Principal Enterprise Architect
Mike Reams
I design and govern the systems enterprises actually run on — ServiceNow, CMDBs, and cloud platforms — and I write about what it takes to change them without breaking anything.
- 26 yrs · enterprise systems
- Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- AI Consultant
- 2 companies co-founded
Status / now
Leading technical architecture across Sherwin-Williams' enterprise platform estate, and running an architecture knowledge base that an AI curates and architects ratify.
Selected work
All 17 projects →PRJ · 2026
CSDM rules in a PDF to A canvas that checks them
Blueprint Modeler: A Free CSDM Architecture Canvas
A free, browser-only canvas for modeling application architecture the CSDM way, with conformance hints from public sources.
- CSDM
- ServiceNow
- Open Source
PRJ · 2026
Ad hoc CMDB queries to Governed console
EA Console: A Governed Workbench for the CMDB
A self-hosted console and MCP server for querying and safely updating a ServiceNow CMDB, with a grounded local AI assistant.
- ServiceNow
- CMDB
- AI
PRJ · 2026
Spreadsheet dispositions to Ratified decisions
Application Portfolio Rationalization
A ServiceNow and CSDM practice that turns an application inventory into a portfolio you can actually make decisions about.
- APM
- ServiceNow
- CSDM
Writing
All 37 posts →- 3 min
Six Questions for Every Technology Request
Ask every “can we buy X?” request the same six questions. One primary technical class exposes overlap, and the answers go back on the request.APM · Technology Acquisition - 6 min
Blast Radius Is a Query, Not a Diagram
Blast radius is a walk over CMDB relationships, not a picture, and only as honest as its paths through services. Three checks before an agent trusts it.CMDB · CSDM - 3 min
AI Transformation Fails at the Foundation, Not the Model
AI transformation fails at the foundation, not the model: the data it reads, the contract for what it may do and the human who signs off. Three questions.AI · Transformation