Who?

Paulo Amiel Soriano

Application Architect | Platform Manager | AI & Enterprise Systems Specialist | kosa@paulosoriano.com

Application Architect with 20+ years of experience designing, modernizing, and delivering enterprise applications across PLM, ALM, CRM, collaboration platforms, and custom business systems. Deep expertise in Microsoft technologies, cloud-native architectures, integration patterns, and full SDLC leadership.

At Dyson, Paulo has become a key architectural leader across RDD IT - driving platform strategy, release governance, and AI adoption. He recently designed and implemented a full SDLC AI RAG agent using C# and Semantic Kernel, enabling automated requirements analysis, code generation, documentation, and testing workflows for three of Dyson’s internally built applications.

Paulo is recognized for combining architectural rigor with practical delivery leadership, enabling organizations to modernize legacy estates, industrialize development processes, and scale platforms with reliability and governance.

Core Competencies

Application Architecture & Solution Design
AI Engineering (RAG, Semantic Kernel, C#)
Enterprise Platforms (ALM, CRM, Quality/Safety Systems)
Release Management & Governance
SDLC Optimization & CI/CD Automation
Cloud & Hybrid Architecture (Azure, AWS)
SharePoint & Power Platform Architecture
Integration Architecture (API Gateways, Service Bus, MuleSoft)
Modernization Strategies (DDD, Microservices, Containerization, Re-platforming)
Team Leadership & Capability Management

Key Achievements

AI & Automation

Designed and implemented a full SDLC AI RAG agent for Dyson using C# and Semantic Kernel, enabling automated requirements processing, code scaffolding, documentation generation and test creation for three enterprise applications.
Established the architectural patterns, retrieval strategy, and orchestration logic for AI-assisted development workflows.

Platform Ownership

Platform Manager for Dyson's:
- PLM Platform (Teamcenter) - environment strategy, performance, integrations and roadmap
- Qualitry & Safety Reporting Platforms - reliability, compliance and continuous improvement
- B2B CRM Platform - architecture, stability and modernization direction

Release Governance

CAB Member for Dysson RDD IT, responsible for:
- Reviewing and approving release candidates across multiple platforms
- Ensuring architectural compliance, risk mitigation and dependency alignment
- Defining release KPIs, quality gates, and environment readiness criteria
- Driving a predictable, industrialized release cadence across RDD IT

Architecture Leadership

Designed and proposed a strategic architecture governance framework to improve alignment between Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architecture functions across Dyson RDD IT.
Delivered multiple high-impact designs, including:
- CNC machine networking with legacy OS constraints
- Cloud migration strategy for PLM workloads without performance degradation
- ALM modernization and CI/CD industrialization across RDD platforms

Professional Experience

Dyson – Application Architect / Platform & Release Lead

September 2023 – Present

Architecture & AI Innovation

Architected and delivered Dyson RDD IT’s first AI‑driven SDLC automation agent using Semantic Kernel and C#, enabling automated requirements analysis, code generation, documentation, and test creation for three internally built applications.
Defined architectural standards and patterns for AI-assisted development across RDD IT.
Designed enhancements and improvements for Dyson’s Quality/Safety and B2B CRM platforms, including solutions to meet new regulatory requirements and strengthen security posture.
Own the Mendix platform from an IT perspective, providing architectural direction, governance, and platform strategy.
Currently establishing a Mendix Centre of Excellence, defining standards, best practices, and capability development for Mendix delivery across the organisation.
Leading a project to deploy a Mendix Private Cloud environment using AWS EKS, enabling scalable, secure, and enterprise‑grade Mendix hosting aligned with Dyson’s cloud strategy.
Designed and implemented a performance testing framework for the ALM ecosystem using JMeter and Selenium, leveraging Apdex scoring alongside throughput, error rate, response time metrics, and other performance counters. Correlated application performance with server‑level counters, resulting in data‑driven scaling decisions, including both scale‑up and scale‑down actions across ALM infrastructure.

Platform Management

Owns and manages the PLM (Teamcenter), Quality/Safety, and B2B CRM platforms.
Responsible for platform stability, performance, integrations, and long-term roadmap.
Developed environment strategies and modernization plans for PLM.

Release Management & CAB

Core member of the Change Advisory Board (CAB) for RDD IT.
Evaluates release risks, architectural alignment, and cross-platform dependencies.
Ensures releases meet quality gates, security requirements, and operational readiness.
Industrialized release processes using ALM tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and automated quality checks.

Architecture Leadership

Designed an architecture governance framework and role model for Enterprise, Solution, and Technical Architecture, later presented to RDD IT leadership.
Delivered end-to-end designs for complex business requirements across manufacturing, engineering, and RDD systems.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Accenture – Software Engineering Manager / Technical Architect

July 2016 – September 2023

SharePoint Architecture

Industrialized SharePoint development processes, introduced SPFx, and optimized search relevance.
Designed hybrid SharePoint architectures balancing confidentiality with cloud collaboration.

.NET Architecture & Modernization

Led modernization of legacy applications using DDD, microservices, containerization, and re-platforming.
Introduced service bus layers and API gateways to improve performance during peak trading.

MuleSoft Workstream Management

Managed capability, delivery, and platform health for MuleSoft integrations.
Enabled multi-vendor collaboration through standardized processes.

Release & Platform Management

Defined release KPIs, branching strategies, and BPMN standards for business process modeling.
Improved release cadence and quality across multiple enterprise platforms.

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Earlier Roles (2000-2016)

SharePoint Architect, Senior Consultant, Solutions Architect, Development Lead, Microsoft Applications Specialist, Senior Software Engineer

Delivered enterprise applications, search solutions, workflows, migration tools, and platform modernization across industries including security, banking, insurance, telecommunications, and manufacturing.

Technical Skills

Languages & Frameworks: C#, .NET / .NET Core, VB.NET, Java, ASP.NET MVC, ReactJS, jQuery, JavaScript, XML/XSLT

AI & Automation: Semantic Kernel, RAG, vector stores, orchestration patterns

Platforms: SharePoint (2003–Online), Power Platform, MuleSoft, CRM systems

Cloud & DevOps: Azure, AWS, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, ALM tooling, Git, automated testing

Databases: MS SQL (T-SQL), Firebird/Interbase

Architecture: DDD, Microservices, API gateways, service bus patterns, hybrid cloud

Industry Experience

Consulting • Security • Banking • Insurance • Telecommunications • Manufacturing

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