Principal Architect Data & AI

AIFirstDelivery Leadership

• Define and driveenterprise scaleAI firstdelivery strategies aligned to customer business vision and executive priorities.

• Leadend-to-endtechnical accountability formission critical multiprogram engagements ensuring strategic alignment architectural integrity and measurable business outcomes.

• Establish delivery models that scale intelligent automation autonomous systems andAI nativeexecution across programs and portfolios.

• Act as theexecutive technical authorityduring escalations guiding recovery transformation orexit strategiesforhigh-riskor underperforming engagements.

• Partner with CIO/CTO/CDO leadership to balanceinnovation governance cost security and speedat enterprise scale.

Engineering Excellence

• Setenterprise architecture standards and technical guardrailsacross data AI platform and engineering disciplines.

• Ensureproduction gradequality through architecture reviews performance benchmarks security controls observability and operational readiness.

• Champion modern engineering practices includingDevSecOps platform engineering CI/CD SRE andAIassisteddevelopment.

• Foster a culture of technical rigor accountability and continuous evolution across architect and engineering communities.

Innovation & Thought Leadership

• Shapeforward-lookingarchitecture visionsfor customersleveragingemerging AI data and platform capabilities.

• Engage inexecutive leveldiscussions to influencetechnology roadmaps operating models and innovation investments.

• Lead creation of reusable assets reference architectures accelerators and IP that scale across customers and industries.

• Represent GCID as athought leaderin architecture AI adoption and largescale transformation.

Client Engagement & Solutioning

• Act as aprimary technology advisor to CEO/CIO/CTO leadership aligning architecture decisions withlong termbusiness strategy.

• Translate business imperatives intoenterprise gradearchitectureblueprintsand execution roadmaps.

• Build trusted relationships with senior customer stakeholders enabling influence at boardroom and executive steering committee levels.

• Guide customers through complextradeoffsinvolving cost risk performance compliance and speed to value.

Team Management & Mentorship

• Mentor senior architects and engineering leaders shapingnext generationtechnical leadership.

• Leadcrossfunctionalcross geographyarchitect communities to scale best practices and innovation.

• Inspire a culture of ownership excellence andoutcome drivenexecution.

Quality & Compliance

• Ensure all solutions meetenterprise security compliance reliability and Responsible AI standards.

• Provide executive oversight to design governance quality gates and production readiness for critical workloads.

• 22 years of experience in software data and platform engineering with15 years in enterprise architecture and technical leadership roles.

• Proventrack recordof influencing and delivering transformation outcomes atCXO level.

• Deepexpertisein modern delivery methodologies andgotomarketacceleration models.

• Exceptional executive communication stakeholder influence anddecision-makingskills.

• Bachelors degree in engineering Computer Science or equivalent experience; advanced certifications preferred.

Areas of Expertise

Enterprise Data Architecture & Modern Platforms

• Define and governenterprise widedata and analytics architecturesaligned to business strategy.

• Partner with customer CIO/CDO organizations on modernization platform consolidation and cost optimization.

• Drive accountability for operational stability scalability andlong termsustainability.

Data Engineering &Large ScaleData Processing

• Executive oversight of largescale batch and streaming architectures across cloud and hybrid environments.

• Define standards for performance reliability and operability of data platforms.

• ChampionDataOpsand AIOps adoption for continuous optimization.

Database Platforms Performance & Capacity Engineering

• Providearchitectural guidance on transactional analytical andAI-drivendatabase workloads.

• Ensurecost efficient predictable performance at enterprise scale.

AI FirstData Engineering & Unify Your Data

• Define strategies foragenticAI drivendata platformsthat scale responsibly.

• Influence governance explainability andhumanintheloopadoption at enterprise level.

• Drive operationalization of autonomous data systems in production environments.

AI & Advanced Analytics Enablement

• Shape architecture for largescale AI adoption including RAG AI agents and inference platforms.

• Ensure AI systems meet executive expectations for trust transparency performance and value realization.

• Embed Responsible AI and governancebydesign patterns into all solutions.

SolutioningPresales& Technical Leadership

• Leadexecutive levelsolutioningduring complex deals renewals and strategic pursuits.

• Influence multiyear transformation programs from vision through execution.

• Act as a trusted advisor to internal leadership on strategic accounts and investments.

Frontier Consulting Skills

• Enterprisefull stackand platform thinking across data AI application and cloud layers.

• Lead rapid ideation pilots and scaled production deployments with executive sponsorship.

• Outcomesdrivenexecution focused on measurable business impact.

• Comfortable operating withCEO/CIO/CTO stakeholders inhighstakesenvironments.

Personal Attributes

• Executive presence with ability toinfluence atboardroom and CXO levels.

• Strategic thinker with strong technical depth and business acumen.

• Decisive resilient and comfortable navigating ambiguity.

• Passionate about innovation scale and continuous learning.