# Marco Serritella > Principal System, Cloud & AI Architect — Est. 2001 Marco Serritella is an independent technology consultant and architect based in Italy, specializing in cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, and AI integration. He has been working in the field since 2001 and offers high-impact, senior-level technical engagements for companies of all sizes. ## Services - [Architectural Audit](https://serritella.cloud/): Comprehensive analysis of your cloud topology. Identifies bottlenecks, secures endpoints, and eliminates technical debt with a zero-downtime roadmap. Delivered within 24h of initial contact. - [911 Incident Response](https://serritella.cloud/): Emergency on-call triage for critical downtime, corrupted databases, or compromised systems. Surgical remediation to restore production environments with minimal data loss. - [Fractional CTO](https://serritella.cloud/): Strategic technical leadership for scale-ups and SMEs. Covers engineering team management, resilient architecture design, and technology-to-business alignment. ## Contact - Email: marco@serritella.cloud - Website: https://serritella.cloud/ ## Technical Expertise Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure, Cloudflare, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Terraform, Traefik Backend: Rust, Node.js, Python, PostgreSQL AI & Automation: LLM integration, AI workflow automation, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) Security: Zero-trust networking, DMARC/SPF/DKIM, WAF configuration, incident response DevOps: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps ## About Marco operates through W.E.S.T. (Westart), an Italian technology consultancy. He is available for both short-term emergency engagements and long-term strategic partnerships. His work spans from bare-metal server migrations to fully containerized cloud-native architectures. ## Optional Full site: https://serritella.cloud/ Sitemap: https://serritella.cloud/sitemap-index.xml