Senior Architect responsible for the definition, design and implementation of a microservices platform which enables Verisure’s customers to manage their smart homes.- Evaluated microservice orchestration technologies (Docker/Swarm, Kubernetes, Apache Mesos) to provide the software infrastructure necessary to support the project.- Delivered into production a cloud based microservices platform that supported self-healing, horizontal scaling, and continuous integration/delivery.- Responsible for Microservice architecture and design. Architected an event based platform, specified patterns for data sharing and microservice intercommunication.- A member of the clients architectural review board. Responsible for evaluating solutions within the group.- Responsible for ensuring adoption of continuous integration and delivery best practices (using Test Driven Development, Cucumber, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD).- Product Owner for delivery teams based in Macedonia and Romania.Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, Kong API Gateway, RabbitMQ, Cassandra, Jenkins CI/CD, Gerrit, Cucumber, Ansible, REST, Andriod/IOS Apps

Senior Architect within Deutsche Telekom UK responsible for architecting solutions for: Mobile Payments/Identity, Content Partner Integrations (including Google Direct Carrier Billing, Microsoft, Facebook and many more), Customer Service Intelligent Agents, Mobile Advertising, Big Data, and connecting DT touchpoints to enabled all customer interactions to be stored and all communications with the customer to be controlled centrally.Significant end to end project experience including gaining legal/security/privacy approval. Working closely with business stackholders, development, test and operations teamsAdditional responsibilities have included:- Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF Certified)- Solution Architecture (service oriented architecture, micro services)- Agile Product Owner for a 100 million a year revenue generating Service Delivery Platform- Partner selection running RFQ/RFP- Technical Pre-Sales- Architect new Services and APIs- Architect WSO2 based solutions. Including: ESB, API Manager, App Server- Architect Big Data solutions- UML

Lead customer facing Solution Architect responsible for designing the integration / customization of the Qualcomm mobile content management and delivery platform. Architected bespoke services including: a coupon management service, a content ingestion service, micro-transaction billing service and the core mobile client/server synchronization service . Worked as the key interface between the customer and the Qualcomm development team. Worked locally onsite for the following projects:- America Movil (Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Columbia)- Universal Music Group (Los Angeles, USA)- Sprint (Kansas, USA)- IBM WEMP Integration (Austin, USA) - MTN (Johannesburg, South Africa)- Etisalat (Abu Dhabi)- MTN (Johannesburg, South Africa) - Mobitel (Ljubljana, Slovenia)- Orange France (Paris)- Maxis (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Senior Software Development & Support Engineer. Focusing on Telecom exchange and network management products. Seconded to Italy and Germany to work with local teams. Performed millennium upgrades in Russia/Azerbaijan. Apprentice between Sept 1992 – July 1996.