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Andrew Gianni
Director Analyst
Andrew Gianni is an analyst on the Enterprise Architecture and Technology Innovation team. He leads research on delivery-oriented architecture practices of solutions and product architecture, enterprise architecture support for agile and product management methodologies, EA governance and assurance and enterprise architecture tools. Andrew focuses on bridging the gap between the Enterprise Architecture practice and the application delivery organization, ensuring that delivery teams have the architecture support, skills, and tools they need to support distributed decision making in a resilient digital enterprise.
Previous experience
Mr. Gianni has over twenty-five years of professional technology experience in the higher education, US healthcare payer and non-profit sectors. He spent the early part of his career as a web application developer and as an IT advisor to small non-profit organizations. The second half of his career shifted to enterprise architecture, where he helped create a solutions architecture practice at the University at Buffalo, SUNY and served on the EA teams at two different BlueCross BlueShield affiliates in solutions and enterprise architect roles.
Professional background
Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, Enterprise Architect, 3 years
Highmark of Western and Northeastern New York, Solution Architect, 4 years
University at Buffalo, Enterprise Solution Architect, 10 years
Areas of coverage
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Future-State Architecture Realization
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Future-State Architecture Design
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Enterprise Architecture Operating Model
Education
Computer Science - University at Buffalo, The State University of New York
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
Defining architect roles and organizational structure
Enterprise architecture support for agile methodologies
Selecting tools to support the enterprise architecture practice
Creating and managing reference architecture
Architecture governance and assurance