SUMMARY:

• More than 30 years of progressive experience in the IT field with core competencies in a variety of disciplines, including systems engineering, application development, business intelligence, professional services, systems engineering, customer relations, sales support, product evangelizing, training and course development, and quality assurance. Specialized expertise in solutions architecture, project management, presentations/demos, technical training, and custom solutions development.
• Working knowledge of legacy mainframes as well as open system platforms. Strong knowledge of older procedural languages e.g. Cobol and Mainframe Assembler, JCL as well as object - oriented approaches like Java and C#. Strong experience with DevOps, HTML, XML, JSP, relational databases like MySQL, PostgresSQL, and Adabas. Experience with AWS, Hibernate, Spring MVC, Eclipse, REST and Maven and more. Possess relevant experience:
• Providing consultation and strategic guidance to clients and other senior staff in addressing complex, enterprise - level systems engineering, and integration challenges.
• Developing and maintaining enterprise technical architecture and perform activities, including conceptual and logical modeling and analysis of complex systems environments, technical infrastructure, and other components of the client technical environment.
• Supporting technical and sales teams in investigating, analyzing, defining, tailoring, and implementing technology solutions to create greater alignment between technology and business goals.
• Constructing adaptable systems that meet client requirements, investigate, analyze, define, tailor, and implement solutions that help to align technology and business goals
• Supporting stakeholder work sessions focused on identifying requirements and solutions.
• Personal strengths include excellent interpersonal communications, the ability to effectively perform multiple tasks simultaneously and develop strong customer/coworker relationships. I possess a deep technical background that is beneficial when integrating seemingly disparate data/systems/tasks.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Eclipse
• Maven
• J2EE
• Spring MVC
• Hibernate
• REST
• SQL

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Solutions Architect and Project Supervisor

Responsibilities:

• Designing prototypes for future FDA web, mobile and desktop applications based on customer needs and pain points.
• Managing developers and data engineers.
• Writing white papers on technology and technology comparisons.
• Developing data models.
• Acting as customer liaison.
• Designed a desktop system to track the distribution of computer assets to FDA employees and contractors. System forces users to electronically accept custodianship of the asset
• Augmented the FDA’s Mobile Development guidelines by establishing a standard mobile development platform, and identifying useful 3rd party tools
• White Papers for choosing the proper application design.
• White Paper for standardizing on the best mobile development platform
• White Paper on desktop automation,

Confidential, McLean, VA

Principal Solutions Architect and Technical Trainer

Responsibilities:

• Advised on solution enhancements by providing technical work direction and training at both client and partner meetings.
• Produced technical product articles, documentation, white papers, presentations, demonstrations, trade show participation, field sales and customer consulting, customer briefing presentations, and ongoing education.
• Delivered training on the full suite of Monster SaaS technology, Monster Hiring Management Enterprise to various Federal Government agencies (e.g., U.S. Geological Survey, Bureau of Printing and Engraving, Department of the Interior-Interior Business Center, etc.).
• Delivered “Efforts to Outcome” case management software training to the State of Washington, Employment Security Department program team.
• Developed solutions to complex technical problems, keeping current on proprietary and partner technology, and communicating progress toward project/program goals.
• Automated a manual report compilation process resulting in increased productivity and streamlined reporting. Using a Java API, which facilitated the management of Excel spreadsheets, created an application that scrolled the prior month’s report into new copies and compiled all new values. This original two-day process was reduced to two minutes, saving valuable time and money, and eliminating computational mistakes.
• Created an automated pricing spreadsheet application that significantly reduced the time to generate a report. This application presents users with a selection screen containing several options from which to choose. Once the user selects the applicable pricing model and payment schedule terms, then the application quickly generates a financial spreadsheet.

Confidential, Elkridge, MD

Solutions Engineer, Application Developer

Responsibilities:

• Mapped out Solutions for remediation of systems written in Natural to Java.
• Providing technical support on two separate components of the same system; the first being the existing Natural mainframe-based back-end system, and the second being the Java-based web service interface to the C# client application, with the front-end developed by other team members.
• Participating in replacing the existing mainframe system with an open systems equivalent system written in Java.
• Created a multi-platform application with a workstation resident client and a mainframe resident Server. The user could supply a name of a Natural program, or point the application at file with a list of program names. Natural programs would then be located and sent to the workstation without requiring any knowledge of the mainframe.
• Improved efficiency of Natural server program by eliminating sequential processing loops and integrating all functionality within one loop.
• Translated Natural program that generated XML output, to Java.
• Created a utility class in Java to mimic “Redefine” functionality.

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Remediation Engineer, Technical Instructor

Responsibilities:

• Interfacing with customers using a tool written by the company CEO that automatically translated multiple systems written in Natural to Java/C# and converted Adabas data to a relational database format. The result of the completed remediation was an application that functioned on open systems servers and workstations exactly as it did in its original format and platform.
• Developed formal courseware for the company and assumed the role of Technical Instructor responsible for educating all clients on the company software technology.
• Developed formal courseware that bridged the gap between the functional orientation of the mainframe to open systems programmers/administrators, and the functional orientation of open systems (object orientation) to mainframe programmers/administrators.

Confidential, Rockville, MD

Solutions Engineer, Technical Sales Representative, Professional Services Developer, Course Developer, Technical Instructor, Prototyping Specialist, Customer Support Specialist, Documentation Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Conducting customer demonstrations in support of sales activities.
• Preparing custom demonstrations for specific prospects using customer-supplied sample data, logo(s), and corporate colors.
• Maintained and delivered courseware for product delivery/installation engagements under the roles of Course Developer and Technical Trainer. Documentation was updated with each release, along with a product tutorial that was disseminated with products.
• Handled support calls on a daily basis to ensure customer satisfaction.
• Using a corporate RAD tool, developed custom solutions to meet client specifications, resulting in increased sales. Customers presented sample data, and within less than a week, a sample application demonstrating how their data could be analyzed and made actionable was completed. As a result, clients would realize an immediate return on investment, and thereby purchase software license(s).
• Tasked to update the Tutorial document, which was provided with the product under each new release. Exercised full responsibility and freedom to demonstrate new features.
• Created a configurable utility tool that could format raw data from the database into a chartable format.

Confidential, Reston, VA

Systems Engineer, Performance and Tuning Consultant, Subject Matter Expert, Technical Marketing Manager, Field Support Specialist, Technical Instructor, Quality Assurance Specialist, Product Developer, Systems Programmer

Responsibilities:

• Delivered corporate demonstrations to new prospects and existing customers in the role of Systems Engineer, Field Support Engineer and SME in Natural, EntireX, and Com-plete.
• Served as a primary customer-facing corporate representative maintaining account relationships.
• Spoke at user group meetings and international. Topics included the architecture of EntireX, and was the key note speaker at the Natural Conference in Boston with a presentation on the efficiency of Com-plete.
• Delivered product training to Government, and private sector customers like the State of Utah, Delta Airlines, Southwest Airlines, and TIAA.
• Served as Principle Architect and Developer on a performance monitor for Com-plete, a multi-tasking/multi user environment that allowed simultaneous reconfiguration of dynamic metric collection.
• Delivered classes on the product line, which included three distinct product tiers: Natural, Adabas and Com-plete/EntireX, with multiple subordinate add-on/support products to each tier.
• Served as a major contributor in the development of internal technical courses, which resulted in becoming the primary instructor responsible for the successful delivery of these specialized offerings. Other design courses (from programming to administration) fell under my purview during my tenure.