Patrick Taylor

About Patrick Taylor

Seasoned Enterprise Architect with over 18 years of progressive IT experience in software architecture, development & delivery. 12+ years of experience in Enterprise, Business, Solution Architectures & Technical Leadership Experience in establishing Architecture practice from ground up to drive the enterprise strategy and manage the technology landscape of the organization Led Architecture Governance activities via Architecture Review Board to ensure adherence to technology standards, best practices, business strategies, and industry trends Experience in leading Application Portfolio Management focused on lifecycle management, business driven application/technology strategies and roadmaps, defining current state and future state architectures, etc. Experience creating business capability maps, blueprints and roadmaps in alignment to business strategies and goals Experience creating reference architectures across the enterprise around API Integration, Cloud and Data Analytics Experience in defining and driving the cloud adoption strategy & API integration strategy specifically focused on hybrid cloud strategy with AWS, GCP & Azure Experience establishing & leading Technology transformation and Innovation Programs to foster new business ideas and communities for APIs, Cloud and AI/ML. Led several POCs (proof of concepts) to evaluate current and emerging technologies like big data, natural language processing via smart assistants, cloud computing, Microservices Architecture, API Management, etc. Experience with Merger & Acquisition (M&A) advisory and consulting Led the API Community of Practice to define and drive the API strategy and maturity within the organization. Defined the API maturity model to assess the API maturity across the different development teams. Defined the roadmap to improve the API standards in the short term and to Open banking based strategic approach Comprehensive technical skill set and proven skills in enterprise application integration (EAI), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), cloud implementations, systems integration, requirements analysis, project management, team leadership, software development, production support and client interfacing Thorough knowledge of Software development & Software Testing Lifecycles (SDLC & STLC) and experience of working in Agile (SAFe, Scrum methodologies) and Water Fall models, which includes planning/estimation/tracking progress across the different phases/sprints and managing the Architecture runway for enablers

Experience

1. Vice President, Enterprise Architecture

   U.S. Bank

   May 2022 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

Education

• Visakha Valley School - India

  CBSE

• Andhra University

  B.Tech, Computer Science & Engineering

• Vikas Junior College

  Intermediate, Maths, Physics, Chemistry

Skills

• Togaf
• Xpath
• Team Leadership
• Databases
• Digital Strategy
• Java
• Soa Governance
• Businessworks
• Websphere
• Jms
• Aqualogic
• Xml Schema
• Soapui
• Biztalk
• C#
• .net
• Datapower
• Weblogic
• Wsdl
• Requirements Analysis
• Xquery
• Software Project Management
• Web Services
• Client Interfacing
• Tibco
• Cloud Strategy
• Oracle Service Bus
• Fidelity
• Business Connect
• Soa
• Esb
• Unix
• Eai
• Technical Architecture
• Tsys
• Bss
• Integration
• Java Enterprise Edition
• Webmethods
• Architecture