SUMMARY:

• Strong Communicator, Thought Leadership, Technology Evangelist, Customer Driven
• Broad Systems Architecture, Software Design and Development and Support skills.
• Hands on strength: All things mainframe, as well as Java core, JMS, JDBC and Swing.
• Complex, Large scale computing projects, solutions, services, and software development
• In addition to mainframe, 16+ years of Java, multi - threading, core, swing, SOAP/REST web services, messaging middleware, Event Driven Architectures, Service Oriented Architectures, Enterprise Integration Architectures
• Rapid Learner, always eager to learn and explore relevant new technologies, as well as teach what I know. Mentor, team builder.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Boston, MA

Automation Engineer/Architect

Responsibilities:

• Joined PayPal, as the team of one, architecture/engineering arm, of a corporate business operation; tasked with the systemic decommissioning of software assets.
• My assignment was to automate a prior 13 step set of manual tasks involving multiple groups and modes of operation. I architected, designed and built the code for a Java
• Web Based Automation engine codenamed IceBreaker, slated to become an internal PayPal product. This technology built upon Atlassian’s JIRA Workflow engine leveraging advanced workflow designs, Webhooks, and a fairly complex multiprogramming, multithreaded Web endpoint running in Tomcat 8.5 on Linux.
• Successfully integrating with various internal PayPal systems, and multiple ticketing systems, including Jira and ServiceNow, all through REST based APIs.

Environment: Windows 10, Linux, PL/SQL, Oracle, Java 8, JSON, Jackson, Jira, REST, Web Services, JEE, JDBC, GITHUB, ServiceNow, Apache Tomcat, Eclipse, Maven, JQuery, HTML, Jersey

Confidential, Boston, MA

Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Joined a new architecture initiative between Syntel and its customerAssessed the software structure of key internal technologies, assisted in the adoption of a proof of concept that seeks to assign manual operations to automated software called Robots.
• Wrote several best practice architecture documents for general dissemination. Proposed several mainframe and open source project opportunities.

Environment: zOS, Mainframe, Java, RACF/SAF, CICS, Omegamon, Confidential DB2, SyntBot, Cobol, JES2, SDSF, VTAM, Confidential MQ, JMS

Confidential, Houston, TX

SEI Certified Software Architect

Responsibilities:

• Forensic Analysis and Portfolio Component Discovery and Documentation: Architecture Reverse Engineered
• Legacy Modernization - Migration: Strategy, Planning, Development PL1 to Java
• Completed several courses from Code Academy and various online al resources.
• Acquired new unapplied skills in HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, and Python.

Environment: Windows 10, Linux, zOS, Mainframe, Java, RACF/SAF, CICS, Omegamon, Confidential DB2, JBPM, SymBot, REST, Web Services, COMDATA, Cobol, TCP/IP, JDBC, Eclipse, JES2, SDSF, VTAM, Confidential MQ, JMS

Confidential, Houston, TX

Principal Software Architect, Distinguished Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Survey of key stakeholders to identify business goals and overall requirements critical in identifying Significant Architectural Quality Attributes.
• Proposed modifications to existing new business development process, project processes and the organization’s agile development process, to in corporate architecture compliance activities.
• Conducted several studies to assess and bring forward a architecture for multiple product lines.
• Helped established a corporate level cross portfolio architecture group for the company

Environment: Windows, Linux, VMWare, JBoss Suite, Industrial Automation, SCADA, PLC, Oracle, Golden gate, Java, Rockwell, HTML5, ActiveMQ, JMS, REST, Web Services, MS-SQL, JEE, JDBC, SOA, TCP/IP, UDP, SCM, TFS, Eclipse, Swing, SWT, HMI, Enterprise Architect(EA), Liferay Portal, VAADIN

Confidential, Raleigh, NC

Distinguished Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Founding member of the System Architecture Team, identified problems with the existing messaging system, proposed new solutions, evangelized new architecture disciplines, participated in the definition of a new Integration Platform
• Produced a white paper proposing the next generation Messaging Ecosystem.
• The paper was well received and lead to the creation of a new messaging team and mission
• Partnered with engineering performing technology evaluations, and with business development and legal, performing vendor contract negotiations. I secured aggressively favorable terms for an enterprise wide, OEM license for the technologies selected.
• Worked with development teams across multiple product portfolios on adaptation designs for niche consumption of the new messaging middleware (white board sessions, work groups, JAD sessions) as well as owned the functional domain as part of the One Platform Initiative
• Proposed enhancements in the company’s self-management strategy, building on monitoring and management products like OPNET, and Microsoft System Center

Environment: Java, Tibco EMS, HTML5 Web Sockets Kaazing.com, ActiveMQ, JMS, REST, Web Services, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, MS-SQL, JEE, JDBC, SOA, Tibco Web Messaging, Software AG Nirvana, Informatica Ultra Messaging, Microsoft System Center

Confidential, Houston, TX

Principal Software Architect, Development Vice President

Responsibilities:

• As the Principal Architect in the CTO’s office, I quickly took the reins of a fledgling prototype effort, and hand created, in my first month, a demonstrable base for the EITM vision. We successfully pitched this before CA’s Senior Executive Leadership team and secured go ahead. Performing both architecture, hands on prototype extension, project definition and strategy formation, I lead the effort to define a cross BU, Integration Platform for CA.
• Created and managed a small Advanced Technology department. We conducted research in the following advanced technologies areas: Built a Distributed Policy Aware Brokered Event System, that leverages JBoss Messaging, and augments to subsume “content based” subscriptions, and domain partitioned real time provisioning for capacity and SLO compliance. And an Event Stream Analyzer technology that analyzes multiple concurrent and disparate streams of information using a complex event processing engine, like JBoss Drools, and exporting an interface that allows a knowledge worker to teach the system to respond to new conditions based on newly captured policy.
• Created common software components targeted for integration throughout various product families.

Environment: Java, ActiveMQ, JMS, REST, Web Services, Ajax, Java Swing, NetQOS, e Ehealth, Spectrum IM, SSA, SaaS, Nimsoft, Cloud Security, SAML, Identity Manager, SiteMinder, SSL, CA Embedded Entitlements Manager(EEM), Tibco Product Suite

Confidential, Houston, TX

Lead Product Developer

Responsibilities:

• As part of the R+D department for Confidential worked on various research and development projects aimed at augmenting the current capabilities of the Mainview product set.
• Able to successfully port key WS infrastructure technologies to the zOS platform as a base for experimentation and research.
• Specifically: Tomcat and Axis, and working with the Systinet product team, the Systinet WASP Server.
• Developed a Java Swing based console extension to the BSM Impact Explorer for remote control and automation of the zOS Hardware Master Console (HMC).

Environment: OS/390, zOS, Java, Swing, WSDL, SOAP, XML, WS-Notification, WS-Security, WSDM, SOA, Eclipse, Systinet

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Systems Management Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Support Netview based automation platforms for all Confidential internal mainframe systems.
• Duties include: define new applications for automation, provide problem determination and on-call support, co-ordinate server consolidations, and interface with MVS operations and systems support groups.

Environment: OS/390, zOS, SA 390, NetView 1.4, DB2, CICS, VTAM, RACF, TSO, ISPF, SDSF, JCL, OPS330

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Senior Consulting Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Authored (architected and developed) the OGSI Logging Service that ships with the Globus GT3 toolkit while on contract to the OGSA Advanced development group at Confidential .
• This was one of a limited number of components accepted by Globus from Confidential .
• In addition performed the following:
• Designed a base logging collection point using Jarkarta commons API Architecture.
• Created a Java Swing based User Interface for demonstration of dynamic log monitoring and control capability

Environment: Java, Swing, Web Services, WSAD 5.0, WebSphere 5.0

Confidential, Hawthorne, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and developed components using Java for a PUB/SUB distributed messaging system, which export JMS api interfaces.
• Components authored include: Persistent Store manager utilizing JDBC, Durable Message Stream client support (JMS compliant client agent), Policy Director Security extensions in the broker.
• Additionally worked on experimental prototypes utilizing Reliable Multicast Message Streaming technology.
• The project, code named Gryphon, has deployed embedded technology in various Confidential products, including Confidential ’s MQ Series, and Websphere.

Environment: Java, C, Confidential MQ Series, Confidential AIX 4.3, Perl, Cloudscape, Borland JBuilder, JNDI, CVS, Hummingbird Exceed, Confidential Policy Directory, LDAP, DB2 UDB 7.2, JDBC, JMS, SNMP, JAAS, Tech evaluations: Tibco EMS, Vitria, Talarian (Smartsockets acquired by Tibco), Web Methods

Confidential, Somers, NY

Senior Software Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead Solution Architect, for an effort that sought to build on Confidential ’s WebConnections offering, its first entry in the emerging Application Service Provider market.
• Responsible for overall hosting infrastructure architecture, content integration and personalization and content partner technical evaluations.
• During this period, participated in various concept phase projects involving miscellaneous internet technologies; for example PKI specific to Identrus, and trading networks based on ARIBA products.

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead architecture effort that examined 390’s Strategic use of VPNs and VPN related technologies.
• Performed early investigation of a design for the ISAKMP functionality on 390 to augment the IPSEC support already built into the TCP stack. Positioned 390 as a strategic node in a VPN enabled customer environment, versus 390 as a VPN gateway or appliance.
• Initiated strategic alliances with key VPN vendors, including CISCO Systems and CheckPoint Software Technologie
• Subsequent to this effort, investigated design issues in the public key technology arena, and additionally issues related to MVS’s Language Environment (LE) program product.

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Project Lead, chief designer, for a 390 based Confidential Digital Library product. This effort built on the MVS VisualInfo product’s library server (CICS based server) by re-engineering for parallel sysplex scale (augmented with Parallel DB2 calls).
• First use of Java on the mainframe, AWT, and Java Net utilities for communications.

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Senior Architect, and developer for a project attempting to port UNIX commands and api’s as a “personality” extension for the OS/2 Warp product (based on the Confidential Microkernel engine).
• Produced ported components in C, roughly 5,000 lines of code.

Confidential, Poughkeepsie, NY

Senior Software Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Lead designer for 390 PQS product. Tech lead and primary developer for DB2 datasharing extensions component, Temp Tables. Created several Netview based automation aids and utilities for the solution.
• Additionally, assisted customer installations and provided critical on-site support. I created a Temp Tables course, and conducted technology transfer seminars for both Confidential account reps and key customers, including
• Cetilic, the French Social Security agency, Southern California Edison, and Banamex, a large Mexican Bank.