The pattern across two decades: join to solve one problem, get handed the wider one. Repeatedly promoted mid-program on billion-euro transformations.
2020 — 2024 · Dubai
Head of Solution SI & Architecture
du · billion-dollar digital transformation
Replacing a national telco's legacy stack with a digital-first platform on TMF Open standards. Owned the SDLC end to end — requirements, architecture, QA, testing and customer migration — from RFP through the first release, including a spell as interim Head of Technology Transformation leading the full technology organisation.
Solution lead → Architecture & Solution Lead → interim Head of Technology Transformation → Head of Solution SI & Architecture — four steps in four years.
2019 — 2020 · Netherlands
Head of Platform & Architecture
Talpa Network
Coordinated ~40 architects across a company grown by acquisition — created and led the Architecture Chapter and Architecture Board in a matrix organisation with no direct reporting lines. Introduced the lean decision process, application and technical-debt catalogues, and C4 modelling as the house standard.
2018 — 2019 · Netherlands
Enterprise Architect
RTL Netherlands
Owned technology vision, roadmap and vendor selection. As lead solution architect, delivered the new-generation Videoland VOD platform — microservices on AKS with continuous deployment — migrating the backend with zero customer impact at peak load. Devised the strategy-linking model tying every user story to one of five business focus areas.
2016 — 2018 · Netherlands
Manager, Architecture & Strategy
Ingenico ePayments
Local Head of Architecture with nine architects as direct reports — drove the discipline toward agile architecture while staying hands-on as enterprise and solution architect in a global payments platform.
2011 — 2016 · Netherlands
Domain & Solution Architect
Ahold
Owned the integration domain for one of Europe's largest retailers — strategy, governance and best practices — alongside solution architecture across multiple programs.
2009 — 2011 · Netherlands
IT Architect & EAI Engineer
UPC / Liberty Global
End-to-end architecture of several programs, most notably the Vitria replacement — first contact with the cable & entertainment world.
2000 — 2009 · Portugal
The apprenticeship
Multiple organisations
Production support engineer → developer → designer → architect → manager → director. The decade that made everything after it possible.
