Benjamin
GournaySenior M365 & Cloud Solutions IT Architect

Senior Microsoft 365 & Cloud Solutions IT Architect. Driving innovation across enterprise cloud, modern workplace and digital transformation.

LocationLuxembourg 🇱🇺
Experience19+ Years
Technologies FocusM365 / SharePoint / PowerPlatform / Copilot / Azure
LanguagesFR · EN
Work CountriesFlag of LuxembourgFlag of United Arab EmiratesFlag of SwitzerlandFlag of AustraliaFlag of CanadaFlag of United StatesFlag of ChinaFlag of France

About

I architect cloud and modern-workplace solutions for organisations — from IT consulting firms, financial institutions such as global Big Four, to public services, retailers and NGOs.

At the intersection of Microsoft 365, Copilot, SharePoint, Azure, the Power Platform and DevSecOps, I translate business intent into secure, governed, scalable platforms — then partner with delivery teams to ship them. Whether it's designing a sovereign-cloud strategy, automating enterprise workflows with AI and Copilot, or securing hybrid identity estates, every IT architecture is built to evolve.

Technology moves fast; governance shouldn't hold it back. I help organisations adopt innovation at speed — generative AI, low-code automation, real-time collaboration — while keeping compliance, security and operational continuity at the core.

Experience

An 18-year evolution through global consulting powerhouses and elite sovereign institutions across four continents.

Feb 2022 — Present
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PricewaterhouseCoopers

Senior Cloud Solutions IT Architect — Financial Services

Luxembourg City, LuxembourgFlag of Luxembourg

  • Author detailed architecture design documents covering cloud solutions, integrations and end-to-end interactions.
  • Partner with development teams and stakeholders to implement, integrate and validate cloud solutions at scale.
  • Select cloud services and technologies to build scalable, secure architectures aligned with business needs.
Sep 2019 — Feb 2022
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Abu Dhabi Investment Authority

Cloud Solutions IT Architect — Sovereign Fund

Abu Dhabi, UAEFlag of United Arab Emirates

  • Delivered a contract management solution for the legal department using Adobe Sign, SharePoint and Power Platform.
  • Migrated the legacy intranet and document management portal from SharePoint 2019 to SharePoint Online.
  • Built custom business applications and workflows across Microsoft 365, Azure and the Power Platform.
Dec 2017 — Sep 2019
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Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève

SharePoint / M365 IT Architect — Healthcare

Geneva, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland

  • Defined the yearly roadmap, strategy and governance for collaborative sites and the enterprise search center.
  • Led a hybrid migration to SharePoint 2019 / SharePoint Online across the hospital network.
  • Designed integrated solutions across ServiceNow, WorkFront, SharePoint, M365, AD and SQL Server.
Apr 2015 — Dec 2017
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Isobar Switzerland

Senior Microsoft Consultant — IT Services

Geneva, SwitzerlandFlag of Switzerland

  • IT Architected and developed a M365 document management portal for an international NGO.
  • Led the technical project for a multimedia provider's new intranet, from workshops to delivery.
  • Delivered targeted engagements across finance, pharma and electronics manufacturing.
Feb 2012 — Mar 2015
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Empired

SharePoint Consultant — IT Services

Adelaide, AustraliaFlag of Australia

  • Migrated and modernised SharePoint intranets for the wines & spirits APAC digital team.
  • Built a tendering management solution on SharePoint with .NET, BCS, WSP and SQL.
  • Defined security, governance and disaster-recovery strategies for SharePoint portals across health, finance, government and transport.
Oct 2010 — Dec 2011
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CGI

SharePoint Consultant — IT & BPO

Montréal, CanadaFlag of Canada

  • Delivered and administered SharePoint solutions for a major bank's demand management programme.
  • Built a SharePoint solution for the Ministry of Transports to manage road signage under varying weather conditions (InfoPath, Web Services, SQL Server, C#).
Mar 2008 — Sep 2010
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Lacoste

SharePoint Specialist — Retail & Manufacturing

New York, USA · Shanghai, ChinaFlag of United StatesFlag of China

  • Designed a new SharePoint infrastructure for Devanlay Garment Manufacturing and dematerialised key processes.
  • Built the Devanlay US intranet: sales reporting, retail incident forms and wholesale ordering workflows.
  • Maintained the retail system used in 80 Lacoste stores across the USA.
Mar 2006 — Jul 2008
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Avanade

SharePoint Consultant — Business Technology Solutions

Paris, FranceFlag of France

  • Built SharePoint functionality for an intranet and extranets used by 80,000 users across 10 countries.
  • Developed SharePoint web parts and application pages and administered a global intranet of 12,000 users for an oil & gas company.

Core Stack

Cloud & Platform

Microsoft AzureMicrosoft 365SharePoint OnlineExchange OnlineIntunePowerPlatform

Modern Workplace

Teams & PlannerPower Apps / AutomateMicrosoft CopilotNintex Workflows & FormsAdobe SignAzure Logic Apps

DevSecOps

Azure DevOps.NET / SPFxReact · TypeScriptC# · PowerShell · RESTSQL · Dataverse

Security & Compliance

Purview (MIP)Security & Compliance CenterIdentity & Access ManagementEncryptionGovernance & DR
Credentials
TOGAF 9 FoundationProfessional Scrum Master ILeanPower Platform FundamentalsPower Platform App MakerPower Platform Functional ConsultantMCTS / MCPD SharePoint 2007 · 2010 · 2013Programming HTML5 with JS & CSS3Nintex Admin Pro & Workflow Pro

Education

  • 2003 — 2006

    Master, Computer Sciences & Information Systems

    EPSI Engineering School, France 🇫🇷

  • 2001 — 2003

    DUT Informatique (HND Computer Science)

    University of Calais, France 🇫🇷

Languages

  • FrenchNative
  • EnglishFluent

Interests

Triathlon, tennis, football, running, water sports — plus reading, travel and cinema.

Transforming the future
of enterprise cloud.

Send a message
Based

12 parc Rothweit

L-5875 Alzingen

Luxembourg

+352 621 334 727benjo83@gmail.com