Case studies of Enterprise Architecture
Institute: BCS
Event Date: 18/02/2008
Event Time: 6 for 6:30pm - 8:30pm
Event Venue: Trophy Suite, Tally Ho Sports & Conference Centre
Event Location: Pershore Road, Birmingham B5 7RN
CPD: 0.5 points/hour
Wayne Horkan is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Sun Microsystems in the UK & Ireland; as the Technology Leader for the UK & Ireland he represents the UK & Ireland Technical Community & provides leadership to the customer facing Technology & Business Consultants in Sun's Global Sales & Services Organisation (GSSO).
Wayne will be presenting three Enterprise Architecture Case Studies taken from major customer engagements, including an Enterprise Architecture team which led its company into a 70+ million pound 'pitfall', the use of Enterprise Architecture to define a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), and an example of how much Enterprise Architecture is about achieving the proper Governance model.
Wayne has had an extensive career in IT / IS implementations for 14+ years: in former roles with Sun, Wayne successfully established Sun's technical leadership position and relevance in support of significant and strategic Government Programmes, along with substantial work in the finance and utilities markets. This included, and still includes, Enterprise Architecture definition and implementation, which Wayne champions in the EMEA sector.
Prior to joining Sun, Wayne was Chief Technical Architect for Harrods Online, and also spent time as a Technical Consultant at a Systems Integrator (SI), a Senior Software Engineer at an Independent Software Vendor (ISV) & a Computer Programmer before that.
A free buffet will available from 6pm. Please contact Walter Milner, w.w.milner@bham.ac.uk, if you intend to be present, so we can plan the amount of food and drink for the buffet.
Web Links:
http://birmingham.bcs.org/enterprise.htm
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