Michael Tonkin
Senior Enterprise Architect
51 years old
Villeurbanne (69100) France
Professional Status
Available soon
Available
About Me
Senior Enterprise Architect specialising in the structuring and governance of enterprise architecture repositories, the definition of information system transformation roadmaps, and the alignment of business strategy with IT capabilities in complex international environments.
Extensive experience in enterprise architecture governance, IT transformation, portfolio rationalisation, and information system urbanisation. Proven track record in designing and governing complex, business-critical, and enterprise-scale systems.
Trilingual professional with strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation skills.
British citizen holding a valid French work and residency permit, pending ongoing French citizenship application.
Extensive experience in enterprise architecture governance, IT transformation, portfolio rationalisation, and information system urbanisation. Proven track record in designing and governing complex, business-critical, and enterprise-scale systems.
Trilingual professional with strong communication, stakeholder engagement, and facilitation skills.
British citizen holding a valid French work and residency permit, pending ongoing French citizenship application.
Solution & Enterprise Architect
April
Since May 2021
- Ensures alignment between business strategy and Information System transformation roadmap.
- Designed the target architecture for the Health & Protection domain (400+ applications).
- Built and governed the Enterprise Architecture repository covering applications, data and integration assets within a TOGAF framework.
- Established and deployed API-first and data-centric architecture principles.
- Advised strategic transformation programs and provided architecture governance and decision support.
- Chaired Architecture and Urbanization review boards within the CIO organization.
Enterprise Architect
Exakis Nelite, Magellan Partners
February 2018
to August 2020
- Managed the selection and implementation of an Enterprise Architecture repository solution, including market assessment, RFP management, and platform administration for an estate of 1,400+ applications.
- Contributed to the growth and positioning of the Enterprise Architecture consulting practice.
- Evaluated CIAM solutions to support digital identity and access management initiatives in the healthcare analytics sector.
- Performed architecture mapping and impact assessments to secure the rollout of a new industrial solution.
Enterprise Architect
Volvo Group Trucks Technology
January 2013
to February 2018
- Developed and maintained the target architecture roadmap for the Product Development & Industrialization domain across the Volvo Group.
- Ensured technology decisions and solution architectures aligned with enterprise standards and strategic objectives.
- Defined architecture roadmaps addressing business needs while managing Information System complexity and dependencies.
- Led architecture assessments and feasibility studies to identify optimization opportunities and maximize business value.
- Established business data models in collaboration with process owners and domain stakeholders.
- Governed project compliance with enterprise architecture principles and target-state roadmaps.
- Defined and implemented Master Data Management practices and governance
- Oversaw the project portfolio and provided guidance to Solution Architects across the domain.
Service Operations Office
Volvo IT
April 2011
to December 2012
- Defined and established a global Service Delivery Management organisation across seven international sites.
- Implemented delivery standards, methods and governance for Delivery Managers.
- Implemented delivery standards, methods and governance for Delivery Managers.
Manager, Application Operations
Volvo IT
February 2007
to April 2011
- Led a 45-member team of application specialists, technicians and Delivery Managers.
- Led a 45-member team of application specialists, technicians and Delivery Managers.
- Chaired technical governance and project decision boards as well as CABs
- Directed application continuity and disaster recovery planning.
Project Manager & Business Analyst
Volvo IT
2005
to December 2006
- Led Volvo IT France's Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance programme, covering controls, processes and supporting tools.
- Assessed business value and organisational viability of strategic service initiatives.
- Defined Service Manager operating model, roles and governance (AOM framework).
- Reported programme progress and audit remediation plans to senior management, Internal Audit and Renault Trucks CEO
Team Leader, eBusiness Application Operations
Volvo IT
May 2003
to January 2005
- Manage a team specialised in CRM and web applications. Applications are followed from the project
stage into full-scale production and throughout their active life. - Managed service availability, operational performance and SLA compliance.
- Supervised a team of 4 application specialists.
PDM & CAD Operations
Renault Trucks (Volvo IT)
March 1999
to May 2003
- In charge of PDM applications in production environment
- Multi-site, multi-platform installations
- Enterprise Architecture & Target Roadmaps
- Business / IT Alignment
- Application, Data & Integration Architecture
- Architecture Governance & Repositories
- Security, Compliance & Risk Management (GDPR, DORA)
- Stakeholder Engagement & Organisational Transformation
- Manufacturing
- Insurance
- Interim/HR Solutions
- Mega HOPEX
- Drawio
- erwin EA/BP (formerly Casewise)
- Archimate
- LeanIX
- SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) - 2020
- Big Data Foundations (challenges and perspectives) - 2021
- Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) - 2019
- ITIL Foundations (v3) - 2010
- Distributed Infrastructure and Systems
- Application and Web Architectures
- Database Technologies (Relational, NoSQL, Graph)
- Integration, API and Messaging Platforms
- Operations: Monitoring, Workload Automation and Resilience
- AI Engineering: Prompting, Vibe Coding and Vibe Ops
- Line Management
- Business Analysis
- Quality Management & Audit
- Project Management
- Network/Practice Lead
- Budget & Finance Management
- English (native)
- French (native)
- Swedish (native)
- German (A2)
- Spanish (A1)
- Italian (A1)
Aeronautical Engineering