Carrying out client assignments (see below).Researching and investigating requirements across the corporate information landscape and researching and assessing the organisation, processes and tools required to take advantage of the latest opportunities (including ‘big data’ and ‘cloud’ technologies). Assessing the applicability of the technologies to SMEs with unstructured but not necessarily ‘big’ data.

Senior Data Architect - Underwriting and Pricing Capability ProgrammeResponsible for the Data Architecture on a major programme to standardise and improve underwriting and pricing across the group, including the implementation of a cloud based ‘Underwriting Workbench’ and its integration with many supporting services, including Pricing, Address Validation and Enrichment, geo-coding, DVLA, MID, D&B etc.. It also includes the integration with the rest of the on prem applications estate, including Policy Administration and Claims systems, Bordereaux Management systems, Document Management, Wordings Repositories, CRM, MDM, MI and Data Warehouse capabilities and a Data Lake.Working with the CDO function to establish the uplift required to Data Management resource and capability to fully support the Commercial Lines part of the business.

Responsible for the architecture of the Azure cloud based solution for the capture of Lloyds Market operational and monitoring data, the provision of internal and external regulatory reporting and all internal interfaces within Lloyds. The data is collected in various formats, including unstructured and semi-structured, the system derives and stores other data from it and feeds data to multiple downstream applications and the reporting and analytical estate, utilising Business Objects, Qliksense and other analytic tools, including 'R'.Investigating evaluating and presenting options for the future of Master Data Management across the corporation.Working with the overall architecture group to establish a target state architecture, document the as-is state and evolve a roadmap for Lloyds to move towards the target state.

Data Governance, including Unstructured Data (advising Corporate Data Governance Programme on organisation and process and building a structure bottom-up for the Core Systems Replacement Programme). Master Data Management (specification of interim solution, building the Business Case for the Strategic solution and initiating global product selection). Documentation, standards and the SDLC – specifying the model for Architectural Project, Programme, Change and BAU engagement. Requirements Management – definition of the requirements gathering methodology for Information Management (IM).Looking across the 'as is' IM estate and working with the Head of IM and the Business to plan the 'to be' estate and the roadmap to it (incorporating both structured and unstructured ‘big’ data components).Working with a major Core Systems Replacement Programme and business representatives from Underwriting, Claims, Actuarial and Finance functions to facilitate a Financial Transformation Programme includingthe integration of data from the new systems; and the cutover plan.Analysing the provision of data to the Actuarial Reserving process as part of the whole Actuarial & Financial Data Flow, to facilitate improvements.Working with IM in the UK and the Global head of IM to build a Global Data Architecture capability.Engaged with the London Markets Target Operating Model (LM TOM) Programme as a market contact in Data Governance and involved as a market evaluator in the selection of the MDM product and service.

Data Architect – Arthur J Gallagher InternationalArthur J Gallagher International is the division of one of the largest insurance broking and risk management organisations in the world which handles all business for AJG outside of the mainland USA. It has major departments dealing with London Markets brokerage and general risk management, Underwriting Agency (MGU & MGA) business, and Retail and Direct brokerage business.• Working as the Data Architect within the Information Delivery Management Directorate• Defining the strategic BI platform architecture across the enterprise, to deliver cost reduction and business agility, incorporating the Microsoft BI stack and defining and advising on roadmap options to achieve the strategic objectives.• Assessment of options for data presentation and recommendation of direction and tools in this area. Detailed governance of Presentation design• Providing architectural oversight for projects delivering BI initiatives• Reviewing and monitoring changes to the applications/data estate through the Strategy and Architecture Review Board, to assess data and BI impact and support data integration and rationalisation of the applications and data estate• Reviewing non-BI project data deliverables to ensure integrity of the data estate• Establishment of BI Technical Design Authority to supplement project governance• Engaging with source system suppliers to assess their BI offerings and determine their potential place in the AJG BI landscape• Proposal of options for MDM in the MI deliveries in AJG• Delivering architectural support and improvement to the existing BI estate• Developing a good understanding of 'Big Data' tools and techniques and of 'Cloud computing' capabilities. Working with the MI area identifying candidate Use Cases for a Proof of Concept for the implementation of ‘Big Data’ solutions. In discussion with Hortonworks and Microsoft regarding the implementation of their tool sets for the Proof of Concept

Senior Manager within the Business Information Management Practice assisting clients in the Financial Services Sector with the creation and implementation of their Information Management Strategies.Architecting solutions to integrate Structured and Unstructured ‘big data’ sources to drive analytics in the Insurance and Mortgage fields. Identifying platform options and wider uses across Financial Services.Led the Architecture workstream on an exercise to document the 'as is' architecture and define the conceptual 'to be' architecture for a new Policy Administration platform for an expanding London Markets and General insurer, leading to a vendor selection exercise and on to platform implementation.

Worked as the Data Architect, on a Financial Transformation Programme to accelerate financial close and reporting and implement Data Governance and Architecture across the group, with an initial focus on IFRS, SII Pillar 3, Risk & MI Reporting and Reserving data. This Programme will create the first, major phase of a new Enterprise-wide Data Integration Platform, incorporating MDM

Architected a solution to integrate data from across the organisation to create a Solvency II Data Repository to satisfy the requirements of the Internal Model, Standard Formula and Pillar 3 Reporting. Established and worked to plan the remediation of data sources.

Established the role of Data Governance Manager, developing a group Data Governance Strategy, developing the processes for Data Governance and mobilising A Data Governance Committee with representation from senior group management and business unit management. Worked with the Data Governance Committee on the establishment of a community of Data Stewards.

With QBE European Operations, a pan-european London Markets and General Insurance Company, I was responsible for the following,• Establishment and Publishing of group Data Management Strategy• Establishment of group Metadata Strategy and toolset• Development of Group Conceptual Data Model• Provision of Architecture services to the Enterprise Data Warehouse development designed, in the first instance, to meet the SII requirement• Review and sign off of data deliverables for development projects• Development and operation of the Data Governance processes• Definition of Reference and Master Data Management (MDM) Strategy• Development of strategy for legacy systems retirement• Development of roadmap for data and data services for an data integration/SOA environment, including integration of Document/Content Management systems and Active MDM implications.

Data and Systems Architect, Project Manager, Quality and Configuration Manager. Assignments included the following areas.• Enterprise Data Modelling and Data Architecture• Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence Analysis and Design• Business process and Organisation analysis and design• Data Integration, SOA and ESB implementation• OO Analysis and Design• Project Management• Design Authority• Quality and Configuration Management• Bid Management

The Harpur Group/International Card Enterprises was a fuel and expense card software/service supplier and operator with a number of operations in the UK, Europe, Australia and the USA.With ICE, I was responsible for a number of areas including, • Data, Business, and Systems Architecture and architecture strategy,• Software tools strategy, incorporating CASE tools, Configuration Management tools and datawarehouse and development tools, including ‘OO’ development tools,• Architecture for and Management of development projects and the programme to migrate core data and applications from legacy technology to relational database, web enabled and ‘OO’ technologies, including the company’s datawarehouse offering.• Establishing the company as an Oracle partner and managing our relationship with Oracle,• Establishing the role of Quality Manager, defining the company’s process model and managing a Process Improvement Programme, using ISO15504, involving the whole business & technical community in the definition of best practice.• Training, mentoring and developing colleagues in the use of the tools, techniques and processes.

• Development of the Business, Applications and Data Architecture for the Life company and other diversifications of the group, including an off-shore life assurance linked investment company• Working with the chief actuary (who later became group CEO) on strategic business and systems model• Tools and Methods consultant

Consulting Actuaries. Working in support of the partners on, Life and General Insurance and Pension Fund clients. This included Actuarial and Life Office Administration systems. Activities included,• Business and System Analysis• Database and Applications Design• Project Management• Programme Management

• Business and System Analysis• Database and Applications Design• Team Leadership