Solution architecture: cloud, platforms, data engineering
- AWS Cloud, container platforms (Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift) - Architect Data Platforms to deliver business outcomes.
Enterprise & Solution Architect · Sydney
I help organisations architect technology solutions that deliver business outcomes
I’m an enterprise solution architect based in Sydney. I work with teams across cloud, data, and AI, usually helping them make clearer decisions, keep things simple, and avoid problems later on. I believe in being on top of emerging technologies - not only conceptually, but doing hands-on to have a pragmatic view on possibilities, potential trade-offs and better alignment with long term goals.
A few results
Some things I’ve helped with
40%
Lower platform licensing costs, after a platform review and tender process.
~$2M
Saved in running / extended support costs by moving infrastructure and applications onto a multi-tenant engineered system.
9.5%
Saved by consolidating tools. Feature comparisons and proof-of-concepts made the trade-offs clear enough to decide.
What I do
How I usually help
The kind of work I tend to get involved in.
Standards & governance
Setting sensible standards so teams build things consistently, without slowing them down.
Enterprise Architecture
- Helping set a technical direction that matches what the business actually needs. - Capability Mapping, Shared Service Optimisation
Reducing technical debt
Finding and cleaning up the old decisions that make change harder than it should be.
Coaching & mentoring
Supporting other architects and helping teams get better at design.
From the journal
Recent writing
How I rebuilt this site for $0 (and barely wrote a line of code)
Moving this site off a paid WordPress server to a $0 setup, and the honest split between what an AI coded and what I set up myself.
Welcome to the Architecture Journal
Why I keep a public journal on enterprise architecture — and how this site is built and published for free.
How I created my Digital Space with AWS LightSail
Introduction In today’s digital landscape, a personal website is more than just an online presence, it’s a space for reflection and growth. I usually…
Away from work
A bit about me
Outside of work I’m a family person from Sydney. I’m into cricket, curious about how the mind works, and I tend to see most things as a set of connected parts. It’s the same habit that helps at work — figuring out how the pieces fit together.