Paul Hobson
The Faster Horse Problem
Automation presents two opportunities. One is transformative — rethinking what a process is for. The other is just a faster version of something that shouldn't...
Technology leader.
Platform strategy.
Organisational design.
I work at the intersection of engineering, platforms, and the organisational structures that make complex systems function. I write about what I learn.
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Platform Engineering at Scale
Platform teams create leverage — but only when the organisational design matches the technology model. Most platform programmes get one right and ignore the other....
What Enterprise Architecture Actually Is
The job description says technology governance. The actual job is organisational therapy, cat herding, and learning to inch things forward without snapping the elastic band....
The IT/OT Boundary
Industrial organisations have two technology estates that rarely speak to each other. Closing that gap is one of the more interesting problems in enterprise technology...
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Technology Platforms, Plains
Platform strategy and infrastructure modernisation for large-scale energy operations across North America. Evolving complex technology ecosystems while maintaining operational reliability at the IT/OT boundary.
Enterprise Architecture, WestJet
Built and led enterprise architecture practice for a major airline — establishing governance, developing long-term modernisation roadmaps, and aligning technology investment with operational priorities across four years of significant organisational change.
Technology Transformation, UBC
Director of Enterprise Architecture for one of Canada's largest universities — aligning technology investment with institutional strategy across a diverse ecosystem of research, academic, and administrative systems.
Digital Infrastructure, Cardiff University
Early enterprise architecture and digital transformation for a major UK research university, including participation in national programmes on service-oriented infrastructure for higher education.