Liam Whelan

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Platform Designer/ Solution Architect @ Starbucks
seattle, washington, united states
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Torquay, Victoria, Australia, Australia
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Currently relocating from London to Victoria, Australia, seeking hybrid or remote opportunities in and around Melbourne or Geelong (Q1 2025).Retail technology expert with 25 years working on instore and cloud systems. Most recently a solution architect, focusing on building and deploying a large-scale international food & beverage retail platform for in-store and digital experience.Part of the original team focusing on supplier selection, to now having deployed the tech to over 5,000 stores in 35 countries, across over 80 licensed partners.We replaced over 100 different systems with international solutions providing POS (Oracle Simphony), Middleware (QikServe), Mobile and Web apps (.Monks), Loyalty (Mastercard), Menu Management (QikServe) and over 20 third party food delivery platform integrations (Uber Eats etc).I played a crucial role in the design and integration of these technologies across the EMEA region, and more recently have been involved in the global rollout across LAC and ASPAC regions.

Liam Whelan's Current Company Details
Starbucks

Starbucks

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Platform Designer/ Solution Architect
seattle, washington, united states
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starbucks.com
Employees:
154126
Liam Whelan Work Experience Details
  • Starbucks
    Platform Designer/Solution Architect
    Starbucks Apr 2023 - Present
    London, United Kingdom
    Worked as part of the Architecture function in Starbucks Digital Solutions team. Created conceptual and logical architecture based off business requirements and presented to development teams and security architecture reviews. Contributed to workshops on new product development and transitionary phases to enable new markets to transition to the Starbucks Digital Solutions platform. Supported design and integration of digital ordering platforms in to Simphony POS via Simphony Transaction Services.Key Achievements• Led the architectural evaluation of Oracle Simphony Transaction Services Gen 2 API's to replace gen 1 integrations to Simphony POS • Documented and supported security reviews for multiple Food Delivery platform enhancements and new POS integrations to the digital solutions platform.• Designed platform for re-introduction of Apple Wallet and Google Wallet• Supported introduction of new progressive web app sites which is now deployed across EMEA and LAC• Created designs to support fiscal requirements for integrated digital sales channels in Portugal and Turkey.
  • Starbucks
    Digital Product Owner
    Starbucks Feb 2020 - May 2023
    London, United Kingdom
    Product Owner for Starbucks EMEA Digital Technology products. Responsible for technologies including customer app and website, Mobile Order and Pay, customer loyalty and beverage & food delivery including all peripheral technologies including digital payment, middleware, anti-fraud and telemetry and integration to Simphony POS.Key Achievements• Integrated 4 food delivery aggregators rapidly in to Simphony POS via middleware as part of COVID-19 response to enable stores to remaining trading. (Uber Eats, Deliveroo, Just Eat/Takeaway, Delivery Hero)• Supported deployment of mobile ordering platform across EMEA region• Managed product and feature roadmaps for digital platforms• Supported redesign of existing Starbucks apps to improve UX• Supported middleware to POS integration development for 19 further Food & beverage delivery platforms for EMEA & LAC regions.
  • Starbucks
    Senior System Analyst
    Starbucks Sep 2012 - Feb 2020
    London, United Kingdom
    Provided 3rd line support to 950 company owned and Franchise EMEA retail sites across 6 countries. Supported retail projects as Senior SME. Acted as line manager and mentored to two retail analysts.Key Achievements• Integrated Uber Eats to Simphony POS using Oracle OHEICS platform• Acted as SME to implement Simphony in to the Starbucks Germany market• Managed testing and rollout to production of payment and loyalty system in to French market• Acted as POS SME on Starbucks Mobile Order and pay launch in to UK market.• Supported multiple fiscal implementations in European markets
  • Starbucks
    It Technical Analyst
    Starbucks Jan 2011 - Sep 2012
    London, United Kingdom
    Provided Support to 750 EMEA retail sites. Administered and supported retail payroll polling and processing. Administered changes to the Simphony suite via Enterprise Management Console(Simphony) and Micros Enterprise Manager(RES).
  • Starbucks
    It Operations Analyst
    Starbucks Jul 2006 - Jan 2011
    London, United Kingdom
    Provided Support to 650 UK stores and 90 German Starbucks stores. Administered and supported an SQL transaction polling database. Administered changes to the Micros suite via Micros Enterprise Manager.
  • Superdrug
    It Customer Support Analyst
    Superdrug May 2005 - Jun 2006
    London, United Kingdom
    Provided software support to the estate of 700 Superdrug and 400 Savers stores working to an SLA. Managed the hardware and telecoms outsourcing to ensure speedy resolution to faults.
  • L'Occitane En Provence
    It Support
    L'Occitane En Provence Nov 2004 - May 2005
    London, United Kingdom
    Provided software and hardware support to the retail suite of 19 stores and 30 head office users. Supported the DSL WAN to ensure a consistent connection to the Citrix Metaframe servers.
  • Adidem Enterprise Services
    Epos Support Administrator
    Adidem Enterprise Services Nov 2003 - Sep 2004
    Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
    The EPOS team at Adidem manages the EPOS and Head Office Retail systems spread across 80 Body Shop and Accessorize stores. My role was to provide support across the entire system lifecycle from pre installation system set-up to post installation training, technical and user support.
  • Radiant Systems
    Senior Support Technician
    Radiant Systems Jun 2002 - Nov 2003
    Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Managed a team of 3 people supporting EPOS and EFTPOS (Chip & Pin) systems for 5 clients in South East Asia. The structure was that the 1st and 2nd level support was provided by local companies in each country and my team provided 3rd level support to those support providers.
  • Radiant Systems
    Support Technician
    Radiant Systems Jul 1999 - Jun 2002
    Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Working in a team of 3 supporting the EPOS and head office systems for 700 Shell petrol stations and 20 head office's. My role was to take help desk calls and resolve technical and user issues.
  • Radiant Systems
    Software Tester
    Radiant Systems Jun 1998 - Jul 1999
    Geelong, Victoria, Australia
    Tester of Y2K software releases for existing clients and a new Lay-by system.

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Pos Retail Inventory Control Windows 7 Inventory Management Customer Experience Technical Support Troubleshooting Servers Vendor Management Training Business Analysis Networking Leadership Customer Service Team Building Team Leadership Management

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