Nigel Schmalkuche was hired in 2017 through 2019 as an Enterprise Architect Strategist to work on a range of activities mostly focused on our Cloud Computing strategy and implementation. Nigel has a wide and deep knowledge in many disciplines that resulted in a fabulous addition to our team.
Some of the activities Nigel progressed for us was our ICT as a Service and Information Insights Strategies, Enterprise Architecture Maturity Model and Assessment, Cloud Adoption and Assurance Framework, various Architecture Work Packages, AWS Public Cloud Initiation workshops, Innovation activities using AI and Machine Learning, commencement of our Data Analytics Community of Practice and TOGAF coaching for our EA staff.
Nigel has great skill in quickly building diagrams and models to help communicate and set directions. He does this energetically by engaging well with stakeholders, refining and seeking approvals through various boards.
He has a deep knowledge of Enterprise Architecture practices and solid experience in the industry. We will miss his enthusiasm and appetite for taking on more tasks and hope that we can hire him again the future.
Nigel Schmalkuche has extensive and detailed skills in knowledge in Enterprise Architecture and how to establish and deliver and EA capability in an organisation. He is a person of great vision and ability to execute on that vision. His approachable friendly nature made working with him enjoyable.
Nigel Schmalkuche's strengths are enthusiasm, motivation to achieve high quality documents and present to business or ICT clients in a way they understand. He always is well read on a range of ICT subject areas. Nigel specialises in ICT as-a-service Architecture (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, iPaaS, hosting and outsourcing arrangements. He documented and negotiated the implementation of a revised ICT Governance Framework and established the member groups.
Nigel also implemented TOGAF across organisation. He converses well with technical specialists and business owners. He continues to maintain up-to date knowledge across all areas of Enterprise Architecture (Business, Information, Application, Technology, Security), ICT, Strategic Planning, Program and Project Management.
Strong Business acumen. High level of verbal and written of communication. In short Nigel is a very energetic and enthusiastic proponent of Enterprise Architecture and he will be a valuable asset to any organisation.
I would like to recommend Nigel Schmalkuche as a highly competent enterprise architect and effective manager. As he is committed to keeping his skills up to date through research and formal certifications he is able to provide credible and contemporary advice to clients, peers, staff and superiors.
Nigel successfully run the Enterprise Architecture Program and produced strategies and roadmaps that have guided the organisation successfully through technology change One major success that he personally initiated while working with me was the ICT Governance Framework. This brought together the necessary governance ICT needed and facilitated sound ICT decisions without added roadblocks. The governance also contributed to the effective running of the technology change program (Program One).
Nigel has a broad experience across a number of ICT disciplines and is able to easily articulate what I require and provided me with products and services that have met or exceeded what I was after. I am happy to provide additional information to attest to his strengths and abilities.
Having worked with Nigel Schmalkuche at several conferences, I can say he is one of the friendliest and most dynamic industry professionals I have had the pleasure of working with. His enthusiasm for his profession and can-do attitude make him someone we always want to stay connected with.
Venkatesh is a great Solutions Architect with expert level skills in the field of Business Intelligence and Analytics. He has a very deep understanding of the processes around organising data in ways that provide maximum opportunity to achieve desired business outcomes. He is also an expert in the supporting database and analytics technologies and tools. He can work at both the strategic level and can quite successfully work with the tools to produce the necessary visualisations.
Venkatesh is a hard worker and prepared to put in the hours as necessary to achieve the outcomes as required. He is also a strong communicator and works well to ensure the right levels of engagement occur. He is both friendly and approachable.
I would thoroughly recommend Venkatesh and would not hesitate to re-employ him.
Sarath was engaged for only a short-term project, but during this limited time, he was always keen to help us reach our desired outcome in a very limited timeframe.
I’ve been working with Nigel for a while now, and it’s been incredible to see his dedication to educating people in the IT Architect space. He genuinely wants to make things better for everyone involved and strives for improved outcomes that allow clients to truly harness technology. If you’re looking for IT Architects for your business or want to advance your knowledge or your staffs knowledge , hop on board with the Nigel “freight IT Architect train” — you won’t regret it!
Andrew is a top end and highly professional Enterprise Architect. One of the things that makes Andrew unique, is his ability to capture seemingly complex views of organisational capabilities, then distil these into simple models to help plan for effective change programs. Andrew inspires and mentors architects working for him to do their best work and pull together as a team.
Quick to form close working relationships with stakeholders, diligent and responsive in his agreed actions, Andrew keeps momentum in high level planning exercises. This earns him respect from peers and internal clients alike.
Andrew also has an excellent grasp of - and exposure to using strategic architecture for M&A planning activities. I certainly recommend Andrew to anyone searching for a seasoned Enterprise Architect.
As a Project Management professional, often the technical aspects of digital delivery can leave the unnitiated overwhelmed and gaps can be left in design and testing. Nigel is a magician at transforming Solution and Enterprise Architecture into Strategic Architecture, where organisational strategy seamlessly aligns with project delivery.
I have had the honour of working with Nigel and the Strategic Architects team on multiple government engagements and have been impressed by the team's ability to deliver Architecture using human centred design principles.
If you're looking for a Strategic Architect who puts the humans at the other end of design at the centre than I wholeheartedly recommend Nigel.
Sarath had good understanding of Cognos toolset as well as BI products, has a good team player.
The Duracell Battery that just keeps on going is the phrase that comes to mind when I think about Andrew. his boundless drive and ability to get things done is a standout. I've know Andrew since 2018 during which time we've worked together and I've had the privilege to be one of his mentors and coaches. Above all I impressed by his ability to take complex concepts and processes and distill them down to the simple 'core' that can be expressed on one page. That said, he's also a highly motivational leader who has built his own high performing team and is coaching others to do the same. Andrew would be a true asset to any team or organisation and comes with my heartfelt recommendation.
I had the opportunity to work with Andrew on a number of my projects. He was a pleasure to work with as he took the time to work with me in establishing the current information architecture context and helping define and set the future context so my data remediation projects were successful completed and integrated into the business.
Andrew is an experienced Enterprise Architect who can simplify complex issues and environments on a page. He has a deep information management experience and a strong track record of success across all IM domains and Architecture Practices. Andrew contributes to the Architecture community through white papers and regular conference speaker.
I connected with Andrew via LinkedIn about 4 years ago where we had an interesting discussion around cross government enterprise Architecture. After that we kept in touch and met each other in London, Sydney, and Auckland.
Andrew has a broad knowledge in different industries like Government, Financial Services, Utilities, Health Insurance, Mining and Tourism industries. He has a strong stakeholder engagement and partnerships. He communicates complex issues in a simplified way towards executives, business, and technical teams in a clear concise language.
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