Solution Architect · AWS Certified Professional

Architecture
that ships.

19 years building. 8 years shaping how systems are designed.

I work with business and delivery teams to turn desired outcomes into practical, end-to-end technology change across systems, applications, integration, infrastructure and cloud. My work spans solution and platform architecture, systems integration, networking, security, and service design and management. Within Auckland Airport’s existing technology standards, policies and capabilities, I design solutions that bring together work from multiple internal teams and vendors. I make sure what we deliver meets business objectives and stays scalable, reliable and aligned with the airport’s long-term technology direction. I write about what I learn — AWS patterns, DevSecOps, AI in production — on Medium.

Writing about the work, not around it.

Real problems, real solutions. No theory without practice. I publish on Medium when I find something worth sharing — usually after I've built it, broken it, and fixed it.

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Team Topologies — Org chart vs Team Interactions

Conway’s Law — Architecture cannot work around it

Multi Tenant Architecture - Azure Overview

AWS Multi Tenant Architecture — Account Per Tenant Model

Deploying AWS WAF at Scale Across Multiple Accounts

E2E Testing Solution for Small Teams

Smoke Testing Inside the AWS Amplify Build — Catching Failures Before They Deploy

Load Testing AWS Amplify APIs with k6 — From Smoke to Stress

DAST in CI/CD pipelines

Spend to Save: How We Used CloudTrail to Eliminate a Silent AWS Cost Drain

URL redirects with Amazon CloudFront Functions and CloudFront KeyValueStore

Work

Oct 2026 – Present

Auckland Airport (AKL)

Solutions Architect

Solutions Architect at Auckland Airport, designing end-to-end solutions across cloud, integration, infrastructure and security. I bring together internal teams and vendors to deliver technology change that is scalable, reliable and aligned with the airport’s future direction.

ArchitectureAzureApplicationsIntegrationsAI

Nov 2022 – Oct 2026

Atlantis Health NZ Ltd

Solutions Architect

Leading cloud and solution architecture for a HIPAA and GDPR compliant patient engagement platform. Platform modernisation from monolith to microservices, AI adoption, security engineering, data architecture, and governance. Currently evaluating AWS Bedrock for generative AI-driven patient segmentation.

AWSHIPAAGDPRGenerative AIDevSecOpsMicroservices

Mar 2020 – Nov 2022

AKQA

Tech Lead / Senior Developer

Solution architecture across discrete initiatives for Fonterra.com and supporting brand sites. Client advisory, integration design, and vendor assessment across multiple client engagements.

SalesforceIntegrationClient Advisory

Jan 2017 – Mar 2020

Amway APAC

Technical Lead / Solutions Architect

Architecture and delivery of Amway Central across 11 APAC countries. Led global CMS platform evaluation — Contentstack adopted as the global standard. IoT beacon and AR prototyping. E-commerce platform integration and omnichannel communication assessment.

11 CountriesContentstackE-commerceIoTAR

Jun 2015 – Dec 2016

Virtusa

Senior Consultant

API design and development for enterprise applications. Integrations with Salesforce and internal enterprise systems.

API DesignSalesforce

Jul 2011 – Jun 2015

Cognizant

Tech Lead

Led development teams on enterprise web applications. RFP contributions, solution estimation, and architectural input across complex integrations.

Technical LeadershipPresales

Jun 2007 – Jun 2011

Infosys

Senior Software Engineer

Enterprise web application development across UI and e-commerce platforms.

JavaWeb Development

Credentials

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional and three additional cloud certifications.

AWS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services

AWS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

AZ

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Microsoft

AZ

Microsoft Certified: Developer Associate

Microsoft

Cloud & AWS

  • Lambda
  • EventBridge
  • S3 / Athena
  • Bedrock
  • API Gateway
  • Amazon Connect
  • IAM / WAF
  • DMS / Amplify

Architecture

  • Solution Architecture
  • Enterprise Architecture
  • Event-driven Design
  • Microservices
  • API Design
  • Data Architecture
  • Integration Patterns
  • Governance

Security

  • HIPAA
  • GDPR
  • DevSecOps
  • DAST / OWASP ZAP
  • WAF Automation
  • Least-privilege IAM
  • SSO / Identity
  • Release Governance

AI & Emerging

  • AWS Bedrock
  • Generative AI
  • RAG Patterns
  • Amazon Q Developer
  • AWS AI Agents
  • Copilot Evaluation
  • AI Governance
  • Prompt Engineering

Let's talk
architecture.

Based in Auckland, New Zealand. Always happy to connect with people working on interesting problems.