Clarity. Governance. Execution.

Brisbane · Global

Available — contract EA & SA engagements

Architecture that enables execution.

I’m Phil Myint — an enterprise and solution architect with more than three decades turning complex cloud, security and transformation programmes into governed, executable outcomes. I don’t deliver presentations. I deliver architecture that teams can actually build.

Enterprise & Solution Architecture · Governance · AI · Brisbane & Remote

30+years in enterprise tech
4M→25Musers scaled on one platform
1,300+users migrated, zero disruption
25%+operational cost reduction
50+sites · 14 data centres

The problem I solve

Programmes don’t fail on technology. They fail on architecture.

Cloud, AI and transformation programmes rarely fail because of the technology. They fail because the architecture cannot support the decisions being made — ownership fragments, governance lives in documents instead of operating practice, and delivery teams inherit a target no one can actually build. I fix that: decision rights defined, governance that operates in practice, business and technology strategy aligned, and an executable target architecture delivery teams can implement.

I don’t produce architectural presentations. I build architecture that enables execution.

Delivery track record

Shipped outcomes, not slideware.

A sample of engagements where architecture had to survive contact with production — regulated environments, national scale, live cutovers.

Public sector · Queensland Government

Enterprise architecture governance

Enterprise architecture governance across major infrastructure and digital transformation programmes. Defined target-state architectures, technology roadmaps and solution standards, acting as Design Authority so investment aligned with enterprise, security and operational requirements.

Design Authority · target-state architecture · roadmaps
Education · Cybersecurity & network

Statewide security uplift & SD-WAN

Led the architecture for a statewide cybersecurity uplift and SD-WAN transformation. Aligned enterprise security to ISO 27001, Essential Eight and SABSA while governing the rollout of security platforms across hundreds of education sites.

ISO 27001 · Essential Eight · SABSA · hundreds of sites
Technology services · Cloud & operations

Voice migration & FinOps

Led the migration of more than 1,300 users to Microsoft Teams Voice with zero service disruption. Applied FinOps practice and Azure Monitor optimisation to reduce operational monitoring costs by more than 25%.

1,300+ users · zero disruption · 25%+ cost cut
Global security & software

Architecture at hyperscale

Provided architectural leadership across 50+ sites and 14 data centres. Standardised enterprise architecture and deployment patterns that enabled a global web security platform to scale from 4 million to 25 million protected users.

50+ sites · 14 data centres · 4M→25M users

How I work

Four things I bring to a delivery.

/01

Decision rights

Who owns which decision, on what evidence, with what trade-offs — so ownership stops fragmenting.

/02

Governance that operates

Governance as working practice, not documentation — run through the forums where decisions actually happen.

/03

Executable target

A target architecture delivery teams can build against, with the sequencing and standards to get there.

/04

Independent authority

Vendor-neutral architectural leadership that optimises for the enterprise’s outcome, not a supplier’s.

Experience

Three decades as a design authority.

  • Founder & Principal ArchitectThe Ordo Animi Group · 2015–present
  • Enterprise Architecture & Design AuthorityQueensland Government
  • Global Architecture & Delivery LeadABB Enterprise Software
  • Global Design AuthorityBlue Coat · Symantec · Broadcom

Standards & practice

TOGAFSABSAISO 27001 Essential EightAzureAWS FinOpsAI governance

Delivered across government, financial services, mining & energy, education, enterprise software and global technology organisations.

Available now

Open to contract EA & SA engagements.

Brisbane and remote. If you have a programme that needs architectural clarity before complexity becomes failure — let’s talk.