Founding Partner at ailíniú, an Irish-based Enterprise Architecture & Digital Strategy consultancy. We believe in good work, done well, for the right reasons. We understand that Architecture, when done excellently, can enable a business to transform and get the most from its investments. Our name, ailíniú is the Irish word for alignment and our approach is to align your strategy with what you do and where you invest, so that your efforts and resources are focused on what matters most… Show more Founding Partner at ailíniú, an Irish-based Enterprise Architecture & Digital Strategy consultancy. We believe in good work, done well, for the right reasons. We understand that Architecture, when done excellently, can enable a business to transform and get the most from its investments. Our name, ailíniú is the Irish word for alignment and our approach is to align your strategy with what you do and where you invest, so that your efforts and resources are focused on what matters most to your business. Show less

Responsible for developing an enterprise wide architecture that supports AIB Groups Business and IT leaders in making strategic design and investment decisions. Leading a team of senior Architects in producing the guidance, frameworks, roadmaps, principles and standards required to drive best practice across AIB. In addition, responsibility for governance of IT Design, interacting with senior stakeholders across the organisation to ensure technology decisions balance and prioritise current… Show more Responsible for developing an enterprise wide architecture that supports AIB Groups Business and IT leaders in making strategic design and investment decisions. Leading a team of senior Architects in producing the guidance, frameworks, roadmaps, principles and standards required to drive best practice across AIB. In addition, responsibility for governance of IT Design, interacting with senior stakeholders across the organisation to ensure technology decisions balance and prioritise current operational demands and opportunities with the longer term strategic goals of AIB. Show less

Accountable for maximising the potential of technology within AIB by incorporating/exploiting technology within the bank.* Responsible for establishing good architectural practises (Design Authorities, Proposal Reviews, Portfolio Planning etc).* Responsible for defining standards for the use of technologies, influencing adoption across all teams, and monitoring and reporting on adoption* Working with the business and the IT community lead the definition of the architectural roadmap… Show more Accountable for maximising the potential of technology within AIB by incorporating/exploiting technology within the bank.* Responsible for establishing good architectural practises (Design Authorities, Proposal Reviews, Portfolio Planning etc).* Responsible for defining standards for the use of technologies, influencing adoption across all teams, and monitoring and reporting on adoption* Working with the business and the IT community lead the definition of the architectural roadmap for IT* Ensuring the successful implementation of the roadmap of change, and monitoring progress in the execution of the roadmap* Leading the development of an architectural roadmap that achieves a common, versatile, multi-platform security model across all channels and supports the agile delivery new services to our customer base* Driving the discussion, decision making processes and subsequent implementation of the bank’s architectural vision* Coaching and mentoring solution architects in best practice* Creating and managing business architecture models to illuminate business strategy and inform technology roadmapsWorking with change programmes to ensure that a common approach is taken to meeting business needs across all functions of the bank, while also making a demonstrable impact on how effectively the annual IT sustainment and change budget is delivered. Show less

TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect working to ensure that technology investment in PaddyPower aligns to business goals ensuring we can scale at pace. Primary areas of focus are Risk and Retail Domains. Making sure that Technology enables innovation, is reusable, robust, value for money and implemented in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and in accordance with best practices. Actively participating in initiatives that define and shape the business and technology strategy and… Show more TOGAF certified Enterprise Architect working to ensure that technology investment in PaddyPower aligns to business goals ensuring we can scale at pace. Primary areas of focus are Risk and Retail Domains. Making sure that Technology enables innovation, is reusable, robust, value for money and implemented in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and in accordance with best practices. Actively participating in initiatives that define and shape the business and technology strategy and providing thought leadership on trends and technologies impacting PaddyPower. Responsible for delivering the following:Target and As-is Architecture for the entire Technology estate broken down by domain. Technology Roadmap, per domain, detailing the Business & Technology initiatives that move the As-is towards the Target Architecture.Architecture toolkit consisting of principles, policies, guidelines & standards that will assist Solution Architects in delivering designs of high quality aligned to the target. Governance Framework to ensure quality, consistency, compliance and the management of exceptions. Show less

Built and led a team of 5 Senior Engineers and 2 Project Managers who implemented an Infrastructure Transformation programme in Paddy Power. This programme consisted of 2 new Datacentres and 1 corporate Head Office technology build. Scope of programme included design, implementation and migration to new Infrastructure from various legacy locations. The design was envisioned to be reusable in other locations and has since been replicated in 2 Datacentre builds. Large scale virtual desktop… Show more Built and led a team of 5 Senior Engineers and 2 Project Managers who implemented an Infrastructure Transformation programme in Paddy Power. This programme consisted of 2 new Datacentres and 1 corporate Head Office technology build. Scope of programme included design, implementation and migration to new Infrastructure from various legacy locations. The design was envisioned to be reusable in other locations and has since been replicated in 2 Datacentre builds. Large scale virtual desktop deployment to cater for offshore workers included in the transformation programme. Show less

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Secondment to Sportsbet to work on establishing an Enterprise Architecture practice. Building out the as-is, to-be and roadmaps across a number of domains. Creating a design governance framework to review all design changes and to ensure the roadmaps are living, evolving artefacts. Sharing knowledge of the current processes within Paddypower so that they can be leveraged where appropriate. Looking for synergies across Sportsbet and Paddypower that can be leveraged to accelerate roadmaps.

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