Meet our Consultants

Strategic Architects having a Strategy Session in 2023 including training around Mission, Vision, Services, Code of Conduct, Strategic use of AI and Data and Team Building.

Strategic Architects consultants together have over 150 years of direct Business and Enterprise Architecture experience with most of that experience in Queensland State and Local Government. 

Envision a team of skilled professionals committed to nurturing a collaborative culture, developing innovative solutions, and fostering long-term relationships with clients, empowering them to harness the full potential of digital transformation. This vision encompasses a relentless pursuit of excellence and a curiosity to embrace emerging trends and adapt to the evolving needs of the business landscape. 

By listening to our client’s needs, we develop collaborative solutions to enable the client’s businesses with the tools necessary to move forward, taking into accountboth the budget limitations and business goals of the organisation.  

Managing Director and Lead Consultant

Nigel is a competent Certified Enterprise Architect with 17 years’ experience in implementing architecture to achieve business outcomes. This has been in the positions of Director, Manager and Chief Architect providing strategy and architecture leadership across Cloud, AI, Data and technology enablement programs of work.

Over the last six years, Nigel has expanded the Strategic Architects' business and has led his team to achieve transformational change as Lead Enterprise Architect Consultant in government and private organisations.

Nigel is a results-orientated business and ICT professional with 25 years’ experience in the fields of housing and public works (including racing), emergency services, elections, health, mining, water, local government, pharmacy, police, and financial institutions. 

Nigel has exceptional strategic level skills, a sound knowledge of emerging technologies and apply this knowledge by developing strategies and roadmaps and architecting digital innovative programs in organisations to achieve positive business outcomes. 

Principal Consultant - Program, Project and Change Manager

Jasmine is an energetic Project Management leader who is proud to deliver digital transformation projects with end users at the heart of what she does. 

Jasmine seamlessly combines PRINCE2 and Agile methodologies and Change Management principles to ensure projects are delivered right the first time and to an exceptional quality that all stakeholders can rally behind. 

Jasmine has over 15 years of corporate experience working in the Healthcare, Telecommunications, Agriculture, Higher Education and Finance industries, and now leads a team of equally passionate Project Management professionals specialising in Digital Transformation projects. 

Lead Consultant - Data and Information Architect

Venkatesh is a leader and advisor in technology, strategy, and governance areas of Data & Information Management. 

He has passion for data and information, transforms organisation’s data and analytics landscape to achieve larger efficiencies, cost savings and risk reduction. 

He believes in continuous innovations, enriching user experience, and enhancing organisation’s data culture. 

Venkatesh has about 22 years’ experience in the fields of telecom, finance, government, travel, manufacturing, and retail businesses. 

Venkatesh has led IT architecture for large strategic projects in Queensland State Government replacing legacy systems and transforming organisations business. 

Venkatesh has TOGAF 9, SAFe, Azure Data and Data Science certifications with a Bachelors degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering.

Principal Consultant - Enterprise and Solution Architect

Morris Rashad is a Principal Enterprise Architect with over 30 years’ experience and has worked in very senior Architecture and Consulting roles on many large ($100M+) Systems Integration projects locally, interstate and overseas across a wide range of industry verticals.

These industry verticals include Government, Police, Health, Defence, Airlines and Utilities (Telecommunications, Electricity, Water). 

Morris has unique and enviable experience in dealing with the complexities of large IT and business transformation projects. 

This is across many dimensions: conceptual/investment (business cases), architectural, technical, operational, project management and organisational change. 

Morris is a certified TOGAF 9.1 Enterprise Architect and has a Master of Science.

Principal Consultant - Enterprise and Solution Architect

Chris is a Principal Architect with over 30 years experience in Australia, UK and France. He has worked in very senior Architecture and Consulting roles on many large ($100M+) assignments for Government and Private Industry. 

This has covered a wide range of industry sectors including: Cloud services, Software products, Finance, Banking, Insurance, Media & Advertising, Libraries, Justice, Healthcare, Transport, and Utilities (Telecommunications, Water). 

Chris has been involved in the complete lifecycle of large multi-disciplinary IT and business transformation projects. This has included all stages: visioning and business case, architecture (conceptual, logical, physical), detailed design, implementation, testing, deployment and commissioning, operational, project management and organisational change. 

Principal Consultant - Project Manager

Judy is a highly experienced Portfolio, Project and Program Director and Manager specialising in business case development and delivery of projects and programs. 

Her experience is in facilitating digital transformation in both public and private sectors. 

Judy has worked extensively in the areas of human services, finance, housing, public safety, transport, telecommunications and public policy in a career spanning 30 years. 

She has held senior executive roles in the Queensland State Government and Director roles in the Big 4 consulting firms.

She is a professionally qualified Program and Project Manager in PRINCE@ and MSP, has Design Thinking and Facilitator certifications and a Master of Science. 

Principal Consultant - Business Financial Analysis

Rose is a management consultant with over 20 years’ experience working in Government. 

Over the past 10 years Rose’s efforts have been focussed on business transformation. She has undertaken several strategic reviews across Queensland Government and progressed the resulting opportunities from business case development through to program/project definition and delivery. 

Rose has prepared business cases for state based large projects across several portfolio areas including Treasury and Transport.

Rose has considerable report writing experience and is skilled in preparing documentation that engages stakeholders at all levels and generates confidence in decision-making. 

Senior Consultant - Project Manager

Gareth has extensive experience in delivering Information and Communication Technology projects in large complex organisations resulting in positive feedback from clients and sponsors.

He has expertise in engaging business stakeholders in positive relationships, building project structures and teams to deliver consistently successful outcomes.

Gareth has the ability to guide the delivery of strategies, architecture, designs and technology roadmaps, developed by Strategic Architects.

Gareth has achieved great success over the years and been awarded a number of project management awards as a Queensland, National and Asia Pacific winner.

He is able to provide program and project management expertise, guidance and information, in order to deliver on statements of work. His effective governance and management leads to positive delivery.

Senior Consultant - Enterprise and Solution Architect

Martin is a highly skilled, all round IT consultant - skilled architect and manager who aspires to organisational excellence through continuous improvement and desire to work collaboratively with other people who value quality, innovation and excellence themselves.

Martin has a pragmatic approach, using his broad range of skills, to get the desired outcomes drawing on experiences from many industries, and exposure to many platforms and technologies.

Martin has run many large projects, as well as being an architect and developer, with a focus on software integration.

Martin is particularly interested in projects that make the world a better place or really improve people's lives. His goal is to be able to run his own business, and fund humanitarian projects where he can directly participate in affecting change in people’s lives.

Martin is a competent TOGAF 9 Certified Architect that specialises in Solution and Integration Architecture.

Senior Consultant - Solution Architect

Adrian enjoys creating, leading, developing, and transforming technology teams. 

He possesses extensive and wide-ranging technical consultancy and executive management experience across a range of industry sectors. 

He has a proven ability to create and execute a technology vision, roadmaps, inspire technologists and deliver large technology projects.

Adrian brings a practical, hands on, down to earth approach. 

He can provide both the big picture technology overview and descend to the deep technical details as required. He remains humble, approachable and enjoy working with people at all levels.

Adrian has a PHD in Environment Sciences and post-graduate degrees in Management and Software Engineering.

Consultant - Business Analyst

Priya has about five years of experience in IT industry and worked in various projects over time. She has strong data analysis and application process mapping skills that is required in small to large transformation programs. She has strong commitment and dedication to get things done and done right. 

With website application development experience, she has strong motivation to expand her knowledge in Power Platform that offers modern frameworks to build applications in a corporate environment. 

Principal Consultant - Solution Architect

Werner has more than 25 years of experience across the public (local, state and federal) and private sector covering multiple industries for technology vendors, systems integrators and customers. He excels at combining and crafting various business and delivery models which increases delivery velocity and organisational capability, whilst reducing duplication and waste. 

Werner has worked for Fujitsu, Microsoft, Unisys, City of Gold Coast, the Public Safety Business Agency, and have delivered transformation initiatives at the Australian Tax Office, CBA, Westpac, ANAO, News Limited, Optus, Fairfax, Westfield, Lend Lease, NSW Department of Education, Boral, the South African Reserve Bank, Konkola Copper Mine in Zambia and the top legal firms in Sydney.

Principal Consultant - Solution Architect

 As a Principal Architect, Frits has had to opportunity to head innovative projects across both government and private industries. For both Queensland Treasury and Brisbane City Council 

Frits was responsible for migrating their on-premises datacenters onto a private cloud platform. At the time these were the largest cloud migrations in Queensland Government. With over 20 years of IT experience, Frits operated in cloud, DevSecOps, virtualization, automation, service-oriented architecture, data analytics and more. Using his personal mantra Simplifying Complexity Frits has championed many projects on time and within budget to a successful outcome.