In his 26 year career in Finance and IT, Brad has designed a wide range of systems including funds management, treasury, accounting, distribution, document management, supply chain and more recently covering in memory data-bases, knowledge systems, infrastructure and networks. Brad has been the Lead Architect on a range of transformation programs in the Banking, Finance and Government Sectors. Currently Brad works as an Enterprise Architect for IBM Global Services, Australia on the Dept. of Health & Ageing Account.

His current interests lie in optimising the Organisation's IT investments, from a strategic, business alignment, operational, risk and financial perspective. He lives and works in Canberra, Australia.

Presentation
Case Study: Architectural Patterns in the Australian Federal Government
This case study shows a picture of the Australian Health Industry and the role played by the Dept of Health & Ageing. It shows the industry from a macro-economic view, a health outcomes perspective and shows a list of current challenges faced by this large Government Dept. The presentation then moves to describe the key business issues, including increased demand for services (partially driven by the ageing of the population, by new technology and changing consumption patterns). The presentation then describes the key architectural challenges, and how these challenges are being addressed by leveraging the TOGAF framework in combination with optimisation tools and Business Component analysis.

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