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Chief Technology Officer | Solutions Architect Resume

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Irvine, CA

SUMMARY:

  • Accomplished technology innovator, motivator, and customer driven executive with over fifteen years of demonstrated success providing enterprise level solution architecture, development team building, and technology leadership. Successful use of development methodologies and design principals including SOA, Object - Oriented Design, Test-First programming, and Agile Modeling as the approach to Model-Driven Design.
  • Enterprise Systems Planning, Design & Execution
  • Technology Strategy Visionary
  • IT Infrastructure Architecture and Management
  • API Solutions Architecture and Development
  • Hosted Virtual Desktop Solutions Design
  • Hands-on Software /Web Development Experience
  • Relational Database Design
  • Executive Leadership and Communication
  • Strong Technology Team Builder and Mentor
  • Experienced Strategic Planning, Assessment and Problem Solving
  • Accomplished Offshore Resource Manager
  • Agile Development Process Leader
  • Effective Project Planning and Budgeting
  • Experienced Vendor Negotiator

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Systems/ Applications/ Languages/Web/Database / Reporting/CMS/Virtual Desktop: Windows XP/7/8, Linux, Mac OS Visual Studio, Adobe Creative Suite, Microsoft Office, MS SharePoint, Visio ASP.Net, C#, VB.Net, VBScript, VBA, T - SQL, ActionScript HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Flash, Flex, ASP.Net, PHP MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, SSRS, Logi Analytics Ektron, Sitecore, Sitefinity, DotnetNuke, WordPress VMWare, Verde

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential— Monrovia, CA

Chief Technology Officer | Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

  • Oversaw three enterprise level web applications, firmware and software development on proprietary health measurement devices, and the coordination of software and devices on the Confidential HealthCenter, the company flagship product.
  • Created the solution architecture for the next generation of web applications including an updated database design, ASP.Net MVC 4, RequireJS, Handlebars, Grunt, jQuery, and Sass.
  • Developed systems integration designs with 3rd parties using RESTful architectures including use of WebAPI, JSON, and XML.
  • Updated the existing data model to provide for advanced analytics and reporting.
  • Created business intelligence and analytics reporting using Logi Analytics™.
  • Supervised direct report department heads for Project Management, Software Development, Quality Assurance, Information Technology, and Data Management.
  • Established and played a key role in the Product Steering Committee which translated business vision and requirements to specific development efforts.
  • Moved the company from a Waterfall methodology to a Lean/Agile methodology to increase output and decrease timelines.
  • Created a path to responsibility for all department heads and their reports by creating lines of communication and team work.
  • Devised a product roadmap and delivery schedule based on the business vision.
  • Confidential HealthCenter - this flagship product of Confidential, Inc uses proprietary and vendor supplied medical devices to provide customers with self administered health diagnostics.
  • Enhanced the product architecture to accommodate a lean software methodology.
  • Turned 2-3 month development cycles into 3 week cycles.
  • Added multiple device functionality to substantially improve the product offering.
  • HealthCenter Advertising Platform Integration - the company objective was to produce advertising revenue on the HealthCenter. To do this, we needed an advertising platform that could deliver the ads to the HealthCenter.
  • Researched pre-selected vendors to determine their capabilities and fit for the HealthCenter.
  • Selected BroadSign as the advertising platform and worked to integrate this into the HealthCenter offering.
  • Provided the technical architecture for the integration.
  • Supervised the implementation of the BroadSign solution across the 2000+ HealthCenter network.
  • Web Application Architecture and Redesign - all three major web applications are a mixture of ASP.Net MVC and heavy use of JavaScript. This architecture leads to long development cycles, no automated testing capabilities, and severe miscues in development due to overlapping code.
  • Supervised the technical design criteria for a new web application architecture that provides for lean/Agile development, automated testing, and scalability.
  • The redesign incorporated a modern JavaScript framework with RequireJS, Handlebars, Grunt, jQuery, Sass utilizing API and Domain layers to reuse backend code and enhance frontend scalability.
  • Oversaw the implementation of a new data model to accommodate the new application architecture.
  • Created the plan for migration of existing customers to the new application.

Confidential — Irvine, CA

Chief Technology Officer | Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

  • Provided all technical vision as the Chief Technical/Solutions Architect for software and website solutions.
  • Managed all aspects of production to deliver web and software solutions - websites, APIs, web services, and IT infrastructure.
  • Supervised recruitment,, retention and organization of all production related personnel including developers, engineers, information architects, and project managers.
  • Established and maintained financial budgets and projections for the technology department.
  • Responsible for research, identification, contract negotiation, and relationship management of all vendors and providers including server hosting, social identity and gamification, data reporting, website analytics, email campaigns, and more.
  • Developed technical architecture for multiple web solutions using CMS packages including Ektron, Sitecore, and Sitefinity CMS platforms.
  • Identified software and website development projects to target industries, marketed the projects to prospective clients, and successfully negotiated the resulting contracts.
  • Created the development and quality assurance standards, policies and procedures using Agile development methodologies.
  • Recruited and supervise an offshore development team; integrated the team into the daily development rotation within the company leading to an extended development week, lower costs, and higher efficiencies.
  • VerizonInsider.com - social media hub for Confidential .
  • Originally designed the technical architecture using the Ektron CMS platform using VB.Net; personally built out the initial web solution.
  • Migrated from Ektron to Sitecore in order to accommodate customization and scaling requirements.
  • Provided the technical architecture for the new Sitecore CMS platform using C# ASP.Net.
  • Designed the technical implementation to extend the Sitecore CMS architecture to a data warehouse, database administration, reporting, analytics, web services, and API’s.
  • Integrated the solution with Facebook, Twitter, and Gigya for social interaction and gamification.
  • Managed all aspects of software and website development for the project.
  • Researched, contracted, and managed all 3rd party vendor relationships.
  • DaumCommercial.com - commercial real estate sales and leasing company.
  • Architected and designed a complete industry specific enterprise solution including the marketing website, intranet portal for internal corporate use, property listing database, and employee management.
  • Provided hands-on development of the property database software. iFollowOffice.com - London, England based DaaS (Desktops as a Service) company providing hosted desktop solutions.
  • Lead technical advisor providing research and testing of multiple VDI platforms.
  • Created the solution architecture for the eventual DaaS solution using the Virtual Bridges Verde VDI platform.
  • Negotiated the contract with the VDI vendor and hosting provider.
  • Work with the VDI vendor on product roadmap items to enhance the customer experience.
  • Continue to work onsite and remotely to help problem solve and enhance the platform.

Confidential — Santa Margarita, CA

Solutions Architect | Consultant

Responsibilities:

  • DrawingVault.com - this enterprise SaaS (Software as a Service) application is used by many of the top commercial real estate property owners and managers for accessing, managing, and archiving as-built, scanned paper and digital CAD construction documents.
  • Provided the technical architecture and did the development for the entire solution including a complex relational database schema, user roles and rights, sophisticated check-in/out procedure, web-based user interface, extensive backend database management portal, and custom content management system.
  • Designed and developed a desktop software package that interfaces between the scanning software and drawing management application allowing scanned drawings to be added directly to a client’s account. nVigor - provides electronic dining tables to restaurants used for entertainment and advertising.
  • Founded this company on the concept to provide restaurants an innovative touch screen table to entertain customers through a web-based flash interface providing news, sports, local events, and games.
  • Designed and developed the table prototype software in Classic ASP, JavaScript and Flash.
  • Confidential, Inc - building measurement and lease information management company.
  • Designed and developed several technology efficiencies created to improve productivity and reduce costs.
  • Developed the stevensonsystems.com website with a custom content management system (CMS) that provides the business users easy site updating.
  • SCI Lighting Solutions - lighting design, sales, and consulting company.
  • Designed and developed the corporate marketing website.
  • Designed and developed a corporate communications intranet site on which employees rely to view corporate documents, schedules, marketing strategies, and personnel records.

Confidential — Los Angeles, CA

Director of Professional Services

Responsibilities:

  • Developed strategic plan to establish and expand the Professional Services practice.
  • Responsible for practice financial budgeting and oversight.
  • Supervised the selection,, development, and work assignments of personnel.
  • Created and managed consulting relationships with multiple Confidential clients where company legal learning needs exceeded the existing platform.
  • Gathered platform roadmap requests from several existing customers, relayed to the development department in the form of formal requirements, and managed production of the accepted roadmap items.
  • Confidential & Confidential - Confidential provides a web-based library of legal research work to J&J’s Corporate Counsel and an online learning platform for use throughout J&J and its affiliates.
  • Worked directly with J&J legal department to identify requested enhancements to the online learning platform. Documented the requirements and submitted to the Confidential engineering team as roadmap items. Any items identified by the Confidential engineering team as outside of general platform enhancements were furthered documented, signed-off by the J&J representative, and developed as part of a Professional Services contract.
  • Designed custom online learning modules with the J&J representatives as part of the Professional Services contract.
  • Confidential Learning Institutes - this division of Confidential, Corp provides including the Confidential online learning platform for more than 40,000 of its USA based employees.
  • Created opportunities for Confidential professional services within this Confidential division to expand the number of legal learning modules used within Confidential .
  • Worked with the RLI representatives to identify custom reporting requirements to provide RLI detailed user information specific to their department needs; managed the development of the documented requirements.
  • Provided technical assessment of providing Confidential services within the Confidential intranet.

Confidential — Los Angeles, CA

Web Solutions Architect/Director of Development

Responsibilities:

  • Dell Computer STO (Support Technology Online) - the support division of Dell maintains support.dell.com. It is responsible for all aspects of online support to millions of owners of items sold at Dell Computer.
  • Supervised a team of four on a 4 month consulting contract onsite at Dell Support.
  • Represented the support division as the Technical Architect among other divisions at Dell.
  • Created a detailed support.dell.com site architecture, user flow, and website page identification and mapping.
  • Documented current support.dell.com development process observations and recommendations including staffing needs, roles and responsibilities, and suggestions for peak use of internal resources.
  • Provided Dell with a report entitled, “Reorganized Support Site” that detailed observations made during the contract period, site architecture changes, wireframes, UI templates, and a detailed proposed architecture.
  • Citibank Private Banking Group (PBG) - headquartered in New York City, this division of Citibank provides banking services and investment advice to high net worth individuals.
  • Project scope of work was a complete redesign of the PBG website, both the public facing marketing site, and the private customer site for accessing extensive account information.
  • Provided technical assessment, design, and enhancement recommendations for the PBG website redesign.
  • Created technical deployment plan for each of the phases of development.
  • Supervised the development of the website from concept to completion.
  • Consulted with the PBG representatives on proposed technologies to be used within PBG to enhance customer interaction including “Groove”, a fairly new concept at the time.
  • OralB.com - this website provides details of the company’s lines of dental related products.
  • Gathered customer business requirements and created technical documentation and design for the new site.
  • Supervised the website conversion from Lotus Domino to Microsoft Active Server Pages.

Confidential - Los Angeles, CA

Developer

Responsibilities:

  • Deep knowledge of Agile design and development standards and practices
  • Expert software and web architect across multiple platforms including .NET, SOA, OOD, VB.Net, C#, MVC, Ajax, Web Services, JavaScript, SQL Server, Linux/Unix, Windows operating systems and products, and VDI (Virtual Desktop Infrastructure).
  • Experienced developer using Classic ASP, ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, SOA, Ajax, Web Services, JavaScript, SQL Server
  • CMS experience in design and development with Ektron, Sitecore, Sitefinity, DotNetNuke, and Wordpress.
  • Social media platform and development with Facebook API, Twitter API, Google API, and Gigya social interaction and gamification.
  • Database design and development experience with MS SQL Server, Oracle, and NoSQL style databases such as MongoDB.

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