Program Manager Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Stephen Varey AI Pioneer & Global Program Manager

Phone: +41-76-448-****, +44-79-327-*****

Email: *******@*****.***

Nationality: British

Web: ai-paradigms.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephen-varey-0173704b/

Summary

Highly experienced enterprise architect and developer with 35+ years of experience and a proven track record in designing and implementing middleware solutions across diverse industries. Currently exploring cutting-edge AI with a focus on building intelligent systems and reference architectures. Renowned for innovative problem-solving, including a European-wide award for AI innovation in water treatment diagnostics and publication on general-purpose problem-solving at a major AI conference. Ready to deliver tangible results for your organisation.

Recent Recognition (2024-2025):

SKIMA 2025 Speaker - 16th International Conference on Software, Knowledge, Information Management & Applications (IEEE Computer Society Co-Sponsored)

ICICT -2024 Ninth International Congress on Information and Communication Technology Speaker

PhD Completion - Advanced AI Architectures

Key Skills

Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Machine Learning (ML)

Large Language Models (LLMs)

Natural Language Processing (NLP)

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Quantum Computing (AI Applications)

Big Data Analytics

Cloud Computing (Azure)

Snowflake-equivalent capabilities - Enterprise data warehouse and analytics

Enterprise Architecture

Java, Python, C++, Scala, Lisp, Vue.js, Scala, Clojure, Azure

NoSQL Databases (Mongo, Cassandra)

Microservices, REST APIs

Middleware (Kafka, Websphere, MQTTRoute, Tibco, JBoss)

Global Program Management

Experience

2025 – Present AI-Paradigms, Zurich AI Consultant

Designed and implemented a Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) system leveraging ChromaDB and OpenAI embeddings for intelligent, context-aware document search and analysis.

Built AI-enhanced analytics to transform raw business data into actionable insights, enabling natural language queries about workflow data.

Developed real-time document management workflows with a Vue.js frontend and Flask backend, integrating semantic search for contextual understanding beyond keyword matching.

Engineered an event-driven architecture for seamless communication between platform components.

Delivered features such as smart document processing, AI-powered recommendations, and contextual analytics, enabling users to identify risks, opportunities, and key insights directly from project data.

2019 – Present AI-Paradigms, Zurich AI R&D Lead

Development of the first AI Reference Architecture

Led the design and development of KIMS (Knowledge and Information Management System), a comprehensive AI-powered workflow management platform for enterprise customer experience optimisation and supply chain operations.

AI Integration & Document Processing

Integrated Claude AI (Anthropic) and OpenAI GPT APIs for intelligent document analysis and workflow automation

Developed AI-powered document metadata extraction and automated workflow step analysis

Created an intelligent Q&A system

Consultant to a data science company in NLP and ML architectures for use in European regulatory and compliance applications

Technical analysis method innovation for index futures trading

2017 – 2019 Cognizant, Zurich

European AI Lead Architect

Setup of AI lab at a Swiss University

Design and Development of an AI / Analytics / Big Data platform for a Supply Chain application

Research into new AI paradigms

Member of the global AI strategy team and advisor to AI product development.

Built Cognizant’s first AI platform in Europe, winning first prize in the 2019 IT awards for most innovative use of AI in all of Europe

Specification and design of an analytic/data lake platform for fund management

Development of a hybrid AI/ML platform prototype for use in oil rig production

2015 – 2017 LEONTEQ, Zurich

Director, Platform Research

Built state-of-the-art pilot risk management architecture

Built first commercial product, compliant with new financial regulations (MiFID)

Twice awarded prize for recommending best-of-breed software for finance and sales and marketing

Build first-of-a-kind machine learning and AI platform coupling structured product design and sales activity

1991-2017 Consultant (Various Firms)

Architect / Program Manager

Designed and implemented telecommunications architectures (British Telecom).

Architected Big Data & Grid Enabled Credit Risk platform (Dresdner Bank).

Led Futures Settlement and Back-office architecture (HSBC).

Customized Sophis market and credit risk systems (Jabre Capital, Lombard).

Designed Commodity Trading Architecture (Enron).

Developed Enterprise Risk Management solutions (Barclays).

Earlier Experience

1988 – 1991 Spar Aerospace, Toronto

Principal AI Engineer

Oversaw all artificial intelligence projects for deployment on the robot arm on the International Space Station.

Designed and implemented an intelligent health monitoring system for use in avionics and aerospace, improving reliability and providing reliable contingency management.

1987 – 1988 SD Scicon, London

Principal AI Consultant

Designed and implemented an AI intelligent resource allocation system as part of a command-and-control system for the Royal Navy, deployed on Type 23 frigates.

1984 – 1987 London University, London, Paris, Bremen

AI Researcher

Designed AVALON, a knowledge representation language for telecom networks and complex digital switching systems as part of an EU funded project.

Management Experience

Managed high-profile projects, programs, research initiatives, and mentoring for years.

Responsible for recruitment, training, board-level presentations, bid proposals, and strategy consulting.

Set global IT strategies for tier 1 banks.

Previous roles include: Lead of offshore development in Singapore (Leonteq), Technical Director (Redsafe, DEC), Global Head (Dresdner Bank), Development Manager (TD Securities), Program Manager (Paribas).

Contact this candidate