Darren T.

IT Strategy | Enterprise Architecture | Digital Transformation

Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia

About

As part of senior management team reporting to CIO, Darren Tan currently works as Acting Chief IT Architect & IT Strategist. He is a keen advocate of industry frameworks like TOGAF, IASA, TM Forum Frameworx, ITIL, Agile Development & DevOps which could play a pivotal role in large IT organization transformation & disruptor journey into a Digital Services Provider. Darren Tan manages a matrix team of IT Domain Architects, whereby collectively this SWAT team functions as the local IT Design Authority in Digi. Enterprise Architecture practice is a norm here with collective governance within Digi & also across Telenor Group Architecture governance. Darren is also responsible for developing long term IT Strategy & strategic direction to transform Digi into a Digital Service Provider, manage the execution of the strategy are well adopted & implemented by technology & business key stake holders. His team of highly caliber architects are responsible to develop IT Blueprints as the detailed roadmaps of IT Strategy under his guidance. His technical specialization includes on IT Operating Model, Digital-Cloud Services, Integrations, OSS, Big Data Analytics, Customer Experience Management, IS/IT Infrastructure & Value Added Services domains. He is also developing specialization into BSS domain. He was managing a team of Infrastructure system engineers prior to joining current company whereby he was also the Account IT Architect for a few local major Telecommunication providers. Industry Framework Certifications: *TOGAF 9 Certified Professional (#36502) *IASA Certified - Business Technology Strategy (BTS1016-60-10178) *IASA IT Architecture Core (ITAC1115-10371, CITA - Foundation (CITAF1115-60-1131) *TM Forum Certified Business Development Manager (eTOM, TAM, SID) https://www.tmforum.org/membership/current-members/member-profile/?id=992#see-list *ITIL 2011 Foundation Certificate in ITSM (36313) *ISO 27001 Certified Lead Auditor *PRINCE2 Certified

Experience

  • Vice President (Enterprise Architecture) at MNRB Group
    Sep 2019 - Present · 6 yrs 10 mos

  • Digi Telecommunications (12 yrs 3 mos)
    • Acting Chief IT Achitect & IT Strategist
      Feb 2017 - Sep 2019 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    • Principal - Technology Strategy
      Jan 2014 - Sep 2019 · 5 yrs 9 mos

      Telecom Technology Strategy for Operation Support Systems (OSS), Business Intelligence (BI), IS/IT Infrastructure, Value Added Services

    • Technical Architect
      Jul 2007 - Dec 2013 · 6 yrs 6 mos

      Technical Architect (Technology Strategy & Architecture - IT & VAS). TOGAF Certified - 36502

  • IT Architect at Sun Microsystems
    Apr 2006 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos

    IT Architect for Celcom (Employee Access Partner Program - EAPP Frontline)

  • Presales Manager at Frontline Technologies (M) Sdn Bhd
    Oct 2004 - Jun 2007 · 2 yrs 9 mos

    Presales Manager for Sun Presales Activities

  • Formis Network Services (6 yrs 2 mos)
    • Product Manager
      Apr 2003 - Sep 2004 · 1 yr 6 mos

      Presales for TimeDotCom, Celcom, DiGi

    • Product Manager
      Aug 1998 - Mar 2003 · 4 yrs 8 mos

      Product Manager