Tom is an experienced Systems Architect specialising in middleware, helping customers design, architect and deploy messaging across a wide range of industries and use cases, from retail, governmental, financial and gaming. Tom has a wide experience of the technology industry, first as a network ASIC designer for 3Com, then as a design consultant for processor vendors such as ARM (the chances are if you’ve used a smart phone you’ve used some of Tom’s work) and as an architect and developer for hedge funds. Tom currently works at Solace Systems in their London office.