- Architectural design authority for the development, implementation and support of Canada's new systemically important Real Time Gross Settlement solution (Lynx) to facilitate the settlement of $79tn annually between 17 Canadian financial institutions and the Bank of Canada using SWIFT MT/MX ISO messaging via SWIFTNet and the Canadian private inter-bank communications network.- Creation of technical architectural designs, options and recommendations to deliver on functional, non-functional, performance and operability requirements and how to mitigate identified risks and respond to disaster scenarios. - Responsible and accountable for the creation of performance and operational test scenarios, collection of test evidence and obtaining "go-live" approval from Architectural / Security Review Boards and ELT. - Designed new service integrations with SaaS (e.g. ServiceNow, Ceridian, DocuSign, Alation, etc) and Cloud managed applications (Mimir, PostgreSQL, etc,) using OAuth 2.0 and REST APIs.- Creation of new hybrid Enterprise Architectural approach by concurrently defining security and technical capabilities to realize business benefits using a mix of SABSA and TOGAF design elements and processes.

- Manage architectures, architectural decisions, and project plans to introduce MSSQL and Oracle Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS) to the Bank of Canada. Additionally, deliver Oracle Exadata to support mission critical solutions.- Designed and implemented Integrations service offerings using IBM DataPower Integration & API Gateway.- Developed Reference Architectures to guide the design of resilient and available solution infrastructures. This included developing architectural decisions, patterns, and topologies, followed by advising stakeholders.- Designed and supported mission critical and high availability banking solutions and services.- Engaged IT partners to understand the complexity of deployed solutions.- Helped IT stakeholders better realize critical banking ecosystems.

- As an architect, implemented Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) solutions in an attempt to address Operational and IT Risk for major businesses in Banking, Health, and Telecom.- Worked directly with clients to determine solution requirements, create technical designs, and draft project plans.- Tested, deployed, and operationalized RSA Archer and Agiliance RiskVision solutions.

- Designed, implemented, and managed IT Service Management processes and Oracle VDI Infrastructures. Additionally, defined Security Control Objectives (based on NIST and ITSG-22/33).- Built and implemented ITIL Service Delivery workflows to support Request/ Incident, Service Catalogue, CMDB, Change Management, HR, and Procurement process automation.- Created architectural designs to support the integration of SharePoint, eRetailing, Dynamics CRM, Datamarts, and cash Point-of-Sale solutions.

- Defined, designed, managed, and implemented Saba’s new generation of data centres. The solution allowed the business to move forward with the consolidation of 10 international data centres into 5 facilities. - Designed a new Cloud Service Delivery solution to allow for improved security, availability, performance, scalability, and flexibility to support over 30 million users. Included selecting and implementing networks, storage, computing, virtualization, enterprise logging, monitoring, reporting, and configuration management tools.- Worked with the Global Sales department to sell SaaS services to Fortune-50 Businesses across the world. Participated in many 3rd party Audits in a variety of sectors for prospective clients.

- Created Corporate IT solutions, processes, and technologies to support company growth from 50 employees to over 200. Defined the vision, approach, plans, and budget to transform the company’s SaaS offering from a legacy “shrink wrap” application into a SaaS enterprise cloud service. - Designed IT Controls (SSAE-16) to achieve positive 3rd Auditor Attestations, allowing the company to access new markets. Created, managed, and prioritized departmental capital and expense budgets.- Increased staff engagement and productivity by clearly defining expectations, priorities, and skills development plans. Participated in collaborative problem solving and team building activities.