Wayne Kirk Schmidt Principal Technologist · Boston · Tokyo · Global

About Me

Three disciplines.
One integrated practice.

Most practitioners specialize in one area. I operate at the intersection of all three because the hardest problems live in the gaps between them.

Security & Resilience
Zero-trust architecture, ML-driven threat detection, and compliance automation across Tier-0 platforms. Creator of Production Perimeter, acquired by Illumio.
ML / AI Systems
Production ML pipelines, adaptive reasoning systems, and edge-deployable AI. Patent holder in distributed AI orchestration. MORPHOS/9STACK, private and adaptive.
DevOps & Platform Engineering
Orchestration, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability at scale. Built and operated 60,000+ host fleets. Systems that run themselves.

How I Think

C.O.D.E.©

The best systems don't just run: they learn. Every platform I build is grounded in this principle.

C
Collect
Gather the right data from the right sources. Signal over noise, from day one.
O
Organize
Structure data for clarity. The right shape makes decisions possible.
D
Decide
Act with confidence on what the data shows. No guessing. No hesitation.
E
Evolve
Learn continuously. The system that ran yesterday should be smarter today.

Documents

This is me.

Full CV, biography, and technical profile available for download.