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Edouard Kieffer

Edouard Kieffer

Solution Architecture · Team Leadership · Financial Services Decisioning

Experienced solution architect with 15+ years delivering decisioning solutions for leading banks and financial institutions in Australia, New Zealand, and EMEA. I lead multidisciplinary teams from presales through to go-live, with a focus on practical design, sustainable implementation, and measurable business outcomes.

Sandringham · Victoria · Australia

Solution ArchitectureAgentic & Generative AICloud Technologies & K8STeam LeadershipCredit & Risk DecisioningExperian PowerCurve & Ascend

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For roles in solution architecture, technical consulting, or leadership across banking and financial services.

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Work Authorization

  • Australian citizen - full work authorization in Australia and New Zealand
  • French citizen - full work authorization in the European Union

Recent focus areas

  • Digital transformation and cloud migration
  • Team management, leadership and coaching
  • DevOps, CI/CD and delivery frameworks
  • Generative AI, Agentic Coding and Agentic Engineering
  • Customer acquisition, Customer management and fraud prevention solutions

References

Available upon request

Experience

Selected roles summarising work across Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, EMEA, Japan, and Europe.

Enterprise Architect

Experian ·Melbourne, Australia ·

Jul 2026 – Present · 1 month

  • Steer overarching technical strategy and delivery success by driving AI adoption and architectural alignment across the organization.
  • Delivery Excellence: Guide delivery teams to ensure successful execution and implementation, providing high-level architectural oversight and strategic direction.
  • Strategic Alignment: Partner with sales, presales, and product teams to bridge technical capabilities and market needs, continuously refining solution offerings.
  • AI Integration: Drive the design and adoption of generative and agentic AI frameworks across presales, product development, and delivery to modernize workflows and enhance core product value.

Solution Architect & Technical Consulting Manager

Experian ·Melbourne, Australia ·

Apr 2017 – Jun 2026 · 9 years 2 months

  • End-to-End Delivery: Lead the design and delivery of origination, customer management, and fraud prevention solutions for banks and financial services providers across Australia and New Zealand, from presales through to go-live.
  • Technical Leadership: Manage a technical delivery team of 6 consultants and analysts, creating an environment that fosters high performance, innovation, practical problem solving, and ongoing skills development.
  • Engineering Excellence: Designed and implemented local DevOps and integration frameworks and contributed to the transition to Experian's Ascend cloud platform.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Collaborated with presales and product teams to accurately position solution capabilities while advocating for local market priorities.

Senior Technical Consultant

Experian ·Melbourne, Australia ·

Mar 2015 – Mar 2017 · 2 years

  • Led adoption of the PowerCurve decisioning platform across Tier 1 and Tier 2 financial institutions in Australia and New Zealand.
  • Identified and addressed product gaps, with several solutions incorporated into the core product and reused globally.
  • Supported sales and presales teams to align solution design with client priorities and delivery constraints.

Technical Consultant & Senior Solutions Analyst

Experian ·Monaco & South Africa ·

2008 – 2015 · 7 years

  • Delivered customer management and decisioning solutions for clients across South Africa and the broader EMEA region, working from presales and proof-of-concept through to implementation.
  • Turned around at-risk projects by clarifying priorities, simplifying technical designs, and coaching delivery teams.
  • Developed reusable, low-maintenance components to support long-term platform stability.

Early Technical Roles

PAREXEL Japan · Excilys ·Japan & France ·

2006 – 2007 · 1 year

  • Hands-on work across interface design, Java/JEE and Hibernate back-end development, and infrastructure projects.
  • Developed monitoring tooling and supported network and desktop deployment initiatives.