AREAS OF FOCUS:

• Come from 2 Middleware Vendors
• SOA, Web Services, B2B EDI, Enterprise Integration (EI)/ Virtualization/ Interoperability
• SOA - BPM / BPEL/ Governance (Repository, Registry)/ Service Bus/ Security/ Pattern
• Oracle Fusion (SOA Suite), GXS (webMethods, TradingGrid, Advantis VAN)
• Data Integration (DI) / Data Virtualization (DV) / Data Services (DS)

EDI SPECIALIZATION:

• Come from 2 EDI/VAN Vendors
• Implemented EDI/EAI Solutions for 50+ Clients in numerous industries (listed later)
• B2B EDI Trading Partnership / Contract, Data Mapping / Translation / Transmission
• XML, ANSI X12, HIPAA, HL7, EDIFACT, SWIFT, SAP IDOC, TDCC, Proprietary/ UDF
• Message Routing, Contract/Trading Partner Link/Trading Partner Relationship Contract
• Routing/Data Transfer/Network - TCP/IP, AS2, SFTP/FTP, VAN, SMTP/MIME, SNA LU, Status Tracking, Functional Acknowledgement (FA), Status Reconciliation, Log Alert
• VAN Connectors and Services - GXS/Advantis, Inovis, IBM/Sterling, Kleinschmidt
• Connector/JCA Adapter - SAP XI (PI)/SAP ALE, Gateway, File, FTP, DB, Messaging etc.
• Oracle SOA Suite (from Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM)) / B2B Integrator (EDI)
• GXS Gateway (webMethods, TradingGrid, Advantis VAN), Application Integrator (AI)
• MessageWay and EdiKit, (Migration from IBM Sterling Integrator/GIS/Gentran/WTX)
• SOA/Web Services/B2B EDI (B2B Integration)/BPM/Service Bus/Governance - Expert
• Portal, AJAX, Mobility (RESTful Web Service, REST Service, RESTful API, RAML/YAML)
• Data Integration (DI)/Data Virtualization (DV)/Data Service (DS)/(Un)Structured Data
• Master Data Management (MDM)/Data Warehouse (DW)/Data Mart (DM),
• Big Data - Structured (Col-oriented Cassandra)/UnStructured (Hadoop, MapReducer)
• Identity Management (IdM), SSO, LDAP
• Security (User, Data, Zonal/DMZ, SOA/Web Services), SSL, AS1, AS2, PKI, PGP, etc.
• Conceptual Familiarity with Cloud Computing Architecture - SaaS, PaaS, IaaS
• Fundamentals of Salesforce.com - Functional Capability and Architecture Framework
• Confidential (Salesforce Automation) - Salesforce.com/CRM
• TOGAF/IAF - Two Standard Architecture Frameworks (open/proprietary)
• UML, Enterprise Architect (from Sparx) (similar to Rational Architect from IBM)
• Visio, Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel), Espresso, Remedy, Control-M, Sharepoint
• SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) .
• RUP (Rational Unified Process)
• Agile/SCRUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Enterprise Architect/SOA Architect/B2B EDI Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• For pilot project in welfare domain, identified current challenges and addressed those through a successful delivery of automated business process
• Automated business processes using BPM and established KPI and a foundation for SOA adoption
• Enabled SOA adoption with reusability and agility based on maturity model and gained cost-reduction
• Delivered federated services with adequate governance to measure compliance and exercise control
• Monitored, managed, and optimized services as per KPI and measured progressive ROI
• Noticing the need for SOA maturity model and architecture framework to implement SOA,
• Analyzed as-is current state of applications, their interfaces, usage, vendor dependencies and maturity
• Identified current challenges and gaps in meeting business requirements and their limited potential to grow
• Consulted CxO, stakeholders, decision makers, BUs, architects, IT, operations and gathered their concerns
• Evaluated BU’s vs. IT’s ownership of IT solutions, created inventory of applications, Measured current KPI
• Proposed resolution to their concern through (1) SOA Adoption and added (2) ROI for stakeholders - and won their trust and approval for a mission-critical pilot implementation to build a SOA foundation - where
• SOA adoption would create new or convert current business processes into reusable services
• Monitor, manage, optimize services based on KPI and measure ROI iteratively
• Defined maturity model and ROI by adopting reusability of services & assessing asset versus liability
• Proposed to architecture panel, and won approval of SOA architecture framework for future state solution
• Defined architecture framework with supporting artifacts to implement services, presented for board review and won approval from stakeholders, BUs, architects, delivery team and engineers to move forward
• Defined current state to future state transition roadmap, multi-phase migration strategy and resources needed
• Defined SOA governance framework, including, monitoring and management of services and Life Cycle Mgt.
• Defined and measured current state versus future state KPI to stabilize and optimize SOA implementation
• Initiated business transformation via PMO to transition ownership of services from IT to BUs to gain maturity
• Demonstrated technical capability to drive SOA initiative and delivered artifacts
• Published, reviewed artifacts and worked with delivery team to implement SOA pilot (4 onsite/10 offshore)
• Held daily meeting with delivery team, identified and mitigated risk, set realistic goals, negotiated changes
• Reviewed deliverables and exercised control over to-be processes and services through Governance
• Coordinated progress and mitigated issues throughout with BUs, architects, IT, operations, support, vendors
• Successfully promoted following for next phases of the project
• SOA adoption based on principles, reusability/ROI & agility to respond to changes
• Creating master data with MDM and exposing data through Data Services (DS) based on Data Integration (DI) and Virtualization (DV) for structured and unstructured data in disparate Data Sources
• Mobility by exposing services through RESTful API via service bus with broader reach to users
• Proposed cloud architecture framework (vendor - Oracle Enterprise Manager/open source - NetSuite)
• Methodology - Agile/SDLC, Tool - OFM/Oracle SOA Suite/OER,OSR,JMS,MQ, XML, Registry, Repository, Oracle DB, Visio, Spring Framework/RESTful WS, Documentum, WebLogic Server - Cluster, HA, LB, FT/Failover

Confidential

Project Manager/Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• With good background in project management, solution delivery and architectural perspective, to address the challenge,
• Consulted key stakeholders, decision makers, BUs, IT, operations, support teams and vendors
• Understood their expectation, strategized and offered a new approach to deliver result, and built trust
• Assessed current state of the project focused on people, process, technology, and understood pros/cons
• Gathered requirements through interviews, use case analysis, questionnaires, brain storming sessions, workshops, reengineering, reverse engineering techniques
• Defined domain model, user stories, release plan, iteration plan, standards and tools to utilize, backlog
• Managed requirement by conducting business analysis, requirements elicitation, documentation, prioritization, reviews, approvals, traceability, scope maintainability and change management
• Redefined scope, size, complexity, priority, deliverables, timeline, dependencies, budget and resources
• Built, mentored, enabled and managed a team of 4 onsite/6 offshore engineers to implement solution
• Published delivery artifacts in team library accessible to onsite as well as offshore developers
• Held daily meeting with delivery team, identified and mitigated risk, set realistic goals, negotiated changes
• Promoted thorough testing, version control, release management, documentation, deployment with continuous integration, change control, and training customer support
• Managed UAT (user acceptance testing) to ensure the solution conformed to the business requirements
• Participated in production implementation verification and validations to Go-Live
• Ensured Go-Live milestones of new application met all commitments successfully within budget
• Updated and published project status daily and held weekly status meeting with the management and BU
• Enabled IT to provide Level 3 technical support onsite, with L1 and L2 support onsite/offshore
• Served as a key contact across the product/project life cycle implementation and turn-over to operations
• Demonstrated ability to lead, drive and engage key stakeholders to analyze and understand the business vision and strategy, business problems/opportunities in defining implementable business requirements including functional, usability, data and business rules
• Utilized Strong collaboration, partnering and excellent written and oral communication skills
• Earned appreciation and trust from the team, upper management and stakeholders for
• Successfully eliminating human error
• Minimizing risk by automating the business process to capture user experience
• Subsequently won next phase of the project

Confidential

EDI Architect

Responsibilities:

• Implemented Claim, Enrollment and Prescription transactions in ANSI X12 (5010)
• Architected framework for 27x, 83x, 99x HIPAA EDI transactions in ANSI X12 version 5010 and PoC
• Defined Source and Target Data Mapping Specifications for HIPAA transactions between Confidential /Pharmaceutical/ Confidential trading partners using Tibco FORESIGHT
• Data Mapping, Transformation/Translation in Formats - XML, ANSI X12, HIPAA, HL7, EDIFACT, IDOC
• Specification for Data Mapping, Translation and Transformation using vendor tool Tibco FORESIGHT
• B2B EDI Contract/Trading Partner Link/Trading Partner Relationship (TP/R) for Confidential Exchange
• Message Routing, Status Tracking, Functional Acknowledgement (FA), Status Reconciliation, Log Alert
• Data Transfer over Network - TCP/IP, SFTP/FTP, VAN, SMTP/MIME, SNA LU, Async/Bisync, Dial Up
• VAN Connectors and Services - GXS/Advantis, Inovis, IBM/Sterling, Kleinschmidt
• Connector/JCA Adapter - SAP XI (PI)/SAP IDOC, Gateway, File, FTP, DB, JMSMQ, Messaging, Socket
• Oracle SOA Suite for Confidential Integration with Confidential Adaptor for HIPAA/HL7 (Oracle Fusion Middleware (OFM)) Oracle B2B Integrator Oracle B2B Gateways (SOA Gateway, XML Gateway, eCommerce Gateway, API Gateway)
• GXS Enterprise Gateway (webMethods, TradingGrid, Advantis VAN) as a Service Bus GXS Application Integrator (AI) for Data Transformation

Confidential

SOA Architect and Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Received training on HIPAA and PHI
• Assessed the project and classified requirements as follows for compliance with Confidential /Obamacare:
• Migrating Crosswalk code from Confidential -9 to Confidential -10
• Implementing affected B2B EDI (HIPAA) transactions to exchange data with trading partners
• Transforming old applications through SOA adoption for reusability, agility and cost reduction which otherwise had limitations delaying their compliance with above two requirements
• For implementing SOA services, conducted Current State Assessment of existing applications
• Identified gaps and found changes needed in existing applications to fill those gaps as being too costly
• Proposed SOA Framework for implementing agile, quicker and reusable SOA services to reduce cost and liabilities while meeting current and future requirements
• Architected SOA solution for following as loosely coupled Confidential services for pilot implementation:
• Benefit Enrollment
• Claim Processing,
• Prescription Drug
• Successfully deployed, monitored, managed and attained sign-off on pilot SOA implementation in production
• Defined Source and Target Data Mapping Specifications using FORESIGHT for following HIPAA ANSI X12 transactions to exchange data between provider and payer as trading partners through Confidential Exchange
• Implemented EDI maps, message routing with guaranteed delivery, status tracking and reporting.
• Successfully deployed, monitored, managed and attained sign-off on 83x HIPAA transactions in production
• Managed solution delivery with a team of 10 onsite and 15 offshore development and engineering resources
• Worked with distributed BUs, operations, support, decision makers and onsite/offshore systems engineers
• Methodology - Agile/SCRUM Tool - MuleSoft/MuleESB,HibernetRally,UML,EA,Hibernate Standard - HIPAA, HL7

Confidential

EDI Architect and Delivery Manager

Responsibilities:

• Strategized and determined scope, size, complexity, deliverables, dependency and work breakdown (WBS)
• Evaluated as-is B2B integration capability for EDI (vendor dependency - GXS/Sterling/VAN, TP contracts, interfaces, batch/real time, frequency, schedule, secured data transmission, regulatory compliance, etc.)
• Derived a catalog of interfaces, their connectivity protocols, operations-input/output/fault/error, schedule
• Determined pre/post inter-dependencies of service interfaces and their operations in the catalog
• Identified integration parameters for proxy service (VETRO) and business service (virtual endpoint, policy, i/o)
• Identified point-to-point and VAN service correlation, dependencies, their task schedule and constraints
• Completed end-to-end smoke testing before releasing interfaces for deployment in production
• Derived and scheduled sequence of deployment, and activation of interfaces, accordingly in CONTROL-M
• Separated and implemented reliably with zero-defect as independent solution for one of the two companies
• In newly won next phase, new B2B Interfaces were implemented based on following criteria for one company:
• Data Mapping, Transformation/Translation in Formats - XML, ANSI X12, EDIFACT, SAP IDOC
• Specification for Data Mapping, Translation and Transformation using vendor tool Tibco FORESIGHT
• B2B EDI Contract/Trading Partner Link/Trading Partner Relationship (TP/R) for Confidential Exchange
• Message Routing, Status Tracking, Functional Acknowledgement (FA), Status Reconciliation, Log Alert
• Data Transfer over Network - TCP/IP, SFTP/FTP, VAN, SMTP/MIME, SNA LU, Async/Bisync, Dial Up
• VAN Connectors and Services - Migrated from GXS/Advantis to IBM/Sterling
• Connector/JCA Adapter - SAP XI (PI)/SAP IDOC, Gateway, File, FTP, DB, JMS, MQ, Messaging, Socket
• Tests included UT, IT, UAT, QAT
• Successfully delivered complete B2B EDI solution to exchange correct data reliably with trading partners
• Managed a delivery team of 30+ systems engineers/SMEs onsite and 50 offshore vendors/partners resources
• Directly advised CxO and focused on People, Process and Technology in a very high profile environment
• Remarkable success exceeded all client expectations and became advisor to enterprise architecture panel
• Helped define Data Integration and Virtualization framework, built a team and delegated responsibilities
• Shared views based on exposure and proposed current state enhancements toward a mature future state
• Methodology - Agile/SCRUM, EDI-Sterling Integrator/VAN, Oracle, Informatica, Tool - Quality Center, CONTROL-M

Confidential

Enterprise architect

Responsibilities:

• Worked with BUs, chief architect, executives, key decision makers, stakeholders, engineers and vendors
• Assessed Current State readiness for BI and identified its pros/cons in meeting the goal
• Defined strategy and architecture framework for data integration and virtualization to access Upstream data
• Evaluated data integration and virtualization products and recommended which ones to utilize for the purpose
• Proposed Future State recommendations for data services & BI with multi-phase roadmap per BUs’ readiness
• Framework - Data Integration (DI) and Data Virtualization (DV), Tools - Cognos, Informatica,.. DB - RDBMS
• Utilized - TOGAF, UML, MS SQL Server (SSIS, SSRS, SSAS), Focus - People, Process and Technology

Sr. Enterprise Integration Architect and Lead Strategist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Defined project charter, project scope, size, complexity, deliverables, timeline, milestones, resourcing
• Defined data structure, tables and frequency to capture and populate database with field data for reporting
• Defined criteria to measure successful installation of SmartMeter by utilizing field data populated in database
• Defined architecture framework for data integration and virtualization to access SmartMeter data from db
• Defined reporting framework and initiated a team to implement operational reporting system utilizing field data
• Methodology - RUP, Tools - SQL Server (SSIS, SSRS,SSAS), Oracle SOA Suite, EA, UML, Windows Server,
• Analyzed requirement, evaluated options (GIS, SAP PI, Fusion, VANs (GXS/ Trading Grid/ webMethod)), proposed solution and led implementing SOA/web services/EDI.
• Defined conceptual/logical SOA architecture framework and designed SOA interfaces using Enterprise Architect from Sparx for UML and SOA Suite from Oracle Fusion (use case, wireframe, sequence diagram, class diagram, XML schema, data modeling, source-canonical-target data format modeling, data transformation, service endpoints, WSDL, policy, WS-*, QoS, etc. artifacts as deliverables). Worked with the onsite/off-site and offshore web portal and business teams to integrate web front end with backend through the middleware. Utilized SCA (Service Component Architecture) to Design, Assemble and Deploy services. Utilized Clarity. Frontend used AJAX.
• Utilizing previous experience of having designed and implemented relational database, gathered business data requirements from various parties and captured pertinent business rules to derive the logical data model. Designed data models by defining data elements, descriptions, system of record, attributes and formats (source, canonical, target) at contextual, conceptual and logical levels. Applied entity-relationship (E/R) Codd Normal form rules for two-dimensional relational data normalization. Subsequently, defined physical database schema with primary key and index. Utilized tools for data modeling and SQL code generation (Erwin, Visio and Enterprise Architect). Familiar with dimensional data for data warehousing/ETL.
• Defined data requirement with focus on a consistent enterprise view of the key business information objects. It involved defining core data entity, data attribute, data quality, data usage to enable businesses utilize that core information as master data.
• Proposed web portal criteria to decision makers involving EAI in the backend to extract, transform and load data from many sources/trading partners into DW (data warehouse) to support BI
• Conducted workshops on eCommerce web application security aspects at various levels for a major entertainment client. After analyzing that input and verifying the understanding with SME’s, successfully led implementing secured data transmission over the network (SSL, AS2), controlled application access to authorized users (J2EE/JAAS, Netegrity) and protection of data (encryption).

Sr. IT Architect and Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gathered requirements and architected SOA solution to build services for end user to access & pay bill online
• Defined business rules for billing the account holder based on their utilization of services during billing period
• Designed SOA interfaces across distributed heterogeneous systems
• Built team, headed project and led successful delivery of billing services meeting client expectations.
• Contributed in analyzing, architecting and presenting eCommerce solutions to support implementing or enhancing enterprise application (EAI) infrastructure for clients.

Lead Systems Engineer and Project Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Added experience and knowledgebase in enhancing/integrating B2B enterprise applications (EAI) using J2EE/.NET, UML, WebLogic, Ant, Strut, XML, JavaScript, JSP, JDBC/ODBC/EJB, SOAP, Oracle 9i/10g database, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Application Server 10g (OAS), Oracle B2B/JDeveloper BPEL
• Designer 10g with Workflow/Data Warehouse (DW)/ETL, IIS, MS-SQL, Netegrity SiteMinder, Oracle Applications, SAP NetWeaver, WebMethod, WebLogic and WebSphere by analyzing, architecting, presenting and implementing/deploying web application/web services.
• For a pilot implementation, defined data flow diagram (DFD) and designed normalized relational data models with entity-relationship diagram (ERD) followed by table definitions and indexing. Created database and did SQL queries, created stored procedures and triggers.

Lead Systems Engineer/Professional Services..

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Led Sales Force Automation/CRM implementation using Salesforce.com
• Successfully articulated and implemented Sales Force Automation/CRM using Salesforce.com. Built framework for and helped company define corporate pre-sales and post-sales standards, procedures and documentation. Built customer support and professional services teams.
• Implemented capturing and binding handwritten signature into a WORD or PDF document with enhanced PKI/cryptography for authentication, authorization and non-repudiation. Used Public key infrastructure (PKI) as a system of digital certificates along with certification authorities (CAs) to verify and authenticate the validity of each party involved in electronic transaction using public key cryptography.
• Used DES and SHA cryptographic algorithms to protect sensitive data. Adobe Business Tools was used to create a user’s single authentic security profile that defined acceptable authenticity and subsequent change validation
• As liaison between customers, engineering and sales, led identifying and tracking product releases and bug, prioritizing, reporting, escalating and resolving issues
• Built framework for and helped company define corporate pre-sales and post-sales professional services standards, procedures and documentation.
• Built customer support and professional services teams.