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Lee Broders

Lee Broders

Fractional CTO | AI/SaaS Advisor | Executive Coach

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WhitchurchMember since November 5, 2026
Cloud Governance Oversightdesign authoritystandardsrisk/compliance alignmentcost guardrailsarchitecture review cadenceAWSOracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)Azuremulti-cloudhybrid and on-premise estateslanding zonesVPC/VNet designIAM/IAGnetwork securityHigh Availability & DRhands-on migration supporton-premise to cloudAWS to OCIAzure to OCItesting and validating outbound interfaces and integrationsGenAI & Conversational AITechnical Design Authority focussafe adoption patterns and guardrailsAWS BedrockOCI Data SciencePythonOracle eBusiness Suite (10.7–R12)Oracle DB (7.x–21c)OEM 13c
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Cloud Governance Oversightdesign authoritystandardsrisk/compliance alignmentcost guardrails

About

Experienced Senior/Enterprise Cloud Architect and Engineer with a track record of delivering complex, mission‑critical change across enterprise and government environments since 1996. Brings deep Oracle expertise (Applications & Database) combined with modern cloud architecture across AWS, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Azure, multi-cloud and on-premise environments. Formerly security‑cleared, with strong stakeholder management, design authority, and leadership skills, with experience in complex bid/solution teams that include multi-party, multi million pound programs using methodologies like TOGOF, ITIL and TOM, as well as Agile and Waterfall to combine operational structures across consortium partners.

A business mentor and executive coach, known for improving delivery velocity and governance by simplifying processes, codifying standards and driving cross‑team collaboration. With hands-on experience supporting intercloud migrations (AWS-to-OCI, Azure-to-OCI), including testing and validating outbound interfaces and integrations. Currently strengthening GenAI capability through ongoing study in GenAI and Conversational AI with The Turning Institute, the Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), AWS and Google with practical GenAI platform experience including AWS Bedrock and OCI Data Science, with Python proficiency for prototyping and automation.

Provides cloud governance oversight, ensuring designs align with strategic platforms, standards, security controls and cost guardrails. Also provides Fractional CTO/CIO/CEO advisory through Data Network Computing for startup technology businesses, advising on cloud, technical direction and compliance. With both UK and Irish nationalities.

Experience

Cloud Security / Multi-Cloud & On-Premise Architecture Consultant at Bord Na Móna (2026-08 – 2026-10)

  • Reviewed cloud security across OCI, wider multi-cloud and on-premise dependencies, including connectivity, routing, firewall rules and outbound interface considerations.
  • Reverse-engineered the existing OCI tenancy to support security review, current-state assurance, and HLD/LLD production across tenancy, compartments, VCNs, subnets and resources.
  • Produced OCI inventories and evidence packs covering compute, databases, OS details, IP addressing, subnet placement and server roles across Frankfurt and Amsterdam regions.
  • Reviewed cloud security and compliance against OCI Well-Architected principles, including IAM, networking, application ingress, backup automation, Data Guard/DR and least-privilege access.
  • Created editable OCI architecture diagrams using Draw.io and OCI icon standards to support design assurance, operational handover and firewall/connectivity review.
  • Worked through FortiGate firewall, ingress and connectivity evidence to identify gaps and the additional information required for HLD/LLD and operational documentation.

Fractional CTO/CIO/CEO & Cloud/Technology Advisor at Data Network Computing (2026-01 – 2026-08)

  • Worked through Data Network Computing as a Fractional CTO/CIO/CEO for startup technology businesses, providing senior technology leadership, cloud strategy, technical governance and compliance guidance.
  • Advised founders and leadership teams on AWS, OCI, Azure and hybrid/on-premise choices, covering resilience, identity and access, backup/continuity, cost control and operational ownership.
  • Produced practical technology roadmaps, architecture reviews and delivery plans covering supplier selection, migration, security remediation, hosting, domains/DNS/email and managed support.
  • Provided board-level challenge and hands-on guidance across product/platform decisions, data/security risks and scalable operating models.

Senior Cloud/Solutions Architect at Vodafone Global (2024-06 – 2025-10)

  • Cloud governance oversight: ensured solutions met platform strategy, security controls, and cost/operability guardrails through design reviews and clear standards.
  • Lead architect within a global, multi‑cloud environment designing secure, scalable solutions across Azure, AWS and OCI to support high‑availability business services.
  • Designed and built Oracle Dedicated Region Cloud Customer infrastructure and investigated OCI Cloud Isolated Regions for secure sovereign and air-gap cloud requirements
  • Worked with new cloud technologies including GenAI and Conversational AI to help clients through the design of affordable, sustainable cloud solutions aligned to strategic platforms, with exposure to AWS Bedrock and OCI Data Science and rapid prototyping in Python.
  • Supported on-premise and multi-cloud migration activity as a hands-on consultant, focusing on testing and validating outbound interfaces and integrations.
  • Provided consultancy, best practice and architectural support to internal teams to accelerate delivery.
  • Stayed current on evolving cloud technologies and translated them into reusable standards and patterns.
  • Implemented, built and managed on-premise and cloud infrastructure.
  • Defined and uplifted internal design standards, patterns and guardrails; chaired design reviews and contributed to the Technical Design Authority.
  • Streamlined the internal design and procurement process by implementing clearer intake criteria, estimation models, and gated approvals that reduced cycle time and rework.
  • Worked with identity and access patterns across AWS and OCI, including federation approaches and secure access pathways.
  • Introduced a catalogue of reference architectures and reusable Terraform/Ansible assets to accelerate delivery and improve consistency across programmes.
  • Partnered with security, network and operations teams to embed ‘secure‑by‑default’ practices, improve cost visibility, and codify non‑functional requirements (resilience, DR, observability).
  • Supported vendor selection and RFP/SoW creation; improved supplier onboarding, artefact quality and acceptance criteria.

Oracle Solutions/Cloud Architect & Apps DBA at Support Revolution (2023-12 – 2024-05)

  • Supported Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.14 estates covering Financials, HR/Payroll, ASCP and Demantra, alongside OBIEE and Oracle Enterprise Command Center (ECC).
  • Delivered core Apps DBA services including patching, cloning, code deployments and performance troubleshooting across both the application and database tiers.
  • Owned BAU support for legacy Oracle estates, including incident/problem management, performance investigation and service restoration in production.
  • Planned and executed patching and upgrade activities with clear cutover/rollback and validation steps; produced runbooks and customer-facing update notes.
  • Implemented/validated backup and recovery routines (RMAN) and supported DR readiness and restore testing where required.
  • Supported legacy Oracle EBS, databases and WebLogic instances across on‑prem and cloud platforms; incident, patching, SSO and directory-integrated estates (including OAM/OID-style patterns) backup and performance tuning responsibilities.

Oracle Solutions Architect & Apps DBA at Inoapps (2022-02 – 2022-07)

  • Supported Oracle E-Business Suite 12.2.14 estates covering Financials, HR/Payroll, ASCP and Demantra, alongside OBIEE and Oracle Enterprise Command Center (ECC).
  • Delivered core Apps DBA services including patching, cloning, code deployments and performance troubleshooting across both the application and database tiers.
  • Provided customer-facing Oracle DBA support across mixed estates, including legacy versions, with a strong focus on HA/DR and operational handover.
  • Supported RAC/ASM and Data Guard patterns where in use, including health checks, patching coordin

Education

Master of Laws (LL.M)

ILM Level 7 (Master’s) in Business Mentoring & Executive Coaching

Skills

Fractional CTOAI/SaaS AdvisorExecutive Coach

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