PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington, DC

Enterprise Solutions Architect

• Led cross - functional integrated teams of multiple vendors, business, and enterprise system tech leads to define the integration architecture for Confidential eCommerce site - application, services, data, security, ePublishing & content management, new business processes, systems monitoring.
• PCI payments platform architecture - worked with gateway vendor, platform architects and managers across multiple service tiers & channels to educate, address, and resolve design errors.
• Led the Enterprise Security Architecture & detailed design for integrated enterprise identity and policy management, including authorization and credentialing services; key management (CI-CD); rationalization and management of Cloud RBAC with legacy auth and audit systems; credentials propagation across the Cloud PaaS, Web Services / Gateway, and Data Centers. Worked with teams to ensure implementation of architecture as templatized platform service at each tier. Engaged DRB & PMO governance to assure continued roll out of enterprise architecture across programs.
• Partnered with Dvlpt Director, Dvlpt Mgr, and Delivery Exec, to initiate and lead DevOps CI - CD initiative, defining a common platform service with implementation blueprints for common project type patterns. Brought to EA Review, added to standards, DRB governance, and spec’d playbook.
• Worked with Marketing & Revenue Mgmt Directors and new BI Director to define Business Capability Map to meet strategic goal of transformational use of data within Confidential Enterprise. Seeded and facilitated JADs to define business and technical architecture roadmap for operational BI. Solutions and Data Architect for near real-time Revenue ODS & Mart, incl’g mgmt, access, & delivery services.
• Architecture, detailed design, and led implementation of new AEM technology through SCRUM process - for rules-based data-driven business document assembly and rendering service, business rules management GUI - mini-POCs, laying out sample code, and performance testing throughout.
• Throughout, addressed critical need for Enterprise Data Architecture as a “grass roots” initiative (from leadership position on Confidential ’s largest programs), including, master data, reference data, rationalized data distribution and data access services, “bubbling up” enterprise data dictionary, metadata management practice, business taxonomy, and business information architecture / practice.
• (Salesforce, Hybris, ExactTarget, Adobe Experience Manager (AEM), Adobe DTM, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Analytics Platform, MuleSoft, Java, REST, SOAP, mainframe, EDW, AWS Cloud )

Confidential, Detroit, MI

Enterprise Solutions Architect

• Owned end-to-end overarching system-of-systems Enterprise & platform Architecture for GM’s new mCommerce line of business, including bidding / campaign management, CRM, mCommerce application services, and Analytics subsystem which uses driver / customer commerce & behavior data for market segmentation and predictive analytics. Integration architecture included:
• OnStar back office systems & new mCommerce business operations design and delivery
• OnStar telematics service provisioning and delivery platform
• OnStar vehicle “head” (radio) and the app security framework, as the first non-GM app to be deployed to the car
• Vehicle nav app integration with POI-centric commerce offers
• CAN bus for telematics data
• OnStar mobile app as a new eCommerce app card
• New SSO (single sign-on) security credentialing architecture
• End-to-end architecture included multi-vendor subsystem design reviews and functional concept workshops; system and component interface specification and performance allocations; performance modeling, design, and design verification; massive data architecture work; reviews for implementation, enterprise architecture standards compliance, and enterprise data-use standards compliance; performance testing and analysis; deployment architecture and engineering troubleshooting; systems monitoring, failover, and alert systems; operational runbook; design of new OnStar Commerce business and business system playbooks; and many hours working with the business to help nurture business ideas to a state of technical and commercial feasibility. Commerce system included context-aware POI (point of interest) search service, active event management system, market segmentation framework, and back office campaign management and predictive analytics system. (WebLogic, Salesforce, Exact Target, Oracle Coherence, SOLR, Zuora, Data Analytics engine, Oracle, DataStage, REST, SOAP, SAML, OAuth, Pega, vehicle CAN bus)
• Acted as consulting architect for globalization (EU) architecture for OnStar CRM including telecom and telematics product catalog, billing, accounting, case management, telematics web services design, and CRM application workflow performance architecture. Worked with the Security team implementing technologies to secure all PCI data, moving and at rest.

Confidential, Cary, NC

Data / Business Intelligence Architect

• Designed and built marketing and sales management data mart and BI platform including business operations re-engineering, sales / marketing / operational reporting, predictive analytics engine & implementation framework, KPI dashboards. Instituted data quality and data governance systems, continuous metrics, and alert systems together with novel active data maps for cleansing, validation, & integration. (MySQL, Talend, Java, Crystal Reports, Python)

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Systems Engineer - SDR Test Automation

• Re-engineered DSP test automation framework to make it database / data and rules-driven architecture with more granular sub-components comprising shared DSP (horizontal) services layer and vertical (overlapping) test categories. Subject radio was Thales’ Liberty Land Mobile Radio (LMR), a P25 compliant multi-mode, multiband, encryption enabled software defined radio (SDR) for first responders.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

MDM Data Architect / Performance Engineering Consultant

• Re-engineered facets of “Book of Record” (MDM) for significant impact to BoR integration architecture, history management, and Web Services performance.

Confidential, Blue Bell, PA

Technical Solutions Architect

• Domain chief architect for 3 enterprise domains with teams of 8 - 14 architects (application and data). Accountable for the delivery of technology solutions within domain.
• Worked with Portfolio Management, business, and core team to define and evolve business domain roadmaps and IT innovation blueprints. The roadmap and blueprinting processes include identification and modeling of business drivers, strategies and capabilities and their relationship to business goals, processes, assets, organizations and programs/projects over 3 year horizon.
• Provided architectural and budgetary oversight within domain and compliance assurance with enterprise architecture; worked across domains with other TSA’s to assure consistency in architectural vision, technical planning, and to mitigate cost of tactical considerations when necessary. Led my domains in enterprise initiative to create and maintain domain models.
• Led re-architecture of all EDW and Informatics domain IT systems and business processes using cross-functional teams, with a designated primary stakeholder taking point, SME deputy, and admin support. Strategic initiatives included Data Governance, Metadata Management, Data Quality analytics, and “predictive analytics framework” for business informtics team, reducing time to production by 1/3.
• Adopted Agile-like patterns for scoping; KPI spec; communication; reporting; iterative design and design validation; with larger (less agile) scope chunks for phased implementation.
• As part of strategic business team, re-engineered Rx Mail Order and Specialty Rx businesses - geolocation, facilities automation, business processes, and integration with core Rx IT systems.
• Led cross-functional team in analysis of IT project process, deliverables, and recent projects to “pattern” our project work, tailor & templatize SDLC processes and artifacts; enabled more agile project delivery.
• Led near real-time data and business process integration architecture and design with CVS Caremark when Confidential outsourced most of the Rx business.
• In-sourced Behavioral Health as a new Confidential line-of-business. Led cross-functional teams in business systems analysis, specification, design, and costing of the business systems, processes, regulatory controls, financial model management, and business reporting required to support the new Behavioral Health line of business. Functional areas included benefit design, claims processing, accounting, revenue management, customer service, intranet portal, content management, data warehouse integration, integration with health management, business intelligence, and predictive analytics.

Confidential, Baltimore, MD

Solutions Architect

• Member of the TRP Technology Steering Committee for electronic publishing
• Led RFI and RFP process, facilitated JAD sessions to define business strategy, goals, scope, and functional requirements for template-based, multi-channel, database-driven, electronic publishing management system for regulatory financial reports across the full content life-cycle.
• Worked with director & functional managers to design and lead change management for successful transition from manual to ePublishing process for all customer and regulatory publications.
• Developed business taxonomy in business JAD sessions to provide a robust and consistent foundation for business communication architecture across multiple channels and strata of audience.

Confidential, Parsippany, NJ

Enterprise Data Architect

• Engaged by Confidential CTO to perform an audit of the data architecture of Confidential ’ core product, an FX trading platform used 24x7 by the 5 largest global banks to trade currency and currency derivatives.
• Assessed Confidential system data architecture including logical and physical data models, app services interface, data access paths, application persistence implementation, historical system performance data, annotated by DBA notes of modifications made to address performance or functional issues.
• Provided detailed and summary level (executive) analysis, risk assessment, architecture recommendations, gap assessment and, in concert with Application Architecture Auditor, change management plan.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Portal Knowledge Management / Web Content Management Architect

• Led business and SMEs in design of StateStreet.com content model and ePublishing architecture.
• Facilitated scope and design sessions to define user experience, digital asset management, and information architecture to support Confidential Advisers investment “thought leader” brand.

Confidential, Conshohocken, PA

Data Architect

• Designed data architecture for a B2B “net market”, including extensible catalog taxonomy, Market Maker catalog management and data import tools. Company did not secure next round of financing.

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Enterprise Architect

• Designed and led implementation of Confidential Private Client canonical enterprise document automation architecture, core library and workflow service components, and first 4 department level rollouts; extending the business services design and service component “library” with each implementation, while training / mentoring the group who would take over as SMEs for the business.
• Solutions architect for rules-based marketing asset publication system; facilitated JADs with (1) Brand Marketing and Legal, for rules compliance across use-case spectrum, and (2) brokers, to make tailoring and personalization of marketing library content to customer needs fit intuitively into Confidential broker platform.

Confidential, King of Prussia, PA

Content Management Practice Leader

• New business sales and solutions architect for Content Management and BI practice.
• Designed Pitney Bowes secure digital indicia system
• Drafted by Mergers & Acquisitions team - provided technical and business analysis of data mining product & service market, product platform capabilities & comparative analysis for large market research data client.

Confidential, Somerset, NJ

Director - Solutions Architecture, Consulting

• Led architecture practice and high-profile engagements, including Confidential corporate document management, telephony service clearinghouse, and pharmaceutical workflow process management.
• Partnered with David Sarnoff Corporatio to do the content design of an online game, commissioned by a DC Intelligence Agency, to teach intelligence agents Internet information discovery tools & methods, and, through the game process, collaborative knowledge discovery strategies.

Confidential, Moorestown, NJ

Senior Architect - Office of the Chief Scientist

• General responsibilities included jump starting high profile projects, trouble-shooting distressed projects, cross-division architectural reviews and audits; proposal red team and / or RFP architect / tech lead ($335 M wins). Core team member, developing tools & methodology for new CSC BPR Center of Excellence. Major projects and project roles:

Distributed Systems Architect

Confidential

• Re-engineered USAF Air Mobility Command centralized logistics management system to globally distributed multi-tier, DCE (Distributed Computing Environment) based architecture; 9 month delivery.
• Responsible for DCE architecture & cross-platform integration, Kerberos security-enabling the RDBMS, distributed transaction management and logistics data replication performance. Led TIM’s.

Technical Director & Solutions Architect

Confidential

• Solutions Architect for the $280 M SDM proposal for US Confidential Office (we won ), with architectures including (1) re-factoring and SOA service enabling legacy (mainframe) applications as Service Providers in rules-driven, message-oriented, workflow-based data & process integration environment; (2) SGML based patent document management system; and (3) extensible (global) heterogeneous system search and information integration (Z.36 protocol) for prior (patent) “Art”.

Technical Director

Confidential

• Took over ownership of an in-production, mission critical, egregiously flawed, high volume data capture system developed for the IRS, (run by the Social Security Administration) - charged with keeping that system triaged and running; the customer meeting their production metrics, (Congressional oversight); continued delivery of new system modules, to support changing work-loads; fix the huge bug backlog; and deliver a system that met the contractually obliged performance without manual intervention, moving work across servers and literally pushing the work through the system. … Managed 2 teams; isolated system trage management (nights & weekends) to senior technical staff, including myself, so the developers could focus on the task at hand; took control of customer relationship and expectation management, (run amok), from senior management; factored the existing “design” to get to minimally dependent process threads with supporting data and workflow services; re-designed and did code walk-throughs with re-engineering team; managed code thread integration and instituted performance testing of system throughout re-engineering process; isolated worst RDBMS performance issue to “delete” algorithm flaw and did an ASAP workaround by tweaking data model, indices, and process step order; and delivered a reference-able customer & program by year’s end.

Confidential, Princeton, NJ

Software Engineer - Mobile Systems Architecture

• Matsushita’s premier software research lab working on the Home Bus (i.e. IoT), mobile systems, universal asset tagging (i.e. Tag mgmt.), and data mgmt. implications. Built roaming processes, hacked operating systems, DFS extensions, wireless drivers, and added TCP/IP to Ultrix kernel to implement data gathering systems for research. Implemented a MIME enabled multimedia database. Published.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Biomedical Engineer

• Engaged in research with team to find / create vascular graft material and process that was not rejected by the body and was resistant to blood shear forces. Created math models with each change in materials and procedure; modified models based on resulting data from animal subjects. Performed surgery on test subjects. Research was published and the shear resistant vascular graft was patented and productized for surgical use in humans.

Confidential, Villanova, PA

Calculus and Math Programming Teacher

• Taught calculus and math programming. Accepted the position on very short notice (3 hours), which required completely re-learning calculus over the 1st semester in order to find an approach and understanding of the subject matter which would resonate with business students. Developed Math Programming collaborative workshops from real-world business case studies.

Confidential, Philadelphia, PA

Biochemist

• Started as co-op student, lab assistant. Upon graduation was hired as a research biochemist. Developed protein analytics and enzyme kinetics software programs. Published research papers.