KEY STRENGTHS

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

• As Director, I provide strategic and tactical leadership t the IT engineering team. I participates in the operational planning t achieve the business goals by driving operational excellence efficiencies, fostering innovation, prioritizing business/IT initiatives, and coordinating the development, deployment, and maintenance of IT systems applications. I als provide a leadership role in the day-to-day operations of the IT Engineering team. Other areas of responsibilities als include:
• Setting the strategy for the IT Engineering team develop and execute tactical objectives for the team and team members while enabling longer term goals
• Engaging the overall organization t ensure a cohesive and fully encompassing IT Engineering road-map
• Driving the technology plan for the IT Engineering organization, and ensure that plans for their assigned applications integrate effectively with other aspects of the technical roadmap.
• Serving as the technical expert for the software development lifecycle and support and maintenance for the code-based assets developed by the IT Engineering team.
• Providing people management for the team including hiring as well as career development for the team members
• Playing a leadership role in consulting with business units t define business opportunities and map potential technology solutions t enable strategic direction. Maintain strategic focus on developing new functionalities t serve the user community and business partners
• Developing strong application/systems architecture/portfoli roadmap, as well as evaluate and implement new and forward thinking technologies allowing the enterprise t remain competitive and offer lead edge solutions t its diverse user base
• Leading and participating in RFP development, acquisitions, evaluations, and contract negotiations. Plan and coordinate software acquisitions, conversions, and implementations
• Ensuring that priorities are established and evaluated on an ongoing basis for systems modifications and requests from our user community. Maintain effective organization and staffing t meet demands
• Effectively implements formal quality control methods for application development, business, and analysis requirements definition, software testing, projects planning and project management.
• Promote and ensure compliance with professional standards, industry standards for technology development, and organization policies and procedures

Confidential

• Accountable for the overall security, system development and customer implementation of multiple Web-based applications, including USP's domestic and international high-traffic Internet and Intranet sites systems, social media strategy and online large scale assessment applications.
• Implementing next generation of web applications and web collaborations tools using Drupal including planning, management, and web architecture platform t implementation.
• Help drive the prioritization process, using project portfoli management, t ensure that we are working on the projects that will deliver the most business value.
• Responsible of resource allocations t ensure development projects and program success.
• Responsible for establishing excellent by running regular meetings with IT and business leaders t ensure that we have good partnership and business alignment.
• Responsible for overall performance.
• Articulate and Implement multi-year Application Development Strategic and Tactical Plan t drive a focus on technology, productivity and quality of service
• Review and Approve System Design t meet long-term business and technical strategy for all projects
• Ensure Application Maintenance meet service level agreements t support system users and service delivery functions
• Transitioned Google Search Appliance t Solr Search Engine across all web systems
• Recommend continuous improvement in IT processes, and technology architecture.
• Implementing Enterprise 2.0 and knowledge management using Confluence
• Assess new and emerging technologies t determine the impact on the company and employees
• Define areas of innovation based on industry trends t meet strategic business needs
• Leading redesign effort of corporate web site from information architecture through usability testing and implementation using Drupal CMS.
• Oversees full life-cycle development of system and software projects in an IS Certified environment.
• Maintain and nuture internal and external relationships t identify opportunities for service improvements
• Implemented Usability practice in development using Usability testing, methods such as field study, prototyping, mockups, wire framing, analytics review, Inf Architecture, etc
• Responsible for providing IT leadership in the defining and implementing of architectural changes necessary t address expanding product requirements and maintenance concerns
• Responsible for setting yearly objectives for staff, perform weekly review of delivery and performance t these objectives
• Implementing Test-driven development practices using PhPUnit.
• Ensured compliance t IS 9001 and IS 17025
• Oversee hosting hardware and software technologies, especially on LAMP stack.
• Expertise in integration various systems using XML, XSLT and web services as well as API development.
• Implementing Application Development Lifecycle Management practices and Continuous Integration using JIRA, BAMBOO, STASH, Curcible, FishEye, and GreenHoper.
• Implementing Learning Management Systems.
• Implemented Development framework.
• Lead technology sessions.
• Play key role in IT strategic planning and IT portfoli management
• Develop RFP and Manage vendor relations
• Perform recruiting, team performance evaluation, team building activities, mentoring and coaching
• Review and manage budget.
• Hands-on coding when necessary.
• Main Technology Platforms: Apache, MySQL, MS-SQL Server, Oracle ERP, MongoDb, PhP, Drupal, PhPUnit, Java, JavaScript Frameworks such as JQuery, NodeJS, AJAX, CSS3, W3C, HTML5, XML, XSLT, Symfony, PhoneGap, Google Search Appliance, Solr, API development, Web services, Zend Framework, CakePhP, Fusebox, Flex, Adobe AIR, ActionScript, Git, and graphic design tools such as Photoshop and Fireworks.

IT Manager, Confidential

• Responsible for the development, coordination and maintenance of web-based software used at GSA/FAS/OCIO. Analyze and gather the required resources. Responsible for the implementation of the CMMi and SDLC frameworks t a series of projects as well as the all the quality assurance activities including monitoring cost, risk and quality metrics, established software processes, technologies and other policies for the division.
• Maintained client relationship through written status updates reports and presentations,
• Overseen system design and development, applications and operations support,
• Overseen data warehouse, database administration, client computing consultation, user support and training,
• Involved in new business development opportunities t evaluate feasibility and/or integration with organization
• Overseen both internal and external team development and performance.
• - Main Technology Platforms: IIS, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored Procedures, Java, .Net, ColdFusion, Rich Internet Application frameworks , MVC development framework used, JavaScript Frameworks such as JQuery, AJAX, CSS, W3C, HTML, XML, XSLT and graphic design tools such as Photoshop and Fireworks

IT Director

Confidential

• Responsible for the overall direction and operation of the organization t achieve optimum growth potential by delivering quality programs and services, including developing and articulating a technology strategy t support organization's vision.
• Managed IT strategic efforts
• Streamlined grants program process using IT. As results, the organization went from 500 applicants t secure over 5,000 applications for some awards programs, which in turn helped secure additional funding for the organization.
• Overseen servers, operations systems, routers/ switches, general telecommunications, communications, vide and LAN/ WAN technologies.
• Led redesign of Corporate Web site, making it an effective outreach tool.
• Overseen backup and recovery procedures
• Reviewed the IT department annual budget and resource requirements.
• Developed and maintained disaster recovery plan.
• Developed and IT security policies
• Overseen both internal and external team development and performance
• Main Technology Platforms: IIS, MS SQL Server, T-SQL, Stored procedures, ASP, ColdFusion and graphic design tools such as Photoshop and Fireworks

Network Administrator/ Web Developer Confidential

• Recruited t manage all the Enterprise Applications and network infrastructure.
• Managed network infrastructure
• Developed and managed backup and recovery plans
• Administer SQL Servers
• Managed the ERP software system Sage MAS 90
• Standardized the operating systems by upgrading all Windows platform.
• Led the e-commerce analysis and design phases.

Technical Project Manager, Confidential

Co-led the analysis, design, programming, testing, and support of all online products and services. This included defining projects execution plan, resources, deliverables and managing all projects tasks, documentation and deployment.

SOFT SKILLS

• Leadership
• Written and Verbal Communication
• Interpersonal
• Problem solving
• Analytical

PROCESS IMPROVEMENT FRAMEWORKS - HANDS-ON SKILLS

• ISO
• CMMi
• SDLC

TOOLS CONCEPTS - HANDS-ON SKILLS

• Project Management Principles PMI PMP certified
• ITIL Principles ITIL Foundation certified
• Risk Management
• Web 2.0
• Search Technologies such as Solr, LucidWorks
• Remote Teams Management
• Cloud Computing
• Standard Operating Procedures
• NoSQL Databases
• Relational Databases
• Usability Web Standards Compliance
• Information Architecture
• Enterprise Portal, SharePoint, Documentum, KnowledgeTree, Open-Source Content Management System
• GIT, CVS, Subversion
• MS Project
• MS Office
• MS Visio

LANGUAGES - HANDS-ON SKILLS

• Java JSP ASP.NET C Vb PHP PL-SQL T-SQL JavaScript UML Flex ActionScript CSS3 HTML5 XML

DATABASES- HANDS-ON SKILLS

• Oracle MS-SQL Server MySQL MongoDb

APPLICATION SERVERS, WEB SERVICES WEB SERVERS - HANDS-ON SKILLS

• IIS Apache ColdFusion ASP.NET PHP Tomcat REST