Digital architect

This article is about design of digital systems. For architecture using digital systems, see Digital architecture.

A digital architect is a person who designs business processes in the digital era to improve customer experience, increase profitability, and improve competitive position.

Focus areas

Digital architects focus on:

1. Customer experience;
2. Cloud, webscale, iot;
3. Data science including analytics;
4. Business, application, information, technology and security architecture;
5. Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, robotics and artificial creativity;
6. Traditional science and mathematics including physics, quantum physics, chemistry and biology; and
7. Digital 3D printing and nano-manufacturing (source of definition: Gary Trenchard).

The business case for a digital architect role within enterprise:

See also

• Network architecture – Design of a communications network