Experienced Lead Solution Architect in Financial Services with a background in SOA, Enterprise Architecture, BPM and C-Level strategic advisory to enable the agile, efficient and effective enterprise. Special interest in automation, human factors, ergonomics and the human-technology interface. Please take a look at my blog, link below.

Domain Architect - Channels @ Ownership and accountability for all IT change design in Channels domain. Assurance over architecture deliverables. Leading a team of experienced solution architects to achieve business innovation through technology. Ownership of Co-operative Bank Channels IT Strategy. From May 2015 to Present (8 months) Manchester, United KingdomManaging Solutions Architect - Financial Services TDI @ Consultant Solution Architect into UK, European and Global financial services clients. Long term and large transformation projects in various domains. From March 2014 to Present (1 year 10 months) United KingdomSolution Architect: Channels @ Branch / Contact Centre transformation programme architect From November 2014 to April 2015 (6 months) Solutions Architect - Channels @ EU mobile regional architecture Platform transformation Standardisation, integration Stakeholder management and facilitation From April 2014 to September 2014 (6 months) Sheffield, United KingdomArchitect: Strategy, Innovation and Software @ C-level engagement, strategic development and roadmapping for ICT into large global businesses. Business case ownership and development, product management, intellectual property focused and market-driven repeatable solutions. All matters of software particularly IBM, pre-sales and business development. From January 2013 to December 2013 (1 year) Architect @ * Defining consultancy engagement model for using Enterprise Architecture techniques as a pre-sales instrument * Conducting pre-sales across the Imtech ICT technology portfolio (Business Continuity, Application Optimisation, Connectivity, Security, Server & Storage etc) * Innovating cross-disciplinary repeatable solutions drawing on all Imtech ICT group technology areas * Managing Imtech ICT software profile with vendors, majorly IBM * Defining sales force training needs, managing adoption of technologies into the Imtech ICT offering, and defining go to market plays * Trusted advisory for software to Imtech ICT in the UK * Relationship building and networking across group contemporaries * Active blogging on technology innovation and solutions From January 2011 to December 2013 (3 years) Integration Architect @ * Integration, SOA, BPM and BAM subject matter expert and expert technologist * Technical evangalism, face of the company at business and technical events and promoting knowledge * Part of the Imtech ICT Virtual CTO team for developing cutting-edge repeatable solutions * Driving new routes to market including cloud integration, Event-driven architectures * Building sales and marketing strategy for Integraton, SOA and BPM products and technologies * Architecting and Designing SOA and JEE solutions * Agile methodology consultancy and advocacy * Leading internal and customer projects and teams From June 2010 to February 2011 (9 months) Development Consultant @ * Requirements capture, design, development and delivery of bespoke software and web solutions for enterprise using Java & JEE technologies * Architectural consultancy in Java & JEE based ecosystem technologies * Leading project teams comprising permanent and contract resource * Leading and conducting pre-sales activity showcasing IBM products and REAL Solutions services. * Product consultancy in IBM and other software product portfolios Consultancy services on Java, J2EE and IBM Rational/WebSphere including mentoring of client developersas part of the REAL Solutions “OnRamp” programme Technology specialisms: WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Portal Server, WebSphere Application Server, Rational Application Developer (RAD), Rational Software Architect (RSA), UML, Java, JEE, JSF, XML From June 2005 to October 2010 (5 years 5 months) Lead Developer @ Java, J2EE, Swing, EJB, XML, Progress From December 2003 to June 2005 (1 year 7 months) java developer @ From 2003 to 2005 (2 years) Architect and Lead Developer @ Java, J2EE development and architecture From September 2002 to December 2003 (1 year 4 months)

MSc, Software Development, Distinction @ Leeds Beckett University From 2002 to 2003 BSc, Psychology, 2i @ University of Leeds From 1996 to 1999 Stuart MacPherson is skilled in: SOA, Business Analysis, Pre-sales, Sun, ESB, Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Web Services, BPEL, J2EE, BAM, BPMN, Business Strategy, Consultancy, Business Process