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London, GB

Riyadh, SA

Riyadh, Riyadh, SA

* Technology Function: Built the technology Function across the Tiqmo geographical landscape. Ensuring that quality resources are applied across the domains of Cloud, Network, API development, Infrastructure, Security, Data, IT Support, Testing, Site Reliability, Service Delivery, and others.* Technical Architecture: As a hand-on Technologist, led the.

London, GB

• Strategy Definition: Parachuted into Lloyds of London to rescue the delivery of a suite of pivotal new platforms that were intended to revolutionize the way that Lloyds and its Members would interact. This role.
• Enterprise Architecture: To accommodate Lloyds new digital strategy was required to (1) re-scope the Data Center Exit into varying prioritized work-streams, (2) Identify areas for parallel development (3) revamp.
• Delivery Support: In addition to providing Architecture direction, worked with multiple Lloyds teams to actively support delivery teams in terms of business process modeling, data flow analysis, Coding & development.
• Technical Design Authority: As lead Architect was responsible for ensuring the approval and ratification of architecture designs at Lloyds TDA forum as well as the resolution of technical risks and divergences within.

Stratford, London, GB

• Strategy Definition: Building on the FCA’s vision and desire to manage and exploit technology to perform regulatory tasks; was responsible for defining the roadmap of how the FCA’s Vision can be realized through.
• Enterprise Architecture: Responsible for a Technology portfolio of 60+ technical systems (covering the FCA’s Regulator Collection Systems, Data Warehouse Systems, Data Science Platforms, Data Lake, Survey Platform.
• Enterprise Search & Discovery: Led the procurement and delivery of the FCA Search tool (ElasticSearch based) which was used to index, tag and analyze the FCA’s entire data landscape as well as provide a mature.
• Performed an enterprise wide maturity assessment of the FCA's data lanscape (using DAMA) and drove an initiative to improve the FCA’s data maturity through purchasing new data management tools (Data Catalogues, DQ.

London, GB

• Enterprise Data Architecture: Primarily focused on introducing Enterprise and Data Architecture rigor to the Design and build processes within Close Brothers. This role included the definition of an Enterprise.
• As-Is Landscape: Initiated and conducted a full review of the Close Brothers’ Data and Application Landscape over multiple lines of Business. This included defining an enterprise landscape meta-model to define not only.
• Cloud Data Strategy: Defined the proposed To-Be architecture to replace the on-premise enterprise data warehouse (MS SQL Server) on to Cloud. This involved defining cloud infrastructure and operating standards for the.
• Governance & Domain Integration: Having agreed an enterprise Reference Model to depict the different domains, sub-domains, functions and processes within the company; was then tasked to define an enterprise governance.

Mclean, Virginia, US

• Integration Architecture: Responsible for introducing API integration to MARS. This included defining API-led development frameworks, reviewing the data distribution landscape, discovering systems of record as well as.
• Portfolio Management: Primary contact for the delivery of all data integrations within MARS’ Digital Segment and personally spearheaded the first integration projects at MARS which included: (1) the delivery of a new.

London, GB

• Architecture & Data DevOps Framework: Within HSBC, led the Data Practice transition from the traditional waterfall model to the Agile (Disciplined Agile Design) framework. The role entailed identification of control.
• Architecture / Data Training Curriculums: With the HSBC University, was responsible for identifying the creation of training curriculums and subsequent accreditation processes for various concepts within the.
• Architecture Gatekeeper & Technology Approval Board: As the Chair of the Architecture Forum was responsible for communicating enterprise wide initiatives (like the introductions of new HSBC frameworks, methodologies.
• Governance & Architecture Strategies: As an enterprise architect was responsible for implementing a number of HSBC initiatives which included (a) Defining the on-premise Data Lake clean-up strategy, (b) Implementing.

Riyadh, Riyadh, SA

• Lead Enterprise Architect: Working for the Saudi Arabian Central Bank in Riyadh, was directly responsible for implementing an integrated data architecture for Monitoring all retail and inter-bank transactions within.
• Data Governance: Lead and introduced a suite of modules, policies, processes and other governance mechanisms within the SAMA Data Handbook covering Data Technology Standards, Data Management, Data Architecture Design.
• Head of Data Architecture: Created a Data-Warehouse-as-a-service (DWaaS) architecture for SAMA, all Saudi Retail Banks as well as a number of GCC National and GCC Retails Banks. This enforced DWaaS not only allowed.
• Other: Oversaw the creation of SAMA’s Charging model application within the SAMA data warehouse allowing SAMA to charge banks based on their percentage share of transaction volume, value, performance, claims, etc.

London, UK, GB

• Enterprise Architecture: Worked as an Enterprise Architect for the largest retail bank in the United Kingdom. Working with all areas of the enterprise (Data Architecture, Infrastructure, Security, Service Delivery.
• Data Architecture: Was responsible for delivering Enterprise Master Data Management and Enterprise Reference Data Management capability across Lloyds for all lines of business (Retail, Commercial, Insurance, Wealth.
• Commercial Banking & Architecture Governance: Was the lead architect for Commercial Banking; aa well as being part of the Architecture Design Committee (for both Enterprise and Information Architecture). Was charged.
• Stakeholder Management: Have been responsible for presenting various business cases to the Lloyds IT Strategy Board (ITSB) for securing budget for project expenditure (development resources, licenses, software and.

Abu Dhabi, AE

• Enterprise Architecture: Working for one of the largest organizations in the UAE, was responsible for defining the current As-Is landscape for all Enterprise Technology Applications within Mubadala. This low level.
• Data Architecture: In addition to the role of Enterprise Architect was also responsible for defining the To-Be Architecture for information exchange across Mubadala. Working across all MDC Lines-Of-Business (Aerospace.
• Master Data Management: As part of a data cleansing initiative before the data warehouse implementation was responsible for liaising with the Line-Of-business Heads to define shared enterprise data within Mubadala.
• Data & Technology Standards: Single handedly developed 2 versions of Mubadala's initial data warehouse using both the Microsoft Technology stack as well as the Informatica / Oracle stack. This was then further utilized.

Geneva, Geneva, CH

• Technology Strategy: Working in both roles as an Enterprise Data Architect and Senior Enterprise Architect, was responsible for working directly with SITA’s CTO to define the technology strategy for SITA within the.
• Enterprise Architecture: Over the past 2 years, my main role has been to lead the creation of SITA’s Enterprise Architecture Framework integrating SITA’s Architecture building blocks (its EA process, Technology.
• Technology Standards: As part of governing/integrating technology into SITA’s EA Framework, was tasked with defining SITA’s standard technologies, their integration with other technologies, the context in which they.
• Governance: As both a coordinator and a member of SITA’s ARC (Architecture Review Council), was part of a team responsible for the review of all large projects within SITA or any project that affected SITA’s common.
• Data Architecture: Working on SITA’s largest ever product offering (50M+ project); was responsible for defining an enterprise data model (integrating 25+ product domains), Data standards, a comprehensive information.
• Communication & Collaboration: Was the creator of SITA’s Architecture Toolkit; In order to standardised SITA’s architecture process across the enterprise, was responsible for creating a ‘one-stop shop’ of approved.

Amsterdam, NL

• Project Management: Am currently leading a three man architecture team for BearingPoint’s largest data warehouse contract with the responsibility of integrating data from 90+ stock inventory system into one homogenous.
• Architecture: Responsible for assessing the feasibility, architectural implications, dependencies, costs and priority of integrating the MoD’s inventory system into a consolidated Warehouse.

Amsterdam, NL

• Technical Architecture: Working directly for Glitnir CIO, Created an Enterprise Framework and Logical Architecture to support the bank’s Global Risk, CRM, Integration and Regulatory Reporting needs.
• Design Authority: Designed BearingPoint’s ‘Single Source Architecture’ for maintaining complete General Ledger and Data Warehouse Reconciliation with complete traceability. In addition, was responsible for aligning.
• Vendor Management: Lead the vendor selection process for all ‘One Glitnir’ project areas, crafting RFIs, evaluating solution offerings, designing best-of-breed solutions, organizing customer reference visits and.

Amsterdam, NL

• Design Authority: Working directly for Barclays CIO, Participated in the development of a strategic vision (known as GRCB project) to create the architecture for an enterprise data warehouse for Barclays retail arm..
• Data Warehouse Consultancy: Developed detailed planning and strategic roadmaps that leveraged the existing environment, rationalized physical assets and aligned multiple projects (CDI HUB / MDM, RISK, CRM, MI, Data.

GB

• Data Warehouse Consultancy: Working in Dublin (Monday to Friday), as one of the initial members of AIB’s newly created Ab Initio Competency Center (AICC), I was responsible for implementing standards, techniques and.
• Business Analysis: Many projects were implemented internationally and as such, was responsible for aligning business requirements and code across the UK, Ireland and Poland on a project basis.
• Ab-Initio Development: Developed and maintained a number of finance specific Ab-Initio projects to monitor AIB’s reserve capital within Ireland, UK and Poland. These ICAA (Internal Capital Adequacy Assessment) Projects.

GB

• Design Architecture: Designed and created a homogonous data warehouse model (LDM), bringing together multiple Kiln accounting systems, (whether it be Access, SQL Server, Oracle, VB, Excel), into a central data.
• Development: Individually Installed and Implemented 3 business Objects Data Integrator Environments, interacting with a number of different databases running on varying operating systems. Was responsible for creating a.
• Reconciliation: Lead the System, Unit and Integration test of the newly created repository, not only reconciling Kiln’s £800 million transactions for that year but also the past 20 years. In addition, Kiln’s entire.

GB

• Technical Design Authority: Was responsible for decommissioning various aspects of T-mobile’s data warehouse and its subsequent migration. The role included reviewing all new Ab-Initio & UNIX code, validating business.
• Data Quality: As part of the TDA team was partly responsible for ensuring that data-quality was maintained when migrating to the new data warehouse, this involved working with a DQ team to create automated ‘generic’.
• Ab-Initio Development: Working with the Ab-Initio vendor, aided in the development of a number of generic reusable tools for the in-house Ab-Initio team, as well creating a various RAD prototypes for Business Users.
• Ab-Initio Consultancy: Aided in the creation of a source control code system for Ab-Initio as well as defining the coding standard / good practices KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) for all development using Ab-Initio.
• Initiating New Business: As the lead Aspective consultant was partly responsible for presenting POCs “Proof of Concepts” to T-Mobiles Service Delivery Management in order to win new work

Montreal, QC, CA

• Team Leading: Managed a team of 6, with responsibility for the operational running of O2’s largest data warehouse, including liaising with external source systems, monitoring all system load processes & the support of.
• Business and Customer Management: Primary for establishing and maintaining good working relationships with the customer on operational day-to-day issues.
• Service Delivery: Ensuring that the service is delivered within the SLA targets appropriate for each part of the Data Warehouse, escalating issues with the client and managing client expectation, liaising with O2.

Montreal, QC, CA

• Technical Design Authority: Responsible for evaluating & authorizing all releases (in house or third party) going into the Data warehouse, whilst calculating risk offset by priority. Member of the O2 CDG (Core Design.
• UNIX Development: Responsible for maintaining and developing +400 Unix scripts. These scripts were used to perform ETL manuipulation, Database Loads, FTP and Generating Reports.
• Nucleus DBA: Administrator for the O2 nucleus database (the biggest Nucleus database in the world, being queried by over 200 users). Responsibilities included general maintenance, performance tuning and administration.
• UNIX Administration: Monitored performance on 4 different Tru64 Servers, minor Administration tasks (such as adding patches, adding new users, housekeeping, backups & Ensuring Security).
• Data Quality: As part of the CDG was partly responsible for ensuring that data-quality was maintained from the initial source feeds into the data warehouse and through to the data marts

Montreal, QC, CA

• Control-M Developer: Designed and managed the running of the production schedule, optimising & automating several hundred jobs on a daily basis to ensure that data was loaded on time, within SLA and without.
• ETL Developer: Responsible for designing and developing the ETL interface for all source Feeds interacting with the data warehouse. Also created various bespoke Unix scripts as well as a number of Ab-Initio Graphs to.
• Business Reporting: Combined different data marts in order to produce specific data models and reports, enabling O2 to effectively highlight specific customers for various campaigns. Headed the rollout of O2’s.
• Support: Role included being the Primary 24-hour On-Call Support member for all O2 critical systems.

Montreal, QC, CA

• Led a 4-person development team, supporting a series of Unix, Business Objects, PERL, C++, Access 97, Excel and DB2 based applications. Also ensured that all Fault Tickets raised by Energis’ users were resolved within.
• Unix Development: Unix Scripting (including K-Shell / bash-shell and born-shell scripting) for FTP / E-mail / Data Extract and Loading. Other related duties included basic Unix administration such as creating accounts.
• WebObjects Developer: Created a number of reporting applications allowing Energis and it’s Customer to query the grade of service, Customer base and CDR usage, which in turn were used by directors and published to the.
• Business Objects Developer: Providing report capabilities to Energis’ engineers so as to effectively audit and improve their Hardware Technology. The role required Complete Universe design using the Business Objects.
• Other technologies: Provided Technical Support in areas of PERL, ACCESS, RRDD (Round Robin Database Development), Select Enterprise and Visio.
• Managed the transition of 4 applications written by 3rd party suppliers into LogicaCMG support contracts. On each occasion, took the technical lead in the bid phase and subsequently in stabilisation / handover of the.

2:1, Bsc Computer Science

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