Head of Integration & Enablement

Candidate Description

Specializing in enterprise integration architecture and platform enablement, the candidate brings a career spanning software development, banking architecture, cloud integration and practice leadership. They lead Integration & Enablement at a Media Company, setting strategy, roadmaps, operating models and architecture while overseeing an enterprise integration platform portfolio. Their core expertise encompasses Boomi, Microsoft Azure, API management, microservices, serverless computing, service-oriented architecture and enterprise architecture. Experience across a Bank, a Financial Services Company, a Retail Company, a Retail Conglomerate and an Auction Company provides broad exposure to financial services, retail, automotive and media environments. Earlier roles extend this breadth into consulting, education, travel software and e-commerce. Their hands-on engineering background supports a practical approach to architecture, reusable frameworks and technical governance.

Their technical depth is demonstrated through the delivery of integration frameworks, custom connectors and automated deployment pipelines. At a Financial Services Company, they created a Boomi framework covering synchronous and asynchronous messaging, reliable delivery, canonical models, validation, logging and exception handling, while leading migration from TIBCO ESB. At a Retail Company, they established Boomi architecture and delivery standards alongside caching, archiving, monitoring and exception-handling frameworks. At an Auction Company, they contributed to an Azure integration hub connecting auction systems with Microsoft Dynamics AX and implemented CI/CD using ARM templates, PowerShell, TeamCity and Octopus Deploy. They also developed a Java-based Boomi Azure Service Bus connector and an Azure Functions-based vehicle self-inspection microservice. Their wider technical toolkit includes C#, Java, Groovy, Objective-C, Swift, VB.NET, C, C++, PowerBuilder, Pascal, XML, XSLT, XPath, HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, jQuery, T-SQL, ASP.NET, ADO.NET, AJAX, REST, JSON, CSS, WCF, Entity Framework, LINQ, UML and MVC. Additional knowledge spans Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop and its ecosystem, mobile and virtual-reality development, machine learning, test-driven development, Scrum and the Rational Unified Process.

Leadership experience ranges from integration practice management and technical architecture leadership to product management, developer guidance, client training and pre-sales. Their work combines strategic platform direction with direct involvement in software design, implementation and operational standards. Academic qualifications include a BSc in Computer Science from a university, completed in 2001, and a Graduate Certificate in Enterprise Architecture from a university, completed in 2015. Professional credentials include Software AG Certified webMethods.io Integration Associate, Docker Certified Associate, Dell Boomi Professional Architect, Dell Boomi Professional Developer, Dell Boomi Production Administrator and PMI Project Management Professional. Further credentials include IEEE Certified Software Development Professional, IASA Foundation Certification, IBM Certified Solution Designer in Object Oriented Analysis & Design vUML2, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist in developing business process and integration solutions using BizTalk Server 2010, and ITIL v3 Foundations. They offer employers a combination of enterprise architecture judgment, integration delivery expertise and adaptable technical leadership.