Northwest Arkansas & Hybrid · Senior Systems & Infrastructure Leadership

Architecting resilient core infrastructure—from sovereign H100 AI to zero-downtime datacenters.

Stephen G. Russo is a Senior Systems Engineer and Infrastructure Leader with over twenty years of operational command across $1T+ institutional finance and public-sector government environments—modernizing VMware vSphere clusters, Dell PowerStore SANs, zero-trust PKI, cyber-resilient backups, and on-premises enterprise AI.

01 // ARCHITECTURE Sovereign AI Infrastructure

Sovereign On-Premises Enterprise AI Platform

Designed, deployed, and integrated a privately hosted, multi-GPU artificial intelligence platform for Washington County Government—delivering frontier 70B-parameter reasoning and multimodal generation with zero external data egress.

Interactive System Topology — Select a layer to inspect AUTO-TELEMETRY · HOVER TO HOLD
Compute Backbone NVIDIA H100 Multi-GPU Cluster
Language & Vision Llama 3.3 70B (vLLM) + FLUX / ComfyUI
Service Fabric FastAPI · Redis · Docker · Open WebUI
Applied Integrations RAG · Cisco CUCM Voice PoC · ArcGIS AI
02 // CASE DOSSIERS Production Deliveries

Selected Infrastructure & Modernization Projects

Representative datacenter refreshes, storage migrations, zero-trust security rollouts, and operational engineering initiatives executed with minimal disruption.

03 // SPECIFICATION Technical Matrix

Enterprise Infrastructure Capabilities

Production-hardened administration and systems architecture spanning compute, storage, cryptographic identity, network fabrics, and sovereign AI.

04 // CHRONOLOGY 2004 — Present

Professional Experience & Leadership Record

Over two decades supporting executive leadership, elected officials, institutional trading desks, and multi-campus municipal operations.

Credentials & Academic Foundation

CompTIA A+ Certified CE

Continuing Education Credential · Active Certification (2023)

A.S. in Computer Science

Gibbs College, School of Technology (Norwalk, CT) · 3.9 GPA · Dean’s List Award

Continuing Engineering Studies

University of Bridgeport (CS & Ethics) · New Horizons (Windows Server & Active Directory)

05 // DISPATCH Direct Contact

Initiate a Conversation

Available for Senior Systems Engineer, Infrastructure Architect, and IT Infrastructure Leadership discussions in Northwest Arkansas or hybrid/remote capacities.

Electronic Mail stephen@sgrusso.com
Direct Voice / SMS (479) 957-0455
Operating Base Northwest Arkansas (Fayetteville / Prairie Grove, AR)

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