Building the Systems Behind Money

An independent architecture and engineering practice focused on complex financial, distributed, and AI systems.

Who I Am

I am a software architect and engineering leader with nearly 20 years of experience designing and building complex enterprise, distributed, AI, and financial systems.

Areas of Expertise

Distributed Systems

I specialize in Java-based enterprise and modern distributed systems, with expertise spanning the Java ecosystem, microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud, and cloud-native platforms. I work across the system lifecycle, from architecture and design to scalability, security, resilience, integration, deployment, and operations.

AI & Agentic AI

AI and Agentic AI are a core area of my work, from integrating AI into existing enterprise systems to designing AI-native and agentic architectures. This includes architectures that bring together models, agents, data, services, events, and human workflows.

Financial Systems & Fintech

I have deep expertise in financial systems and fintech, spanning payments, banking, trading and capital markets, ledgers, reconciliation, cards, payment rails, risk, settlement, and financial messaging standards such as ISO 20022 and FIX. I combine financial-domain knowledge with modern software and distributed-system architectures to build scalable and reliable financial platforms.

Engineering Leadership

I bring strong engineering leadership experience, including mentoring engineers and architects, conducting technical interviews and talent evaluations, building strong technical teams, fostering effective engineering practices, and creating alignment across engineering and product. I help teams navigate complex technical challenges, make effective decisions, and grow their capabilities.

What I Provide

Engineering

  • Assess : Architecture assessments, system reviews, and technical due diligence.
  • Architect & Build : Target architecture, system design, and implementation.
  • Modernize & Transform : Legacy modernization, cloud transformation, distributed systems, and financial-platform modernization.

Leadership

  • Leadership & Advisory : Fractional architecture and technology leadership, engineering leadership, and technical advisory.

People

  • Technical Interviewing : Technical and architecture interviews, candidate evaluation, and talent assessment.
  • Corporate Training : Technical training, architecture workshops, and team upskilling.

Let’s Talk

If you are building, modernizing, scaling, or rethinking a complex technology or financial system, let’s talk.

I’m also open to long-term engineering, architecture, and technical leadership opportunities where deep financial-systems expertise is required.