Architecture leads
Architecture leads work within a DfE portfolio or domain. They work closely with DDaT business partners and other DDaT specialists to support, steer and help join-up delivery.
They:
- assist, advise and guide programmes and projects, ensuring alignment with:
- technical strategies
- common patterns and components
- architecture principles
- architecture standards and assurance
- can help identify architects and other technical specialists needed to support delivery, specifically:
- supporting recruitment of the right people to meet the needs of the portfolio / domain
- working with delivery teams to align with architecture principles, standards and patterns
- helping identify common goals / problems being solved across DfE and linking up
Use the table below to find out who your architecture lead is. Or contact the architecture profession if you’re not sure.
Portfolio/domain | Architecture lead(s) |
---|---|
Teacher services | Andy Emley |
Children and families | tbc |
Schools and curriculum | Kiril Kolev |
Cyber security | Pete Dingwall |
End user services | John Phillips |
Operational services | Mario Gledhill |
Enterprise architecture | Ant McCrea |
Data architecture | Tafseer Nisa / Raqia Begum |
Data services | Rob Morigi-Eades |
Data analytics platform | Thomas Sykes |
Data science | Pete Holding |
Apprenticeship Service | Siva Poopalan |
National Careers Service | Spyros Ioannidis / Terry Rich-Whitehead |