SUMMARY

• IT Professional offering over 18 years of hands on technical expertise along with project planning, execution, monitoring, and resource optimization
• Adept in supporting multiple simultaneous projects in both onsite and offshore project models
• Well versed in web applications development with successfully demonstrated and implemented software and web applications development from small to complex assignments
• Extensive experience with Content Management Systems (CMS) using HP & SDL Products such as Livesite, TeamSite, Opendeploy Mediabin and Meta-tagger, Tridion, WorldServer in addition to open source tools including Joomla and Wordpress.
• Worked closed on multiple global project initiatives involving teams in different geographies and timezones and diverse teams including Marketing, Technology, Finance and HR.
• Recognized for ability to successfully manage projects while contributing to IT planning and strategies designed to improve performance and meet end user needs.
• Comprehensive ability to design, architect and develop applications for various industry segments including manufacturing, Finance, supply-chain industry, airlines, cruises, online travel services, health-care & educational institutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: UNIX HP, SCO-open, Solaris 10, Windows Servers, Linux 5, 5.5, 6

Languages: Java, JSP, JavaScript, PHP, ASP, VBScript, Perl, HTML/DHTML, XML, XSL, XSLTSAML Parsers, Jqueiy, C, PL/SQL, T-SQL, Visual Basic

Application Programming: J2EE (Servlets, JSP), Apache Struts framework, Spring framework, Velocity, Hibernate, Web Services (soap & rest), Junit and OpenSSL

Application Servers: TeamSite 6.7x- 8.1.0.1, OpenDeploy 8.1.0.1 (DataDeploy) & MediaBin, LiveSite 8.1.0.1 (LSCS,LSDS), including IDOL search, TS/LiveSite-Cloud, Meta-tagger, Broadvision Enterprise 1-to-1, BVCommerce, BV Content, BVPortal, Tomcat. Also exploring Teamsite 16.2 and Cloud friendly apps.

Databases: Oracle 8.x-9x.x, 10.x, 11.x, Informix, SQL-server, MySQL 5.0

Defect Tracking Tools: Rational ClearQuest, Bugzilla, Remedy

Testing/Monitoring Tools: Winrunner, Mercury

Configuration Tools: Rational Clear Case, CVS/PVCS/Visual Source Safe, SVN, GIT1.1, Frameworks Putty, Mozilla web developer tools, Confidential map and payment API's, Pay-pal API's, Yahoo API's (YUI, YAP, YQL), Velocity for template development, RoR, Social Engine 3.15. SDL WorldServer & Tridion.

Search Tools: Verity K2 Search, Fast Data Search, Lucene, IDOL, Elastic Search.

Additional Frameworks: Eclipse 3.x, Borland’s JBuilder, Exceed, UML/Rational Rose, Visio, JSQL, Ant, JUnit

Content/Document tools: Sharepoint

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Eastern PA

Technical Lead

Responsibilities:

• Involved in multiple projects simultaneously. working closely with Infrastructure build team, development team, release management and helping clients understand and prioritize technical direction. Working with Vendor OpenText to plan establish LiveSite Vendor managed instance services, and content deployment from local TS server to remote Livesite server on the cloud ( Confidential ec2 instances)
• Help with evaluating case studies that would fit in with Teamsite 16.2 and chalk out a plan for migration from previous versions to Teamsite 16.2.
• Define the new site architecture on LiveSite platform. Capacity and sizing for Livesite including query optimization for IDOL and tuning search. Identity Access management IAM using LDAP integration for AD and
• Red Hat Native solution for LDAP. Install custom Red Hat Packages and enable language features.
• Manage a team of 9. Plan, schedule and execute as Agile team.
• Hands on Linux server application administration, user management, AD configuration. etc.
• Install configure, administer for Cloud instances on Confidential S3, RDS and EC2. Working closely with product Vendors (OpenText).

Confidential, San Francisco, CA

ECommerce Sys Integration & Infrastructure planning and establishment.

Responsibilities:

• Setup complete Infrastructure for DEV, TEST and PROD.
• Install Akeneo PIM product on Linux with Composer install and configure noSQL & Oracle with email server.
• Develop custom screens and localize for Canadian clients
• Collaborate with product vendor to customize modules.
• Develop and establish release process and deploy to environments.
• Guide remote team members to understand the requirements and help with implementation. .
• Conduct daily scrums, bi - weekly sprint planning and tracking and updates to Jira with stories and documentation of tasks done to Confluence.

Confidential. San Francisco, CA

Team Lead CMS

Responsibilities:

• Agile development. Worked on enhancement of marketing email content templates and workflows related to sending emails to Vendors. Hands on coding of javascript, shell script, Java and Perl code.
• Helped Macys.com production support to streamline processes related to maintaining the applications
• Devised and implemented Git versioning for code, content, config that fits within Macys.com CSI model.
• Work with other teams involved to integrate the system and manage it.
• Helped clients with optimizing performance of the applications. Also thoroughly analyzed user activity on TeamSite servers to understand the load and how many workflows get started on daily basis and respectively the count of active tasks.
• Managed an offshore team and directing the development cycle from inception to progress to Release environments and Plan/execute production releases.
• Configure and fine tune Search for selected branches. Fine tune configurations & enhance system performance

Environment: Java, Jboss, MySql 5.5 & Amazon RDS & Confidential on Linux VM.

Confidential, Reston, VA

CMS Architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked with providing system requirements to build RHEL Linux VM’s for Autonomy Teamsite suite of product install, application configuration and maintenance.
• Upgraded HP Teamsite, OpenDeploy from 7.3.2.x to 7.4.1 version and ported it from its current Solaris OS to Linux.
• Implemented deployment architectures to deploy to approximately 300 target servers. Wrote deployment scripts and managed OpenDeploy base and target servers.
• Migrated all existing Content from current CMS with all editions (history) to new system and platform. Evaluated and recommend workflow efficiency and process.
• Represented Acumen Solutions(System Integrator) as contractor for Sprint.

Confidential, Framingham, MA

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Performed Solution architecture and implementation of automated content feeds to the merchant Portals. Architected & implemented new PDE (personal Development environments), for CMS solutions and integration with WebServers.
• Worked closely with business users and analysts to define the architecture and strategy for implementation direction.
• Maintained production CMS server including deployments to target applications and servers.
• Performed SDL-Tridion 2011, language translations and automating CMS to SDL Workflows. Blue print, build page, component templating, Tridion core services, Experience manager and front end development. Integrated CMS with SDL WorldServer and manager automated deployments after approvals.

Environment: Solaris 10, Linux RH, SQLServer 2010, Teamsite 7.3.1, Open deploy 7.3.1, Workflow, SDL Tridion & WorldServer

Confidential, Portsmouth, NH

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Drove the next generation CMS based web application solutions with the focus of One content approach to support, WEB, Mobile and other Devices. Proposed LSCS for Content as a Service solution.
• Worked with both business owners and Technical teams to align the goals with recommended strategy. Evaluated capacity and sizing for their new infrastructure & web applications on J2ee platform
• Worked on multiple projects for Hyundai and its associated websites.
• Been part of new MyHyundai.com website. Develop workflows for content deployment to Rackspace Cloud. Helped autodata.net integration with multiple iframe based RL linking to services
• Setup and configure HyundaiassetLibrary.com using Mediabin 8,with LDAP and customize with access roles and metadata classification
• Monitor and maintain server health & evaluate capacity & sizing for new web applications Work with project managers on project estimation and execution plan.
• Train and guide end users on using deployment to Cloud
• Lead a small team of 4 people including testing resource to get the solution certified and deploy to production instance.

Environment: Windows Server, IIS, SqlServer2010, TeamSite 6.7.2, Search3.1.1, Opendeploy 6.1, MediaBin 8.0

Confidential, San Mateo CA

Sr. Tech Lead

Responsibilities:

• Worked on multiple projects in the span of one year
• Was a part of new International websites developed on Livesite with runtimes on Weblogic (2 web servers, 2 LSDS & 2 LSCS servers).
• Worked on Research Analyst website- Requirements intake, Architecture & Implementation.
• Served Galileo OrderLiterature 2.0 & Web services integration with LIP and Big Ben.
• Worked closely with business users and analysts and define the architecture and strategy for implementation direction.
• Led a team of people off-shore located in India, Europe and parts of USA.
• Drove the Taxanomy implementation and content standards for the organization.
• Monitored and maintained server health.
• Evaluated capacity and sizing for the new web applications using Java.
• Worked with project managers on project estimation and come up with execution plan.
• Trained and guided the end users.
• Managed a team of 8 people in CMS team and co-ordinate with larger group of 30 people from 5 different locations comprising of Engineering IT & business folks in the organization including vendor management.

Confidential, Miramar, FL

Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Hired to enhance front-end online B2C and B2B web applications running on Webspehere app server. Monitored and deployed site content in 10 languages while designing and implementing Served WFM for deployment in addition to the development and maintenance of 7 different web sites. Developed .NET based core component framework for ContentAssist routines.
• Implemented and maintained TeamSite 6.5, Opendeploy 6.0 on Solaris 2.9 servers while deploying content to partner website, eLibrary and corporate website.
• Developed and coded DAM project, importing Assets into TeamSite DCR through web service.
• Wrote custom workflows and associated external tasks while maintaining production environments.
• Debugged technical problems associated with workflows to servers and database.

Environment: Solaris 5.9, Oracle, TeamSite, 6.5, Opendeploy 6.1 with data deploy

Confidential, Hercules CA

Architect

Responsibilities:

• Developed Interwoven 1st generation CMS by utilizing data mapping and writing custom SQL scripts for migrating data from old ecommerce systems to new ecommerce and portal platform.
• Served as primary point of contact for Administration of existing Broadvision eCommerce application.
• Wrote java stand-alone program to generate automated DCR (xml).
• Provided on demand administration, system health maintenance and support of ecommerce platform on 24/7 rotation basis.
• Utilized Java / XML/ XSL code for content translation from old content system to enhanced content for French MSDS project involving the automation of content upload, content management and search server customization.
• Implemented IWOV TeamSite by migrating existing content management system for MSDS to new CMS based on TeamSite.
• Maintained and improved home grown Oracle SQL based migration system from staging to production.

Environment: Solaris, Interwoven 6.7.1 TeamSite, Opendeploy, Meta-tagger, MediaBin, Workflow builder HP Unix / Broadvision 7.1, Perl, Media Bin 4.0, Sitepublisher (Livesite). SQL Server, Oracle, XML

Confidential . Dayton. OH

Java Portal Architect

Responsibilities:

• Solely responsible for overseeing the development, testing and migration of code base to testing environment. Transformed employee portal into a customer portal by converting application into multiple languages and developing I18N Java for text representation and local identification.
• Resolved gwinnettcounty.com portal application defects by customizing Portal 7.0 Java code for alerts using Java messaging for multithreaded applications.
• Analyzed user behavior data to strategize ideal browser specifications and propose solutions.
• Collaborated with various departments and engineering team to enhance user interface to accommodate free shipping and tax free options for specific products by utilizing BV APIs to map with Taxware’s custom data. Employed the Spring framework for dependency injection. Used web service using SOAP requests for processing online gift card purchases.
• Performed Gift card processing online and to retrieve service data from 3rd party provider.
• Successfully introduced AJAX tags in shopping cart pages and hardline / softline product detail pages.
• Led a remote project team of developers in Japan to develop an e-commerce application to migrate to JSP. Wrote design documents including activity and Sequence diagrams using open source tools like JUDE in addition to BV 7.1 commerce customization, enhancement and maintenance of existing business.
• Customized shipping methods to include APO/FPO and Vertex Tax integration.

Environment: Solaris, Oracle 9i, Java/JSP, Javascript. Vertex Taxware

Confidential . Richmond. VA

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Successfully lead project team to develop a revamped Confidential.com website from Broadvision commerce 6.0 to 7.1 and migrate from JavaScript front end to JAVA/Struts JSPs.
• Assisted with the development of algorithm calculations for optimal cost arbitration using Spring.
• Evaluated team performance, set goals and expectation, recommended and approved design and development of ideas. (Was employee of Infogain India at this time )
• Implemented custom templates and wrote custom scripts for world’s leading airline alliance
• Defined user roles, groups and publishing strategy to ensure project goals were met.
• Also designed, coded, tested and released complete SDLC utilizing multi-threaded J2ee/java coding with calls to real time CRS system. (Was employee of Techspan India ltd, now Genpact).
• Designed content management system with Broadivision and Bladerunner features while validating workflows and writing/testing JSPs.
• Trained technical and non-technical staff on project details and tasks.
• Met with client to ensure project requirements were met within budget and time constraints.

Environment: Solaris server, Windows 2000 clients, Broadvision 1To1 6.0, Java, jsp’s, Broadvision 1 To 1 6.0 & Publishing center, Instant publisher 6.0 with Bladerunner tools, J developer for Java IDE, Java Server Pages