Chris Turner
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Chris Turner

Sr. Mgr, Cognitive AI Engineering · Ex-AWS AI/ML Solutions Architect

I architect autonomous, agentic AI for cybersecurity, threat detection, and open-source intelligence (OSINT), full stack, from the pipelines to the models to the interface people actually use. Ex-AWS AI/ML Solutions Architect. I work in AWS GovCloud. Former Houston Astros draft pick.

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200+ Client Opportunities
Ex-AWS AI/ML Solutions Architect
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name:     "Chris Turner"
role:     "Full-Stack AI & Cybersecurity Solutions Architect"
stack:    ["Generative AI / LLMs", "Amazon OpenSearch", "Splunk / SIEM"]
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Track record.

I’m a former professional athlete with the Houston Astros who moved into technology through cybersecurity and engineering. I built Identity & Access Management at Centene (SailPoint), led cyber investigations at Citibank, and ran cyberfusion programs at Booz Allen Hamilton for clients including Yahoo, DHS, and Toyota. That path led to cloud, data, and AI/ML architecture, including enterprise Generative AI solutions.

Previously an AI/ML Solutions Architect Specialist at AWS, I worked across Generative AI, AI search, and analytics: batch and streaming data with Apache Spark, Amazon EMR, Apache Kafka (Amazon MSK), Amazon Kinesis, and Amazon Managed Service for Apache Flink. I was a subject matter expert (SME) for Amazon OpenSearch Service and Splunk, and deployed models with Amazon SageMaker, Hugging Face, and Amazon Bedrock, from traditional ML to large language models (LLMs) and retrieval-augmented architectures.

I supported 200+ sales opportunities with go-to-market (GTM) teams (including OpenSearch), joint solutions with IBM’s Intelligent Automation Platform and PwC’s Cyberfusion Center for Security Analytics, and enablement across financial services, telecom, technology, healthcare, and the public sector.

What I focus on now

  • Autonomous, agentic AI for threat detection, open-source intelligence (OSINT), and cyber threat intelligence
  • Search-first analytics on Amazon OpenSearch: neural, semantic, and hybrid search with retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
  • AI-assisted security operations center (SOC) modernization: detection engineering, fusion-center patterns, and automation
  • Splunk to OpenSearch migrations and Piped Processing Language (PPL) standardization

If that maps to what you’re building, see what I build.

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What I
build.

# AI/ML & Cyber

# AWS Projects

AWS OpenSearch SME

Splunk to OpenSearch migrations, Piped Processing Language (PPL) standardization, and partner enablement.

AWS Workshop Studio

Hands-on Workshops, Immersion Days, and AWS re:Invent technical sessions in live cloud environments.

# Clients

Verizon United Airlines Stripe Jamf Experian Yahoo Cisco Chase Adobe Paxos Redpanda Securonix SiriusXM Expedia Capital One Citibank American Express Peloton PwC Deloitte Zscaler Splunk Datadog