Edward Thornton | ET Portfolio

About Me

I’m Edward “E.T.” Thornton, a Solutions Architect and creative technologist specializing in cloud architecture, automation, and scalable systems across AWS and Google Cloud (GCP). Featured on FOX News and DELUX Magazine, I design and deliver secure, high-performance solutions using Terraform, Kubernetes, and modern DevOps practices. I help teams move faster, reduce complexity, and build systems that scale reliably in production.

Featured Projects

My GitHub portfolio showcases real-world cloud, DevOps, and software engineering projects built with technologies such as AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, Python, and Google Cloud. These projects demonstrate scalable architecture, automation, CI/CD workflows, and production-focused engineering practices beyond tutorial-level development.

Energy Transmission Project

This project showcases a .NET Energy Transmission web app deployed on OpenShift and AWS EKS with Jenkins, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana, and Oracle DB. It highlights CI CD pipelines, Kubernetes reliability patterns, cloud monitoring and analytics, plus interview ready storytelling for real-world utility and grid workloads.//

Terraform Github Runner Project

This project showcases Infrastructure as Code and DevOps automation on Amazon EKS using Terraform. It highlights scalable cloud provisioning, Kubernetes orchestration, and modern CI/CD practices // Technologies Used: Terraform, AWS EKS, Kubernetes, Docker & GitHub Actions //

Enterprise Connect Project

This project I created demonstrates building a fully functional Amazon Connect contact center integrated with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, and S3. It includes IVR routing with DTMF logic, real-time data logging, and automated performance metrics. // Technologies Used: Amazon Connect, AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, IAM //

Products Shipped 🚀

My Real-world applications successfully launched to market with over 100,000+ active users across mobile, web, and voice platforms. These are not tutorial projects or isolated demos, but real products built independently from the ground up to help real people solve real-world problems through scalable cloud systems, automation, communication tools, and user-focused technology experiences.

Rhyming Words

Rhyming Words was developed to be user-friendly and fun, helping users quickly discover words that rhyme through a voice interface. It showcases natural language processing used creatively for kids, students, and songwriters. Helps with spontaneity and speech development // Technologies Used: Python & APL (Alexa Presentation Language)

Bring Dat Mono back Film

Bring Dat Mono Back was a documentary project I produced independently, showcasing leadership, production planning, interview coordination, & end-to-end execution concept to release. The film won Best Documentary at STL Film Showcase, & is distributed on AppleTV // Technologies Used: Digital Media Production, Content Strategy, AppleTV Distribution

Loop Social App

Loop Social was developed to connect communities through real-time alerts, messaging, and social engagement tools. It showcases scalable mobile development and cloud-backed communication features designed for safety, awareness, and community interaction // Technologies Used: Flutter, Firebase, AWS Lambda & Google APIs

Infinity & Beyond 🚀

I am an industry-certified Solutions Architect and technology educator with experience speaking publicly about software development, cloud engineering, and innovation. Founder of Black Tech STL, an initiative that helped generate over $250,000 in scholarships and opportunities for students in the St. Louis community while promoting diversity in technology careers.

Strange Loop Conference; Ted Talk

Public speaking experience covering Flutter, cross-platform development, serverless tools, and how modern application development can support real-world urban innovation.

Explore My Certifications & Skills

Certifications and hands-on expertise across AWS, GCP, Linux, cloud architecture, DevOps, automation, Python, infrastructure engineering, and scalable application development.

Black Tech STL

Community initiative focused on increasing diversity in technology through mentorship, scholarships, opportunities, and technical education throughout St. Louis.

Book Publications

Im a Best-selling author of multiple technology books focused on cloud computing, programming, and modern software development. My books have helped educate hundreds of thousands of students, developers, and aspiring engineers worldwide through beginner-friendly, real-world technical learning.

Go For Beginners

My first best-seller, written to share my love for Go programming — especially its power in cloud environments.

Flutter For Beginners

My debut book, born from my passion for building cross-platform apps with Flutter.

Voice Applications for Beginners

Inspired by my first Alexa app, showing how I used Alexa’s language and Python to create smart voice experiences.

Coding Projects in Flutter

A hands-on guide packed with real Flutter projects to teach mobile development through doing.

Python For Beginners

I wanted to create a Python book simple enough for kids to start coding — while still powerful for beginners of any age.

News Reports (UFO Sightings👽)

Ive been Featured by multiple news and media outlets for innovation, entrepreneurship, and technology leadership. These interviews highlighted my ability to represent both myself and my company professionally while bringing attention to my technical expertise, creative projects, and impact within the tech community.

Fox News

ST. LOUIS – Edward Thornton launched the Loop app to empower communities to report and monitor events in real time, helping fight crime and improve public safety awareness.

Delux Magazine

Meet Edward Thornton — the Street Genius founder working to increase Black tech talent in St. Louis. His journey blends curiosity, community, and coding innovation.

The Daily Mix

Find out what inspired the award-winning documentary “Bring Dat Mono Back” when Edward Thornton joins Angella Sharpe on TheDailyMix. The film has been recognized for its powerful storytelling, cultural impact, resilience, and the spirit that drives change in the community.

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