SUMMARY

• Entrepreneurial technology leader who efficiently executes business strategy and solves business problems through IT Innovation, Teamwork and Process & Productivity Improvements
• Talented, business focused, results driven technology leader with career - long record of promotion, stakeholder/customer satisfaction and strategic insight.
• 18 years of IT experience in various industries such as state/federal government, finance, insurance, advertising and education.
• Broad technical knowledge in all tiers of software development/management such as user interface, busines logic, database access, database and server management. solid understanding of software development life cycle - worked in many key roles such as developer, technical lead, database administrator and project/application manager.
• Enterprise-wide process improvement driver - with determination to improve software quality and consistent on-time delivery; standardizing processes for easy and error free repetition

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Architectures & Frameworks: ESB, SOA, N - tier architecture, MVC, Struts, Apache Axis framework
• Databases: Oracle, Sybase, MS Access, MySQL, FileMaker Pro
• Platforms: Linux, Windows, Windows server, Unix
• Protocols: PCI, SSAE-16, LDAP, PKCS, SHA, MD5, SMTP, HTTP, SOAP, FTP, RPC, TSL/SSL
• Programming Languages: Java, JSP, JavaScript, Servlets, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell, .NET, Visual Basic, Crystal Reports COBOL, Transact-SQL, VBA, ColdFusion, PHP, Perl
• Tools: Eclipse, TOAD, OraEdit, Visual Studio, PVCS, SVN, IBM RAD, Microfocus Netexpress, Erwin, MS Office, MS Project, MS Visio, Business Objects XI, Powerbuilder, Tomcat, Oracle Forms, Apache Ant, MySQL Query bench

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Responsibilities:

• Analyze client business ideas/problems and develop efficient technology solutions; Develop investment proposal, project plan and cost estimate for the technology solution.
• Designed solution in Microsoft Azure that upgraded many .NET applications to C#, stores tens of terabytes of data and implemented Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI) to reduce egress costs
• Designed software solution, to replace an application developed in legacy technology, by blending Elastic Load Balancing (ELB) and auto scaling in Amazon Web Services (AWS) along with User Interface (UI) automation
• Developed solutions to implement MuleSoft ESB and eliminate manual dual data entry S Implemented upgrade to Oracle Primavera Portfolio Management (OPPM) 15.1 and Primavera P6 Enterprise Project Portfolio Management (EPPM) 15.2 S Designed solution to connect overhead paging to the Internet Protocol (IP) network using InformaCast.
• Created project and investment plan for the State of Texas Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR).

Confidential

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Responsibilities:

• Complete oversight of the Oracle Primavera application and all sub-systems such as Custom Developed Java Applications, P6 Web Access, P6 Professional, Progress Reporter, Datawarehouse (ODS and STAR), and Business Intelligence Publisher.
• Successfully upgraded all Primavera applications within budget/timeline without vendor consultants resulting in savings of approximately $750K to the client.
• Directed fiscal cutover and automated the upload of activities for 450+ projects in the Enterprise Primavera Project Management portfolio.
• Upgraded custom developed java applications to work on latest version of Java Development Kit.
• Replicated the Oracle Primavera application and sub-systems in the Amazon EC2 with RedHat Operating system, Oracle Weblogic Middleware and Oracle Database.
• Simulated upgrade in the Amazon cloud to identify Oracle Primavera version for upgrade.

Confidential

DIRECTOR OF APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT

Responsibilities:

• Directed a team of 37 staff members consisting of 6 managers, 3 business analysts, and 28 onshore/offshore developers; cultivate top performance via expert recruiting and stretch goals. Complete ownership of enterprise applications - release/capacity planning, application/system upgrades, resource allocation for projects, and helpdesk support. Released mobile applications to Apple and Android platforms .
• Coached and mentored staff members, including conducting performance reviews ; directed the work of 4 independent contractors
• Developed and evolved the roadmaps for web and mobile applications ; established criteria for each milestone within the roadmap as a means to measure developmental progress
• Collaborated with the sales, marketing and support teams to launch web applications on time and within budget
• Recommended process and systems improvements such as automating build deployment to production; resulting in a 150% time improvement
• Developed executive presentations and reports to facilitate project and department evaluation S Spearheaded cross-functional initiative s to achieve reduction in production data fixes.
• Implemented innovative programs to increase employee loyalty and reduce turnover.
• Directed quality assurance efforts to maximize developer productivity and minimize software defects S Fostered an environment which encouraged continual process improvements S Devised and published metrics to measure developer productivity

Manager of Applications Development

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Coached and mentored a team of 25 staff members
• Successfully managed complex projects and programs; ability to multi-task easily S Promoted industry standards in a mixed platform computing environment - Java, .NET, iOS and Android Platforms
• Implemented and maintained software process standards through SSAE-16 and security standards through PCI/OWASP protocols in enterprise-wide applications
• Established a successful offshore team by recruiting the right candidates, continuous training, measuring and reporting performance metrics
• Initiated process improvements to automate and streamline software implementation and roll-outs
• Improved productivity of onshore team by transferring night process support and other routine maintenance activities to the offshore team

Confidential

Applications Manager

Responsibilities:

• Planned, designed and supervised the implementation of various data interfaces to the eWiSACWIS application using webservices .
• Successfully managed a team of 11 developers and mentored junior developers on the project to make sure that they follow project development standards - implemented training sessions so that new developers can start software development within a few weeks. romoted knowledge sharing among team members by instituting round robin technical brown bag sessions presented by each member of the technical team.
• Instituted modular programming for new application features which promoted reusability and reduced development time for future enhancements.
• Managed key deliverables such as database release scripts, data models and entity relationship diagrams (ERD).
• Engineered a nightly refresh of the production data, which was used by the helpdesk to trouble shoot production problems.
• Maintained the databases used by the developers for development and the databases used for testing the eWiSACWIS application.
• Enhanced database performance of large search transactions by over 60%
• Explained PL/SQL script creation, Complex SQL using analytic functions and data conversion scripts to the client, design and development team.