Experience

Principal architect roles in environments where scale, regulation, and operational risk require architectural control. Focus on outcomes: reduced friction, lower risk, fewer people required to operate systems.

Healthcare — UK

Regulated Healthcare Platform

Principal architect for national healthcare platform handling patient data under strict regulatory requirements. Redesigned system architecture to enforce data boundaries and audit requirements. Reduced operational overhead by encoding compliance into infrastructure and deployment pipelines.

Online Pharmacy — Netherlands

Prescription Commerce Platform

Architectural ownership of prescription fulfillment system operating under EU pharmaceutical regulations. Established integration patterns between pharmacy systems, payment processors, and logistics providers. Automated compliance checks that previously required manual review.

Security Operations

Security Operations Platform

Principal architect for security operations platform processing high-volume event streams. Redesigned data pipeline architecture to reduce latency and operational complexity. Eliminated manual intervention in normal operations through architectural decisions encoded in infrastructure.

Legal Systems

Legal Document Management

Architectural control over legal document management system handling sensitive client data. Established data isolation patterns and audit trails. Reduced coordination overhead between legal and technical teams through clear architectural boundaries.

Firewall Manufacturing

Embedded Device Platform

Principal architect for embedded firewall platform with complex update and management requirements. Designed system architecture to support secure remote management while maintaining device autonomy. Reduced support overhead through architectural decisions that prevent common failure modes.