Digital architect

A digital architect is a person who designs business processes in the digital era to improve customer experience, increase profitability, and improve competitive position.

Focus areas
Digital architects focus on:


 * 1) Customer experience;
 * 2) Cloud, webscale, iot;
 * 3) Data science including analytics;
 * 4) Business, application, information, technology and security architecture;
 * 5) Artificial intelligence, cognitive science, neuroscience, robotics and artificial creativity;
 * 6) Traditional science and mathematics including physics, quantum physics, chemistry and biology; and
 * 7) Digital 3D printing and nano-manufacturing (source of definition: Gary Trenchard).

The business case for a digital architect role within enterprise: