Amazon (Woot)
Senior Software Development Manager
June 2022 to Present
Engineering and security leadership across a subsidiary environment where customer data protection, platform modernization, and organizational scaling intersect.
Paden Clayton
Advice grounded in hands-on technology leadership.
I’ve led security and engineering work at Amazon (Woot), managed AWS infrastructure and platform modernization at Monkedia, and directed hosting technology at Nusani. I bring that experience to decisions about architecture, risk, investment, and the teams responsible for delivery.
Across 20+ years in technology, I’ve worked across infrastructure, software development, security, and engineering leadership. That range helps me connect the technical choices to the people and operating constraints behind them.
Career experience
Experience across systems, teams, and technology decisions.
These roles are the foundation for my advisory perspective. The selected-work examples describe career leadership work.
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See relevant workMonkedia
Lead Full Stack Developer
March 2018 to May 2022
Owned cloud infrastructure, platform modernization, and engineering operations across a multi-stack environment.
At Monkedia, I managed AWS infrastructure, led modernization across JavaScript, PHP, React, and analytics systems, and consolidated reporting systems into a primary business decision platform.
Nusani Inc
Technology Director
March 2011 to March 2018
Directed technology strategy and infrastructure for a hosting operation serving a broad customer base.
Suddenlink Media
IT Administrator
March 2006 to July 2011
Led network infrastructure, vendor coordination, and end-user operations for a media business.
Working principles
Make the choices and responsibilities clear.
Explain the decision.
I connect technical findings to the consequences leaders need to assess: risk, investment, delivery, and the cost of waiting.
Identify the owners.
I help clarify who decides, who implements changes, and who operates the systems after the work is complete.
Make the handoff useful.
Recommendations should explain the priorities, tradeoffs, and next steps clearly enough for your team to carry them forward.
Education and credentials
Study alongside practical experience.
Education and research
- MBA, Information Technology Management
- PhD in Information Systems Security, in progress
Selected professional credentials
- AWS Certified Database Specialty
- AWS Solutions Architect Associate
- Professional Scrum Master I
- Project+
- Graph Developer Professional
- Graph Developer Associate
Discuss the decision you need to make.
If your priorities span architecture, security, investment, and delivery, I can help you assess the tradeoffs together.
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