Enterprise Architect · Financial Services · Denver, CO

Enterprise
Architecture
that moves
organizations.

For 25+ years in financial services I've worked at the intersection of business strategy and technology, turning ambiguous executive intent into direction that sticks.

Years in Financial Services 25+
Business & Tech Transformation 20+
Professional Certifications 8+
Location Denver, CO
TOGAF Business Architecture SAFe Six Sigma BB Data Architecture FinServ Executive Alignment

"The distance between strategy and execution is where most enterprises lose."

Ed Harrington, Enterprise Architect

Strategy that connects to execution

I turn ambiguous executive intent into actionable enterprise direction through capability models, architecture frameworks, and the kind of facilitated conversations that get organizations unstuck and moving.

The work I do best lives where complexity is highest: compressed roadmaps, enterprise-scale transformation, and the hard problem of making technology serve business strategy instead of the other way around.

If you're building or strengthening an enterprise architecture function and need someone equally credible in the boardroom and the whiteboard session, let's talk.

TOGAF

The Open Group Architecture Framework

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CBA®

Certified Business Architect (BIZBOK)

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SAFe SA®

SAFe Agilist, Scaled Agile

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Six Sigma BB

Six Sigma Black Belt

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CPBA®

Certified Pega Business Architect

CSPO® / CSM®

Scrum Product Owner & Scrum Master

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Cornell University

Data Analytics

Google Cloud

Applying AI Principles

TDWI

Business Intelligence · Data Warehousing & Business Analytics

Where I create value

Enterprise architecture at its best is not a documentation exercise. It's the connective tissue between where an organization is and where it needs to go.

01

Business Architecture

Capability modeling, value stream mapping, and operating model design that connects enterprise strategy to the work that actually gets done.

02

Enterprise Strategy

Translating executive vision into coherent roadmaps and governance frameworks that can survive contact with organizational reality.

03

Platform & Data Architecture

Designing data platforms, pipelines, and integration patterns that serve business outcomes, not just technical elegance.

04

Transformation Leadership

Leading complex, cross-functional transformation programs in regulated financial services environments with competing priorities and executive stakeholders.

05

Executive Alignment

Facilitating the hard conversations that turn organizational ambiguity into shared direction across business, technology, and operations.

06

Process Engineering

Applying Six Sigma and lean principles to redesign enterprise processes at scale, reducing friction without losing the context that makes organizations work.

How I think about the work

"Enterprise architecture is not a documentation exercise. It is the discipline of making the complex legible, so that organizations can move with intention."

01

Clarity

Making the current state honest and the future state credible

02

Alignment

Connecting strategy to capability to execution without losing meaning

03

Influence

Shaping enterprise direction through credibility, not authority

04

Momentum

Turning ambiguous intent into decisions that move organizations forward

Let's talk about what you're building.

Available for enterprise architect and senior strategy roles in financial services. Denver, CO. Open to hybrid and remote engagements.

Let's Connect

If you're navigating transformation, building an EA practice, or need a thought partner on a hard problem, reach out. I'm genuinely interested.

Enterprise Architecture & Strategy
FinServ Transformation
Business & Technology Alignment
Denver, CO. Available Globally