Data Architect and Data Governance Lead

Candidate Description

A seasoned Data Architect with more than two decades of experience, this professional excels in designing and governing modern data platforms across healthcare, education, retail and not-for-profit sectors. They combine deep expertise in cloud platforms and data solutions with a strong foundation in data governance, ensuring that organisations treat data as a strategic, well-governed asset.

Their technical acumen is demonstrated through mastery of data integration and analytics tools, enabling secure, scalable and high-performance analytics ecosystems. Adept at data lake and warehouse architecture, dimensional modelling and CI/CD automation, they have led enterprise-wide data migrations to the cloud, built real-time analytics solutions for a Retail Corporation that generated multimillion-dollar savings and revenue, and established robust governance frameworks that satisfy GDPR and Australian Privacy Principles.

A collaborative leader, they engage executives, clinicians and technical teams to drive cultural change and data literacy, routinely mentoring engineers and analysts to elevate organisational capability. Their adaptability across diverse industries, combined with a passion for continuous improvement and AI readiness, positions them as a transformative force who delivers measurable value through data-driven decision making and innovation.