Matthew Knott Email & Phone Number

Ammanford, Gb

Birmingham, England, United Kingdom

As an Enterprise Architect in the Consulting, strategy and advisory section I’ve had the pleasure of working on a wide range of client projects, developing bids and helping to establish the healthcare architecture practice. Projects include:- Joint technical lead on a major document ETL project, migrating millions of documents from multiple systems into a single edrms. Duties included client relationship management, migration design, system analysis.- Technical oversight on a major NHS Data warehouse migration project. Duties included client relationship management, designing and implementing an assurance model, aligning SLAs across multiple suppliers.

Author of Beginning Xcode published with Apress, part of the Springer Publishing group.

Swansea, United Kingdom

As part of the Digital directorate leadership team I am responsible for software strategy, clinical systems, software development, integration and interoperability, support, product owners and testing.My key achievements to date are:- Leading the rapid deployment of Office 365 and Teams to over 12,000 staff during Covid-19- Setting out an API-first development approach as part of an overarching SOA strategy- Implementing Online Booking for Blood tests and Antibody booking- Collaborating with Swansea University to explore the application of AI to streamline patient flow and remove impediments to discharge.- Building the case to rework our theatre management solution into a platform that can be scaled to provide pan-Wales theatre management.- Attracting investment to double the capacity of the digital applications team- Delivering a modernised patient flow system- Championing user-centred design across the organisation, not just within DigitalResponsibilities include:- Health board-wide software and systems technical architecture- Managing clinical systems development- Build relationships with directors and other assistant directors to advance the role of digital within the organisation and ensure strategic alignment- Provide technical leadership to the Health Board at all levels- Building relationships with partner organisations and key third-party suppliers.- Define technology roadmaps- Define and create new services- Bringing projects into support- Defining a cloud and software strategy for the health board- Modernising legacy systems- Rationalising the software estate- Aligning solutions with national software and data standards - Deputising for the Director of Digital Services when requiredChair of West Glamorgan Regional Digital Transformation GroupChair of National Nursing Documentation Technical and Data Group

Swansea, United Kingdom

As Enterprise Digital Architect I was responsible for traditional IT functions for the 4000+ users at Swansea Council and the digital systems used by our 125,000 citizens. I managed a team made up of around 80 staff delivering business as usual server, desktop and network support, infrastructure projects, software development, web content and marketing, software support, service desk and enterprise architecture. I was also responsible for customer-facing digital services such as the CMS, Website, Citizen authentication and identity managementKey Achievements:▪ Established the enterprise architecture function to improve governance of the sprawling software estate. ▪ Established the digital strategy for the Council’s elements of the City Deal which involved identifying Smart City initiatives, planning a Dark Fibre network to support future generations and drive investment in Swansea. ▪ Created the digital strategy for the council’s City of Culture 2021 bid finishing second in the UK-wide competition.▪ Modernised the organisations building services through the implementation of a field service solution, saving more than £1m annually through optimised work teams.▪ Lead for the ERP migration project which saw Swansea be the first council in Wales to migrate to a fully SaaS, cloud-based ERP platform in a £10m project.▪ Commissioned a redesign of the PSBA network services for schools, which managed a massive infrastructure investment to give schools individual internet feeds, transforming their ability to deliver digital learning in the classroom.▪ Lead Office 365 architect, led Swansea to be the first Welsh Council to procure and migrate to Office 365, establishing a model for the rest of Wales.▪ Insourcing of more than 100 members of staff from Cap Gemini in 2015

Swansea, United Kingdom

As Learning Platform and Business Change Manager, I was responsible for the delivery of the learning platform in support of a range of IMTP objectives.Team Leadership: I led a team of developers covering multiple programming disciplines including Java, C#, Objective-C, .net and SQL. I plan projects that the team undertook, and worked with the team to ensure that skills are being continually developed and improved.Technical Solutions: I was the principal architect for all solutions, gathering requirements, running stakeholder workshops, and producing documented architectures.Strategic Advice: Provided consultancy to other teams and departments on the use of SharePoint based on our successful implementation, along with the business change skills needed to deliver service transformationGovernance Model Development: Forming a robust and efficient governance strategy and communicating that to stakeholders within the 100 schools in the authority.Collaboration: Building relationship with other authorities to develop shared solutions. Led multiple regional partnerships through ERW and developed a shared services agreement with Vale of Glamorgan to supply them with learning platform as a service.Agile Development: I introduced Scrum within the team, taking an integrated approach along with Microsoft Visual Studio online to create an agile team that have well documented processes and objectives.

As Lead Web Applications Officer, I was responsible for the creation and implementation of the Swansea Edunet learning platform, based upon SharePoint.I was responsible for plastering over SharePoint and customising the interface so that readers didn't even realise they were using SharePoint. I did this by developing a bespoke CMS that was cross-browser compatible and provided important information not normally obtainable through SharePoint's interface such as quota usage level.I developed Google Apps integration into the portal, and a system for remotely accessing file shares called My Drive. I created a powerful news tool, forum system, and social bookmarking application.When we had a change of personnel, I took over and delivered the Children's University application, a tool that saves the department using it in the region of 40 days labour each year.

I enjoyed a varied career with IBM global services. I started with IBM as an analyst developer however was frequently seconded into a variety of roles around the business. Towards the end of my time with IBM I'd began travelling internationally as part of the outsourcing team helping to support the completion of comprehensive due diligence and technical assessments. I left due to starting a family and wanting to be fully present.