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Principal Solutions Architect @ AHEAD. Professionally, I am cloudin' around town. Personally, I am a lover of tech, reading, music, concerts, food, & vinyl.
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AHEAD
- Chicago, IL
- shankuehn.io
- @shankuehn
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My name is Shannon Eldridge-Kuehn (Kuehn is pronounced Keen). I like to think of myself as an “accidental technologist” with roots in public speaking and writing. I studied Communication Studies with an English minor at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln (Go Big Red!) and spent much of my early life in front of audiences, sharpening my skills through competitive high school speech tournaments. Speaking to crowds has always come naturally, but what might surprise people is how I ended up in technology.
My technical journey did not begin in a server room. It started behind a set of turntables. As a DJ, I needed to record demos for club promoters, and that curiosity about sound equipment hooking into computers grew into a talent for troubleshooting. That tinkering spirit opened doors into help desk roles, then Windows systems administration, VMware, Exchange, and eventually Office 365, Exchange Online, and Azure. Along the way, I worked with mentors and colleagues who helped me build depth in infrastructure and expand my expertise.
Over time, I built a career that blended communication with technical skill. I grew from those early IT roles into cloud consulting at 10th Magnitude, where my passion for the cloud fully took root. From there, I moved to Microsoft and held 3 roles (learned 5 roles in total) before stepping into my current role as a Principal Solutions Architect at AHEAD. Today, I help clients harness the power of cloud platforms, modern infrastructure, and automation. My background in communication and storytelling allows me to translate complex technical concepts into clear strategies that drive real outcomes.
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replicaDcs
replicaDcs PublicExample code for building out replica domain controllers in Azure
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UpdateManagement
UpdateManagement PublicExample code for building out Azure Update Management
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