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Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

I am engaged as a Cloud Migration, Application, Infrastructure and Integration Architect on a number of projects. I currently work in Public Sector, but have extensive experience in Financial Services. I have also worked in Telecommunications and Media. I am delivery and governance focussed and have made extensive contributions to a number of high value projects for which I have received many awards, including the top award for asset reuse and the outstanding client service award.

Bradford, United Kingdom

I managed a team of up to 15 architects and became the lead account architect, responsible for the technical elements of all programmes, including systems rationalisation, applications rationalisation, enterprise and data centre migrations for a financial services organisation.

I was brought onto the review the work performed by another architect and make the solution fit for purpose. I was responsible for integration aspects of boarding multiple councils onto a shared service platform. I wrote the solution architecture document and worked with the SAP team, along with the customer to deploy links between systems to provide messaging and file transfers. I created all integration architecture documentation and worked directly with the client to identify candidate… Show more I was brought onto the review the work performed by another architect and make the solution fit for purpose. I was responsible for integration aspects of boarding multiple councils onto a shared service platform. I wrote the solution architecture document and worked with the SAP team, along with the customer to deploy links between systems to provide messaging and file transfers. I created all integration architecture documentation and worked directly with the client to identify candidate interfaces from their legacy systems that could be translated into a standardised format. Show less

I was the Lead Architect for an innovative project linking internal systems together for the first time. I was responsible for the overall solution and communicating the design in such as way as each third party could understand and successfully implement. I ran formal meetings and workshops to walk through the solution and worked to resolve any issues. I also informally assisted suppliers with increasing their understanding of the solution and technical detail to permit them to adequately… Show more I was the Lead Architect for an innovative project linking internal systems together for the first time. I was responsible for the overall solution and communicating the design in such as way as each third party could understand and successfully implement. I ran formal meetings and workshops to walk through the solution and worked to resolve any issues. I also informally assisted suppliers with increasing their understanding of the solution and technical detail to permit them to adequately produce a working solution.I worked on the initial deployment of the E2E programme to the retail environment, performing the role of architect and technical implementation manager. On subsequent phases, I was the lead architect with two architects reporting to me and a team size of approximately 20 people. I was responsible for deployment of the Enterprise Service Bus.I was responsible negotiating with third parties and other stakeholders to create a set of policies and procedures for ESB use within the organisation. I lead a team to identify and implement a change on the post completions mortgage system that brought down the overnight processing by 30% through increased performance rather than reduced functionality. Additionally, I have lead another team to work towards bringing this time down by another 30%. By extending the life of the existing system this saved the customer millions of pounds in charges. Show less

I was brought into create infrastructure architecture for a international planning and reporting financial package. Working to a challenging timescale, the technical architecture based on Microsoft Windows and SQL Server was produced and well received. I was additionally responsible for introducing document management, server specification and overseeing the installation and configuration of the servers for multiple virtual and physical environments. I took on additional responsibility to… Show more I was brought into create infrastructure architecture for a international planning and reporting financial package. Working to a challenging timescale, the technical architecture based on Microsoft Windows and SQL Server was produced and well received. I was additionally responsible for introducing document management, server specification and overseeing the installation and configuration of the servers for multiple virtual and physical environments. I took on additional responsibility to manage the development team and lead the design authority. Show less

I was engaged as the development lead and application architect as part of a large programme of work to transform a large UK mobile phone operator. I produced detailed specifications for integration and configuration. I worked directly with the supplier in Sweden to agree interface transformations from their package to the customer’s systems.

I performed a technical project management role to move services from one set of data centre networks to another without loss of service to the business. I was involved in all stages of the project from requirements gathering to post implementation support.

I was the application architect and lead developer for a bespoke IT asset management system. Originally the project was to be only tactical, however due to the success of implementation, reliability and meeting the customer’s needs it was reclassified as the strategic asset management system.

I travelled throughout the UK and was responsible on a national basis for organising resources, capturing business requirements, validation and subsequent technical approval prior to business approval from the business sponsor and negotiation with the supplier prior to financial considerations. Projects included inventory management and repair management for the company's network services division.

I ran a small IT business where in addition to successfully evaluating and reorganising the IT within a number of businesses, I was responsible for the financial and staff employment aspects of my business. I executed the IT transformation of a major international electronics company. Roles included evaluation of back office server requirements, installation and configuration of operating systems and back office packages on servers and operating systems and applications on desktops… Show more I ran a small IT business where in addition to successfully evaluating and reorganising the IT within a number of businesses, I was responsible for the financial and staff employment aspects of my business. I executed the IT transformation of a major international electronics company. Roles included evaluation of back office server requirements, installation and configuration of operating systems and back office packages on servers and operating systems and applications on desktops, installation of internal and external email and email to fax gateways, intranets, extranets and internet sites, along with application design and development. Show less

During my placement year at University, I worked as a software developer producing tools on an ICL mainframe.