Yuval Ararat

Strategic Engineering Leader | Digital Transformation | People Empowerment

An accomplished Engineering Leader with over 20 years of experience leading high-performing teams through the ever-changing technology landscape. Proven expertise in digital transformations, strategic planning, technical leadership, and process improvement.

Yuval Ararat

About Me

As a certified Change Manager, Enterprise Architect, and Project Manager, I am passionate about building effective engineering cultures. My goal is to foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment that encourages innovation, continuous learning, and a growth mindset. I have a proven record of steering teams through significant organizational change, including re-orgs and office closures, and establishing resilient, high-impact ways of working.

Areas of Expertise

Strategic & Organizational Leadership

Strategic Planning: Contribute to the development of strategic goals and planning for large consulting organizations.

Vision & Roadmaps: Develop and communicate a clear vision and strategic roadmap for a Centre of Excellence (CoE), aligning with business objectives.

Change Management: Certified Prosci Change Management Practitioner, successfully leading teams through organizational change.

AI Adoption: Led and increased AI development tool adoption to 100%, guiding new and efficiency-focused ways to harness technology.

Team Building & Mentorship

Engineering Management: Led teams of up to 23 engineers, managing resource allocation, performance, and career development.

Talent Development: Recruit, develop, and retain top engineering talent to ensure a diverse and inclusive workforce.

Enablement at Scale: Initiated and led the creation of an enablement program for architects, successfully training over 600 active Adobe architects.

Mentorship: Recruited and professionally developed a team of architects through personal meetings, focus areas, and skill matrices.

Technical Architecture & Execution

Enterprise Architecture: As a TOGAF® 9.2 Certified Practitioner and Principal Architect, I've established technical standards and best practices for software development and infrastructure across organizations.

Process Improvement: Develop and implement delivery processes to improve engagement quality, efficiency, productivity, and risk mitigation.

Pioneering Cloud Solutions: Led the world's first AEM on Cloud implementation with Chaos Monkey and AWS Auto Scale/Auto Heal capabilities.

Impactful Delivery: Architected solutions that achieved an 800% reduction in the delivery speed of content.

Professional Experience

Adobe Systems (01/2013 - Present)

Engineering Manager (2022 - Present)

  • Leading a team of 17 engineers, transforming it into a mature and effective working model with clear, measurable customer impact.
  • Successfully guiding the team through changes from re-orgs and office closures by directing the future structure and ways of working.

Principal Architect APAC & Architecture Practice Lead APAC (2015 - 2022)

  • Established and led a Centre of Excellence (CoE), aligning its strategic roadmap with organizational technology and business objectives.
  • Delivered solutions for the largest customers in the region, including Reliance JIO, ANZ Bank, Nine Media, and Qantas.

CQ/AEM Senior Technical Architect (2013 - 2016)

  • Architected a world-first AEM on Cloud implementation.
  • Achieved an 800% reduction in content delivery speed through solution architecture.

Previous Experience

Senior Vignette WCM Consultant, OpenText (Vignette) Pty Ltd (2008 - 2012)

Engineering Manager, Matrix Ltd (2006 - 2007)

Technical Lead/Architect, eWave LTD (2004 - 2006)

CTO, Netschool LTD (2004)

Co-Founder, Developer, TreeWay (1999 - 2001) and Migdal-Or Systems (1998 - 1999)