Shane Griggs

About Shane Griggs

Distinguished-level Enterprise Architect with 20+ years of experience leading large-scale application modernization and cloud transformation initiatives across Fortune 200 environments. Proven ability to define and operationalize enterprise modernization strategies spanning 800+ applications and $330M in hosting spend, transforming legacy systems into scalable, cloud-native distributed architectures.Recognized technical leader specializing in application architecture, modernization patterns, and platform engineering. Expert in establishing reference architectures, reusable frameworks, and governance models that accelerate delivery across large engineering organizations.Trusted advisor to executive leadership, including direct CIO engagement, with a strong track record of influencing enterprise-wide initiatives without formal authority. Leverages AI-driven analysis and automation to accelerate modernization decisioning, improve developer productivity, and optimize cost, scalability, and resilience.Core Expertise+ Enterprise Application Modernization+ Cloud Architecture (AWS, Azure)+ Distributed Systems & SaaS Platforms+ Architecture Patterns & Reference Implementations+ AI-Driven Modernization & Portfolio Analysis+ Platform Engineering & Developer Enablement+ Architecture Governance & Standards+ High-Scale Financial & Payment Systems+ Executive Influence & Cross-Functional Leadership

Experience

1. Fellow (VP), Enterprise Architect & Expert Engineer

   Fiserv

   May 2023 — Present · Columbus, OH, US

   Enterprise architecture and technology strategy leader responsible for application modernization, cloud transformation, and platform engineering across a portfolio of 800 applications spanning payments, banking, fraud, and financial services platforms.+ Defined and drove enterprise-wide application modernization strategy, establishing standardized migration and refactoring patterns across a portfolio representing hundreds of millions in hosting spend.+ Partnered directly with the CIO to leverage AI-driven analysis to assess application architectures and determine modernization pathways (rehost, replatform, refactor), identifying 20–30% cost optimization opportunities.+ Created reference architectures, reusable blueprints, and infrastructure automation frameworks to accelerate cloud-native engineering across distributed teams.+ Established an enterprise architecture governance model focused on enablement, increasing engineering velocity while improving consistency, security, and compliance.+ Led multi-phase modernization initiatives across application, infrastructure, networking, and DevOps domains for mission-critical financial platforms.+ Managed and scaled a library of platform automation modules and engineering accelerators, reducing duplication and improving delivery speed.+ Partnered with cyber, infrastructure, and compliance leaders to ensure non-functional requirements (security, resiliency, scalability, performance) are embedded in all architectures.+ Recognized as “Expert Engineer” (top 0.5% of technologists), demonstrating elite technical leadership and enterprise impact.+ Delivered measurable outcomes including $5M annual cloud cost reduction and significant improvements in platform scalability and resilience.

Education

• Ohio Northern University

  Bachelor of Science, Computer Science

Skills

• Software Development
• Scrum
• Wcf
• Web Technologies
• Enterprise Architecture
• Visual Studio
• Asp.net
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Tfs
• Agile Project Management
• Xml
• Software Project Management
• C#
• .net
• Sdlc
• Microsoft Technologies
• Architecture
• Pci Dss
• Soa
• Web Services
• Agile Methodologies