Matthew Thomasson
Technology change leader and enterprise architect combining deep financial-sector engineering experience with production agentic AI, unstructured data intelligence, and cloud-native platform leadership.
A Chartered Engineer and Chartered Manager Fellow with a foundation of previously held professional Solutions Architect certifications across AWS, Azure, and GCP, TOGAF, and CISSP, I help regulated organisations move from strategy to deterministic execution—interlinking optimised foundation models, autonomous multi-agent workflows, and provable validation layers over complex enterprise data.
Core Capabilities & High-Level Skills
KYC Periodic Reviews & Unstructured Data Intelligence
Architecting automated KYC periodic client review, document-scanning, and evidence-gathering agents that extract structured meaning, risk signals, and entity context from complex unstructured data—leveraging Maisa, Amazon Bedrock, Amazon Textract, and AWS S3 beneath a provable validation and regulator-ready execution layer.
Model Optimisation & Deterministic Multi-Agent Systems
Engineering custom Python & declarative multi-agent systems using Microsoft Agent Framework (MAF), Maisa, CodeAct, OpenHands, PydanticAI, and MCP alongside AI coding agents (Devin, Claude, Codex, GitHub Copilot)—interlinking and optimising models and sandboxed guardrails for deterministic execution.
Multi-Cloud & Enterprise Architecture
Platform-agnostic architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP—covering Landing Zones, multi-account governance, serverless & event-driven microservices, Infrastructure-as-Code, and FinOps cost optimisation.
Financial Services & Digital Banking
Deep domain expertise across retail, corporate, and offshore banking—spanning core banking & SaaS integration, domestic and cross-border payments, FX, treasury, Open Banking (PSD2), and omni-channel platforms.
Modern Data & Event-Driven Platforms
Real-time event streaming, modern data lakehouse architectures (Apache Iceberg, Delta Lake, Spark), API & CRM ecosystems, and high-volume pipelines with end-to-end lineage and governance.
Strategy, Security & Transformation Delivery
Executive advisory, £12M+ multi-jurisdictional transformation leadership (60+ specialists), scaled Agile (LeSS/Scrum), and enterprise security & risk governance (GDPR, ISO 27001, SOC 2, PCI-DSS).
Leadership Background
Technology, Cloud & Agentic AI Consultant
2020 – PresentAdvising regulated financial institutions, FinTechs, and digital ventures on enterprise architecture, automated KYC periodic review & unstructured document intelligence (Maisa, Bedrock, Textract, S3), deterministic agent platforms (Microsoft Agent Framework, CodeAct, OpenHands), real-time data lakehouses, and core banking integration.
Senior Technology & Transformation Leadership
RBS InternationalHeld progressive executive leadership roles including Head of Delivery (Transformation), Head of Technology Change, Head of Project Delivery, and Enterprise Application Development Manager—leading 60+ specialists and ~£12M annual change portfolios across corporate electronic banking, cloud strategy, European branch expansion, payments, and regulatory transformation.
Education & Chartered Status
- MBA in Technology Management — Open University
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science — Kingston University
- Chartered Engineer (CEng) & Chartered Manager Fellow (CMgr FCMI)
Previously Held Certifications
Historical cloud, enterprise architecture & security accreditations (now expired): AWS Solutions Architect Professional, Azure Solutions Architect Expert, Google Cloud Professional Architect, TOGAF Practitioner, and CISSP, alongside Agile delivery credentials (LeSS, PSM, CSM).
