Bio

Ciaran has over 23 years IT experience with 15 years in Senior IT and Architecture roles with a strong focus on pragmatic outcomes. Ciaran is currently employed at Lend Lease Corporation as the Chief Software Architect for the Lendlease Digital business Unit. This role is focused on the growth of our new Software Factory business as well as leading architecture and design thinking across our Podium products, and Engineering teams. He has previously been responsible for Enterprise/Solution Architecture and IT Strategy activities in a primary, advisory and review capacity as well as providing review and governance support to Lend Lease's internal Portfolio Management Group. This along with experience in running Architecture Teams, and ICT financial mangement activities, provides a wide range of senior and people management exposure. Vertical industry experience includes Retail, Construction Management, Project Management, Facilities Management, Investment Management, Corporate Affairs, Risk & Compliance, HR and Finance. Architecture expertise in custom application development, business intelligence/data warehousing, enterprise content management, system integration, ERP, SaaS, PaaS, Composite Applications and Mobility Solutions, Infrastructure Architecture ( including Data Centre Design and Provision ), Architecture Frameworks, Cloud Engineering, Container Frameworks, UI Frameworks