Strategy you can act on
We turn boardroom ambition into pragmatic, sequenced roadmaps your teams can actually deliver, and that hold up under commercial pressure.
Technology Transformation Advisory · London
Transformation, engineered with precision.
Independent, founder-led advisory for CRM and ERP transformation, built on two decades of enterprise architecture across energy and utilities. You work directly with the architect, not a hand-off.
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Years in enterprise & solution architecture
Energy
Sector focus: utilities, supply & generation
CRM/ERP
Salesforce & SAP S/4HANA transformation
Cambridge
CTO Programme, Judge Business School
Two decades’ architecture experience across
Energy & utilitiesFinancial servicesConstruction
LogisticsNot-for-profitEnterprise technology
Why Urbanite
Independent counsel on the decisions that shape your technology transformation.
Independent of any vendor, and used to the boardroom. You get two decades of enterprise architecture, technology transformation and AI advisory, applied directly by the person doing the work and measured on outcomes rather than hours.
Architecture with intent
Every design decision traces back to a business outcome, a cost and a risk. No ivory towers: architecture that earns its place in delivery.
Assurance you can stand behind
As an independent design authority, we keep complex programmes honest. We surface risk early, before it turns into cost, delay or reputational damage.
What we do
Outcomes, not just disciplines.
Outcome 01
Set the direction
Decide what to do, and get it funded.
IT Strategy & Shaping · Business Case Development
Explore → Outcome 02Design it so it works
Turn the decision into a design your teams can build.
Enterprise Architecture · Programme Blueprinting · Solution Design
Explore → Outcome 03Deliver with confidence
Keep delivery honest, and rescue it when it slips.
Technical Design Authority · Delivery Assurance & Recovery
Explore → Outcome 04Platforms: CRM & ERP
Land the platform, whether Salesforce or SAP S/4HANA, and make it stick.
Salesforce & CRM · SAP S/4HANA & ERP
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Start here
Not ready for a full programme? Accelerate is a fixed-scope health check that gives you a costed, prioritised plan in two to three weeks.
About Accelerate →
Tools from our practice
RecordRight
Get data ownership right before transformation decisions go wrong. RecordRight turns data ownership and CRUD accountability into a structured, governed view for ERP, CRM and enterprise programmes.
It is the flagship of a small suite we have built from our own engagements, one tool for each layer of the estate. They are how we work, not a separate software business.
Explore RecordRight → See the full toolset →
Track record
Focused by design.
Since 2023, two transformation engagements, each led end-to-end as Enterprise Architect, from direction and business case through to delivery: a global SAP S/4HANA rollout across 32 countries, and a Salesforce CRM transformation for a commercial energy supplier.
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Countries in a live global ERP rollout
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Applications in scope on that programme
CRM/ERP
Salesforce & SAP S/4HANA, led end-to-end
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Enterprise programmes, each owned end-to-end
Selected engagements
Recent work.
Transformation architecture, led end-to-end, from direction and business case through to delivery.
A commercial energy supplier
Enterprise Architect on the transformation of a Commercial & Industrial supply and renewable generation business. Led the architecture end-to-end: a smoother sales journey, market and trading data integration (forecasting, pricing, volumes, contracts), and an extended Salesforce CRM with portal and self-service for C&I and generation customers.
Salesforce CRM · 2023-24
A global standards body
Enterprise Architect on the organisation’s largest-ever transformation: a global SAP S/4HANA Public Cloud rollout across 32 countries, with 100+ applications in scope. The role spans the full transformation lifecycle, standardising and automating business processes across markets.
SAP S/4HANA · 2024 to present
“The depth of information in that pack is incredible. I’m so impressed.”
“Congratulations for winning the ‘Innovate to Accelerate’ award. Your passions for clean and efficient processes and solutions as well as your drive to ensure that architecture standards are met is really appreciated by your colleagues.”
“The documents Urban produced are, without question, the best I’ve seen. They gave me a much clearer understanding of how everything fits together, and the thought and effort behind them really shows.”
“Having an answer is easy; surviving your follow-up question is the real challenge. You were the sparring partner who could always look at a problem from an angle nobody else had considered yet. Every discussion was a workout for the brain, but somehow a fun one.”
After twenty years architecting change inside large organisations, I started Urbanite to do the work the way I think it should be done: close to the business, honest about risk, and measured by outcomes rather than hours.
Insights
Perspectives on transformation that lasts.
ArchitectureHow your org chart secretly shapes your systems
Conway’s Law explains why systems end up mirroring the org chart, and what to do about it.
StrategyWhat a solution architect actually does
A hard title to explain. The honest version, drawn from transformation in construction.
DeliveryAgile delivery that scales: the Double Diamond
Scaling agile is not about doing more at once. Separate discovery from development.
Let’s talk
Have a transformation worth getting right?
A 30-minute conversation is usually enough to know whether we can help. No pitch, no obligation.