Akindoyin Akindoyin

Senior Executive Cloud Security Architect & Founding Board Member
Houston, US.

About

Seasoned cloud security and enterprise architecture leader with over a decade of experience accelerating cloud transformation across major financial and professional services firms—including HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, EY—and guiding nonprofit initiatives as a founding board member. Holds a PhD in Communications/Electronics Engineering from Imperial College London.

Work

EY (Ernst & Young)
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Senior Manager | Lead Cloud Security Architect

London, England, UK

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Summary

Leading cloud security architecture and transformation initiatives for enterprise clients, designing secure cloud-native solutions aligned to regulatory and industry requirements.

Highlights

Accountable for cloud security strategy, architecture design, and implementation oversight.

Managed cloud projects impacting critical workloads across public and hybrid environments.

DevNet (MyTechDev.org)
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Founding Board Member

Houston, Texas, US

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Summary

As founding board member of DevNet, contributing to strategic governance, nonprofit development, and leadership in nonprofit technology education.

Highlights

Helped establish organizational policies and governance frameworks for a tech-focused nonprofit founded in 2021.

Lloyds Banking Group
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Senior Manager | Group Cloud Enterprise Architect (Public Cloud)

London, England, UK

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Summary

Directed enterprise-level public cloud architecture and strategy within the financial services domain.

Highlights

Developed group-wide public cloud transformation roadmaps and standards.

Collaborated across IT and business units to ensure secure, scalable cloud adoption.

HSBC
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Vice President | Senior Cloud Security Architect

London, England, UK

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Summary

Designed and implemented cloud security architecture strategies for global banking operations.

Highlights

Delivered secure cloud architecture practices and tooling to support enterprise deployments.

Provided leadership on cloud risk mitigation and compliance frameworks.

Kainos
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Cloud Architect – AI / ML

London, England, UK

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Summary

Developed AI/ML-enabled cloud solutions and architectures for clients in IT services.

Highlights

Led design of scalable AI/ML workloads on cloud platforms.

PwC (PricewaterhouseCoopers)
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Solutions Architect

England, England, UK

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Summary

Provided architecture and solution design in support of sales engineering efforts.

Highlights

Collaborated with sales teams to craft scalable solution propositions for clients.

GAM Investments
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Quantitative Risk Analyst

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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Summary

Performed quantitative risk analysis for investment portfolios.

Highlights

Analyzed financial risk exposures using statistical modeling.

Imperial College London
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Graduate Teaching Assistant

London, England, UK

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Summary

Provided teaching assistance and research support in communications and electronics engineering.

Highlights

Supported PhD-level teaching and lab sessions.

J.P. Morgan
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Summer Analyst

Bournemouth, England, UK

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Summary

Supported research and analysis in financial services during summer internship.

Highlights

Contributed to market and portfolio analysis projects.

Huawei
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Data Engineer

Shenzhen, Guangdong, China

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Summary

Developed data engineering solutions in telecommunications contexts.

Highlights

Engineered data pipelines and processing workflows.

Education

Imperial College London
London, England, UK

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PhD

Communications & Electronics Engineering

University of Leeds
Leeds, England, UK

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MSc

Communications

Obafemi Awolowo University
Ile‑Ife, Osun, Nigeria

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BSc

Computer Engineering

Skills

Cloud Security Architecture

cloud security, public cloud, cloud transformation.

Network & Telecommunications

CCNA, CCNP, BGP, MPLS, Routing protocols, VPN, Wireless.

Programming & Tools

LabVIEW, MATLAB, Simulink, Linux, Azure.

Project & Risk Management

project management, quantitative risk analysis.