Andrew Lane
About Andrew Lane
Andrew Lane is a Cloud Security Engineer with over 20 years of experience in IT, specializing in monitoring and observability. He has held various roles at companies such as Adentro, BlackBerry, and VMware, focusing on incident reduction and infrastructure performance.
Current Role at Avanti Software
Andrew Lane currently serves as a Cloud Security Engineer at Avanti Software Inc., a position he has held since 2023. In this role, he focuses on enhancing cloud security measures and ensuring the integrity of cloud-based systems. His expertise in cloud security contributes to the organization's overall mission of providing reliable software solutions.
Previous Experience at Adentro
Prior to his current role, Andrew Lane worked at Adentro from 2020 to 2023. He held two positions during his tenure: DevOps Specialist and IT Support Specialist. In these roles, he contributed to the optimization of operational processes and provided technical support, enhancing the efficiency of the organization's IT infrastructure.
Experience at BlackBerry
Andrew Lane has extensive experience at BlackBerry, where he worked in various capacities from 2008 to 2019. His roles included Systems Administrator, Technical Lead, Service Assurance Architect, and Senior Service Specialist. Throughout his time at BlackBerry, he focused on enterprise systems management and service assurance, contributing to the reliability of the company's systems.
Education and Certifications
Andrew Lane studied Electronics Engineering Technology (Computers) at the College of the North Atlantic, where he earned a diploma from 1995 to 1998. He also completed the ITIL V3 Foundations course at Pink Elephant in 2008, achieving certification. These educational experiences have equipped him with a solid foundation in IT and cloud security principles.
Technical Skills and Specializations
With over 20 years of experience, Andrew Lane specializes in monitoring and observability. He utilizes a variety of tools, including CloudWatch, Prometheus, Datadog, New Relic, Grafana, Zabbix, and Opsgenie. His focus includes reducing impactful incidents to near-zero through ITIL processes such as Incident, Problem, and Configuration Management, as well as rigorous Root Cause Analysis.