Author

Andrew Katsikas

Software Engineer

Pelotech / Engineering

About Andrew Katsikas

Andrew Katsikas is a Software Engineer at Pelotech with over 15 years of experience spanning software quality engineering, backend development, and cloud infrastructure. Before joining Pelotech, he spent nearly seven years at Vimeo, where he rose to Principal Software Development Engineer in Test and led projects including a test infrastructure migration to self-scaling Kubernetes workers that cut costs by $60k annually and improved test execution speed by 4x. He holds a Go Engineer certification from Ardan Labs, a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and brings hands-on experience with Go, Python, Terraform, and Kubernetes. Andrew is also an active open-source contributor and indie game developer, with two titles published on Steam. He lives in Massachusetts with his family.

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FAQs

Frequently Asked Questions

What types of infrastructure does Pelotech modernize?  

Cloud modernization spans four core areas: infrastructure modernization, application modernization, data platform modernization, and security and compliance modernization. Pelotech delivers across all four, from Kubernetes-native architecture redesign and application refactoring to deployment automation, compliance hardening, and database migration to modern platforms.

How long does a typical cloud modernization engagement take? 

Months, not years. STEM Learning's full on-prem to cloud-native migration was completed in three months. Timelines depend on scope, but senior engineers working at the architecture level move faster than large teams layered with project management.


Do your engineers work alongside our team or deliver independently?

We use an embedded model, which means your engineers participate from day one. Knowledge transfer is built into the engagement, not bolted on at the end.


How is Pelotech different from a traditional consulting firm?

Traditional consulting firms produce assessments, while Pelotech engineers build. There are no lengthy discovery phases that end with a document. Pelotech's team writes the Terraform, configures the clusters, deploys to production, and works alongside your engineers throughout. The deliverable is working, production-grade infrastructure, not a set of recommendations.

What does a cloud modernization assessment involve?

A focused conversation about your current architecture, where the biggest pain points are, and where modernization will have the most measurable impact. Pelotech scopes the engagement based on what will move the needle fastest, not what generates the largest statement of work.


Can Pelotech help if we've already started modernizing but stalled?

Yes. Our most common starting points include half-migrated architectures, an internal team that's stretched too thin to finish, or a previous vendor's work that didn't hold up. Pelotech picks up stalled modernization efforts, assesses what's salvageable, and gets the project to completion.