Domain Architect 2017-current- Developed and gained approval for several roadmaps; Marketing Domain, Instrumentation Domain and Insurance Roadmap- Worked with 3rd party consultancy to combine roadmaps into 3 year Enterprise Tech Plan - with commercial lenses of risk management, business growth and cost efficiency- Architectural lead to develop 3 year Tech Plan for Tesco Bank Insurance and incorporate into bank wide Enterprise Tech Plan- Assess strategic alignment of new projects- Governance review and approval cycle of all high level designs ahead of project delivery- Working closely with business stakeholders at all levels, CIO leadership team, Solution Architects and Engineers- On occasion, presenting roadmap and tech plan at Exco and Board- Managed multiple domains (see below)Insurance Domain 2020-current- Supported large programme of work to fully acquire Tesco Underwriting- Developed proposal to align insurance in line with best practice from Forrester Digital Insurance Strategy Playbook- Architectural lead for transformation programme to double growth within Insurance- Led RFP to choose a delivery partner for new transformation programmeInstrumentation Domain 2017-2021- Prototyped and installed Splunk - achieving business outcomes in 90 days from funding mobilisation to live implementation- Integrated multiple real-time feeds into Splunk for business and IT metric reporting - across a vast range of source types and systems; payments, insurance platform, banking platform and digital customer journeys- Increased real-time data and alerting across multiple business areas to improve visibility of live projects and reduce the time taken to resolve issuesMarketing Domain 2017-2020- Designed first cross sell journey into bank self-service journey- Evaluated marketing platform and RFP (IBM Campaign, Selligent, IMI, Zeta)- Developed proposal to align marketing in line with best practice from Forrester Enterprise Marketing Technology Playbook

Solution Architect aligned to Insurance and Tesco Compare (price comparison site).Produced a technical roadmap for Tesco Compare assessing the current capability with a sequenced roadmap of improvements to align towards the business strategyWorked closely with the business, project manager and analysts in a number of projects, ranging from Real Time Fraud detection and multi-channel Next Best Action decisioning to a large and complex Data Design for migration of core Insurance platform.My highlight was being shortlisted for "Unsung Insurance IT Employee of the year" at the Data, Analytics & Technology awards for Insurance 2015. The stand-out for me was the time and effort taken by my colleagues and managers to submit me into the process. It was a great surprise being told of my nomination and entry into the final round but the biggest take-away for me is just how much it said about the team around me.

Shape and design new proposals by presenting architectural views to business stakeholders, to increase buy-in, and also internally within IT to act as a catalyst to help enable support and mobilisation of the study and build phases as quickly as possible.Manage, direct and co-ordinate production of multiple designs as part of a large programme of workMaintain a detailed level of involvement through the production of designs which builds on my previous experience as a Solution Architect.Organisation and management of multiple workstreams across the programme. WRSP (Wholesale Risk Systems Programme) is large body of work, phased into 5 major transition states spread over 4 years. We are in the final 12 months of this programme, with 8 active workstreams and a team of 12 application architectsAccountability for the design quality of all architecture deliverables produced and to ensure alignment with the programme vision, business unit roadmaps and longer term LBG IT strategic roadmaps

Solution Architect 2006 - 2009Promoted to Solution Architect and given responsibility for a number of systems within the Credit Risk area. This allowed me to govern changes across a larger range of applications and also further develop key architecture skills in terms of shaping and setting direction. Over time, additional projects allowed my understanding of Credit Risk to grow, so that I am confident and able to stand-in as deputy for our senior Risk Enterprise Architect as part of our succession planning.Technical Team Lead 2005 - 2006One of three Technical Team Leads covering Credit Risk platform for A-IRB Basel II compliance.Technical Consultant 2004 - 2005Lead Engineer for a 3rd party managed application. Wholesale risk, advanced basel II model calculations.Senior Developer 2003 - 2004Implemented International payments onto Corporate Banking platform and developed Automated Regression Testing capability into the development cycle.Senior Developer 1999 - 2003Implemented a number of projects and optimisations to Business Banking platform (multi-channel)Senior Analyst Programmer 1996 - 1999I enjoyed many different roles during my period as a Senior Analyst Programmer. I was the technical lead for several large projects such as Pin Self Select, LINK LIS5, ATM Central Download and ATM Advertising. I was involved in many systems; Switch, Card Embossing and ATMs, LINK, Connex.