Daniel Zivkovic

Hands-on Cloud Solutions Architect who believes that today's code is tomorrow's Technical Debt, so he:

1. Advocates achieving Business Agility by adopting Serverless Technologies, Managed Services, other people's APIs, and Serverless Mindset in general – regardless of your Tech Stack.
2. Applies Design Thinking principles to manage Innovation and bring empathy to technology – thus enabling his clients to design solutions that delight their customers.
3. Provides audits and assessments of Application & Data Architecture modernization plans to enable Executives to align Technology planning with the overall Business Strategy.

Passionate about Data Engineering, AI/ML Services, Voice-first Design and solving Healthcare problems through Technology.

• Deep understanding of the overall architecture landscape that supports Digital Business such as Cloud Computing, Big Data, Conversational AI (CCAI), Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Content Management Systems (CMS), Marketing Automation, Web Integration, Personalization, Online Search (SEO & SEM), Mobile and Social / Collaboration, Portal Technologies, Knowledge Management and Interoperability in highly regulated industry verticals (PCI, PHI, HIPAA, FHIR).
• Specializing in Distributed technologies: Microservices, n-Tier & Service-Oriented Architectures (SOA), REST APIs, Enterprise Integration (EI) Patterns, Message-oriented middleware, e-Business infrastructure, Data Transformations, Workflows, Application Adapters interconnecting back-tier systems.
• Extensive experience in Systems Analysis, Solution Architecture, Design & Implementation of standards-based systems that integrate business processes and information, leverage and extend existing IT assets in Banking, Financial Services, Telecom, Healthcare & Pension Planning sectors using Agile, Iterative & Waterfall SDLC.
• Proficiency in building quality into software systems by integrating & validating Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) such as High Availability, Performance, Scalability, Reliability, Security, Privacy, Usability & Accessibility.
• Ability to elicit Business Requirements using Interviews, Focus groups & JAD sessions.
• Strong knowledge of Enterprise Architecture (EA) frameworks, emerging technologies, trends & directions to ensure timely and authoritative advice to his clients and minimize their risks.  

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