Università degli Studi di Milano

Solution Architecture for Analytics transformation programs. I'm engaged in the digital transformation of the company.

Skills: Enterprise Architecture · Solution Architecture · Data Architecture · Cybersecurity · Data Governance

Amadeus

Lead Enterprise Architect

As lead architect for the Security Governance Services of the group CISO I lead or I'm in charge of the following activities:

	 - Ensure architectural governance for the definition and enforcement of corporate policies and standards
	 - Chair the transversal security architectural forums for architecture validation and guidance
	 - Support the architectural sections of the risk assessment for the introducion of new corporate services in the cloud (SaaS) and for Internal IT (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS)
	 - Act as Architect and Security Deputy Assessor for the systems owned by the Group CISO, notably:
		- Corporate Identity & Access Management
		- Privileged Access Management
		- Risk Management
	 - Build and Regularly review a Security Architecture Roadmap for the scope of covered by the group CISO
       	 - Perform studies for the introduction of new security capabilities and tools pertaining to group CISO scope

Architect for Security Governance Services in group CISO

As head of solution architecture for Analytics transformation programs, I lead a team whose goal is to ensure that on-going transformation programs comply with defined business, security and technical requirements and agreed design; evaluate any new opportunity of analytics system evolution based on the overall digital transformation (Advanced Analytics and Big Data, Cloud, etc.). Solution architecture will also ensure smooth transition of deployed systems to the IT line organization.

At stake, the following activities:

- Validation of System Integrator deliverables (design documents)
- Orchestrate the intervention of the Software Vendors in the stage gate of the programs
- Manage architectural risks 
- Ensure IT Change Management and operational readiness via Knowledge Transfer
- Define vision and evolution paths
- Exploration of new technologies via Proof of Concepts
- Support and promote the "Go to cloud" strategy of the company and the concurrent management of system obsolescence


Data & Analytics Solutions in scope: SAP BW4/HANA, SAP Analytics Cloud, Qlik Sense, SAP Business Objects, Vertica, Oracle, IBM Data Stage

Data & Analytics Solutions in the radar: Snowflake, Azure Blob Storage, Talend Data Integration

Solution Architecture Manager

Enterprise Architect within GBS organization (Global Business Services) with focus on Business Intelligence, Big Data and Innovation.

Contribution to the IT Strategic Plan initiative aiming at defining the Technical Roadmap for a 3-5 years span.

As a spin off from the IT Strategic Plan, I built the vision, defined the program and lead some of the projects for the evolution and convergence of the Data & Analytics architecture with full sponsorship from the CIO and BI Management 

More specifically:

- RFP and first pilot implementation of the new Data Platform for Analytics leading to the selection of Vertica Column Store
- Contribute to the RFP of the new Data Visualization tool leading to the selection of QlikSense
- High level definition of the Convergence Program for the consolidation of the Regional Platfroms and simplification  of the overall architecture.
- Lead the project for the upgrade of the ETL platform from the former version based on Ascential legacy to the new IBM Infosphere Data Stage platform and migrating infrastructure  from AIX to Linux
- Started the project for the definition of a new way of working in the Analytics delivery.

Used methodology: TOGAF

Enterprise Architect

In the context of the IT transformation aiming at introducing a Governance process and CIO office and the rationalization of the demand and supply processes, I work in the Enterprise Architecture team with responsibilities in the area of software engineering methods and tools

I have lead a project for the introduction of a Test Automation practice and tools. With a team of experienced practitionner, we have built the core of the services aroung the HP ALM platform with focus on the following IT engineering processes: Test Management, Functional Test Automation and Performance Test Automation

Selection of Test Automation tools in the SAP area, to foster risk-based automated test for critical ERP processes (Order To Cash, Accounting, Procurement, etc.).

Andrea Di Zanni