Cloud Architecture · AI Implementation

Giving shape to
your sky.

Cloud architecture and AI implementation — designed, built, and led by a senior architect with 30+ years of experience. Reduce costs, accelerate migrations, and put AI into production with confidence.

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30+
Years in Tech
3
Cloud Platforms
9x
AWS Certs Earned
Fractional
Cloud & AI Leadership
AWSGCPAzure
Services

Two pillars. Senior-led delivery.

Enterprise-grade cloud and AI expertise with direct access to the architect leading your engagement. Clear communication, informed decisions, real results.

Cloud Architecture & Optimization

Migrate faster, spend less, and build infrastructure that scales with your business. Strategy and execution across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

  • Migration roadmaps that reduce risk and hit timelines
  • Cloud cost audits with actionable savings targets
  • Disaster recovery that holds up when it matters
  • Infrastructure as Code for repeatable, auditable environments
  • Network architecture designed for security and performance

AI Implementation

Move AI from proof-of-concept to production. Infrastructure-first approach that ensures reliability, security, and cost control from day one.

  • Agentic AI systems connected to real operations data
  • AI orchestration with Bedrock (Claude), OpenAI, and custom model integrations
  • Serverless AI pipelines using event-driven cloud services
  • MCP server design and API gateway architecture
  • Prompt engineering and caching strategies for 10x cost reduction
  • Workflow automation that reduces manual overhead
  • Clear assessments of where AI adds the most value for your team
Our Approach

Where enterprise cloud
meets AI in production.

Skyform brings cloud architecture and AI expertise together, applying enterprise design principles to AI workloads from day one.

Deterministic Over Agent-Based

AI handles reasoning and decisions. Infrastructure handles orchestration and logic. Clear separation that keeps systems predictable, testable, and cost-controlled.

Async by Default

AI workloads need flexibility. Step Functions, event-driven triggers, and polling patterns handle long-running operations like model inference and data processing while keeping compute costs efficient.

Least-Privilege Security

Every function scoped to specific tables, parameter paths, and models. Secrets in SSM Parameter Store, encrypted storage, and IAM boundaries that treat AI services like any other enterprise workload.

Observable AI Systems

CloudWatch alarms, structured logging, Slack notifications, and operational dashboards. Full visibility into every AI workflow so your team can respond to issues at any hour.

Darin Deters
About

Meet Darin Deters

30+ years building, migrating, and optimizing infrastructure. From the early days of the internet through enterprise networks to modern cloud and AI systems across AWS, GCP, and Azure.

Skyform is how that experience shows up for clients. Fractional cloud architecture and AI leadership for teams that need senior expertise without the overhead of a full consulting engagement. The person on the proposal is the person in the terminal. For larger initiatives, Skyform brings in vetted specialists to scale delivery while keeping senior oversight and accountability in place.

Hands-on with AI since the public release of ChatGPT in late 2022. Actively building, testing, and validating solutions across OpenAI (ChatGPT, Codex), Anthropic (Claude Chat, Cowork, Code), and Google (Gemini, AI Studio). In 2025 alone: 13.6K+ messages, 569 chats, and ranked in the top 1% of ChatGPT users globally. Actively using these tools daily to build, test, and ship real work alongside clients.

9x AWS Certifications Earned

Solutions Architect - Professional
DevOps Engineer - Professional
Security - Specialty
Advanced Networking - Specialty
Big Data - Specialty
Solutions Architect - Associate
Developer - Associate
SysOps Administrator - Associate
Cloud Practitioner
How We Work

Why Skyform

Enterprise-grade expertise with an independent delivery model.

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Senior-Led, Always

Direct access to the architect leading your engagement. Clear ownership, informed decisions, and the ability to scale with vetted specialists when the work demands it.

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Infrastructure First

Cloud and AI solutions built on solid foundations. Skyform starts from the systems layer, because reliable architecture is what makes everything above it work.

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Vendor Neutral

Certified across AWS, GCP, and Azure. Recommendations are based entirely on what fits your environment and goals, with your best outcome as the only priority.

What Clients Say

Trusted by teams that
measure results.

“

More than just a consultant. Exceptional leadership and technical expertise, playing an instrumental role in managing our cloud migrations. A true partner.

VP of Technology
National Retailer
“

Super curious and proactive, always thinking about things that will help us.

Director of Cloud Engineering
Fortune 500 Retailer
“

Outstanding to work with and brings a very high skill level. Always finding creative approaches to complex challenges.

Executive Stakeholder
Telecommunications
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An absolute expert when it comes to AWS. Established his value early and often to the point where leadership trusted him to guide key strategic decisions.

Engagement Lead
Financial Services Migration
“

Does not just provide industry solutions. He seeks to understand our environment and tailors everything to what actually works for us.

Director of IT
Fortune 500 Retailer
“

Dependable and always willing to do whatever it takes to solve an issue.

Cloud Platform Lead
National Retailer
Trusted across industries
Healthcare, financial services, SaaS, manufacturing, and retail
Global delivery
Clients across North America, Southeast Asia, and EMEA
Production track record
Migrations, cost optimizations, and AI implementations in production environments
Work

What engagements
look like.

Representative examples of the types of engagements Skyform delivers. Every project starts with understanding your specific challenge, then building the right path forward.

Cloud Migration

Enterprise Cloud Migration for National Retailer

Led the architecture and execution of a multi-phase cloud migration across hundreds of workloads. Defined the migration roadmap, established landing zones, and trained over 300 IT stakeholders on cloud adoption practices.

Outcome: Hundreds of workloads migrated, 300+ stakeholders trained, on-prem retired on schedule with zero unplanned downtime.
AI Implementation

Production AI Pipeline on Serverless AWS

Designed and built a fully automated AI processing pipeline using Lambda, Step Functions, DynamoDB, and Bedrock. Event-driven architecture orchestrates multi-step workflows across integrations with real-time monitoring and alerting.

Outcome: Fully operational at under $35/month with zero manual intervention required.
Cost Optimization

Cloud Cost Reduction for Financial Services

Conducted a comprehensive cloud cost audit across a multi-account AWS environment. Identified underutilized resources, rightsized compute, and restructured reserved capacity to align with actual usage patterns.

Outcome: 30%+ reduction in monthly cloud spend, identified and implemented within 60 days.
Cloud + AI

AI-Ready Infrastructure Assessment

Evaluated an enterprise environment for AI readiness across networking, security, compute, and data layers. Delivered a prioritized roadmap for enabling production AI workloads while maintaining compliance requirements.

Outcome: Assessment to first production AI workload in under 90 days.
Disaster Recovery

Multi-Region DR Architecture

Designed and implemented a disaster recovery strategy across AWS regions for a SaaS platform. Automated failover testing, established RPO/RTO targets, and documented runbooks for the operations team.

Outcome: Sub-15-minute recovery validated quarterly, exceeding target thresholds.
AI Strategy

AI Readiness and Tool Evaluation

Helped a mid-market team evaluate AI platforms (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google) against their specific use cases. Built proof-of-concept implementations and delivered clear recommendations with a prioritized roadmap for high-impact AI adoption.

Outcome: Two high-impact use cases in production within 8 weeks, three deprioritized with clear reasoning.
Clients

Built for teams that are
ready to move forward.

01

Growing beyond the current team

Mid-market companies that need senior infrastructure expertise on demand, without the overhead of a full consulting engagement.

02

Looking for direct accountability

Organizations that value working directly with senior leadership, with clear ownership and consistent delivery from kickoff to production.

03

Need an independent perspective

Technical leaders seeking vendor-neutral guidance on cloud strategy, cost optimization, and architecture decisions.

04

Taking AI from concept to production

Teams with AI ambitions that need the infrastructure foundation to make it real, reliable, and cost-effective.

Insights

Cloud and AI perspectives from the field

Practical takes on cloud architecture, AI implementation, and the decisions that matter in production. Published on Substack.

Read on Substack

Let's shape
what's next.

Start with a conversation. A 30-minute call to understand your goals and where Skyform can help.

Book a Call hello@skyform.io