SYNAPIST
ABOUT SYNAPIST

A principals-led practice built on frameworks, not frameworks for sale.

Synapist is a boutique IT architecture practice where senior principals scope, design, and deliver every engagement. We do not operate a delivery pyramid. The practitioners who understand your problem are the practitioners who solve it — grounded in two decades of enterprise experience across banking, energy, government, and technology.

FRAMEWORK-GROUNDED
TOGAF, ITIL 4, CSDM, NIST AI RMF — not as rigid dogma, but as proven starting points. We translate established frameworks into architecture that works in your specific operating context.
DOCUMENT-LED DELIVERY
Slide decks are secondary. Primary deliverables are Architecture Decision Records, integration reference models, and roadmaps that outlast the engagement and remain navigational assets for your organisation.
PRINCIPALS DELIVER
No bait-and-switch. The principals who scope your engagement lead it end-to-end. No signal loss between the practitioner who understands your constraints and the practitioner building the solution.
PRINCIPAL ARCHITECT & FOUNDER

Yogesh Jain

Yogesh Jain
EDUCATION
MBA
Schulich School of Business, York University
B.Tech
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology

Yogesh Jain brings over two decades of enterprise architecture, DevOps, and AI enablement experience to every Synapist engagement. His career spans direct employment at ServiceNow Inc. as a Solution Architect, senior consulting roles across global financial institutions and energy conglomerates, and executive advisory engagements with CIOs and CTOs navigating complex platform and operating model transformations.

He holds the ServiceNow Certified Master Architect designation — the highest certification ServiceNow issues, held by a small number of practitioners globally — alongside TOGAF, CRISC, five Microsoft Azure Expert certifications, MuleSoft Integration Architect, and Confluent Kafka credentials. This breadth of certification reflects genuine architectural range: from governance frameworks and enterprise operating models to cloud-native platforms, event-driven integration, and AI systems design.

Yogesh founded Synapist on the conviction that enterprises deserve senior practitioners — not engagement managers. His approach is documentation-led, framework-grounded, and vendor-independent at the strategy layer, while retaining deep platform expertise in ServiceNow, Salesforce, and Azure.

EXECUTIVE CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECTURE & GOVERNANCE
TOGAF® Certified Enterprise Architect
Enterprise architecture governance, operating models, capability mapping, and strategic transformation planning
ITIL® 4 Foundation Certified
IT service management, service value systems, operational governance, and continual improvement
COBIT® Foundation Certified
IT governance frameworks, control structures, compliance, and enterprise technology alignment
CRISC® – Risk and Information Systems Control
Enterprise risk management, information systems control, operational resilience, and compliance governance
SERVICENOW CERTIFICATIONS
HIGHEST DESIGNATION
ServiceNow Certified Master Architect (CMA)
Advanced enterprise-scale ServiceNow architecture, platform governance, operating model transformation, and executive advisory leadership for complex digital transformation
Certified Technical Architect (CTA)
Enterprise platform design, governance, integrations, scalability, security, and CSDM alignment
CIS – CMDB & Common Service Data Model
CMDB governance, service mapping, data architecture alignment, and operational visibility
CIS – IT Operations Management (ITOM)
Discovery, Service Mapping, Event Management, cloud operations, and AI-driven operations
CIS – ESG Management
Sustainability governance, ESG reporting frameworks, compliance visibility, and operational accountability
IRM/GRC & SecOps Expertise
Integrated risk management, compliance automation, security incident response, and vulnerability management
MICROSOFT AZURE
Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
Enterprise cloud architecture, governance, security, identity, resiliency, and hybrid cloud design
DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)
DevOps transformation, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, platform engineering, and release governance
Cybersecurity Architect Expert (SC-100)
Zero Trust strategy, cloud security governance, identity management, and threat protection architecture
Azure AI Engineer Associate (AI-102)
Enterprise AI solutions, GenAI applications, RAG, Azure OpenAI, and responsible AI governance
Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
Machine learning, generative AI, computer vision, NLP, and enterprise AI transformation
INTEGRATION, PLATFORM & DELIVERY
MuleSoft Certified Integration Architect
Enterprise integration architecture, API-led connectivity, API governance, and service orchestration
Confluent Certified – Apache Kafka®
Event-driven architecture, real-time streaming platforms, distributed messaging, and data pipelines
PMP® – Project Management Professional
Enterprise programme governance, delivery management, stakeholder engagement, and transformation leadership
API Governance & Integration Architecture
API gateway strategy, middleware modernisation, microservices integration, and hybrid cloud connectivity
CLIENT PORTFOLIO
Synapist principals have delivered enterprise architecture, DevOps, and AI engagements across five sectors and three continents.
BANKING & FINANCIAL SERVICES
TD Bank · Tangerine Bank · Intact Financial Corporation
ENERGY & RESOURCES
Saudi Aramco · Plains Midstream · Tasnee
GOVERNMENT
WSIB – Workplace Safety & Insurance Board, Ontario
TELECOM & TECHNOLOGY
Ericsson Canada · Kubra
IT SERVICES
CSC / DXC Technology
WORK WITH US

Bring your most complex architecture challenge.

Whether you are navigating an operating model redesign, a platform consolidation, or an AI transformation, Synapist principals have the depth to engage at the architecture and strategy layer — not just the implementation layer.

Contact the Practice
principal@synapist.com