An Enterprise Architect who speaks business, not just tech
I work with CEOs, CIOs, and boards on high-stakes technology decisions — where the consequences are financial, operational, and strategic, not just technical.
My job is to turn complex architecture and investment choices into clear trade-offs the business can act on: cost, risk, speed, and long-term fit.
What an Enterprise Architect actually does — in my practice
Say “Enterprise Architect” to most leaders and two images come up: TOGAF diagrams, or a Solution Architect with a bigger title.
My role is different. I sit at the business–technology interface: helping leadership see the organization as a system, connect strategic intent to structural choices, and decide where to invest, consolidate, or change direction.
I use enterprise architecture as a decision discipline, not as documentation.
When leaders typically bring me in
BUILD — launching new capabilities
- Standing up a new business unit, product, or platform from zero.
- Designing operating models and architecture that can scale with the business.
- Moving transformation programmes from slides to shipping.
FIX — restoring order after disruption
- Post-M&A integration: realigning overlapping systems, data, and ownership.
- Reorganization: connecting structure, processes, and IT to a new strategy.
- Cost and risk: reducing run-costs and legacy exposure without damaging critical capabilities.
I am most useful when an organization is about to change direction. Less useful for steady-state administration.
How I work
- Frame the decision. Most initiatives stall because the real decision is never clearly stated. My first contribution is usually to name it.
- Surface the trade-offs. Cost, risk, speed, reversibility, strategic fit — made explicit so leadership can choose deliberately rather than default.
- Design the target state. A structured view of where the organization is going, and the minimum changes that get it there.
- Stay close to execution. I work directly with data, teams, and prototypes to make sure the decision holds up in reality.
Selected outcomes
- National top-2 aviation hub. Product portfolio reduced from 4,600 to 1,200 items and time-to-market cut threefold — by rebuilding classification, lifecycle rules, and governance across 19 legal entities.
- Fuel retail with over 70,000 B2B counterparties. Reconciliation time cut 6× and fraud-related losses cut 10× — by replacing paper-coupon settlements with a cashless platform and architecting the surrounding governance.
- Global IT services firm, approximately 68,000 employees. 80% of HR inquiries across 12 processes resolved without human intervention, 99% answer accuracy, response times from days to minutes — by architecting the HR assistant and its knowledge and integration layer.
(See the Cases section for the full project list.)
How we can work together
- Fixed-scope project — 6 to 16 weeks. A bounded engagement: assessment, target operating model, portfolio rationalization, architecture audit, or a specific transformation decision.
- Fractional or embedded advisor — months. Regular rhythm with CTO/CIO/CEO on a series of related decisions; typically a few days per week or per month.
- Expert due diligence or second opinion — days to weeks. For boards, investors, and PE firms needing an independent read on a portfolio company or a specific technology decision.
Ask my assistant
Before booking a call, you can ask a few questions directly. My AI assistant knows my track record, how I structure engagements, and the kinds of problems I typically work on. It can also generate a résumé tailored to a specific role, forward a vacancy or company link to me, or help you book a meeting.
Let’s talk
If you are facing a complex technology decision — M&A integration, a scaling programme, cost restructuring, an AI adoption question, or a stalled transformation — a short conversation is usually the best way to see whether an architectural perspective would help.
Email: vkgeorgia@icloud.com · LinkedIn: Valerii Korobeinikov
No sales pitch. Just a structured discussion about your situation.