Leighton Williams Email Address

Application Architect

JLT is one of the world's largest providers of insurance, reinsurance and employee benefits related advice services.

I am a TOGAF certified enterprise solution & integration architect who has a track record of success in both enterprise-level and solutions-level architecture. I have more than 8 years of experience in architecture working across several IT architecture disciplines including enterprise architecture (primarily enterprise application & technology architecture) and solution & integration architecture. I also have a very good working knowledge of business architecture and data architecture disciplines. I have a wealth of practical experience of working on several large scale global projects at my previous organisations with a strong emphasis on system/solution integration often resulting from major business change such as mergers, acquisitions and/or internal re-structuring. Familiar working in fast paced environments resulting from major organisational changes and have experience driving and participating in aggressive programmes of business & IT change. I have extensive experience working for major multinational organisations, such as DHL & Siemens, that have been characterised by their distributed technical and business environments & locations. I have consulting experience having worked on several client accounts (e.g., BBC, HP, NCR, etc.) from which I have developed a strong commercial awareness. I have significant global experience and am extremely comfortable in dealing with international colleagues/clientele having successfully held in positions in London, Kuala Lumpur and Prague. I am ambitious and strongly motivated to develop my career rapidly in a forward thinking organisation. I am looking for a strategic and focused role that incorporates both strong business and technology elements. I am keen to have a real impact on the future business & technology direction of the organisation and am looking to work on enterprise-wide solutions and participate in projects that seek provide significant benefit for the business. Specialties: • Arch.Frameworks: TOGAF 9 - certified, Zachman • Arch.Styles: SOA, ESB, MOM, N-Tiered • Modelling Languages: UML, BPML • Modelling Tools: Ent.Architect, Visio, Rational • Design Patterns: MEPs, OO Patterns • Dev.Methods: Waterfall, Iterative/RUP, Agile/Scrum • Dev.Tools: XML Spy,WID • Middleware: WebSphere - WPS, ESB, WMB, Sonic ESB • App.Frameworks: J2EE, SCA, Struts, .NET • Web Services Standards: SOAP, WSDL, WS* • Messaging Standards: JMS, MQ • Languages: Java, XML, XSLT, BPEL, C, SQL