Frédéric Klein

Associate Principal Account Solutions Architect

Red Hat • Paris, France

Oct 2025 - Present

Strategic technical advisor for large enterprise accounts, with a strong focus on AI infrastructure and sovereign platforms.

• Lead architect for BNP Paribas LLM-as-a-Service & GPU-as-a-Service platforms
• Design and governance of OpenShift / OpenShift AI platforms in regulated environments
• Alignment between executive strategy, engineering teams, and product roadmaps

Impact & scale: 20,000+ internal users across 25+ entities • 250 on-prem GPUs (H100/H200) operated as GPUaaS • Enterprise production rollout at scale

Senior Account Solutions Architect

Red Hat • Paris, France

Jan 2024 - Oct 2025

Global technical lead for BNP Paribas, covering AI, hybrid cloud, security, and automation.

• AI Infrastructure: LLM-as-a-Service on OpenShift AI (vLLM, GPU Grid)
• Hybrid Cloud: resilient architectures across on-prem and multi-cloud
• Security: software supply chain, artifact signing, confidential containers
• Automation: Ansible Automation Platform at enterprise scale

Key results: Enabled sovereign, compliant GenAI adoption in banking • Designed and operated automation platforms managing 100,000+ nodes via Ansible Automation Platform • Recognized for advanced Kubernetes architecture expertise

Lead Solution Engineer – Strategic Accounts

VMware Tanzu • Paris, France

Jul 2022 - Jan 2024

Technical lead for strategic Kubernetes and cloud-native engagements.

• Led complex pre-sales and architecture design in multi-cloud environments
• Delivered a DevSecOps platform hosting mission-critical connectivity services for Nordnet

Outcome: Improved resilience, scalability, and operational stability

Cloud Program Manager

Orange • Paris, France

Aug 2021 - Jul 2022

Led "Go Transform", Orange France's cloud, data, and AI acceleration program.

• Managed Google Cloud strategic partnership
• Covered cloud infrastructure, security, data, analytics, and engineering practices

Cloud Department Manager

Orange • Paris, France

Mar 2019 - Feb 2021

Head of Cloud department delivering and operating container platforms for critical services.

• Managed 25 internal experts (Build & Run)
• Product Owner for cloud operability
• Migrated 80+ legacy applications to cloud-native platforms

KPIs: Availability up to 99.9999% • Daily production releases at scale • Reduced time-to-market for digital services