SUMMARY:

• As a Management/Systems strategy consultant, Confidential has successfullydelivered enterprise business/systems Solutions and architecture blueprints, and has provided leadership in buildingroad - maps, budgeting, resource management,organizational/project change management, risk management,POC and driving solutions through delivery forlarge and globally dispersed organizations. In defining optimal business/systems solutions, he promotes looking at a "big picture" keeping in perspective both business landscape and IT landscape at the enterprise level. He has led definition, design and documentation of technical environments. As a strategic interface and a liaison connecting business and IT together, he has provided support in discoveryfacilitation, Pre-sales and pre-procurement RFI/RFP process, POC and solution architecture for enterprise information management projects including data/application/platform migrations. He has participated in defining processes to ensure conformance with standards and establishing application/data/architecture governance at the enterprise level.
• He has promoted TDD (Test Driven Design) in defining test strategies and establishing solution-testing criteria. Hehas led andmanaged large/multi-year projects. At enterprise level, he has successfully met new challenges on a variety of projects in integration architecture including that in constantly changing business/technology environments and promotes dataflow & workflow driven enterprise architecture.He promotes objective communication and transparency in consensus building/buy-ins in managing solution delivery life-cycle. He has experienceimplementing business/systems solutions in both SDLC and Agile development environment and in a variety of technology platforms from mainframe to client-server to big data to cloud as the industry is thriving towards “point-in-time” and "Digital” Business;He has experience in cross-functional projects that include custom eCommerce (B2B/B2C) and web solutions, web portals/dashboards, private/public exchanges, payment processing solutions, CRM/ERP, BPM/WFM, 3rd party applications/platforms, and Service Management and Management (SIAM).
• Enterprise/Solutions Architecture - Lead efforts in discovery facilitation, impact assessment, and solutioning - Collaborate with business teams in eliciting and articulating their needs and put that in perspective with the enterprise IT landscape in providing context, conceptual and solution architecture artifacts; Provide current-state and future state analysis and recommend optimal business/systems solutions (keeping in perspective enterprise business/IT landscape), build roadmaps, provide support in budgeting, resource management, organizational/project change management, risk management; Drive the solution through delivery working with IT design and development, data teams, QA and infrastructure teams; Participate in debugging and testing and IT teams.
• Pre-sales and pre-procurement RFI/RFP support
• He has supported enterprise solutions architecture with technical competency in business process/data engineering, API/ESB integration, and B2B/B2C eCommerce and Web solutions; He promotes data & workflow driven enterprise architecture. He has been involved in creation/analysis of alternatives; Defines strategies for organization transformation/change management.
• He provides objective appraisals as an expert outsider on Enterprise Blueprints, POCs, and facilitates planning/budgeting, and summarizes and presents findings to executive levels.
• Enterprise/Solutions Architecture - Have supported/participated in developing enterprise architecture blueprints (business and IT) and promotes aligning business solutions to enterprise architecture standards; have provided architecture solutions for business applications, data engineering, IT development, and IT Infrastructure.
• Architecture/Solutioning experience using such philosophies as OOAD, TOGAF, OCM, BPM/PDM/WFM, SOA, PMBOK, ITSM, SIAM, COBIT, ISO 9000/6-Sigma and TDD (Test Driven Development).
• Extensive experience in business/systems/architecture controls/audit assessment & governance, and senior management communiqué on solutioning, status/issues, risk mitigation, budgets and delivery issues.
• Lead efforts in developing enterprise level project delivery methodology/processes and change management.
• Proficient in objectively defining/articulating requirements and translating to system capabilities; Integration architecture experience that includes process, data and platform integration.
• Use top-down solutioning and bottom-up solution delivery approach.
• Project/Program Management - Solution design & deployment strategy and roadmap development, project planning, budget, Cost of Ownership and ROI analysis, resource management, project tracking, and change/risk management.
• Have supported cross-functional, On-shore and Off-shore system development in multiple technical environments; Experience working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups; He seeks and promotes enterprise wide collaboration among business/applications, data, IT development, infrastructure, QA and Vendor teams.
• Technology spectrum - .net/Java-J2EE/mainframe/COTS/cloud environment, Oracle, Progress, Progress Open Edge, Teradata, SAP, private/public exchanges and 3rd party applications/platforms; Experience in cross-functional projects that include custom eCommerce (B2B and B2C) and web solutions, API/ESB integration architecture, web portals, data warehouse/BI, Hadoop, SQL, NoSQL, UI technologies, ERP/CRM, BPM/WFM, and reporting tools (such as Cognos, QlikView, and Tableau).
• Has delivered user-friendly business/system solutions that deliver efficiency, performance, andscalability.
• Experience in rule-driven, data-driven, event-driven and task driven architecture.
• Logical data architecture and BI; Experienced in Logical data modeling and database integrity, data migration, source to target data mapping, data conversion, integrating data from multiple sources, data edits/validations, and data security/governance.
• In a Liaison role, experienced in promoting teamwork and collaborative efforts among business units and end-users; Ability to develop strong customer relationships and manage client expectations; Able to relate to a wide range of technical staff, managers and executives; He partners with enterprise wide teams and vendors in objectively defining and documenting their needs, articulating the requirements and defining optimal solutions; Proactive attitudein working with team in educating them on IT/QA policies and procedures.
• Experience working side-by-side with Big5s.
• Experience in multiple industry verticals; Healthcare/Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare Insurance, Banking & Finance, Benefits Administration, Sales & Marketing, Manufacturing, Retail & Wholesale, Fertilizers/Chemicals, and Telecom industries.
• Corporate and Regulatory compliance experience/exposure include HIPAA, PCI, PII, 21 CFR, ISO, IEC, GMP/GLP, etc.
• Hands-on with "drive it through delivery" mindset,a results-oriented team player who enjoys new challenges, and a visionary with strong organizational,business communication and interpersonal skills. With anability to quickly master new concepts/business needs, he has strong aptitude towards learning new technologies and sharing ideas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Freelance Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Provide pre - sales support to a consortium of small companies on RFI/RFP process when bidding for IT projects; Such projects include SOC (Service Organization Control) Attestation and Reports and ALTA (American Land Title Association) s, BI/Analytics, Army Information Architecture (ATIA) Application
• Sustainment, Integrated clinical and financial electronic medical records system, Computer Based Driving Simulator System, Oracle Federal Financials Release 12, etc.; The support work would include review of project scope/statement of work, research vendor solutions and providing solutions architecture documents (Context and conceptual architecture), and preparing planning/budget proposals.

Confidential

Consultant/Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Strategizing business delivery and Conceptualizing eCommerce (B2B/B2C) IT Solutions across multiple business segments that includes Enrollment/Claims (medical and Rx) and Accounting/Finance with BI
• Liaise with functional SMEs and IT development/Data/Infrastructure teams to architect business/systems/Data solutions and multi-systems integration efforts. The scope includes data migration, impact assessment, solution delivery and change management
• Create Business/IT landscape and architecture context - discovery facilitation, mapping business functions, IT, and big data/BI Applications across the enterprise, BPM and WFM integration (Corticon and ProgressEdge
• Technology support framework included .net, JAVA, UI technologies, SQL/NoSQL, Cassandra, ORACLE, Progress OpenEdge, Corticon, Rhapsody, HADOOP/Data Lake framework, Tableau, Cognos, COTS/SaasS applications and API/ESB/EAB with philosophy emphasis on SOA
• Applications/COTS Integration/Data Architecture definitions keeping in perspective business and IT landscape at the enterprise level - Application/Data integration service layers definitions using Layer 7, Apache MQ and RhapsodyIntegration Engine technologies
• Architecture philosophy emphasis on OOAD, TOGAF, BPM/WFM, MSDN Architecture Principles, and distributed processing

Confidential

Consultant/Senior Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Discovery facilitation, Current State/Future State processes, impact assessment, Solutions Architecture and change management Support for RFQ/RFP/Platform selection (pre-procurement RFI/RFP support) on Migration of HIPAA EDI platform to a new vendor platform supporting Claims and Claims Inquiry/Response, and Enrollment, (EDI 834, 837, 835, 276 and 277) transactions - SaaS, IaaS and PaaS options considered along with Data Center hosted software….Provided architecture support for POC for MuleSoft API management platform.
• Discovery facilitation, Current State/ processes and Solutions Architecture Support for RFQ/RFP/Platform selection on Migration of Documents Generation and Management (for policy package and customer communications) platform to a new vendor platform - SaaS, IaaS and PaaS options considered along with Data Center hosted software.
• Systems/Applications enhancements and upgrades on Multiple other projects
• Technology framework included .net, JAVA, SQL, ORACLE, Mainframe, Cloud, and API/ESB
• Applications/COTS Integration/Data Architecture definitions keeping in perspective business and IT landscape at the enterprise level - Application/Data integration service layers definitions using IBM MQ, IBM EDI Engine technologies, and MuleSoft (API/Web services/IBM MQ/ETLs)
• Architecture philosophy emphasis on OOAD, TOGAF, ITSM/SIAM, BPM/WFM, MSDN Architecture Principles, and distributed processing

Confidential

Consultant/Pre-Sales Solutions Support

Responsibilities:

• Worked with senior management/Floor operations (back office Operations and Call Center) to augment discovery facilitation to evaluate existing systems and/or end-user needs/current & future-state processes/gap analysis, BPM integration, data engineering, recommend an optimal strategic direction/solution for business systems, driving solutions through delivery, and change management; Lead and direct the work of others with capabilities to manage very large/multi-year projects. Creates value through the application of knowledge, techniques, and assets to improve business performance. Provides objective appraisals as an expert outsider keeping broader picture in perspective; Summarize and present findings to executive levels; The scope included B2B/B2C eCommerce and Web solutions, Web Portals (Digital Experience), Application and Data migration/integration with 3rd Party vendors and Corporate systems/processes supporting both Individual and Group markets; “Out-Of-the Box” software and Corporate applications include Off and On Marketplace enrollment, Claims & Claims Inquiry/Response, Binder and Billed Payment solutions, Life Events processing, Wellness Care Management, Benefits Management, /Billing/Claims (Medical and Rx), BPM/WFM solutions, CRM solutions, and Platform upgrades/migration…These applications are for both retail and group business
• Have supported/participated in discovery facilitation, pre-procurement RFI/RFP process, developing enterprise architecture blueprints for data center hosted, client-hosted and cloud solutions (COTS, SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS) and API/ESB integration protocols.
• Liaise with functional SMEs, IT development/Data/Infrastructure teams, third party COTS vendors, Big 5 and other consulting vendors to architect business/systems solutions and multi-systems integration efforts.
• Participated in defining strategies for organization transformation/change management
• Supported development environment for SDLC as well as Agile/Scrum software delivery practices.
• Technologies supported include Java/J2EE, .Net, UI technologies, SQL, ORACLE, Teradata, Hadoop/NoSQL, Mainframe, API/ESB, ERP/CRM, Salesforce, COTS, EDI/XML, BPM/WFM (IBM and Pega)
• Architecture philosophy emphasis on SOA, OOAD, TOGAF, ITSM/SIAM, BPM/WFM, MSDN Architecture Principles, and distributed processing.

Confidential

Consultant/Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Lead Agile/Scrum delivery management of a POC project for one of the MetaScale client; Development efforts are supported geographically distributed teams (onsite, offsite locally in US, and off-shore in India)
• Lead efforts in developing enterprise level project delivery methodology/processes and change management to support Hadoop implementations across multiple lines of business; This includes SDLC as well as Agile/Scrum software delivery practices
• Participated in architectural and Hadoop/NoSQL (Cassandra/Cloudera), framework (COTS and/or SaaS) discussions with internal teams and end customer implementing Hadoop Solutions; have supported/participated in prototyping/review of enterprise architecture blueprints and framework for Hadoop POC development. .
• Architecture philosophy emphasis on OOAD, TOGAF, BPM/WFM, SDLC and Agile Practice, and distributed processing

Confidential

Consultant/Solutions Architect/Lead BSA

Responsibilities:

• Process discovery/Discovery facilitation, and interface impact analysis for an application migration project (client/server to a third party web portal, iAlign - analytics and sales planning portal). The scope included producing and documenting integration architecture/ interdependencies (including rule-driven architecture) solution for interfacing multiple systems to this COTS application (Sales & Marketing analytics); Major focus was consolidating/integrating multiple data sources into SMDW (Sales & Marketing Data Warehouse), upstream/downstream systems interfaces, BPM/WFM integration and change management.
• Participation in a custom application development project (Marketing Analytics & Business Intelligence Repository Automation project); Scope of work includes discovery facilitation, current/future state process analysis, architecture design and alignment with enterprise blueprint, OCM strategic alignment, data mapping and conversion, data integrity, data migration and integration, UAT, and project delivery management.
• Have supported prototyping and review of enterprise architecture blueprints/framework.
• Technologies supported include Java/J2EE, Oracle/Teradata/Informatica, .Net, ERP/CRM, IBM BPM, COTS, API/ESB and supported offshore by third party vendors overseas.
• Supported Cross-platform (.net, Java/J2EE, mainframe, COTS) enterprise applications integration
• Supported a project to build a repository of historical documents on a SharePoint portal
• Liaise with functional SMEs, IT development/Data/Infrastructure teams, third party COTS vendors, Big 5 and other consulting vendors to architect business/systems solutions and multi-systems integration efforts.

Confidential

Consultant/Integration Architect/Lead

Responsibilities:

• Participated and facilitated interface requirements analysis and interface design on a large scale Core Banking systems migration project (migrating Core Banking from Legacy to T24 platform) in collaboration with Enterprise Architecture team. Core banking functions supported includes retail banking, commercial/residential lending, channels (branch, ATM, IVR, etc.), back office operations including document management, clearings, member products, internet banking, bank reconciliations, etc.
• Participated in discovery facilitation, interface impact analysis, defining “To-be” enterprise-wide systems processes/ interdependencies/architecture, and defining integration architecture (rule-driven, event-driven and task driven architecture) and system interfaces involving Core Banking business applications and a slew of upstream/downstream/third party vendor-customer technologies.
• Defining (in alignment with enterprise Blueprint) and documenting integration architecture solution across multiple business applications, a major focus was consolidating/integrating multiple systems, data migration and integration involving multiple data sources (Internal & external), and upstream/downstream systems interfaces.
• Have supported prototyping and review of enterprise architecture blueprints/framework.
• Liaise with functional SMEs, IT development/Data/Infrastructure teams, third party COTS vendors, Big 5 and other consulting vendors to architect business/systems solutions and multi-systems integration efforts.
• Participated in defining strategies for organization transformation/change management
• Technologies supported include Java/J2EE, .Net, ORACLE, Mainframe, COTS, API/ESB, and EDI/XML
• Supported Cross-platform (.net, Java/J2EE, mainframe, COTS) applications integration
• Architecture philosophy emphasis on TOGAF, SOA, BPM, and OOAD

Confidential - Vernon Hills, IL

Consultant/SAP post-implementation assessment

Responsibilities:

• Review and audit application architecture for implementing system’s security and access for enterprise-wide implementation of SAP ERP modules for a distillery/ingredients company
• Identify risk associated with systems/applications access by internal and external users
• Used ISACA/COBIT guidelines for the system’s security and accesss assessment
• Supported the technical team in fixing the issues discovered through this internal audit

Confidential - Abbott Park, IL

Delivery Manager/Business Analyst (Applications Engineering)

Responsibilities:

• Architect and deliver application solutions for two of their major technology transformation drives; Migrating departmental web portals to .NET technology and Migrating package delivery tracking system to SC Logic web portal
• Scope of work included Business Systems Analysis/Reverse-Engineering/Re-engineering, defining interdependencies, data integration and system interface solutions, and have supported prototyping and review of enterprise architecture blueprints/framework.
• Liaise with SMEs, development/Infrastructure teams and third party vendors in delivering application solutions
• In collaboration with enterprise wide teams (business, database, development, infrastructure, and PTA), successfully delivered the system solutions.

Confidential - Schaumburg, IL

COO/Business Strategist/Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in organization transformation (business and IT) involving business process automation across enterprise-wide business operations for both retail and wholesale business
• Designed and delivered enterprise blueprints (processes and systems) and supported solution architecture for implementing phased MIS (CRM/ERP) system modules; Scope of work included Business/Application Architecture, business process engineering/re-engineering, data optimization and handling, and MIS product/vendor selection
• Liaise with company-wide business disciplines including accounting & finance, bank reconciliations, billing and cost recovery, CRM, manufacturing, fulfillment, and Quality Management - Advocated and promoted organization transformation/OCM
• Analysis and liaison with commercial banks on project financing
• Implemented 6-Sigma/SPC analytics for predictive/preventive maintenance; Used ISO 9000 guidelines for process documentation
• Worked with business, IT, infrastructure, vendor, and customer teams in successfully delivering business/systems solutions on-time and within budget.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Consultant/Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Current state analysis and future state business process modeling on Clinical Studies Information Management project.
• Involved in process discovery facilitation (current-state, future-state, gap analysis, and change management), data analysis, integration requirements, regulatory requirements and validations, business process engineering/re-engineering and process harmonization efforts across multiple functional areas (business units).
• Architected a prototype centralizing information exchange (Study Status tracking applications) with cross-platform applications integration (.net, Java/J2EE, mainframe, COTS)
• Liaised with internal and external business groups - This also included interaction with team in Germany (remotely and in group meetings).
• Supported analysis and documentation documentation requirements for 21 CFR Part 11

Confidential - Rosemont, IL

Consultant/Data Integration Analyst/Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Project involved integration of E-commerce exchanges of a group of fortune 500 companies; Scope of work includes Infrastructure/Architecture support on EDI Interfaces, back-end systems integration, and EDI-XML translations for an ePortal web applications development
• Liaised and collaborated with stakeholders in strategizing integration involving information exchange among multiple mega- corporate companies that use multiple technology platforms.
• Project included functional analysis support on ARIBA/I2/IBM platform and integration of E-commerce exchanges of group companies.
• Involved in business process/workflow/dataflow analysis, fit-gap analysis, logical data modeling, Systems engineering/re-engineering and interface solutions architecture, Use case analysis, and user/systems documentation.

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Application development architect, Business Analyst, Customer Liaison, and off-shore development

Confidential - Naperville, IL

Consultant/System Architect/Lead EDI Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Business Process / Workflow / Usecase analysis and QA - Major projects worked on are EDI intreface update from Issue 5 to Issue 7 and Integration of two provisioning systems after a merger of two companies.
• Business Systems Analysis and Systems Engineering/Re-engineering, and QA/Testing support on EDI Interface design, data migration and integration, and Back-end systems integration architecture.
• Set up test environment and testing/simulation using EDISIM
• Participated in providing trading partner interface support and full-cycle applications development support through user acceptance.
• Collaborated with merger companies in strategizing integration scenarios and operational transformations.

Confidential - Chicago, IL

Consultant/System Architect/Project Manager/Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• EDI/eCommerce applications Analysis, Systems Engineering/Re-engineering support, Business Process/Workflow/Usecase analysis, rule-driven/event-driven architecture Organizational/Operational impact and Change Management, Logical Data Modeling, and QA
• Provided liaison, and full-cycle development support for pre-order functionality.
• The project scope included EDI interface analysis and design, data migration and integration, Back-end systems Integration architecture, Legacy System Interfaces, and client/server interface development that supported multiple pre-order/order processing functions and order status notification in a high profile multi-customer business environment
• QA and performance monitoring support, strategies/planning, Vendor negotiations and communications with GXS, and budget and ROI analysis, Trading Partner Interface support,
• Data warehousing considerations and analysis, user, and Y2K impact analysis.
• Developed process flow diagrams for client/server application development to support integrated functionality of multiple service groups (ordering, provisioning, billing, etc.)

Confidential - Bolingbroook, IL

Consultant/Business Analyst / Solutions Architect / IT Testing Strategist

Responsibilities:

• Participated in defining and developing a 3-tier architecture for development of client/server applications for a Call Center The Call Center application provides integrated functionality of multiple lines of business including Defined Contribution (DB), Defined Benefits (DC), and Health & Welfare (H&W) . Call Center application to support contribution, loans, disbursement and claims transactions
• Business Process/Workflow/Usecase analysis, event-driven process modeling, and logical data modeling
• In a liaison role, collaborated with business units and stakeholders in goal setting and implementation roadmap development, and participated in organizational/operational transformation negotiations
• Systems re-engineering, and QA/TQM support on client/server application development of integrated benefits administration system (ERP like application)
• Supported development of QA/Test Scenarios and test cases development, systems performance analysis, data warehousing considerations and analysis.
• Drove documentation efforts using ISO 9000 tools.