Architect · advisor · speaker
Kamau Washington
Principal Advisor, Founder of Higher Architecture
Atlanta Metropolitan Area
Leader, trusted advisor, hands-on architect and speaker with more than twenty years in digital, industrial and enterprise architecture transformations. Founder of Higher Architecture, where the same foundations get packaged as solutions other teams can pick up.
20+
Years in enterprise architecture
$20B+
Annual revenue on platforms led
1M+
Transactions per second at 99.9% uptime
Billions
Of requests handled monthly
About
As a seasoned technical principal and portfolio owner, Kamau has led high-impact e-commerce platforms responsible for over $20 billion in annual revenue, running systems that handle billions of requests per month.
The work spans strategy and implementation. On one side, advising executive leadership teams and aligning enterprise architecture with both near-term goals and long-term business objectives. On the other, hands-on design, implementation and support of durable, reliable, scalable systems in high-volume, high-revenue environments.
Higher Architecture came out of that pattern: the same foundations, built once and packaged as solutions the teams that need them can pick up already carrying the quality attributes, best practices and modern patterns.
Practice areas
Where the years went
20 yrs+
Trusted strategic advisor to executive leadership
Leading enterprise-level technology strategy and aligning architecture initiatives with both short-term goals and long-term business objectives.
20 yrs+
Hands-on enterprise architecture
Architectural design, implementation and support for durable, reliable and scalable enterprise solutions, with a proactive approach to complex challenges.
20 yrs+
High-availability systems architecture
Architecting and implementing high-performance distributed systems supporting over one million transactions per second at 99.9% uptime.
20 yrs+
Business rules and process orchestration
Creating and deploying rules engines for real-time decision-making, orchestrating business processes that integrate legacy and current technologies into efficient workflows.
20 yrs+
UI, UX and CX architecture
Responsive digital experiences that translate complex business needs into intuitive, user-centered designs, built to earn repeat engagement.
20 yrs+
Cloud architecture, AWS-centric
Cloud solutions leveraging managed services and hybrid strategies, ensuring high availability and promoting application modernization.
15 yrs+
Resilient architecture for low-connectivity environments
Architecting and supporting systems that keep operating in manufacturing and aviation environments, where weather, location and site conditions disrupt connectivity and the supply chain.
The rules-engine work is where Bag of Engines comes from.
boerules.comSpeaking
May 2024
SwitchOn Americas Exchange Conference
Governance, influence, collaboration, business transformation and resiliency across the enterprise, seen through technical, business and individual-contributor lenses.
Advisory, architecture, or a talk.
Executive advisory, hands-on architecture engagements, and speaking. If you are somewhere in the middle of a transformation and want a second read on it, that is a good place to start.