SUMMARY:

• Business Architect and Business Process Consultant with 20+ years of experience in information technology(s).
• Expertise in process and design patterns allows me to quickly assess and adapt to new and changing industry standards. BS EE/CS
• Expertise as an Business Architect, Business Process Analyst and Project Manager
• Able to design, develop, scale and implement new software, databases and technical systems w/deep experience with Human Centered Design/Design Thinking principals and methods in scientific and federal environments
• Broad IT tool knowledge spanning software, infrastructure, and ITIL Foundations/support services
• Expert in aligning business flow with software and hardware need and documenting the same
• 14 years of BA and management experience with small and large teams in highly technical scientific environments such as High Performance computing, High Frequency Trading, Air Force/Navy, FAA networking, NASA.
• Collaboration and liaison with multiple stakeholders in global and mixed team environments
• Excellent problem mapping and communication skills - both written and oral
• Conflict management skills
• Gap and impact analysis, current state analysis, process flows, and requirements traceability

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Operations Manager, Architect, BA/BPA

Confidential, Brentwood, MO

Responsibilities:

• Architect BPA: MAFM reached out to me to discuss the existing website, its effectiveness as a branding medium and marketing tool. After the initial consultation. I developed at a set of solution-based criteria that required the development of several projects. Those were moving the website to a new hosting environment; hiring a new website/developer team; solving security issues arising from hacking; lowering the cost of supporting the website; setting up interfaces with social media platforms for marketing; and laying the groundwork for future e-commerce capabilities.
• Business Solutions Architect: Looking at current crop of DSLR and Mirrorless cameras for shooting eCommerce stills, Videos, and Promotional Shots, YouTube/Vimeo/Twitter/Facebook Videos in order to attract vendors, advertisers and garner sponsors for the Association Events and Activities. Balancing current tech against highest-end to see what best price/what-it-can-do point is…predict the future in tools and buy without risk. Tiered Marketing responses.
• Business Process Consultant: Software design: Put together a Case Management application system for tracking clients and sponsors for Grant writing, business usage and school student intake/tracking usage for Starkloff Disability Institute (SDI). Presentation and Usability for the disabled community as a layered response.
• Business Process consultant, Database Architect for a software system implementation (monitor/report/record) logistics in a worldwide-distributed logistics network for Air Mobility Corp (AMC) @Scott AFB Software fielded in airplanes throughout the world.
• BA/Architect for Software/Database/UI design/process modifications based upon customer needs using web-based custom frameworks solutions. Windows based software, providing the platform for leasing, trading and selling Industrial equipment in a world environment.

Environment: (s): Windows, WordPress, Visual Studios, MS SQL2008-14, MySQL, Irwin, Oracle, cPanel, Agile, Waterfall, ITIL Foundations Certification, PMP Coursework, Jira, w/Confluence, w/ Blueprint, Appian BPMN, Visio, Excel, BMC, Adobe Apps, Creative Cloud (CC)

Architect/Business Process Analyst

Confidential, Springfield, MO

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing Business Analysis/process flow and assessment, process oriented development expertise across the scope of the organization(s). Business Process Analyst serving as the project resource for resolution of unique and complex infrastructure, specialized architectural, and business needs as-required to fit unique customer specifications into existing database/software/infrastructures, and other add-on enhancements for demanding clients in a national and international setting(s). Alignment of architectural frameworks to create common standards. BPMN
• Establishing/creating message Exchange Patterns EDI, DICOM, HL7 customizations, along w/Database Migrations required because of new business acquisitions and melding of database patterns.
• Perform analysis, assessment and management of business practices, applications, processes, enhancements, and recommend corrective activities to resolve situations. Databases, supporting software and new UI per requests.
• Evolving and Enhancing existing systems of software development to move into the 21st Century in a mixed computing environment(s). Client-Server, SOA.
• Health Care solutions specifically tailored to the business-size and needs of effective solutions. As the change in population, age causes greater demand from these same services on a tighter budget.

Environment: (s): MIXED: Linux, C++, Python, Windows C#/VB.Net, TCP/IP intercommunications, servers, RDP, HL7, ITIL, Agile, BMC Remedy, Mirth, MS SQL, Blueprint, Orion Rhapsody Integration Engine-HL7 Interface Engine, UML, Promapp BPMN, Visio

Business Process Analyst/Electronics Expertise

Confidential, St. Louis, MO

Responsibilities:

• Utilizing IT assessment and SDLC development expertise across the scope of organizations serving as a project resource for resolution of unique and complex Information Systems, infrastructure, business, HR, and IT strategic planning, performance enhancements, governance for various clients resulting in an alignment of strategic planning with current and emerging Architecture(s) frameworks.
• Tasked with moving companies into the 21st Century. Clients faced with from an overwhelming availability of choices, were provided insight and incentive to managing change and providing “best use of resource decisions” within those choices.
• Performed business process analysis, assessment and management of business practices, applications, processes, enhancements, and recommend corrective activities ( alignment of architecture framework and roadmaps to business goals and objectives)
• Programming, Custom Configuration: Linux/C++ based trading applications hosted on multi-core boxes, supporting/configuration management of connectivity and designing algorithms for improving throughput, putting together suites of software and trading appliances to meet demands for throughput.
• Business Analyst tasked with deploying advanced multi-core server systems collocated within Trading Environments in NYC, Chicago, London and KC for customers including updating racking systems, routers, switches, installing trading software…to meet standard requirements. BPMN
• Advanced analytical skill sets for problem solving and assessment from a neutral perspective, while solving the client business problems. Pursued all business objectives with the idea of making the best choices within the current system(s) while supporting changes in direction(s). EX: n-tier Client-Server -> Web, looking at adding Mobile Web Services as a process.
• Supported client lists: Agencies, administrators, Information System Leaders, small business owners, attorneys, healthcare managers, private contractors, and IT management staff.
• SME for advanced technologies: Cloud Computing, Metadata, VMWare, and Mobile Web Best Practices, Telemetry, Routers, Switches, Storage, Capacity Planning, Upgrades, and Scheduling. Presentations and opinions about “right choices now.” (MEAP) and Mobile Device Management (MDM), BigData (Hadoop, MongoDB, NoSQL)
• Participated in the implementation of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) decisions as part of a banking enhancement toolset. BPMN
• After analysis, provided documentation to choose Linux for high speed servers/transactions based upon industry support, interfaces company needs, and usage: Red Hat/RHEL, Ubuntu, Fedora, GNU. Cost, reliability, interface, ease-of-use, support for.
• BA/Director to set up client projects using new processes. Introduced Agile, C++ and SQL for asset management to a financial holding company that had been through two new owners in two years. Supported client through interface building examples, paired-programming, established Visual Studios Proficiencies and event access/menu items. Demonstrated code generated by Visual Studios SDK interface, code alteration and retention and code discovery for best use. Made recommendations for menu processing, data-to-screen entry, and data storage (MVC). Helped to divide project into 3 phases which included ongoing testing and deployment of resources and weekly assessment and update sessions. Assisted in research for purchasing of other software and hardware decisions.
• Perform new technology evaluations, facilitate acquisitions and vendor relationships (hardware, software, vendor(s)) make recommendations to customers, per their request(s).

Environment: (s): Unix, Linux, Windows, Visual Studios, AGILE, CMMI, IRISE, C/C++, Objective C, QT, C#, .NET, Frameworks, Project Management, CVS, SVN, Bugzilla, SharePoint, Web Best Practices, Mobile Web Best Practices, MSSQL, Teradata, Oracle, Agile, RUP, BMC, SOA, UML, BPMN, DW/DM Design Methods, ETL, Photoshop, Informatics, UI/UX Assessment, C/C++/C#, PL/SQL, Sockets, TCP/IP, Visio, Pencil and Paper, Windows, RDP, MatLab, OOP, OOD, AI, FAA Integration LAB(s).