# CloudKite

> CloudKite (operated by Trac Heavy Industries LLC, headquartered in Austin, Texas) is a cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, and AI agent platform engineering consultancy. As a Google Cloud Partner, AWS Select Tier Services Partner, and Microsoft Azure Partner holding 24 cloud and Kubernetes credentials (21 technical certifications, 2 cloud sales accreditations, and 1 Google Developer Expert) across 7 global locations, CloudKite designs, builds, and operates production platforms on GKE, EKS, AKS, ECS, and Cloud Run with Terraform, Argo CD GitOps, OpenTelemetry, and SOC 2 compliance controls—inside client-owned cloud accounts with zero proprietary lock-in.

## Platform & Engineering Services
- [CloudKite Overview](https://cloudkite.io/index.md): Cloud partnerships (Google Cloud Partner, AWS Select Tier Services Partner, Microsoft Azure Partner), architecture/platform/operations services, 4-step engineering process, and engagement model.
- [Technology & Open Source](https://cloudkite.io/technology.md): IaaS foundations on Google Cloud (GKE), AWS (EKS), Microsoft Azure (AKS), and Cloudflare; CNCF stack (Kubernetes, Argo CD, Terraform, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry); MIT-licensed open-source repositories; AI agent infrastructure; and zero-lock-in client ownership.
- [Security & SOC 2 Compliance](https://cloudkite.io/security-compliance.md): Identity and access management (Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, Okta, Tailscale), secret managers, OWASP LLM06:2025 agent execution boundaries, and SOC 2 examination controls and evidence.

## Case Studies & Client Results
- [Miami Marlins Case Study](https://cloudkite.io/marlins-case-study.md): How CloudKite and the Miami Marlins migrated from on-premises servers to Google Cloud and GKE for the 2025 MLB season—deploying 50+ ML models in production, cutting routine maintenance time by 87%, and reducing engineer onboarding to 30 minutes or less.
- [Our Work & Industry Coverage](https://cloudkite.io/case-studies.md): Field reports and active infrastructure engagements across event and sports ticketing, AI-driven SaaS, space and satellite software, consumer health platforms, video hosting and streaming, sports analytics, and retirement and financial services.

## Team, Credentials & Contact
- [Team & Credentials](https://cloudkite.io/team.md): Distributed engineering team across 7 locations in 4 countries (Austin, TX headquarters; Portland, Maine; Springfield, VT; Monterrey, Mexico; Lagos, Nigeria; Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya) holding 24 credentials across Google Cloud, AWS, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), Terraform, and Microsoft Azure.
- [Contact CloudKite](https://cloudkite.io/contact.md): Direct engineering inquiries via gofast@cloudkite.io or the contact form at https://cloudkite.io/contact/.
- [Privacy Policy](https://cloudkite.io/privacy.md): Website data handling, service providers (Cloudflare, Turnstile, Google Analytics, Google Fonts), retention, and privacy requests.