Enterprise data and AI platform decisions require independent architectural thinking, not just vendor advisory.
What I Do
Platform Strategy & Architecture Assessment
Evaluating data platforms without vendor bias. Aligning architectural decisions with organisational maturity and realistic future trajectories.
Data Modernisation Advisory
Untangling fragmented data estates. Designing clear pathways from legacy complexity to governed, coherent cloud data architecture.
AI Readiness & Foundation Work
Building the foundational data quality, governance, and infrastructure prerequisites required before AI initiatives can reliably succeed.
"The platform is not the primary variable. The organisation is. A platform that scores well on technology fit but poorly on organisational fit will fail."
Selected Work
Shaping the Architecture Before Procurement
The client was weeks away from signing a £3M enterprise software contract based on an aspirational target state architecture that their current data estate could not support.
Financial ServicesUntangling the Multi-Cloud Data Estate
Following a series of acquisitions, the client possessed a chaotic, multi-cloud data estate that prevented any cohesive AI readiness or unified regulatory reporting.
Recent Thinking
What Working at Both Snowflake and Databricks Taught Me About Platform Decisions
Why the right platform choice is rarely about technical features, and almost always about organisational alignment.
10 March 2026AI Readiness is a Data Architecture Problem in Disguise
Why your GenAI proof-of-concept will fail in production without a boring, robust data foundation.
20 January 2026The Quiet Failure Point of Enterprise Data Transformations
Why programmes don't fail dramatically at the end, but quietly during the initial assumptions phase.
What Working With Me Looks Like
I work directly with enterprise architecture and data leadership teams navigating significant platform transitions. My engagements are advisory and diagnostic—I help clarify the problem, define the architecture, and evaluate the options before the build begins.
Because I have sat inside the vendors as a Solutions Architect, I understand how those engagements work. My value is that I do not sell software. I provide the independent perspective needed to make decisions you can build on for the next five years.
If you are navigating an enterprise data or AI platform decision, we should talk. Get in touch.