Mark Page

Current

Enterprise Architect at Aviva

Past

Technical Architect at Aviva
Architect at Aviva
Lead Technical Developer at Norwich Union

eCommerce Developer at Norwich Union
System Developer at Norwich Union
Mainframe Developer at Norwich Union

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Education

Bredemeyer Enterprise Architecture Workshop
British Computer Society
Open University

Wymondham High School

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Mark Page’s Summary

I am an Enterprise Architect within the Strategy and Governance department of IT Solutions at Aviva.

My daily role involves equal parts of project governance through engaging with the major change programs within Norwich Union and seeking to develop the architecture capability within the organisation, including adoption and spread of best practice and core capabilities across the Aviva group.

Current assignments include responsibility for development of and alignment to architecture which supports core business function. Development is led by longer term business objectives as detailed in strategy.

Technical experience includes a large scale pilot implementation and deployment of IBM WebSphere Portal and IBM collaboration products into an enterprise environment, including integration with existing Domino infrastructure.

Past activities include leading research and evangelism of emerging technologies including WEB 2.0, virtualisation and the development collaborative community on a corporate wiki.

Prior to my current role I have managed a software development team including operations in support and transition of critical e-commerce architecture, developed and maintained software written in a variety of languages across a range of platforms.

I joined Norwich Union at the grass roots through a business team and have worked through multiple insurance disciplines before putting the knowledge gained at the coal face to use creating and enhancing the technology solutions in support of business activities.

My key goals at present are focused on development of a successful architecture to support business plans, promotion of tooling and methods to improve project delivery and collaboration capabilities to help join up and empower workers. Despite the current focuses I will always strive to deliver innovative solutions to existing problems and highlight and raise awareness of emergent technologies which will provide real business differentials.

Mark Page’s Specialties:

UML modelling and Visual Architecting process.

XML, HTML, CSS, client scripting.

.Net - Visual Basic.Net, C#, Visual Studio 2003 - 2008.

MS SQL Server 2000 - 2005.

VB6 SP4, VB6 webclasses.

Mainframe specialisms - Cobol, DB2 v6, JCL, VSAM, CICS & tools - Omegamon, Platinum, FileAid.

Java, Tomcat - Eclipse 3.1 WTK, Rational Application Developer (RAD).

IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM WebSphere Portal.

Mark Page’s Experience

Enterprise Architect

Aviva

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AV-L; Insurance industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 3 months)

Enterprise Architect in Norwich Union (an Aviva company).
Technical Architect

Aviva

(Public Company; Insurance industry)

2005 — 2007 (2 years )
Architect

Aviva

(Public Company; Computer Software industry)

2000 — 2007 (7 years )
Lead Technical Developer

Norwich Union

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; AV; Insurance industry)

January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
eCommerce Developer

Norwich Union

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Internet industry)

March 2002 — January 2004 (1 year 11 months)

Web developer of first web solutions. Developer of mid-tier business components enabling interoperability with mainframe business processes.

Development included creation of generic e-commerce infrastructure.

Role migrated to include management of the team charged with maintaining shared e-commerce layer across the enterprise.

Key experience gained in ASP, VB6 webclasses, SQL Server 2000, COM and DCOM. Interoperability layer implemented on SNA / HIS.
System Developer

Norwich Union

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1999 — March 2002 (2 years 10 months)

Software development and support for mainframe and desktop (OS2) business application suites.

Mainframe development of batch and online business applications in support of critical business functions.

Desktop client development and deployment of OS2 business solution using C++ and Presentation Manager.

Deployment activities include distribution across multiple geographic (UK) sites.
Mainframe Developer

Norwich Union

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Software industry)

June 1998 — June 1999 (1 year 1 month)

Mainframe application developer responsible for software upgrades prior to Y2K. Primary activity included upgrading software suite to Cobol II.

Experience across CICS, DB2, Cobol, JCL and VSAM. Versioning and support tools experience.

Mark Page’s Education

Bredemeyer Enterprise Architecture Workshop

Enterprise Architecture 2008 — 2008
British Computer Society

ISEB Business Systems Development , 2004 — 2005
Open University

Diploma in Computing , 1997 — 1998
Wymondham High School

1982 — 1986