Bill Franklin

Senior Solutions Architect

Bill Franklin helps organizations make infrastructure decisions that hold up in the real world. With more than 20 years of technology engineering experience, he guides clients through modernization, security, cloud, networking, backup, and disaster recovery decisions with a clear focus on operational fit, resilience, and long-term cost.

Over the past 11 years, Bill has architected “as a Service” models across cloud, global WAN, managed services, and cybersecurity. He has led engineering teams across complex customer environments, helping organizations move from fragmented legacy systems to cloud-native and hybrid models without losing sight of performance, integration, security, or supportability.

Bill works at the point where technical architecture meets business reality. He helps clients assess which infrastructure, networking, backup, disaster recovery, and cybersecurity approaches can improve resilience, reduce operational drag, and support growth without creating unnecessary complexity.

His work starts with discovery because architecture decisions should not be made in the dark. Bill helps clients understand their current environment, pressure-test available options, and evaluate what each path will mean for cost, risk, performance, and day-to-day operations before they commit.

At ARG, Bill is a dedicated resource for infrastructure modernization and solutions architecture. He helps clients answer a critical question: will their current environment support where the business is going, or will it hold them back