Steve Cornish Cmgr

Lead Enterprise Architect - Grocery Commerce @John Lewis Partnership

Bracknell, GB

Strategic Influence: Played a pivotal role in shaping the Waitrose Technology Strategy, identifying critical impediments and capability gaps in Digital and in-store selling, directly influencing strategic decision-making- Target Architecture & Roadmap: Directed a cross-Domain Architecture team to define and implement a unified target Architecture for Waitrose.com Order Selling, Order Management, and Payments, creating a roadmap that unlocks business ambition (e.g. same day deliveries)- Strategic Cloud Migration: Led a comprehensive evaluation of migrating Waitrose Digital\'s AWS-hosted services to Google Cloud, presenting a compelling recommendation that gained CTTO approval and removed key uncertainties for Engineering teams- Technology Modernisation: Engaged with the Tech Mod programme to ensure modernisation paths are agreed for Selling technology and identified portfolio investment options for achieving modernisation- Innovation Pipeline: Experimented with Horizon Scanning, shared insights with the Head of Product (Online), and am working to embed it as a regular practice to create an innovation pipeline- Knowledge Sharing & Community Building: Established a team to continue running TechByte, a weekly innovation talk featuring internal and external speakers, attended by 50-80 digital natives, ensuring ongoing knowledge sharing and idea generation- Team Development: Analysed Selling Architecture team skills, identified key gaps, and organised training sessions in Critical Influence (led personally) and Contract & Commercial Acumen- Strategic Leadership: Awarded a Distinction for a Level 7 Apprenticeship in Strategic Management and Leadership Practice, putting many learnings into practice along the way.

University of Southampton

BSc, Mathematics with Statistics