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Led GKE adoption across Deutsche Bank's engineering platform — migrating workloads from on-prem to cloud-native Kubernetes architectures. Built enterprise search platform using vector embeddings and knowledge graph techniques for internal knowledge management. Designed and deployed time series forecasting pipelines (TFT, N-BEATS, ARIMA/GARCH) for P&L; and revenue prediction. Drove observability and developer productivity initiatives — structured logging, SLO frameworks, platform engineering tooling. Provided technical escalation for distributed systems issues across containerised workloads, networking, and cloud platform services.

Hands-on principal architect for Google Cloud's FSI practice — most senior technical IC in the German team. Designed and built Google's internal financial party graph database (Neo4j, BigQuery, custom ingestion pipelines). Created target cloud operating model for Germany's 2nd largest bank — multi-cloud architecture, landing zones, security controls. Built ML architecture proposals for banking customers — fraud detection, risk scoring, document classification. Delivered EBA outsourcing compliance frameworks for cloud adoption in regulated European FSI.

Built SearchaaS platform from scratch — AI-powered cognitive search for financial services asset management. Designed NLP pipeline: document ingestion → entity extraction → knowledge graph → semantic search → recommendations. Implemented ML-driven affinity and propensity modelling for investment research. Full stack ownership: Python backend, React frontend, Elasticsearch, Neo4j, AWS, CI/CD. Won Innovify Ventures Selection Day (2017) and IA Engine Fintech Growth Programme (2020).

Built HSBC's central Azure cloud engineering function from the ground up — hired team, defined standards, delivered platform. Designed 'follow the sun' CRM architecture across 62 countries on Azure (AKS, App Services, Dynamics 365). Implemented seven-layer cloud security model — identity, network, application, data, host, physical, operational. Built CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation for global rollout — Jenkins, Azure DevOps, ARM templates.

Designed private cloud infrastructure and migration strategy across ING's 33-country footprint. Built rapid prototyping and MVP delivery framework — concept → ideation → deployment pipeline. Delivered board-level business cases for cloud infrastructure investment.

Built KYC/AML technology function from scratch — enterprise-grade compliance platforms impacting 90m+ customers. Led solutions architecture for BarxFX/BarxFI trading platforms — real-time trade data capture, risk feeds. Implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and Nolio — early adoption of continuous delivery in investment banking. Drove Agile CoE to Level 3 maturity. CIO Innovation and Excellence Award (2012).

Recruited to transform Fabric Technologies' Business Solutions department, evolving the function from a Microsoft technology configuration practice into a bespoke development and systems integration capability serving enterprise clients. Designed and built new service offerings that enabled the Business Solutions team to move beyond standard Microsoft product configuration — developing custom integrations and solutions that unlocked cross-sell opportunities across Fabric's broader technology portfolio. Worked closely with other Fabric practice areas to identify integration points between their specialist capabilities and client needs, positioning Business Solutions as a strategic connector across the organisation rather than a standalone configuration team. Operated within one of the UK's leading Microsoft Gold Partner consultancies, applying deep Microsoft platform expertise to complex client challenges while expanding the department's capability into bespoke development and systems architecture.