Senior Solutions & Enterprise Architect · Healthcare & Diagnostics Technology

Chris
Carrier

I'm a Senior Solutions Architect, Product Owner, and Architecture Leader. For the last 16 years I helped shape innovative solutions at a global clinical diagnostics company.

I've spent 20+ years as a solutions and enterprise architect, sixteen of them at Sysmex America in clinical diagnostics. My last role there was Assistant Director, Senior Solutions Architect, and Product Owner. The work ran across cloud platforms, identity systems, IoT and edge devices, and the regulated medical-device software that ties them together, the kind that has to pass audit and serve thousands of clinical users without falling over. I co-founded and helped run the Architectural Review Board. I helped cut operating costs by more than 30% by migrating to the cloud. I designed and supported platforms serving over 10,000 users in regulated workflows. Two US patents and a company-wide President's Award came out of that work. I'm looking for a principal architect or director-level role where I can stay close to the technical decisions.

20+ years of architecture work.

Senior Solutions Architect and Certified Scrum Product Owner. My experience covers enterprise-class solutions and systems at global scale: regulated medical-device software, clinical lab informatics, and cloud platforms serving users worldwide. Two issued US patents and a President's Award for innovation, with work across healthcare, manufacturing, automotive, financial services, and food and beverage.

Where I've worked
2026–Present
Independent · Side projects
Independent
Keeping my hands in the work between roles. The main project is Operation Meridian, a live multi-agent platform I designed and directed myself to see how far AI-native development goes when an experienced architect drives it.
2010–2026
Assistant Director, Sr. Solutions Architect & Product Owner
Sysmex America, Inc. (Lincolnshire, IL)
Led architecture and product ownership at a global leader in clinical diagnostics, serving more than 10,000 internal and external users. Named inventor on two issued US patents and recognized with the company-wide President's Award for innovation. Architected enterprise systems on AWS and Azure (EntraID, Auth0) spanning IAM, master data, IoT and edge, iPad and iPhone apps, and AR/VR. Established reusable platform services that cut duplicate work across teams and reduced operating costs by more than 30% through cloud migration. Established and co-led the local and global Architectural Review Board, and led cross-functional teams of three to fifteen.
2009–2010
SharePoint Practice Director
IncWorx Consulting (Schaumburg, IL)
Owned the SharePoint practice (projects, staffing, and delivery) for a Microsoft Gold Managed Partner. Led the team that won Microsoft's SharePoint Deployment Services Partner of the Year at SPC09. Clients included General Motors, Career Education Corporation, and the U.S. Department of Energy.
2008–2009
Technical Architect
Wirestone (Chicago, IL)
Architected and delivered a global Microsoft education platform on SharePoint, deployed to 49 countries in 31 languages with over a million registered users. Partnered with Microsoft Corporate on feature requirements, deployment and migration tooling, and custom LiveID authentication.
Earlier roles
PSC Group, Schawk!, and BarringtonWiFi / BlueOnyx
SharePoint Architect at PSC Group, Application Manager at Schawk!, and owner of an independent IT consultancy before that.
What I work with
Architecture & Cloud
Solutions Architecture AWS Microsoft Azure EntraID Auth0 IAM API & Microservices SaaS & Platform Architecture DevOps / CI/CD Enterprise Integration
Healthcare & Domain
Medical Device Software Clinical Lab Informatics Diagnostic Analyzer Systems Regulated Software Development Master Data Management
Product & Leadership
Product Ownership & Roadmapping R&D Strategy Technical Product Vision ARB Leadership Cross-Functional Leadership Agile / Scrum Stakeholder Communication Vendor Management OKR & KPI Alignment
Engineering & Emerging Tech
Node.js Express.js Angular iOS (iPad/iPhone) IoT & Edge Computing AR/VR Supabase GitHub
AI & Automation
Claude API Multi-agent Orchestration Prompt Engineering AI-native Development
Recognition & Education
Two Issued US Patents President's Award Bachelor of Electrical Engineering Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)

What I'm after: a Principal Architect, Associate Director, or Assistant Director role. Healthcare or diagnostics is the natural fit, but the work matters more than the domain. I want to stay close to the architecture and the hands-on technical decisions, not move into pure people management.

On my own time · Operation Meridian

I design the system.
The AI builds it.

Operation Meridian is a side project I designed and directed myself, mostly in the evenings. Part of it was keeping my hands in the work. Part of it was a real test of how far AI-native development has come when an experienced architect drives it. It's a spy thriller that runs on actual phone calls, texts, and email, with a handful of AI agents playing the people on the other end. It runs live. It isn't a slide deck.

The numbers are off to the side if you care about them. If you want the architecture behind it, I wrote it up.

Node.js Express Claude API Vapi Voice AI Twilio SMS Supabase
Architected solo · in active development
154k Lines of code
67 API endpoints
5 Integrated APIs
24 Days, concept to live