Steven White
About Steven White
Steven White is a Global Enterprise Architect at Arup, with extensive experience in cloud computing, IT project delivery, and technology architecture.
Title
Steven White holds the title of Global Enterprise Architect, currently employed at Arup since 2019 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Current Role at Arup
Steven White serves as the Global Enterprise Architect at Arup. His role involves leading the optimization and modernization of Arup's global IT infrastructure. He has notably been responsible for transitioning multiple global data centers to the cloud, managing multi-petabyte scale data, and implementing hybrid cloud capabilities to support over 80 global offices and 18,000 staff.
Past Positions
Steven has an extensive career history with various roles in IT and consulting. He was the Regional Skill Leader: Cloud Compute & DevOps at Arup from 2022 to 2023 in Sydney, and the Team Leader for IT Project Delivery across Australasia from 2010 to 2019 in Adelaide. Prior to Arup, he worked at BearingPoint as a Senior Technology Architect & Manager from 2008 to 2010, at Intel Australia as a Senior Technology Consultant for nine months from 2007 to 2008, at IT Cohesion Pty Ltd as an Architectural Consultant from 2006 to 2007, and at Starcom Group as an Architectural Consultant from 1992 to 2006.
Education and Expertise
Steven White earned a Bachelor of Design from the University of Technology Sydney, specializing in Industrial Design, Computers in Design. His educational background has provided a strong foundation for his career in technology architecture and project management.
Major Projects and Initiatives at Arup
During his tenure at Arup, Steven orchestrated major projects that included the development of hybrid cloud capabilities, exploring the limits of cloud caching technology for AEC/CAD & BIM workloads, and architecting a global DDI platform that consolidated legacy architecture into a cloud-centric design. He reduced the number of DNS and DHCP servers from over 110 to less than 20 and implemented a global data center reduction strategy, migrating hundreds of workloads to the cloud to improve sustainability and manageability.