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Aidan McGowran

CEO

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland19 yrs experience
Highly StableAI Enabled

Key Highlights

  • Over 20 years of experience in Engineering and Architecture.
  • Expert in AI and Data strategy for product development.
  • Strong background in IT Risk and Governance.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Fintech expert with a focus on AI-driven architecture.

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Skills

Core Skills

Solution ArchitectureEnterprise ArchitectureSoftware Project ManagementLeadership

Other Skills

Agile MethodologiesAgile Project ManagementAlteryxApigee API ManagementArtificial Intelligence (AI)BPMNBusiness AnalysisCloud ComputingData AnalyticsDesign PatternsDistributed Team ManagementFinancial DatabasesFlowableIT Business StrategyIT Governance

About

As the Senior Director of Architecture at Workhuman, I lead the architecture team that defines the technology strategy and investment roadmaps covering enterprise, product, data and AI architecture. Im also responsible for back office engineering teams that support our Finance and E-commerce operations, personalization and ML pipelines. I have over 20 years of experience across roles in Engineering, Product, Strategy and Architecture, developing the people, processes and technology to deliver business outcomes. I have a strong background in IT Risk and Governance and have established new functions, roles and processes to mature IT management in various organisations. My current focus is enabling Workhuman to harness AI and Data to deliver new products and insights to the organisation. I have recently completed a Masters in Data Analytics, with a focus on Generative AI. I am passionate about the possibilities this new technology offers and am a keen advocate of responsibly leveraging its capabilities to create business value and enhance human experiences. Im responsible for AI Learning and Development at Workhuman and have given numerous talks at conferences on how to harness its benefits.

Experience

Exl

Vice President, AI Solutions Engineering

Jul 2025Present · 8 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland · On-site

Workhuman

3 roles

Senior Director of Architecture

Promoted

Dec 2023Jul 2025 · 1 yr 7 mos

Director of Enterprise Architecture

Promoted

Jun 2022Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • Hired by Workhuman to establish, manage and grow the Enterprise Architecture function in Workhuman. My team is responsible for defining the technology strategy and investment roadmaps to enable business units to achieve their goals. Key areas of responsibility include:
  • Technology, Cloud and AI Governance
  • Investment Planning and Budgeting
  • Architecture Repository: ( Principles, Business Capability Models, Architecture Roadmaps)
  • Application Portfolio Management, Rationalization and Spend Management
  • Technology Procurement
  • Automation and Integration Strategy
LeadershipSolution ArchitectureEnterprise ArchitectureDesign PatternsIT GovernanceSoftware Project Management+5

Enterprise Architect

Sep 2019Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 9 mos

LeadershipSolution ArchitectureEnterprise ArchitectureDesign PatternsSoftware Project ManagementCloud Computing+1

Credit suisse

3 roles

Research Operations Strategy Manager, Global Markets

Jul 2017Jun 2019 · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Working in Research CTO office to define and execute strategic goals, identify and evaluate technical opportunities while governing IT projects and managing risk.
LeadershipDesign PatternsSoftware Project ManagementWorkflow EnginesCloud ComputingAlteryx+2

Vice President, Research Publishing and Workflow

Promoted

Jan 2014Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 6 mos

  • Development lead and product owner responsible for the delivery and maintenance of all publishing applications across
  • the research department, overseeing a team consisting of 15+ global resources, covering development,
  • QA, BA and support.
  • Worked with global stakeholders and product partners to define strategic roadmap for products.
  • Designed and lead the implementation and rollout of new publishing systems.
  • Managed and mentored team, providing objectives and fostering development.
  • Introduced Agile and DevOps methodologies to maximise efficiency of team
  • Introduced Micro Service and API driven architecture to enhance collaboration and improve delivery.
  • Ensuring all products comply with regulatory requirements, architecture standards and
  • development practices.
  • Technologies: Java, Spring, Activiti, BPMN, REST, Zuul, Angular, Aspose
  • CI/CD: SVN, Maven, TeamCity, Jenkins, Junit, Mockito, SonarQube, Splunk
LeadershipSolution ArchitectureDesign PatternsSoftware Project ManagementWorkflow EnginesFlowable+4

Vice President, Global Research Database

Oct 2009Jan 2014 · 4 yrs 3 mos

  • Senior Developer responsible for the design and development of a global research database which provides investment analysis and data services to both Credit Suisse and its institutional clients. Responsible for implementing caching, reporting,security, admin website and client facing website. Technologies used include J2EE, Spring, SQL, JSON, HTML5 and AngularJS.
LeadershipSolution ArchitectureDesign PatternsSoftware Project ManagementDistributed Team ManagementFinancial Databases+1

Fujitsu

J2EE Developer

Jun 2009Sep 2009 · 3 mos · Dublin, Ireland

  • Developer working on a Telco project to create a unified interface to multiple Telco systems, providing a mobile virtual network platform for 3rd party clients. I was responsible for designing and developing the middle tier interface using web services, implementing authentication,validation and auditing of requests. Technologies used included Spring, Spring WS, XSD,JAXB and Quartz.
Design Patterns

Tcs

Software Engineer

Jan 2009Mar 2009 · 2 mos · Sydney, Australia

  • Acted as consultant to Hutchison Telecom UK during their migration to the system developed for Hutchison TelecomsAustralia while working for Ericsson. Responsibilities included training and mentoring developers, designing and developing solutions to smooth the migration process while continuing development and maintenance of local CMS environment.
Design Patterns

Ericsson

Java Developer

Aug 2008Dec 2008 · 4 mos · Sydney, Australia

  • Developer working on a project to extend the Fatwire CMS system for Hutchison Telecoms Australia to provide a custom publishing platform for mobile content. Responsibilities included the design and development of reusable publishing template, 3rd party content retrieval and liaising with business stakeholders to establish requirements and deadlines. Technologies used included Java, JSP,XHTML, Spring, Ehcache, Oracle, Sybase and Fatwire CMS.
Design Patterns

Goodbody stockbrokers

Java Analyst Programmer

Feb 2007Mar 2008 · 1 yr 1 mo · Dublin, Ireland

  • Junior developer working with a small team to redesign the Goodbody Online Trading system in accordance to WS-Security and SOA standards. Developed web site to allow clients to trade stocks and manage portfolios, implementing web tier and 3rd party service integration. Technologies used included Spring, Ibatis, Websphere, Web Services, EJB, JIBX, XSL, HTML and CSS.

Performix technologies

Java Developer

Dec 2005Feb 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos · Dublin, Ireland

  • Junior Developer working on a project providing call centre management software . Responsible for designing, implementing and supporting functional updates to system, focusing on authentication, authorisation and user management. Technologies included JBoss, Oracle, J2EE, Liferay,Spring, JSP,XML,XSLT, Tiles and Hibernate.

Education

Technological University Dublin

MSc in Computing ( Data Analytics ) — Data Analytics

Sep 2019May 2022

Dublin City University

B.Sc. in Computer Applications — Computer Science and Software Engineering

Jan 2001Jan 2005

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