lead | 2008 - 2011
  • The Facility Group - Senior Systems Engineer | 2006 - 2008
  • Ernst & Young (Contract via Soltech) - Infrastructure Engineer | 2006
  • Siemens Power Transmission and Distribution - Sr. Network Analyst / Help Desk Manager | 2004 - 2006
  • Advantage Professionals / Jardon and Howard Technologies (US Navy Recruiting Command of NC) - Systems Administrator Roles | 2000 - 2004
  • United States Army (Active and Reserve) - Network Administrator / Combat Specialist (19K) | 1995 - 2003

Certifications & Education

  • CSAA - AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate
  • VCP - VMware Certified Professional Data Center Virtualization
  • MCSE / MCSA / MCTS - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer / Administrator / Technology Specialist
  • CCNA - Certified Cisco Network Administrator