Dr Tim O'Neill holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Systems and a PhD from the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS).

Currently he is a Research Fellow in the UTS Institute for Information and Communication Technologies (IICT) and for the last 2 years has been the CEO of Avolution Pty Ltd, a UTS spin-off company.

In the last 10 years Dr O’Neill has published over 20 internationally refereed University of Technology Sydneypapers and consulted on large systems engineering projects in all sectors in Australia and overseas.

He is currently undertaking multi-disciplinary, qualitative and quantitative research and consulting for large-scale, complex enterprises and systems on behalf of UTS and Avolution Pty Ltd.

Presentation
Architecture-Based Design Optimization
This is a general presentation on Enterprise Architecture (EA) and how it is so much more than just box and line diagrams, even if one is to prescribe the shapes of the boxes and lines (à la a framework).

Almost 500 years ago Dante s famous quote art for art s sake warned that artists were becoming devoted to their craft rather than their social responsibility. While over 20 years of world-leading architectural research and practice by the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) has resulted in some phenomenal art (we have patented 7-dimensional representations), it seems to have been lost by practitioners that the true value of EA lies in its ability to facilitate quantitative strategic planning, analysis and OPTIMISATION i.e. NOT just pretty pictures to be hung on a wall.

Dr O Neill will present the Five Steps to Evolution that helps EA to be more than just art for art s sake.

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