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Trent Carter

Indialantic, FL

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30+ years architecting mission-critical systems across aerospace, cloud, and AI domains. Lead Cloud Architect and AI Integration Lead at L3Harris Technologies. Built Verdict — a 5-tier hierarchical multi-agent orchestration platform integrating 14+ LLM providers. Two-time VP of Engineering with multi-million dollar P&L ownership. Physics/Mathematics education.

Core Competencies

Cloud Architecture

AWS GovCloudVPCTransit GatewayPrivateLinkCloudFormationS3EC2

Infrastructure as Code

AnsibleTerraformPython 3.11CI/CD

AI & Machine Learning

LLM OrchestrationAgentic WorkflowsRAGMulti-Agent Systems14+ LLM Providers

Security & Compliance

STIGCIS BenchmarksZero-TrustFedRAMPLDAP/Kerberos

Systems Engineering

RHEL 8/9Podman/DockerHA/DRDO-178CARINC 429/717

Leadership

Team BuildingBudget Mgmt ($1M-$10M+)VP EngineeringCustomer Strategy

Professional Experience

L3Harris Technologies

Melbourne, FL
Lead Cloud Architect & AI Integration LeadJan 2022 – Present
  • -Architected complete Ground-to-Cloud (G2C) migration of satellite ground systems to AWS GovCloud
  • -Designed NOVA architecture for HA LEO constellation management with zero downtime
  • -Designed multi-VPC schema: Transit Gateway routing, PrivateLink for MDP endpoints
  • -Built Agentic AI framework automating L1-L4 requirements traceability — 5X productivity gain
  • -Primary technical interface for Naval Research Lab (NRL)
  • -Led F-35 SOF/Qual Integration System as SW Integration & Test Engineering Lead

Thales Avionics

Melbourne, FL
Project Design Authority / Systems Architect2019 – 2020
  • -Led Iridium Certus end-to-end system architecture, DO-178C certification
Engineering Manager / IVV Manager2016 – 2019
  • -Managed IFE/SATCOM programs, ARINC 429/717 integration

iBox Printers

Melbourne, FL
VP of Engineering2014 – 2016
  • -$1M R&D budget, led cross-functional EE/ME/ChemE teams
  • -Product development from concept to manufacturing

BahnTech

Melbourne, FL
VP of Engineering2009 – 2014
  • -48+ iPhone/mobile apps, millions of users
  • -Multi-million dollar budget management
  • -Built and scaled engineering organization

Sequans Communications

Systems Engineer2006 – 2009
  • -WiMAX semiconductor solutions

Conexant / Harris Semiconductor

Systems Engineer1996 – 2006
  • -802.11 wireless, semiconductor design and integration (10 years)

NCR / AT&T

Systems EngineerEarly Career
  • -Systems management, early career foundation

Independent Projects

Verdict

5-tier hierarchical multi-agent orchestration platform with 14+ LLM providers (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Mistral, Cohere, xAI, Meta). Implements adversarial validation, consensus mechanisms, and autonomous task decomposition.

Latent Neurolese

Novel semantic embedding architecture exploring high-dimensional vector spaces, cross-dimensional semantic interference analysis, and semantic GPS coordinate encoding for AI reasoning.

48+ Published iPhone Apps

Multi-category mobile applications reaching millions of users across productivity, utilities, and entertainment.

Education

University of South Carolina
Physics / Mathematics

Key Differentiators

  1. 1.Rare combination of hands-on cloud architecture + AI/LLM expertise + aerospace domain knowledge
  2. 2.Actually migrated satellite ground systems to AWS GovCloud — not just designed, but executed with zero downtime
  3. 3.Built a production multi-agent AI orchestration platform from scratch (Verdict) — deep understanding of LLM capabilities and limitations
  4. 4.Two-time VP of Engineering — can lead teams, manage budgets, and interface with executives while still writing code
  5. 5.30+ years of compounding technical depth across semiconductors, wireless, mobile, aerospace, cloud, and AI