A versatile and innovative tech executive with 20+ years of an international career in retail and consumer goods sectors. I'm a seasoned Chief Architect / CTO with extensive global experience. Having customer-centricity as my core value, I have a proven track record of Delivering enterprise technology strategy, Driving digital business transformations, Optimising IT and business operations, and Leading technology innovations within large global organisations. I’m passionate about shaping digital businesses and achieving strategic goals by combining Data, People, Process, and Technology best practices. During my versatile corporate career, I started and matured new architecture practices from scratch, created and led high-performing teams, and successfully delivered multiple large-scale RetailTech transformations for some of the most respected companies across UK, Europe, Middle East, and APAC. A lifelong learner, I offer a very unique and multifaceted value proposition (i.e. connecting the dots) – essential to leading successful “technology and data-driven” business transformations: INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE – Retail, Ecommerce, B2B, B2C, Consumer Goods/ CPG, Manufacturing, Telecom, Distribution, Industry 4.0 RETAIL SUB-VERTICALS – Luxury, Apparel, Footwear, Lifestyle, Cosmetics, Grocery, Furniture, Electronics, Food, Restaurants BUSINESS PROCESSES – Front Office (CX, commerce, stores, marketing, loyalty, CRM/ service); Core Ops (supply chain, mfg, logistics, transportation); Back Office (procurement, finance, HR, EPM) TECHNOLOGY STRATEGY & EA MANAGEMENT – Business-IT engagement, Strategic planning, Architecture blueprints, Enterprise roadmaps, Solution design, IT governance DIGITAL ARCHITECTURE, DEVELOPMENT & INNOVATION – Microservices, APIs, SOA, EDA, Mobile Apps, PWA, Low-code, Product Mgmt, Agile & DevOps, Social, IoT, RPA, Blockchain, NFTs DATA & AI – LLMs, Big Data, EDW, BI, MDM, Data Science, ML, Cognitive, NLP, Stream Analytics, Python, HANA, SAS CLOUD COMPUTING – Hybrid and Multicloud (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS), Public/Private clouds, Serverless, Edge, Security; AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI PACKAGED ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE – ERP, CRM, CX, EPM, SCM, HCM; SAP, Oracle, Salesforce, Adobe, IBM, Microsoft, BlueYonder CERTIFICATIONS – Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Digital Marketing (DMI+AMA), Digital Transformation (IMD, DPBoK), Data Analytics (Wharton, SAP), SAP IoT, Enterprise Architecture (TOGAF 9), Business Applications (SAP S/4 Hana, Oracle Retail, Oracle E-Business Suite, Microsoft Dynamics), Supply Chain Management (CPIM), Project Management (PMP)