IvayloTonev
I architect digital transformations at the intersection of technology, business strategy, and delivery.
Platforms launch. Impact doesn't always follow.
For 18+ years I've helped enterprises close the implementation gap — the costly disconnect between launching a platform and achieving measurable customer impact.
I build the bridge. I translate business goals into technical roadmaps, contribute to architecture governance, coach delivery teams, and guide platform adoption across banking, insurance, automotive, retail, and healthcare.
From platform to ecosystem.
From 2008 I built deep expertise in the leading Enterprise Content Management System Adobe Experience Manager, specialising in the integration of REST services and frontend applications into the platform.
Since 2018 I architect and deliver Spring Boot microservices, modern React and Angular micro frontends, and Apache Kafka event-driven integrations — the layer that turns a CMS into a composable enterprise ecosystem.
Four things that hold.
Architecture That Scales
I design target-state architectures grounded in delivery reality. Domain-driven design, TOGAF-informed governance, and ArchiMate modelling ensure what gets built matches what was envisioned.
Delivery That Ships
Front-end teams release independently. Services scale on demand. Micro frontends and cloud-native microservices replace monolithic bottlenecks with composable systems.
Adoption That Sticks
Technology alone changes nothing. I work with teams and stakeholders to ensure platforms are adopted, not just deployed — bridging architecture decisions and organisational reality.
Risk That Shrinks
Isolated components minimise blast radius. Phased migration strategies replace big-bang risk with controlled, incremental delivery. Upgrades become safer and less disruptive.
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Strategy to Execution
I translate business goals into technical architectures and transition plans that scale with market demands — not just today's requirements
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Cross-Industry Credibility
Banking groups, insurers, automotive OEMs, grocery retailers, pharma — I carry proven patterns forward across complex enterprise landscapes
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Platform Expertise × Business Thinking
An Executive MBA in Innovation & Business Creation sharpens how I connect architectural choices to executive-level outcomes. The value isn't technology or business alone — it's their product
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Team Coaching & Alignment
I coach delivery teams, establish development guidelines and reference architectures, and ensure build integrity across squads, partners, and vendors
Consulting services
Enterprise Architecture & Governance
I design target-state architectures and transition plans that translate business goals into scalable technical roadmaps. My approach combines TOGAF-informed governance with ArchiMate modelling and domain-driven design to ensure solutions are both customer-centric and delivery-ready.
Expertise: Enterprise Architecture, Cloud Roadmap (AWS/GCP), Transformation Planning, Agile Leadership (Certified Scrum Master).
Digital Experience Platforms
I transform monolithic CMS setups into modern, composable Digital Experience Platforms. I deliver end-to-end solutions that scale globally — integrating the CMS in complex enterprise landscapes.
Expertise: CMS Modernisation · Microservices Integration · Composable/Headless Architectures · Multi-tenant Rollouts.
Full-Stack Development · Cloud Ops
I bridge the gap between architecture and code — I don't just design systems, I build them. This keeps my architectural decisions grounded in delivery reality and gives me credibility with the teams I coach.
Expertise: Java (Spring Boot), TypeScript (Angular/React), Microservices, Docker/Kubernetes, Apache Kafka.
Mid-to-enterprise organisations with existing CMS investments who need modernisation, architectural governance, and outcomes they can measure.
Skills · Experience
Frontend Frameworks
Java Technologies
Adobe Experience Manager
Software Architecture
Development Methodologies
Databases
Infrastructure & DevOps
Application Servers
Development Tools, AI Assisted Coding
Project history
PDF Profile (EN) ↗Solution Architect, Fullstack Developer - Web Applications (TypeScript, React, Java, Spring Boot, Apache Kafka, AWS)
A statutory health insurance company is modernizing its digital infrastructure. The project involves migrating three large, previously monolithic processes into a modern IT landscape with Java (backend) and React (frontend). All current legal changes are being technically implemented, and new features are being developed and integrated as requested by the business department.
Key Activities
- Migration of existing processes to modern technologies (Java, React)
- Implementation of legal requirements
- Development of new features based on business requirements
- Frontend and backend development in a fullstack environment
- Integration with Apache Kafka and modern DevOps tools
Solution Architect - AEM Architecture (TypeScript, Java, Vue.js, Go, AEM 6.5 as a Cloud Service)
A grocery chain is developing a web branch with AEM. The project involves designing the microservices architecture and AEM integration with micro frontends.
Key Activities
- Assessment of current project status quo
- Advisory on microservices (Spring Boot, Java EE & Go) and planned transition to Go
- Backend development with Adobe Experience Manager
- Advisory on AEM Cloud & MongoDB deployment
- Development team coaching
- Stakeholder management & communication
Solution Architect - React Components in AEM (TypeScript, Java, React, AEM 6.5 as a Cloud Service)
An insurance company is migrating legacy booking flows on their public website to modern frontend and backend technologies with REST microservices. The engagement includes concept, design, developer team support, and frontend component implementation.
Key Activities
- Business requirements analysis, user story creation, sprint backlog prioritization
- Global architecture design and frontend microservices integration with backend considering JWT login tokens
- React integration concept for AEM and development guidelines for teams
- Developer team coaching
- MVP with top prioritized requirements and GoLive
- TypeScript interface implementation for REST service calls
- Login implementation with MS Identity Provider MSAL
- Contact forms, newsletter, application flows
Fullstack Developer - Forms & Surveys Web Application (TypeScript, Java, Angular, Spring Boot, MongoDB)
Development of a user-friendly web application enabling users to configure forms or surveys using a toolbox of pre-built components. Backend provides statistical analysis (e.g., T-Test, ANOVA), data export, and third-party system integration. Features include drag-and-drop editor, dynamic validation rules, custom reporting, data visualization, and role-based access control.
Key Activities
- Requirements engineering with business owner, frontend and backend microservices architecture
- Frontend development with Angular 18 and Angular Material UI
- Dynamic Angular component loading implementation
- Configuration editor UI design with drag-and-drop and dynamic validation
- REST API design and microservice architecture implementation
- Reactive microservices development with MongoDB 7 integration
- Unit and integration test implementation
Fullstack Developer - Public Websites Tools & Market Data (TypeScript, Java, Angular, Spring Boot, AEM 6.5, GCP)
A bank is migrating web applications on its public website to modern frontend and backend technologies for all group entities. Legacy portal architecture replaced with REST microservices and Angular frontends, seamlessly integrated into AEM CMS. In the "Shared Components" tribe, self-developed tools and third-party applications from various product areas were integrated, including market data platform implementation.
Key Activities
- Requirements engineering with multiple departments, stakeholders, and external providers
- Domain-Driven Design for microservices backend and micro frontend architecture
- Kubernetes infrastructure modeling with ArchiMate
- Infrastructure design, security policies, cloud architecture, caching, login
- Multiple Angular application development
- Form generator implementation with JSON Schema for dynamic forms
- Virtual portfolio with login and data storage in REST services
- Process editor development for custom code generation with Angular Schematics
- Complex Angular frontend integration scenarios in AEM
- Multiple Spring Boot REST microservices development
- Security, validation, JWT-based OAuth login across multiple systems
- Kubernetes cloud architecture design with Google GCP
- Migration of Spring and Tomcat applications to Kubernetes, later OpenShift
Fullstack Developer - Warehouse Management Application (TypeScript, Java, Angular, Spring Boot, Oracle 12c, PL/SQL)
A motorcycle manufacturer establishes a new warehouse and implements a custom software solution for warehouse management based on modern frontend and backend technologies. The warehouse application includes modules for goods receipt and dispatch, relocation, reservation, lending, inventory, and role & rights management.
Key Activities
- UI development with Angular and Angular Material
- NgRx introduction for frontend state management
- Reusable component implementation for warehouse process management
- Warehouse process modeling and database domain model design
- REST services development for warehouse logic
- SQL, PL/SQL development for efficient warehouse data management
Fullstack Developer - Loan Sampling Application (TypeScript, Java, React, Eclipse Microprofile, MongoDB)
A bank launches a digitization initiative to replace paper-based internal processes. The project targets business process analysis and modeling for loan sampling verification and web application development with role-based authorization workflow.
Key Activities
- Business process analysis and modeling
- Frontend development with React and Redux state management
- Intuitive UI components and unit test implementation
- Network security and infrastructure planning
- REST API design and BPM workflow implementation
- Entity-Control-Boundary pattern in backend microservice
- JWT token login implementation
- MongoDB data modeling and implementation
- Agile development coaching for customer team
Enterprise Architect - AEM Web Platform (AEM 6.1)
Provision of an AEM platform consisting of base components and infrastructure pattern solutions for all corporate websites.
Key Activities
- Infrastructure planning and integration adaptation
- Requirements identification enabling project vision
- User story creation
- Supervision of 2 vendor development teams
- Business department communication
Solution Architect - Website Relaunch (JavaScript, Java, OSGi REST Services, AEM 6.3, Docker)
Website relaunch project for an insurance company with AEM 6.3, integrating Adobe Targeting, Adobe Campaign, Adobe Analytics, and Angular finance applications. AEM 6 platform provision for further development of individual mandates.
Key Activities
- AEM 6 architecture
- Initial AEM project setup
- Developer team supervision
- Customer support for requirements and user story creation
- OSGi REST services implementation
- Touch UI components implementation
Fullstack Developer - Online Banking & Website (JavaScript, Java, OSGi REST Services, AEM 6.1, IBM WebSphere, Apache Solr)
Website including online banking implementation for branches of a financial association with AEM 6. Intensive use of AEM 6 packages enables modular distribution of application logic and content to group mandates.
Key Activities
- Multi-tenant AEM component implementation
- AppStore provision for content and application logic
- Architecture and implementation for long-term archiving of published pages as PDFs per MiFID requirements
- Coordination with AEM platform vendor team
- OSGi service and Sling JUnit test development
- ExtJS frontend component development
Fullstack Developer - Automotive Website (JavaScript, Java, OSGi REST Services, GlassFish 3.0, AEM 5.6)
Website relaunch with AEM. Beyond content management, features include login area with registration, campaigns, personalized content delivery, CRM forms, tracking, fully integrated automobile configurator, and online vehicle sales. Notable for multi-tenancy and extensive use of JavaScript and EJB-based REST services.
Key Activities
- Angular-like JavaScript framework development for dynamic form components
- Frontend form implementation with JavaScript
- Automated testing with Selenium and Node.js
- AEM templates, components, and OSGi service implementation
- ExtJS UI component development
- GlassFish JavaEE backend conception
- JavaEE REST services, E2E tests, and JUnit test development
- Akamai caching concept design
Fullstack Developer - Hotel Search Website (JavaScript, Java, OSGi REST Services, AEM 5.6, EJB 3, MongoDB, Apache Solr)
Website relaunch with Adobe Experience Manager AEM.
Key Activities
- AEM component implementation
- EJB bean implementation
- Hotel search integration with MongoDB and Solr
- Customer advisory on AEM solutions
Fullstack Developer - Online Banking & Website (JavaScript, Java, OSGi REST Services, AEM 5.3)
A direct bank relaunches its main marketing sites. These sites deliver personalized content to customers and seamlessly integrate business applications like online banking, financing calculators, and online form flows.
Key Activities
- AEM templates, components, and OSGi service implementation
- Workflow, Sling eventing, jobs, and XPath/JCR-SQL2 search implementation
- Resource Pool implementation - AEM-based application for structured product management with placeholder replacement and Dispatcher cache updates
- Banking Inbox Component & Credit Card Selector development for online banking integration
Backend Developer - OpenText Documentum Workflows (Java, Spring Framework, Documentum 5.3)
AWF, the Art Workflow System, serves workflow-supported creation and approval of "artworks" like medication packaging and package inserts. Due to legal requirements in pharmaceuticals, complete tracking of all changes and adherence to prescribed processes is necessary.
Key Activities
- Java-based lifecycle and workflow conception and development
- SQL query optimization
Backend Developer - Web Application (Java, Apache Struts, EJB3)
Development of an Apache Struts application for contract partner administration.
Key Activities
- Development with Tomcat and Struts
- Development with EJB3, JBoss 4
Engineering first, business second.
TU Munich
Master's Thesis: Analysis and Evaluation of the Integration Possibilities of Content and Document Management Systems from Different Vendors Using the JSR 170 API
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Master's Thesis: Challenges and Opportunities in Agile Projects in Big Corporations
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My mission
Platforms that drive measurable results.
To turn digital platforms into engines that drive measurable business results — not just technical milestones. If your platform needs to become a competitive advantage, that's where I come in.