I am an experienced Solutions Architect with 15+ years partnering with enterprise customers to design and deploy complex technical solutions across energy, industrial, and SaaS environments. Recently I've been hands-on with Generative AI — building knowledge graphs grounded in customer data, LLM-powered decision support, and AI-assisted workflow automation. I enjoy building rapid prototypes, writing code, and codifying best practices into reusable patterns and knowledge assets that scale across teams.

Paul Milne

I am an experienced Solutions Architect with 15+ years partnering with enterprise customers to design and deploy complex technical solutions across energy, industrial, and SaaS environments. Recently I've been hands-on with Generative AI — building knowledge graphs grounded in customer data, LLM-powered decision support, and AI-assisted workflow automation. I enjoy building rapid prototypes, writing code, and codifying best practices into reusable patterns and knowledge assets that scale across teams.

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I am an experienced Solutions Architect with 15+ years partnering with enterprise customers to design and deploy complex technical solutions across energy, industrial, and SaaS environments. Recently I’ve been hands-on with Generative AI — building knowledge graphs grounded in customer data, LLM-powered decision support, and AI-assisted workflow automation. I enjoy building rapid prototypes, writing code, and codifying best practices into reusable patterns and knowledge assets that scale across teams.

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Language

English
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Work Experience

Lead Solutions Engineer at Cerebre
October 1, 2025 - December 1, 2025
Led development of an enterprise LLM + Knowledge Graph assistant for ExxonMobil; built rapid prototypes and PoCs, designed RAG-enabled retrieval and grounding strategies, and prepared architecture and playbooks to enable scalable GenAI deployments across teams.
AI Product Manager | AI Assistants for Finance at Sage
June 1, 2025 - October 1, 2025
Led GenAI-powered workflows for finance teams; prototyped RAG pipelines with knowledge-grounded retrieval, translated requirements into architecture, codified best practices, measured productivity gains and data quality, and drove adoption with executive sponsors.
Product Lead | Digital Sustainability & AI Deployments at SLB (Schlumberger)
August 1, 2022 - January 1, 2025
Architected GenAI-enabled emissions tracking solution; embedded with energy major operators to map reporting workflows, designed data integration approaches, GPT-4 powered analysis, and production-ready patterns; delivered prototypes and advance playbooks for enterprise rollout.
Customer Success / Solutions Lead at Seeq Corporation
February 1, 2019 - June 1, 2022
Served as primary technical advisor for 10+ strategic enterprise accounts; designed architectures combining historian data, real-time metrics, and business context; prototyped dashboards and KPI frameworks; drove 95%+ adoption and informed product roadmap.
Solutions Engineer at DXC Technology (BP Account)
October 1, 2016 - January 1, 2019
Architected OT data systems for BP; built real-time dashboards and analytics prototypes; validated data quality and integration patterns; supported multi-site deployments across geographies.
Product Manager / Solutions Lead | Real-Time Drilling at Schlumberger
June 1, 2014 - January 1, 2016
Led drilling solutions product management; designed decision-support tools and real-time analytics prototypes aligned with field workflows; scaled patterns across rigs and subsea systems; documented best practices.
Solutions Engineer | Offshore Data Systems at Kongsberg Digital
February 1, 2011 - April 1, 2013
Implemented offshore data systems for real-time drilling; built prototypes, validated data quality, and codified deployment patterns for multi-site operations.
Systems Engineer / Solutions Delivery at SAIC / BP Account
June 1, 2005 - November 1, 2010
Gained broad exposure to BP's IT and OT data landscape; mapped requirements to architectures, delivered solutions across geographies, and produced training materials for scalable deployments.
Solutions Architect | Automated Drilling Deployment at Shell
May 1, 2013 - June 1, 2014
Designed automated drilling deployment solutions; embedded with offshore teams to map workflows, validate data quality, and shape UX for high-stakes decision support.

Education

Project Management Certification at George Washington University
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Qualifications

Certified Scrum Product Owner (CSPO)
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Matrikon OPC Certification Levels 1–3
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Shell Kongsberg Advanced Data Analytics Training
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
PMI Project Management
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Industry Experience

Energy & Utilities, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Software & Internet, Telecommunications, Other