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Keith Guttridge
VP Analyst
Keith Guttridge's main focus is on API and integration architectures, strategies and technologies. From an architecture perspective, he focuses on mesh app and services architecture (MASA), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and event driven architecture(EDA). Integration technologies include application integration software such as enterprise service bus (ESB), integration platform as a service (iPaaS), message brokers, event brokers, as well as code-based approaches to integration delivery. He also covers organizational issues for integration, including integration competency centers (ICCs), integration strategy empowerment teams(ISET) and centers of excellence (COEs). Keith also works on a number of Gartner initiatives including Composable Business and Hyperautomation.
Previous experience
While at Visa Europe, Mr. Guttridge was responsible for the middleware technology strategy and roadmap. He also worked as an integration architect on a large number of high-volume, card processing systems such as Authorizations, Clearing and Settlement, Person to person payments, real time fraud scoring.
Prior to that, he worked at IBM, initially as a developer on IBM MQ Series and IBM Message Broker for almost 5 years. After that he moved to consultancy services for the full range of IBM integration products.
Professional background
Visa Europe
Middleware Architect/Engineer
IBM
Middleware Consultant
IBM
Middleware Product Developer
Areas of coverage
Software Engineering Technologies
Software Engineering Practices
Software Engineering Leadership
Adopt Modern Architectures and Technologies
Build a World-Class Software Engineering Organization
Education
P.G.Dip., Software Engineering, Oxford University
B.Sc., Computer Science, University of Hull
Top Issues That I Help Clients Address
1Integration competency centers and centers of excellence
2Integration strategies
3Integration technologies
4Event driven architecture
5Hyperautomation