Bringing AI to Regulated Industries

Architecting and shipping AI for banks, fintechs, and gaming platforms.

Matt Allan

My Philosophy

My approach to technology and leadership is guided by three core principles:

Build it right

Creating robust, scalable solutions that stand the test of time and meet enterprise-grade requirements.

Experiment quickly

Embracing rapid iteration and validated learning to find the optimal path forward without compromising quality.

Solve the real problem

Looking beyond surface-level symptoms to address fundamental challenges that deliver genuine business value.

Professional Journey

Solutions Architect, Applied AI

Amazon Web Services

2025-Present

Working with regulated workloads in gaming, betting, and financial services. Specialist in event-driven, low-latency cloud architectures and applied AI on AWS.

Co-Founder & CTO

NayaOne

2019-2024

Led technical vision and growth from prototype to £3M ARR, building an enterprise-grade cloud orchestration platform enabling secure collaboration between banks and fintech companies. Built and led an engineering team of 14 while designing security-first architecture meeting ISO27001/SOC2 requirements.

Solutions Designer

Westpac Institutional Bank

2018-2019

Led innovation lab projects to experiment and test startup companies. Automated reporting processes saving 1000+ hours annually.

Cybersecurity Analyst

Westpac Group

2017-2018

Managed internet security infrastructure for 40,000+ employees. Developed ML models for threat detection with 95% accuracy.

Developer

LimeRocket

2017

Contributed to game development for educational applications.

Key Projects

Digital Sandbox | NayaOne

Architected and built a secure cloud environment enabling banks to safely test and integrate with fintech solutions. The platform reduced procurement cycles from months to weeks while maintaining enterprise security standards.

Crypto Exchange Infrastructure

Designed and implemented robust trading systems with a focus on security, compliance, and performance at scale.

Flight Deck Mate

AI assistant providing pilots with streamlined access to company and CASA flight regulations, empowering better decision-making in the field.

Delivered work for

Barclays
Lloyds
FCA
State Department
CCAF
SWIFT

Contact

Email

matt@mattallan.com.au

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