An experienced and effective architect with around 15 years exposure in large scale enterprise computing environments. Understands the separation of Business, Application, Data and Technology within a business, who these stakeholders are and how to engage best with them. Having worked through 10 years of Digital transformation and seen the area grow from Web and Mobile to fully digitising business processes to continous iteration of the services not just solutions within technology Paul can cover a vast range of business challenges in the Digital Transformation arena on to Global EUC or Application strategies ranging into Mode 1 and Mode 2 of Bimodal roadmap creation. Strong TOGAF skills as used in many roles already. Comfortable in both senior architecture roles working on architectural strategy, procurement processes, vendor relationships governance or simply working with the business to provide project high level vision or strategy pieces to governing the creation of detailed level designs for project implementation before handing over to service management to run. Continuous stakeholder management, and relationship building throughout lifecycle of programme or projects. Uses a logical problem solving approach with the ability to lead teams, problem manage and ensure systems are working to their full capacity and capability, and keeps at the forefront of technology by working closely with communities where possible. Valuable input into the expansion of the leading Investment, Retail Banking and Local Government Platforms, from security assessment and modifications and best practices to scaling and expanding every tier of the infrastructures to handle the biggest volumes of transactions presented with. Proven history of managing core infrastructure projects effectively from start to completion including the effective relocation of entire desktop, data, web, storage, network and email infrastructures.