Gunnar Hoffman
Director of Enterprise Architecture
Carmel, Indiana · hello@gunnarhoffman.com · https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunnar-hoffman/
Summary
Enterprise architect and hands-on technical leader in regulated fintech, public sector, and higher education. Defines platform direction, integration patterns, and engineering standards while staying in code on frameworks, customer betas, and applied AI—including agentic delivery with verification loops.
Experience
Director of Enterprise Architecture — Baker Hill
- Lead EA across AI document intelligence, digital account opening, and loan origination (~10 teams, ~50 engineers influenced).
- Drove Angular/C# modernization, Azure Cosmos DB and Functions adoption, and AI-assisted engineering standards (rules/skills).
- Improved quality via schematics, training, and architecture leadership (six-person EA team reporting to VP).
- Spend ~25% of time in code on framework work, customer betas, and proof-of-concept delivery.
Senior Application Developer — Indiana Office of Technology
- Delivered statewide and agency-specific web/mobile systems for Indiana government (IN.gov mobile, DHS, BMV, courts, health, and others).
- Primary mobile depth on iOS and Android; full-stack across .NET, Java/Kotlin, Swift, Angular, PHP, and SQL Server/MySQL.
- Built shared mobile and web frameworks so new agency engagements started from proven patterns.
Associate Director of Interactive Development — Ball State University
- Led development for Digital Corps / Emerging Technologies—student and staff teams shipping production software for campus and partners.
- Co-built Ball State Achievements (gamified retention; Campus Technology Innovator Award, 2015).
- Established reusable iOS, Android, and web frameworks; oversaw M.U.T.T. touch-wall software and The Chirper app refresh.
Education
- BS, Computer Science, Ball State University (2010)
Skills
Architecture & delivery
- Enterprise architecture, NFRs, and platform direction in regulated domains
- Agentic pipelines with schema-bound outputs and verification loops
- Angular schematics, engineering standards, and shift-left quality at team scale
Technical stack
- C# / .NET, TypeScript / Angular, Azure (AI Foundry, Functions, Cosmos DB)
- Mobile (Swift, Kotlin, Java) and SQL/data tiers as project context requires
AI-assisted engineering
- Cursor/Claude rules, skills, and agent workflows for reviewable production code