Maven EA Consulting
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About Maven EA

Independent Enterprise Architecture Advisory

Melbourne-based enterprise architecture advisory for organisations managing significant change.

About The Practice

Maven EA was established as a boutique advisory to help organisations make better technology decisions when transformation outcomes matter. The work sits where business priorities, platform choices, governance, and delivery risk all need to be brought into one coherent view.

That perspective has been shaped by enterprise architecture and solution architecture work across Australian government, utilities, higher education, local government, transport, emergency services, telecommunications, and major corporate transformation programmes. The emphasis is practical: advice that stands up with executives, delivery teams, implementation partners, and governance forums.

Islam Sayed

Founder & Principal Enterprise Architect

Islam Sayed is a seasoned Enterprise and Senior Solutions Architect with deep experience leading enterprise architecture, solution strategy, and business transformation across established organisations. He brings strong expertise across ERP, CRM, data, integration, cloud, customer experience, and enterprise platforms, with a pragmatic focus on aligning technology decisions to business outcomes.

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Our Values

  • Independence

    Advice is based on business priorities, operating realities, and architecture quality rather than software sales or vendor alignment.

  • Pragmatism

    The goal is usable architecture: roadmaps, decision support, principles, and designs that teams can actually work with.

  • Professionalism

    The practice is built on clear communication, defensible recommendations, and a standard of work suitable for executive and governance settings.

  • Factuality

    Claims are anchored in real delivery experience across enterprise programs, not generic consulting language or inflated marketing promises.

Standards & Discipline

Formal certification matters when it supports sound judgement, disciplined architecture, and better delivery decisions.

TOGAF 9 Certified

ITIL v2 Foundation Certified

ITIL v3 Foundation Certified

CoBIT 4 Certified

Representative Experience

Enterprise architecture across ERP, CRM, finance, procurement, HR, service management, digital, and data domains.

Hands-on architecture support for current-state assessment, target-state definition, capability-based roadmaps, and architecture governance.

Platform experience including Oracle Fusion Cloud, Workday, SAP, Salesforce, Anaplan, Oracle Service, MuleSoft, Informatica, and broader enterprise integration patterns.

Australian Sector Experience

Government and public sector
Utilities
Higher education
Local government
Emergency services
Transport and infrastructure
Health and member services
Telecommunications and financial services
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Extended Expert Network

A curated network of independent enterprise, solution, data, cloud, cyber, integration, business and transformation architects available for specialist engagements through Maven EA Consulting.

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Selected Engagement Highlights

Selected organisations are included here to show the breadth of relevant enterprise architecture experience.

Greater Western Water
Direct engagement
Greater Western Water

Customer domain architecture

Current stateTarget stateCustomer ecosystemRoadmapsGovernance
Triple Zero Victoria
Subcontract engagement
Triple Zero Victoria

Enterprise architecture roadmaping

Portfolio simplificationGartner TIMECapability maturityICT strategyERP roadmap
La Trobe University
Direct engagement
La Trobe University

Target state and solution architecture

Options analysisRoadmapsStudent systemsAnaplanIntegration design
NextGen Group
Direct engagement
NextGen Group

Digital workplace strategy

Roadmap shapingCorporate domainWorkplace strategyTransformation planning
Moonee Valley City Council
Subcontract engagement
Moonee Valley City Council

Finance and procurement transformation

Lead architectureOracle ERPReference architectureCouncil platformsTarget state
Boroondara City Council
Council-sector experience
Boroondara City Council

Local government architecture patterns

Council transformationCustomer platformsIntegration strategyCapability models
Banyule City Council
Direct engagement
Banyule City Council

Digital transformation architecture

Customer platformApplication modernisationMuleSoftCapability modelOperating model
Swinburne University of Technology
Direct engagement
Swinburne University of Technology

Applications portfolio and governance

Portfolio strategyWorkday HCMAdobe DXPSalesforceGovernance forums
Transurban
Direct engagement
Transurban

ERP program architecture

Oracle JDEWorkdayFinanceProcurementTreasuryHCM
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood
Embedded delivery
Australian Red Cross Lifeblood

CRM and service architecture

Oracle Service CloudCRM transformationIntegration architectureIdentityData integration
Telstra
Subcontract engagement
Telstra

Integration and cloud architecture

B2B integrationOSS/BSSESBCloud identityInfrastructure fulfilment
National Australia Bank
Subcontract engagement
National Australia Bank

Data and reporting architecture

Data martsEnterprise reportingService managementETLBusiness analytics