What I do
I’m a solution architect with 30 years in IT, most of it as a contractor across a wide range of industries. Since the early 2000s my focus has been customer-facing digital systems — if it moves on the web, I’ve generally had a hand in it. That experience brings pragmatic, cost-aware judgement: I’ve seen which approaches hold up over time and which don’t.
Who I help
I work best with small-to-medium businesses where the CIO (and sometimes the CFO) is caught in day-to-day firefighting and needs a strategic pair of hands to lift their head above it. The most productive engagements are in low-bureaucracy environments, with a direct line between me and the decision-maker — no committees between idea and action.
Most commercial sectors are fine; I stay out of gambling and government.
How I work
My preference is a couple of days a week with fixed-scope deliverables — clear objectives and a clear signal that a piece of work is done. The Australian market tends to wrap engagements in six-month contracts with a mix of on-site and remote, and I’ll work inside that shape where it makes sense. Full-time roles aren’t usually the fit, but I won’t rule out the right offer.
What I deliver
Depending on where your organisation sits, I can help with:
- Architecture practice setup — if you don’t yet have one, or it needs reshaping. Includes governance guides and a roadmap to make the practice sustainable.
- Current-state analysis — an honest read on where your technology and capabilities stand, and where the gaps are.
- Technology roadmaps — a sequence of decisions and investments to move from where you are to where you need to be.
- Platform selection — supporting the CIO through vendor evaluations, technical due diligence, and the decision trail behind the choice.
- Governance and decision evidence — the checkpoints and documentation that let the executive team approve with confidence.
- Implementation oversight — staying with the delivery teams through the build, so the design survives contact with reality.
What this isn’t
No strategic vision decks, no future-proofing slideware. The output is practical assets your team can use on Monday morning — documents, decisions, roadmaps, evidence — backed by 30 years of watching which ideas hold up and which ones don’t.
Get in touch
If this sounds like the help you’re looking for, drop me an email .