Joey Wilkes

Certifications

Credentials and courses across cloud, AI, FinOps, and sustainability.

Certifications and courses completed
11
Google Skills badges
17
LinkedIn Learning certificates
19
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Earned credentials

Cloud, AI, FinOps, and sustainability credentials with issuer verification and full syllabus pages.

  1. Professional Machine Learning Engineer badge from Google Cloud

    Google Cloud · Professional certification

    Professional Machine Learning Engineer

    Completed:

    • Machine learning
    • Google Cloud
  2. AWS Certified AI Practitioner badge from Amazon Web Services

    Amazon Web Services · Foundational certification

    AWS Certified AI Practitioner

    Completed:

    • Artificial intelligence
    • AWS
  3. FinOps Certified Engineer badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Certification

    FinOps Certified Engineer

    Completed:

    • Cloud engineering
    • FinOps
  4. FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Certification

    FinOps Certified FOCUS Analyst

    Completed:

    • Cost & usage data
    • FOCUS
  5. Azure Fundamentals badge from Microsoft

    Microsoft · Foundational certification

    Azure Fundamentals

    Completed:

    • Cloud computing
    • Azure
  6. Cloud GreenOps Philosopher badge from Greenpixie

    Greenpixie · Certification

    Cloud GreenOps Philosopher

    Completed:

    • Cloud sustainability
    • GreenOps
  7. Introduction to agent skills badge from Anthropic Education

    Anthropic Education · Course completion

    Introduction to agent skills

    Completed:

    • AI agents
    • Agent skills
  8. Introduction to FOCUS badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Course completion

    Introduction to FOCUS

    Completed:

    • Billing data
    • FOCUS
  9. FinOps Certified Practitioner badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Certification

    FinOps Certified Practitioner

    Completed:

    • Cloud financial management
    • FinOps
  10. FinOps for Containers badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Training

    FinOps for Containers

    Completed:

    • Containers
    • Cloud cost
  11. AI Value: Introduction badge from FinOps Foundation

    FinOps Foundation · Course completion

    AI Value: Introduction

    Completed

    • FinOps for AI
    • AI cost management

In progress

The FinOps Foundation AI Value pathway and Greenpixie GreenOps for AI.

  1. AI Value (FinOps for AI)FinOps Foundation · Certification pathwayIn progress
  2. AI Value: Level 1FinOps Foundation · Training courseIn progress
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  5. AI Value: Certification courseFinOps Foundation · Certification course & examUp next
  6. GreenOps for AIGreenpixie · Training courseIn progress

Google Skills badges

17 completion badges across machine learning, MLOps, generative AI, and responsible AI.

Google Skills profile
  • Create Generative AI Apps on Google Cloud completion badge

    Create Generative AI Apps on Google Cloud

    Earned

    Course context

    Covers prompt design and retrieval augmented generation for production oriented LLM applications, including building an LLM and RAG chat app.

  • ML Pipelines on Google Cloud completion badge

    ML Pipelines on Google Cloud

    Earned

    Course context

    Introduces TFX pipeline components and orchestration, then covers repeatable pipelines, continuous training, Cloud Composer, and MLflow.

  • Responsible AI for Developers: Privacy & Safety completion badge

    Responsible AI for Developers: Privacy & Safety

    Earned

    Course context

    Explains practical ways to apply privacy and safety practices with Google Cloud products and open source tools.

  • Responsible AI for Developers: Fairness & Bias completion badge

    Responsible AI for Developers: Fairness & Bias

    Earned

    Course context

    Covers recognizing and mitigating bias, then applying responsible AI practices with Google Cloud and open source tools.

  • Build a Certification Study Guide: PMLE completion badge

    Build a Certification Study Guide: PMLE

    Earned

    Course context

    Shows how to create a Gemini Notebook study guide and use it to practice for the Professional Machine Learning Engineer certification.

  • Responsible AI for Developers: Interpretability & Transparency completion badge

    Responsible AI for Developers: Interpretability & Transparency

    Earned

    Course context

    Explains why transparency matters to developers and engineers and presents practical ways to improve interpretability in data and models.

  • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) with Agent Platform: Model Evaluation completion badge

    Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) with Agent Platform: Model Evaluation

    Earned

    Course context

    Covers evaluation measures and methods for generative and predictive models, using Agent Platform for model selection, optimization, and ongoing monitoring.

  • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) for Generative AI completion badge

    Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) for Generative AI

    Earned

    Course context

    Describes operational challenges for generative AI deployments and how Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform can streamline MLOps work.

  • Attention Mechanism completion badge

    Attention Mechanism

    Earned

    Course context

    Introduces how attention focuses neural networks on relevant input and how it supports translation, summarization, and question answering.

  • Enterprise Search on Generative AI App Builder completion badge

    Enterprise Search on Generative AI App Builder

    Earned

    Course context

    Explains how organizations can make scattered internal documents and broad consumer-facing catalogs easier to search. Learners use Generative AI App Builder to add generative search to their applications.

  • Introduction to Vertex Forecasting and Time Series in Practice completion badge

    Introduction to Vertex Forecasting and Time Series in Practice

    Earned

    Personal rating 4.5/5

    Course context

    Covers forecasting on Google Cloud from sequence-model and time-series foundations through data preparation, model development, and Vertex AI deployment. A retail example informs a final exercise in which learners build their own forecasts.

  • Vector Search and Embeddings completion badge

    Vector Search and Embeddings

    Earned

    Personal rating 4/5

    Course context

    Introduces AI-powered search patterns including semantic search with vector embeddings, hybrid retrieval that combines semantic and keyword methods, and retrieval-augmented generation. Learners use Vertex AI Vector Search to build a grounded search experience and can continue with related GEAR content.

  • Machine Learning Operations (MLOps): Getting Started completion badge

    Machine Learning Operations (MLOps): Getting Started

    Earned

    Course context

    Introduces Google Cloud tools and practices for deploying, evaluating, monitoring, testing, and automating production machine-learning systems. It describes how ML engineers work with data scientists to improve deployed models with discipline and speed.

  • Machine Learning in the Enterprise completion badge

    Machine Learning in the Enterprise

    Earned

    Course context

    Uses a case study of an ML team to examine business requirements, data governance, and preprocessing choices. Learners compare AutoML, BigQuery ML, and custom training for two example workloads.

  • Launching into Machine Learning completion badge

    Launching into Machine Learning

    Earned

    Course context

    Builds from data-quality practices and exploratory analysis into AutoML, BigQuery ML, and model optimization. It also covers generalization and sampling as ways to assess models trained for custom machine-learning tasks.

  • Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on Google Cloud completion badge

    Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on Google Cloud

    Earned

    Course context

    Surveys Google's AI and machine-learning products for both generative and predictive projects. Interactive exercises connect tools across the data-to-AI lifecycle for data scientists, AI developers, and ML engineers.

  • Introduction to Generative AI completion badge

    Introduction to Generative AI

    Earned

    Course context

    Introduces generative AI, common applications, and its differences from traditional machine learning. The course also points learners to Google tools for creating their own generative AI applications.

LinkedIn Learning certificates

19 course completion certificates in AI, data, cloud cost, security, and leadership, each with its original PDF.

Certificate folder
  1. Decision Intelligence

    Completed 1 hour 25 minutes

    Favorite 5/5

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Cassie Kozyrkov introduces decision-making for leaders working in data-rich organizations. The course covers how people frame decisions, use data and technology, delegate with trust, improve organizational decision practices, and build a healthy data culture, with discussion of how AI and machine learning affect business decisions.

    Course page
  2. LLMs for Enterprise: Technical Protocols, Considerations, and Data Privacy

    Completed 15 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    An introduction to enterprise large language models, technical protocols, and data privacy. Listed in LinkedIn Learning’s August 2024 AI catalog, this course was completed on August 20, 2024, with 15 minutes of course content.

    Release catalog
  3. Managing AI Security Risks with ISO 27001

    Completed 1 hour 29 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Apply ISO 27001 risk management to AI systems, identify vulnerabilities, and adapt ISO 27002 controls. The course connects security monitoring and compliance work with the practical challenges of AI deployments and the standards developing around them.

    Course page
  4. Use Copilot AI for Secure Work Data in Your Organization

    Completed 18 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    A short course on using Microsoft Copilot with organizational data. LinkedIn Learning lists it in the April 2024 business-software catalog; the original certificate identifies Microsoft Copilot and artificial intelligence for business as its skills, with 18 minutes of course content.

    Release catalog
  5. Securing the Use of Generative AI in Your Organization

    Completed 1 hour 15 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Jerich Beason’s course focuses on securing generative AI in an organization. The original certificate identifies network security and generative AI as the skills covered, with completion on July 27, 2024, and 1 hour 15 minutes of course content.

    LinkedIn Learning reference
  6. Agile Foundations

    Completed 1 hour 35 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Doug Rose explains the values and principles behind an agile mindset, then connects them to teamwork and iterative delivery. Learners explore user stories, cross-functional collaboration, responding to change, popular frameworks such as Scrum and Kanban, common team roles, and exercises for improving how teams work.

    Course page
  7. Introduction to ESG: Environmental, Social, and Governance

    Completed 44 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Fulya Kocak introduces environmental, social, and governance factors and why organizations address them. The course surveys foundational ESG concepts and risks, sustainable investing, the three ESG pillars, common measures, reporting and ratings, communication that avoids greenwashing, and skills relevant to ESG work.

    Course page
  8. Understanding and Prioritizing Data Privacy

    Completed 1 hour 14 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Examine the role of privacy for individuals, businesses, and policymakers. The course uses concrete scenarios to connect responsible data use with organizational safeguards, the consequences of misuse, and the choices that help people protect their information.

    Course page
  9. Unconscious Bias

    Completed 28 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Recognize common forms of unconscious bias and how they influence decisions and workplace relationships. The course develops awareness of personal assumptions and offers approaches for responding to bias when collaborating with colleagues and participating in an organization.

    Course page
  10. Generative AI: Working with Large Language Models

    Completed 1 hour 8 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Explore how transformers support natural language processing and how major large language models evolved after GPT-3. The course connects model architecture, training approaches, and the contributions of different LLMs to practical choices for AI work.

    Course page
  11. Excel: Macros and VBA for Beginners

    Completed 37 minutes

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Oz du Soleil introduces Excel macros as a way to automate repeated spreadsheet tasks. Learners see when a macro is useful, record and review a basic macro, and get oriented to VBA, the Developer tab, launching macros, and common limitations such as errors and the lack of an undo action.

    Course page
  12. GPT-4: The New GPT Release and What You Need to Know

    Completed

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Jonathan Fernandes explores the changes introduced by the GPT-4 release. The course appears in LinkedIn Learning’s guide to generative AI and prompt engineering, and the original certificate records completion on June 12, 2023.

    LinkedIn Learning reference
  13. What Is Generative AI?

    Completed 42 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Build a foundation in generative AI: how it works, how models create content, and where different model families fit. The course considers changes to creative work and employment alongside ethical responsibilities and the practical use of generative tools.

    Course page
  14. Reinforcement Learning Foundations

    Completed 45 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Khaulat Abdulhakeem introduces reinforcement learning concepts and the problems they can solve. The course covers core terminology, how to represent learning problems, Monte Carlo and temporal-difference methods, and extensions including deep, multi-agent, and inverse reinforcement learning.

    Course page
  15. Microsoft Azure: Controlling Cost

    Completed 1 hour 22 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Scott Duffy’s LinkedIn Learning course focuses on controlling Microsoft Azure costs. The original certificate records completion on April 4, 2023, with 1 hour 22 minutes of course content.

    LinkedIn Learning reference
  16. Google Cloud: Controlling Cost

    Completed 1 hour 21 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Lynn Langit surveys ways to monitor and manage Google Cloud spending across compute, data, networking, and serverless workloads. Learners explore billing reports and filtered cost views, then examine budgets, alerts, quotas, payment settings, committed-use discounts, and dashboards for tracking costs.

    Course page
  17. AWS: Controlling Cost

    Completed 2 hours 35 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Lynn Langit explains how to forecast and manage AWS service costs using billing tools and operational practices. The course covers consolidated billing and alerts, cost controls for services such as EC2, S3, and RDS, and architectural choices that affect spending across common cloud workloads.

    Course page
  18. Data Engineering Foundations

    Completed 1 hour 3 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Harshit Tyagi introduces data engineering and its relationship to data science. Learners explore data wrangling, database schemas, distributed processing, tools including Hadoop, Hive, Spark, and Airflow, and the stages of building ETL pipelines to extract, transform, load, and schedule data.

    Course page
  19. Machine Learning and AI Foundations: Classification Modeling

    Completed 2 hours 0 min

    Certificate PDF
    Course context

    Keith McCormick frames classification as a central machine-learning task and compares strategies for building predictive models. The course reviews model assessment, a range of classification algorithms, and practical challenges such as imbalanced categories, interactions, missing data, overfitting, and data reduction.

    Course page

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