Steve Jones

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ABOUT STEVE JONES

I am currently working as a Solution Architect at Aviva, and have worked on the following projects during the past few years :* Currently working on a large-scale integration activity between two top-five ranked UK General Insurers - focussing on Claims, including designing the rehosting of Guidewire ClaimCenter from on-prem to Guidewire Cloud Platform and various other Guidewire stack applications.* Worked on a new design & integrations initiative in the Lloyds of London / Syndicated Insurance space, responsible for integration patterns between broker-facing platforms and carrier, including back office and policy functions.* A digital-first project delivering powerful real-time online Claims MI and Claims Tracking functionality to Aviva\'s broker and corporate partners via the Guidewire application suite - super successful feedback from real-life users after go-live* Previously led a team of 5 architects to deliver a multi-workstream transformation programme across Motor insurance.* Delivering and leading on Solution Design and strategy for Aviva Actuarial global systems, focussing on simplification of legacy platforms, infrastructure cost reduction, and standardisation/unification across markets and applications, which won the DevOps 2023 \"Most Successful FinOps Project\" award.* Major Cloud migration programme : Assessing existing On-Premise domiciled applications for migration to the Cloud - producing full documentation for each including KDD\'s, HLD\'s, infrastructure diagrams and so on.* Developing and refining API/integration touchpoints from Guidewire Claim Center to various legacy back end insurance policy systems.* Defining datasets to be used across disparate application groups, plus data feed structure and code back to host systems.