SUMMARY:

• Cloud architect wif focus on enterprise computing, SOA, Web Services wif J2EE/WebObjects, portals, and Mobile Computing via iPhone/iPad apps. Capable presenter and author of several books, articles, blogs regarding technology.
• Oracle and MySQL database modeling, design and performance engineering; Unix/Linux/OS X/Solaris platform; Network infrastructure support, security and architecture; XML - based document-oriented solutions architecture for CMS, web services, and data integration.
• Object-oriented design specialist wif data modeling expertise for web services (deployed wif access via ESB). Provides expertise in teh areas of cloud and service-oriented architecture (SOA) strategy, enterprise architecture, application architecture, data modeling, integration analysis, architecture of platforms, data center planning, and COTS product analysis and systems integration surrounding teh suite of front-, middle-, and back-office applications, including CRM
• Cloud infrastructure, portals, web services, and other technologies. He designs and blueprints cloud architectures and J2EE n-tier solutions, conducts performance engineering, UI/IUX and other consultations. Creates architectural transitioning and sequencing plans to guide teh transformation to SOA and assist in building private and public clouds. Tom excels at working wif stakeholders in defining and capturing teh value from cloud solutions employing SOA-based strategies.
• Tom, over two decades, has recruited and managed targeted technical and architectural project teams, independently in a multi-vendor environment. Before he was an enterprise/solutions architect
• Tom was a chief system engineer — having been engaged wif teh development of systems from end to end, learning first-hand what worked and what did not wif architectural patterns.
• Managed Cloud/SAAS architect for internet-based internationally-sold software-as-a-service and hosting platform. Report to teh board, manage U.S. sales and projects. Supervise team of Java developers, design customer solutions, guide implementation. Maintain partner relationships. Oversee strategic operations for dis internet company, including technology, partners, marketing/sales for U.S. and E.U. teams. Apple iPhone and WebObjects development, SOA-based data center, public and private cloud solutions for Irish and other
• E.U commercial and U.S. organizations.
• For NIH NHLBI, architected and led teh team to implement a data warehousing solution, For Ireland's premier mobile communications operator (telco), designed location-based services back-end utilizing "white label" software-as-a-service
• Inventoried and stood up asset management solution for wifi and other access points throughout teh Republic of Ireland. Utilized data mining to provide service-enablement at high-traffic sites, and integration of end user handy/mobiles, tablets and laptop LBS for advertising and other line-of-business verticals.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Performance Engineering Analysis

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Using JVM thread dump analysis, source code review, garbage collection object deconstruction, SQL analysis and other techniques, pinpointed performance issues in dis enterprise insurance claims processing system that serves 10s of thousands of users per day.
• Took multiple snapshots at regular intervals to a complete listing of all created Threads. Used JRat to monitor application execution and capture performance metrics, before and after optimization. Performed UI/UX analysis and recommended JavaScript and
• CSS enhancement to user interface. Conducted SQL sweeps for syntactic errors or other problems. Performance engineering of Medicare/Medicaid insurance claims processing system (PECOS), including Oracle database SQL query/stored procedure re-writes
• JVM optimization for garbage collection and thread management, UI and JavaScript enhancements to improve browser compatibility and end-user experience. Designed DataPower appliance configurations for enhanced data in-transit security and XML transfer performance.
• Both hands-on technical (systems engineering) analysis and management of teh multi-disciplinary team that reviewed various high-traffic, high-availability enterprise systems at teh Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Analysis of Java code
• SQL database query design (as well as triggers, stored procedures and other aspect of database architecture), System Performance (metrics definition, capture and analysis), Peak Load Capacity Planning, and recommendations on Service Level Management

Tools: UML, Toad, JRAT, LoadRunner, TORa for Oracle

Enterprise Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For Defense Information Systems Agency, chairman and manager of a team of government staff to conduct a comprehensive technical readiness assessment (TRA) of teh $20 million NCES SOA inter-services platform.
• Directed teh team, devised measures used to assess teh maturity of evolving technologies (devices, materials, components, software, work processes, etc.) during development and initial operations.
• Reporting directly to teh POTUS Science Advisor, assessed situations, sorted out and organized key information, interpreted data, evaluated teh results of past strategies.

Tools: PMI-compliant project management, SWOT, financial modeling, and DoD TRA model

Cloud Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Architected and led team of Java developers to demonstrate to HHS/CMS CIO how to enable states to implement Health Insurance Exchanges for less time and money -- wif a cloud-based architecture and a prototype set of Federal data hub web services.

Tools: Graffle, Eclipse, SequelPro, Oracle, MySQL, J2EE, WebObjects, Apache, Tomcat, LDAP, WSo2 ESB and Registry, Apache Camel

Enterprise Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Based on teh recommendation of teh CIO at teh VA, NIH/NHLBI requested Bluedog’s assistance in integrating legacy authorization/access systems for use across teh 11 independently managed institutes, utilizing a service-oriented architecture (SOA). Bluedog was also charged wif designing and implementing a portal-based Operational Data Store (ODS), wif an Oracle RDBMS backend and WebObjects/Java web services layer, to provide an expert locator/projects management solution.
• Bluedog architected, coded, implemented and managed teh enterprise solution, and provided SOA expertise to other institutes to enable them to make use of teh web services and attendant data sources and management systems.
• Teh outcome of teh related efforts was teh ability for all eleven institutes to locate experts inside and outside NIH, uncover legacy information about federally-funded research projects, enable authorization for use of portal tools for users wif no human intervention, track and manage resources and financial data (budgeted vs expended funds, schedule variance, earned value), and other analytics.
• Teh Operational Data Store (ODS) and accompanying portal provide a single web point of entry unifying information about teh staff and contractors at NHLBI.
• Teh solution is based on a service-oriented architecture, and makes use of existing web services and legacy data sources available via JDBC. Prior to Bluedog, teh environment sported a complex network of non-integrated databases that impacted staff ability to rapidly respond to changing information management needs.

Tools: Eclipse, SequelPro, Oracle, MySQL, J2EE, WebObjects, Apache, Tomcat, LDAP, Subversion, DataPower XML appliance

Enterprise Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For teh Office of Justice Programs, architected and implemented teh web enablement of teh grants program, including service oriented architecture, web services, portal interface, grants financial system dashboard and "smart" grant manager system.
• Developed specialized Linux distribution (built on Gentoo and Red Hat) for server deployments, package management systems, and performance enhancements to take advantage of specific systems and hardware.
• Devised Apache and Tomcat configurations to meet high-volume web app/portal needs. Tools: Eclipse, SequelPro, Oracle, MySQL, J2EE, WebObjects, Apache, Tomcat, LDAP/Active Directory, Sonic ESB and Registry, Subversion

Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Migrated legacy database, performed statistical analysis to validate algorithms, provided UML-based documentation for development team, oversight of system life cycle management.
• Design automated workflow topologies, including hardware and operating systems and networking for mixed Unix/Win environments.
• PKI systems security, and CMM/ISO9001 have been part of my duties at BlueDog. Tools: Eclipse, SequelPro, Oracle, MySQL, J2EE, WebObjects, Apache, Tomcat, LDAP/Active Directory, Sonic ESB and Registry, Subversion, and dHTML/CSS/JS tools.