About

Architecture that answers to the business

Ten years building and running business-critical platforms for international companies, and the side ventures that taught me what it costs to run one.

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Who I am

Hey, I’m David

I am a software architect based in Spain. I have spent my career on the systems companies cannot afford to stop, growing from developer to architect at Deloitte, Boehringer Ingelheim and TUI, in distributed teams across USA, Germany, Netherlands, UK, Poland and India.

I work where technology and business meet. The right architecture is the one that gets your product shipped, at a cost and a risk you can explain, and that your team can keep running after I leave.

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How I work

Three things you can count on

  1. 01

    Decisions you can defend

    Every recommendation comes with its cost, its risk and the alternative it beat, so it holds up in front of a board, an investor or an auditor.

  2. 02

    Increments, not big bangs

    Change lands in small, releasable steps while the business keeps running. Progress is visible every few weeks, not promised for next year.

  3. 03

    Your team owns the result

    Knowledge, documentation and tooling stay with your people. The engagement is a success when you no longer need me for it.

Side projects

Outside client work

Ventures I founded or helped run. They are where I learnt to own a budget, a product and its users.

Have a platform that needs to move forward?

Tell me where you are and where you need to be. The first conversation is free and commits you to nothing.

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