Zachary Avery

About Zachary Avery

I\'m an Enterprise Architect working at the intersection of fintech, automation, and scalable systems design. I began my career as an engineer at Microsoft, evolved into a technical lead at McKesson, and eventually transitioned into architecture at AvidXchange—where I discovered my passion for simplifying complexity across business verticals and ERP ecosystems.My focus areas include payment and invoice automation, event-driven architectures, and AI-driven solutions that help invoice/payment understanding. I thrive when collaborating with passionate product leaders and skilled engineers to transform ambitious ideas into resilient, customer-centric systems. With hands-on experience in Azure, Kafka, and.NET, I help guide both the strategic vision and the early execution of enterprise initiatives.I believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives and shared goals. I lead with empathy, value team consensus, and aim to create architectural clarity without sacrificing agility.Outside of work, you\'ll find me chasing my toddler on a trail somewhere (especially parts of the Appalachian Trail), learning something new, or swapping architecture war stories over coffee.Let’s connect if you’re passionate about technology that moves people and money more intelligently.

Experience

1. Enterprise Architect

   AvidXchange, Inc.

   Aug 2016 — Present · Charlotte, NC, US

   Enterprise Architect – Cloud-Native Strategy | Procure-to-Invoice Portfolio | FinTechLed the end-to-end architecture, design, and development of scalable, cloud-native solutions within a mission-critical procure-to-invoice portfolio, driving digital transformation and modernization initiatives.Key Contributions & Achievements:Architected Domain-Driven Microservices: Applied Domain-Driven Design principles to define and implement appropriately scoped microservices within a robust API platform, aligning with specific regulatory and scalability requirements.NET/Azure Technical Leadership: Served as the subject matter expert (SME) on.NET and Azure cloud development, delivering strategic guidance, code standards, and architectural blueprints to cross-functional engineering teams.Accelerated Developer Velocity: Created and maintained reusable development reference applications and starter kits, significantly boosting time-to-market and development consistency across teams.NFR-Driven Design: Collaborated with business and technical stakeholders to elicit and integrate non-functional requirements (e.g, scalability, security, latency) into architectural decisions and solution blueprints.Vendor Strategy Enablement: Developed multiple proof-of-concepts (POCs) to evaluate third-party solutions, supporting vendor selection with hands-on technical assessments and stakeholder presentations.Strategic Technology Planning: Contributed architecture insights and emerging technology evaluations to shape long-term product and platform roadmaps.Enterprise-Wide Event-Driven Architecture: Spearheaded the design and implementation of an enterprise event-driven architecture, seamlessly integrating ERP systems with cloud-native solutions for real-time data processing and automation.

Education

• The University of Alabama

  Bachelor of Science (BS), Management Information Systems, General

Skills

• Sql
• Visual Studio
• Visio
• C#
• Windows
• Sharepoint
• Microsoft Office
• Os X
• T-Sql
• Databases
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Visual Basic
• Html
• Windows 7
• Javascript
• C++
• Css
• Vb.net
• Angularjs
• Go
• Knockoutjs