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 24 posts →- 3 min
Every Rule Needs a Source: Building a CSDM Modeler from Public Material Only
What I learned building a free CSDM canvas where every class, relationship and hint links back to ServiceNow's public documentation.CSDM · ServiceNow - 2 min
A Cancelled Contract Is Usually a Renamed One
Contract exports look like simple diffs until a renumbered contract reads as a lost one. A successor-trace reconcile, and why each contract line deserves its own Business Application.APM · Contracts - 3 min
A Disposition Is a Decision, Not a Field
TIME dispositions only mean something with evidence, a ratification and a review date. Structural and behavioral facts, why zero incidents is not dormancy, and why AI proposals stay proposals.APM · TIME