SUMMARY:

• Appian implementation experience in on - premise and cloud environments
• Architected, developed, and deployed low code workflow applications in finance ( Confidential, IRS, Capital One) and Health (FHA, NIH, VA) organizations
• Strong track record of executing Appian projects (versions 7.x, 10.x, 17.x, 20.3) as an architect, designer, and developer in enterprise environments at multiple institutions and agencies.
• Establshed best practices and Center of Excellence (COE) for BPM and RPA for multiple clients
• Worked closely with Appian professional service to ensure adoption of Appian playbook.
• Build and implemented worklow engines in multiple agencies using Appian, Savvion, WebMethods Integration Server and other BPM low code/no code products
• Conducted in low code BPM development.
• Translated the functional requirements to user stories for the product backlog
• Designed and developed various Appian components such as Users, Groups, Custom Data Types(CDT), Data Stores, Rule Folders, Interfaces using SAIL(Rules, Expressions), Record Types(Actions/Related actions), Reports, Process Models, Web Service Integrations, Tempo, and Sites while utilizing Agile methodology.
• Architected Appian in a Highly Available (redundant servers and engines) and Secure environment (LDAP Integration, IBM TAM, CA API Gateway)
• Experienced in AWS (VPC, EC2,S3, RDS, Cloud formation), containers (Docker, Kubernetes)

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Technologies and Standards: Appian (20.X, 17.X, 7.X), Appian RPA (BluePrism), Progress Savion, BPMN, JBOSS, WebLogic, Websphere, WebMethods/Software AG, K2 Blackpearl 4.6.11, Oracle BPM, JBRMS, ActiveMQ, Java, J2EE, JPA, Hibernate, C#, REST, WSDL, JMS, Spring, SpringBatch, Junit, Jenkins, Maven, Nexis, Rational Team Composer (RTC), Jira, RUP, Rational System Architect (RSA), UML, CVS, Clearcase, Eclipse, CA API Gateway, IBM Tivoli Access Manager (TAM), DB2, MySQL, Oracle

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Appian Architect and Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Sr. Developer for the Intelligent Case Management Framework (ICMF) hosted on cloud environment targeting financial and health service clients for optimal workflow automation and case resolution
• Applied Appian 20.3 and 20.4 and its Artificial Intelligence components (Appian RPA/Blue Prism, Google AI suite) to detect case fraud and also to predict resolution rate
• Led Sprint 0 development planning activities to define product goals, KPIs, personas, processes, business object model, and overall Product Backlog of user stories
• Participated in Product Backlog Grooming and Sprint Planning to define User Stories and User Story maps
• Authored the Product Architecture document to include System, Application, Infrastructure, Data, and Security Architecture components regarding Appian.
• Executed sprint in leading the development of the ICMF low-code by leveraging Appian components such as Decisions, Web API, Custom Data Types(CDT), Data Stores, Rule Folders, Interfaces, Records, Reports, Process Models, Tempo, and Sites
• Supported DEVOPS by working with testers to insterment Appian object unit tests
• Actively participated in daily scrum calls, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective sessions.
• Performance engineered the framework to optimized use of process models and queries.
• Leveraged other technologies such as Spring REST, JBoss 7.2, Java 1.8, Spring. Spring JMS, JUnit, Jenkins,hosActive MQ Broker, to integate with other Java components
• Contributed to the Appian COE development with definition of patterns, antipatterns, process process model optimization, query pattern optmizations.
• Leveraged technologies such as JBoss 7.2, Java 1.8, Spring. Spring Batch, Sprint REST, Spring JMS, JUnit, Jenkins,RTC (Rational Team Concert), CA API Gateway, Active MQ Broker, .NET C#, Angular JS, CA Siteminder, DB2, IBM Mainframe, LInux, Rational Team Concert, BMC CTRL-M, EFTU.
• Actively participated in daily scrum calls, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective sessions.
• Acted as an Agile coach and successfully coordinated with Product Owner and delivery partners (PMO, Application Development, Enterprise Architecture, Solutions Engineering, Data Engineering, Enterprise Test Services, Enterprise Operations, Cyber) to build a backlog of user stories, technical stories, and enabler stories and implement the functionality across multiple sprints and releases in a DEVOPS envrionment. Delivered functionality on time on over 40 sprints and 3 major releases. Successfully led three major production deployments of this service and consuming applications in an Agile environment
• Worked with infrastucture team on a cloud migration plan in moving the tax check application to AWS gov cloud with EC2, S3, RDS, and containers using dockers and Kubernetes.
• As BPM Practice Lead for MAXIMUS, helped establish a BPM and RPA Center of Excellence(COE)
• Acted as the laison and contact to Appian from MAXIMUS to bid on government contracts.
• Lead requirements, architecture, design, and implementation of workflow automation for Budget Formation for congress. The effort automated the workflow for FDA budget proposal process to congress, specifically the FDA prioritization, HHS Justification, OMB Justification and Congressional Justification processs
• Scrum master for Daily Scrum meeting across multifunctional teams (development,, test)
• Co-led customer meetings and demos to gather requiremnts and feedback.
• Lead development effort leveraging K2 4.61.11 tool in a .NET environment (Visual Studio 2015, C#, SQL Server) along with Angular JS and Telerik Kendo UI.

Confidential

Appian Architect & Sr. Developer

Responsibilities:

• Led the Appian effort for 3 large scale projects from concept to deployment for financial loan applications. This required BPM workflow and development/coding knowledge especially with Appian 7.x features such as News/Forum collaboration, Process Modeling, Custom Data Types (CDT), Record Types, Actions, Process Monitoring, and Reports, and Security (integrated with IBM Tivoli Access Manager and LDAP). Development was done using Agile methodology.
• Actively participated in daily scrum calls, backlog grooming, sprint planning, sprint review and sprint retrospective sessions.
• Actively interacted with the product owner and business analysts to determine the requirements and user stories.
• Architected High Availability (Active/Active) deployment to ensure continuity of operations
• Worked closely with Appian professional services to work through the nuances of installing, and deploying Appian on an on-premise environment while integrating with WebLogic, IBM Tivoli Access Manager, and DB2
• Administered and maintained users, Appian engines and gateways, and topology, and plugins

Confidential

Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Coauthored VistA-4 Clinical Product Plan and Technical Architecture to be presented to Congress
• Effort included knowledge in the following areas: DMS, RLUS, AHLTA, JANUS/JLV, VLER, VIA, VRM, CDS, CDR, VHS Mobile Apps, MVI
• Leading the iEHR Data Federation Accelerator Solution Architecture effort from the VA side.
• Colead the VistA Service Assembler (VA) tool design for creating VistA SOA services
• Lead the Mobile Application Target Architecture (MATA) solution architecture effort
• Determined and defined SOA Artifacts for Service Lifecycel Management and SOA Governance
• Contributed to FoS (Family of Services ) initiative for VA ESS (Enterprise Shared Services) group.
• Facilitated Patient Generated Data (PGD) based Business Use Case colloboration session for VA and OSHERA

Confidential

Lead BPM SOA (Appian) Architect & Designer

Responsibilities:

• Led the FASeSOA team in architecting, implementing, and socializing a BPM SOA based solution across 100+ applications across the GSA FAS organization
• Delivered weekly presentations on Business Driven Software Development (SOA) to the entire Confidential (400+ staff members)
• Provided guidance and best practices on BPMN based business process modeling techniques using APPIAN 7.X on GSA’s first suite of Appian applications
• Conducted and workshops on BPM SOA instrumentation.
• Translated the functional requirements into User Stories for the product backlog and then into process models.
• Developed and end to end Appian application for GSA acquisition process using various Appian components such as Users, Groups, Custom Data Types(CDT), Data Stores, Rule Folders, Interfaces using SAIL(Rules, Expressions), Record Types(Actions/Related actions), Reports, Process Models, Web Service Integrations, Tempo, and Sites while utilizing Agile methodology
• Architected Appian in a Highly Available Appian cloud while integrating it with on-premise data
• Provided scripts and procedures to deploy business processes and services. This required detailed knowledge of Appian 7.X, JAVA/J2EE 6, JBOSS JBRMS, JBOSS ESB, Oracle DBMS

Confidential

Lead SOA Architect/Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Gave several customer presentations to demonstrate ROI from applying SOA to achieve business alignment
• Created architectural guidance to include SOA architectures, service taxonomy, service identification methods, SOA policies and positions, Service Contract guidelines.
• Introduced BPMN to document FMCSAs business process flows and developed specific methodology to create and implement services from business process decompositions.
• Provided mechanisms to package Webmethods Integration Server based service implementations to align with the business driven SOA while leveraging infrastructure capabilities such as ESB (Software AG), Registry/Repository (Software AG Centrasite), and Business Process Orchestration engine (Software AG BPMS). Services were implemented in Java/J2EE, Spring, and the Webmethods flow services language.
• Working closely with the FMCSA Enterprise Architect, created a SOA Architecture, service taxonomy, infrastructure (ESB) services definition, service identification methods, SOA policies and positions, and Service Contracts.
• Participated in Data Architecture definition to address Data Quality, Data Cleansing, and Business Rule to migrate data from legacy to the new SOA. Defined the Common Information Model (CIM) messaging format for services.
• Led the design, development, testing, and production support for all applications developed via web services (WSDL 1.2)
• Customized Agile and Scrum methodology for the SOA initiative
• Key technical contributor to winining proposals. Participated in capture processs, writing technical content, red team, gold team reviews, etc.

Confidential

Lead SOA Architect

Responsibilities:

• Gave customer presentations to demonstrate how enterprise SOA will be applied to achieve business alignment
• Created architectural guidance to include SOA roadmap, architectures, service taxonomy, infrastructure (ESB) services guide, service identification methods, SOA policies and positions, Service Contract/Service Insertion Package (SIPs)
• Coordinated standardization of implementation technologies across DHS via the technology insertion packages (TIPs).
• Knowledge of FEA, SOA best standards (OASIS, OPEN), and a phased change management approach is crucial to the success of this effort
• Developed a responsive (as opposed to reactive) engagement approach via which the ESOA architects can provide guidance to the application project teams (500+ developers) in a J2EE based application architecture environment (Struts MVC, Spring MVC, Hibernate, EJB).
• Provided infrastructure guidance for a J2EE based SOA implementation stack to consist of IBM Websphere, IBM Datapower, IBM WESB, IBM MQ, Oracle and other products. Driving the creation of the ESB Configuration Best Practices document and an ESB Users guide.
• Led and participated in formal and informal design and code reviews as per the enterprise wide SLM (Software Lifecycle Methodology) from business modeling to implementation.
• Worked in a collaborative fashion with the government enterprise architect and provided recommendations on his behalf to the project teams.
• Participated in Data Architecture workgroup to validate Canonical Data Model (NIEM IEPD) for service contracts/service insertion packages
• Participated in DHS wide (CBP, TSA, and others) working groups to determine integration approach with other agencies, a Service Governance Model, other SOA topics, and a DHS Common Operating Environment (COE) based on Cloud Computing