Dave German
Chief Technology Officer @Aptonomy
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WORK HISTORY
Chief Technology Officer @Aptonomy
As co‑founder and CTO of Aptonomy.io, I lead the architecture, delivery, and technical direction of HELIX™, a high‑performance trade‑to‑legal document tagging platform for the banking industry.Operating in a regulated startup environment, I combine technical leadership and hands‑on execution - setting architectural direction while designing, building, and de‑risking critical system components end‑to‑end.Selected technical scope and outcomes- Architected and delivered HELIX™ from concept to production, comprising 300+ secure APIs, event‑driven processing, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and a custom high‑performance tagging engine- Designed for resilience, portability, and scale, with production deployments across Windows, Linux, and Docker- Established automated quality and security practices, including Playwright and NUnit testing pipelines and integrated security fuzzing- Produced a full architectural artefact set (C4 diagrams, ERDs, process flows) to align stakeholders and accelerate deliveryDomain and product focus- Applied deep experience in trade processing and legal document digitisation to product design, data modelling, and system workflows- Balanced regulatory, operational, and performance constraints to deliver a platform suitable for bank‑grade environmentsAlongside Aptonomy, I work in fractional CTO and advisory roles, supporting organisations with platform modernisation and delivery under constraint.Recent engagement: supported a software house through an on‑prem to Azure SaaS transformation, re‑engineering event processing using C# Azure Functions, IoT Hub, Service Bus, Table/Blob Storage, and Kafka, while raising standards around architecture documentation and delivery governance.
EDUCATION
Oxfordshire Technical College
Computing, Mathematics, Physics
SKILLS
ABOUT DAVE GERMAN
I\'m a Principal Architect and Fractional CTO who operates at the intersection of strategy and execution, taking accountability for delivering complex, high‑risk systems in regulated environments.For more than two decades, I\'ve been trusted to step into situations where delivery is under pressure: large estates, regulatory scrutiny, legacy constraints, and ambitious transformation goals. My work spans enterprise and solution architecture, but I stay deliberately hands‑on, designing, validating, and de‑risking critical components when it matters.I\'ve led and delivered outcomes such as real‑time risk and collateral platforms, large‑scale system rationalisation (180+ applications), and AI‑enabled data and document processing, across banking, fintech, healthcare, manufacturing, and recruitment. I\'m typically brought in to recover programmes, reduce systemic complexity, and make architecture work in practice - not just on slides.As co‑founder and CTO of a fintech startup, I architected and delivered HELIX™, a high‑performance trade‑to‑legal document tagging platform, built from concept to production in a regulated domain. The platform combined 200+ secure APIs, event‑driven processing, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, and a custom C# tagging engine to support low‑latency, high‑volume workflows.I currently work across fractional CTO roles, advisory architecture engagements, and hands‑on delivery, helping organisations move from stalled or fragile platforms to operationally robust, scalable systems that regulators, engineers, and executives can all stand behind.I actively explore applied AI and agent‑based systems, including building a product‑focused AI platform in the genealogy domain and publishing technical experiments at https://aimlfun.com.
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