University of Liverpool

University of Leicester

John Cleveland College

Enterprise Architect - Cloud (Contract) at RS Components

Skills: Technology Platforms · Microsoft 365 · Communication · Information Technology Infrastructure

Microsoft

Senior Cloud Solution Architect

Cloud Governance for AWS Spend and deployment of CloudHealth as a multi-cloud cost management tool. Validation of outsources Azure Landing Zones designs with Microsoft Enterprise Scale patterns.

RS Components

Enterprise Architect - Cloud (Contract)

Leading a team to build a Cloud Centre of Excellence for the Kantar group of companies, building a multi-cloud Landing Zone capability across Azure, AWS and GCP. Introducing a governance model of defining principles, strategy, patterns and best practices which can support the business goals of Kantar. Interfacing with Infrastructure, Identity and Security teams to ensure a seamless experience for uses of Cloud Services within the group and laying the foundation for a future datacentre migration, working with external 3rd parties such as IBM and New Signature, using them to deliver managed services to the business. Defining cost optimisation patterns and processes (realising annual savings of $2.4m) and having them approved at CxO level. Hiring activity, including writing job descriptions, interviews and salary baselining as well as project definition, milestone tracking along with budgets.

Kantar

Director of Cloud Operations (Interim)

Cloud architect working overall Cloud Strategy including a new AWS Landing Zone capability as well as foundation services such as identity (via Azure AD) and hybrid cloud networking using AWS DirectConnect provided by CenturyLink. Helping to mature an existing Cloud Competency Centre and build a set of company wide capabilities as well as communicating them internally. Also, consultant Cloud architect on SAP migration programme, moving SAP from on-premise installation to a HANA 2.0 platform running on AWS, validating the cloud architecture proposed by Atos so that they can execute through the delivery phase.

Day-to-day programme management, making technical decisions and keeping updated a key decision log which was communicated to stakeholders, managing the programme budget and making adjustments while the programme was in-flight for delivery into a forming "business as usual" Cloud Centre of Excellence. Escalation point for application migration, technical and people issues. Hiring and firing technical and non-technical resources, as well as managing Cloudreach’s delivery of the application migration stream as well as the transition into live support. Sucessfully delivered an organisation wide Cloud governance request process called "landing zones" across AWS, Azure and GCP.

Dentsu Aegis Network

Deputy Transformation Director (Contract)

Technical Lead on a global datacentre transformation programme (£13m), closing 7 datacentres and server rooms across the globe (EMEA, AMER, APAC) and moving 308 applications into Microsoft Azure as well as extending an SD-WAN based on Cisco Meraki to the cloud. This involved planning the programme workstreams, co-ordinating the application assessment with a 3rd party SI (Cloudreach), writing the business case and job descriptions for technical resources as well as hiring and leading a programme team made up of technical and project resources while seeking approval from the Architecture Review Board and managing technical and non-technical stakeholders. A second stream of the programme was to deliver a net-new cloud landing zone capability and replace the in-brand IT (Shadow IT) with a lightweight request and governance model for the 3 major cloud providers (AWS, Azure and GCP), this involved negotiating EA contracts, putting in place support processes and working with finance to deliver a rigorous cross-charge model, as well as security to develop a set of architecture patterns and technical guard-rails. Leading the technical team to deliver a set of automated provisioning tools linked to ServiceNow and executed using LogicApps, Jenkins and Terraform.

Head of Solutions Engineering (Contract)

Founder and managing director of Cloud Three Sixty Limited - a Cloud Transformation Consultancy. The companies mission is to find the best path for your organisations transformation journey, with expertise of many industry sectors including Banking, Media, and Retail. Proven track record of thought leadership and execution at all stages from early inception through to the technical details, along with governance and risk management.

Cloud Three Sixty Limited

Cloud Transformation Director

Responsible for infrastructure and cloud strategy of the Coventry Building Society, looking at how to move the Society's infrastructure forward to leverage new technologies such as cloud and automation. My responsibilities include, managing a small team of architects including all aspects of line management such as performance reviews, 1:1's, coaching/development, resource management and conflict resolution; writing strategy papers for the Exec and Board for programme and budgetary sign-off, presenting to the Exec and working collaboratively with Senior stakeholders; writing RFIs and RFPs to assess both technology and integrator suitability to assist the Society in its journey; technical assurance of the high and low-level designs produced by architects and senior designers.

Coventry Building Society

Infrastructure and Cloud Domain Architect

Media Practice Manager for Solutions Architecture, building and running an architecture practice, focussed on Media along with Digital and IT Transformation of the some of the most recognisable media brands in the UK. Working as a hiring manager as well as being a business owner. Public speaking as a PR approved speaker on both technical and business outcomes, working with Marketing on content and initiatives. Member of both the UK and EMEA management teams on initiatives, goal setting and sharing best practices.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Manager, Solutions Architecture (Media Practice)

Skills: Strategic Planning · Technology Platforms · Analytical Skills · Communication · Information Technology Infrastructure

News International

Infrastructure and Cloud Architect

Skills: Technology Platforms · Communication · Information Technology Infrastructure

Chris Elleman