SUMMARY:

• 14 years of extensive IT experience in solution architecture, project management and application development.
• Certified in TOGAF 9.1 with extensive of experience as a Solution Architect, primarily involved in solution architecture for digital transformation and modernization initiatives in P&C, Retirement Service and Healthcare organizations .
• Lead as a solution architect in HSB and MassMutual for multimillion dollar initiatives for IT modernization/transformation and simplification to meet business strategic goals of supporting new products, new markets and standardize processes.
• Positioned as the lead Solution Architect for transformation program in HSB - Implementation of Guidewire products, Microsoft Dynamics, IOT, Unified Portal Strategy and Digital Customer Integration Platform(data and process integration with intermediaries) via Microsoft Azure API Management Platform & SAP Data Integrator, Coverhound SAAS platform for a new disruptive personal line product deployed on AWS Virtual Private Cloud.
• Positioned as the lead Architect on mission critical healthcare projects for Aetna- Coventry Integration, Healthcare Reforms, Accountable Care Solutions, Private Exchange & Benefit Focus eSales & Marketplace SAAS, SalesForce integration for Quote to card business processes.
• Advocated flexible and cost effective solutions that enhanced strategic capabilities by understanding business and technical strategies while leveraging the technical and business experience of different stake holders.
• Designed solution that aligns with business blueprints, delivery constraints, enterprise business services, enterprise architecture governance guidelines, enterprise framework services and infrastructure standards.
• Developed & Maintain the Enterprise Information Management Vision/Blueprint.
• Contributed towards developed Enterprise architecture as a Service by design.
• Lead the delivery of solutions that promote flexibility, scalability and high-performance.
• Lead a group through an architectural development process and collaborate with application development teams, architects and other members of the software development team to steer the application delivery while managing the technical risks.
• Service Oriented Architecture SOA in high volume transaction environments.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Architecture: Solution Architecture, Guidewire Products Integration- Policy Center. Billing Center, Datahub and InfoCenter, IOT, Microsoft Dynamics, Data Virtualization, EIM, TOGAF, SOA, Legacy Integration, SAAS integration, RSA, System Integration Patterns - Web Services, MQ, File transfers, Datapower, webMethods, BizTalk, SAAS Integration, Document Production-Xpression & XRevise Integration, Document Management Solution Integration - FileNet, Mobius, Sharepoint, eDelivery - DSTO/DSTCC.

Platform: .Net 1.1/2.0/3.0/3.5

Languages: C#, VB.NET

Databases: MS SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle 10g, MS Access

Web Technologies: ASP.NET, Web Services, XML, WSDL, HTTP, HTML, CSS, DHTML, AJAX, ATLAS, SOA

Middleware: Web Services, WCF, webMethods, BizTalk

Reporting Tools: SAP BO, MS SQL Server Reporting services, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), Data Dynamics Active Reports

Tools: SPARX Enterprise Architect, Rational Software Architect.

Software development methodologies: Waterfall, Agile.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Solution Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Digital transformation/modernization of Underwriting and Services, Customer Relationship Management, Reporting platforms of HSB to accelerate the design and deployment of new products; expand beyond the core to enable multi-currency and locations; modernize the aging platforms while aiming at simplifying products and processes onto a common set of global platforms & Improve speed-to-market while providing agility and cost advantage to support the business strategy.
• Revamping of the customer experience via a Unified Portal Strategy
• Rolling out of Consumer Market insurance product for Personal line of business with an intent to disrupt which involved a SAAS solution on AWS VPC.
• Developing a Foundational Platform for Internet of Things.
• Provided guidance during requirements discussions with architectural directions.
• Provided significant mentoring to project teams to develop future state business process models and use cases and writing testable and/or verifiable requirements.
• Lead architectural solution development for Underwriting & service core Capabilities by integrating the Guidewire Suite of products with multitude of enterprise systems.
• Lead architecture of the future state reporting solution with Guidewire Datahub & InfoCenter. HSB is the first US based insurer to deploy Guidewire DataHub as its data management system.
• Lead Solution Architect for the Customer Relationship Management program to implement Microsoft Dynamics.
• Lead Architecture of Consumer Market Personal Line Insurance Product Roll Out Program which resulted in a SAAS based solution-Coverhound- on AWS VPC.
• Facilitated development of the HSB Enterprise Information Management Vision/Blueprint.
• Lead the architecture of the Enterprise Fulfilment Center.
• Contributed towards developing the Enterprise Architecture Practice.
• Contributed towards architecting the Digital Customer Integration & Analytics Platform utilizing SAP Data Integrator to manage data intake, data quality and metadata management capabilities. Also used Microsoft Azure API Management Platform.
• Contributed towards development of a Unified Portal Strategy.
• Governed implementation to ensure design & development conforms to the architecture.
• Governed Technical Debt.

Confidential

Architect Consultant

Responsibilities:

• This program comprises of 8 projects with a vision to establish a configurable platform to accomplish generation and distribution of statements, fee disclosures, transaction confirmations, campaigns, postcards, electronic forms, checks, enrolment booklets etc via Confidential or electronic delivery channels.
• Solution was designed to configure various outputs in the
• Record Keeping System with plan specific rules, use content from Sitecore as the Content
• Management System and use DSTCC as the fulfilment vendor for Confidential and electronic delivery of these outputs to B2B- Sponsors, TPAs,
• Advisors and B2C-partcipants of Defined Benefits and Defined Contribution plans.
• Guiding requirements discussions with architectural directions.
• Leading architectural solution development to cater to business needs.
• Aligning solution with Enterprise Architecture Blueprint.
• Owning architectural deliverables - Software Architecture Vision & Definition Document, Non-functional Requirements Artefacts.
• Work collaboratively with vendor partners - DSTCC, ALIS, RRD to provide an end-to-end solution.
• Govern implementation to ensure design & development conforms to the architecture while managing the technical risks.