--- title: Stories | Michael Hoole description: Michael is our Principal Cloud Architect with nearly a decade at The Instillery. Having led our nationwide migration team and managed our cloud practice, Michael now pours his passion for customer outcomes into consulting and architecture. With an impressive track record delivering critical projects for New Zealand's largest organisations, Michael brings sharp, truth-telling expertise to cloud architecture, landing zone design, and multi-cloud discovery. 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[Read More](https://blog.theinstillery.com/stories/your-sovereignty-excuse-is-gone-4-hybrid-aws-patterns-to-use-now) #### More articles from Michael Hoole ##### [![](https://blog.theinstillery.com/hubfs/Blog%20Images/Get-Prepared-for-NZ-Public-Cloud-Featured-Image.webp) 15 Mar 2023 Blog, Cloud, AWS Ready for AWS Public Cloud in New Zealand? 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