CORE SKILLS:

• Software Development
• Software Development
• Requirements Analysis
• Data Migration and Architecture
• Systems Architecture
• Project/Program Management
• Program Management Office
• Cyber Defense
• Information Assurance
• Vulnerability Assessment
• Cloud Solutions Architecture
• Server Engineering/Administration (TS, Secret, Unclassified)
• DevOps
• Monitoring Services
• Help Desk Management
• Strategy Consulting
• Data Transformation
• Database Development
• Database Architecture
• Application Development - Agile Scrum
• Web Development

SOFTWARE/HARDWARE/TECHNOLOGY EXPERIENCE:

• Amazon Web Services / C2S
• Python and Assorted Libraries
• Atlassian JIRA and Confluence, Assorted Plugins
• Microsoft SQL Server
• T-SQL
• ERwin, E/R Studio
• Redgate SQL Toolbelt
• SQL Server Data Tools (SSDT-BI)
• SSIS/DTS - ETL
• Solr/Lucene
• Apache Tomcat
• JRE
• Teradata
• IBM DB2/390 and UDB
• Microsoft TFS
• Some programming (though I’m not a programmer) - Python, JS, .NET, Java, C#, CSS, HTML, XML, C, C++
• Microsoft Visual Studio
• PowerShell
• VMware ESX, ESXi, Workstation, Fusion
• Microsoft Solutions Framework
• Windows Server
• SharePoint
• Microsoft Exchange Server
• Microsoft IIS
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• Windows Desktop
• Microsoft Office/Office 365
• Microsoft Visio
• Microsoft Project
• Mac OS X
• Various Linux Distributions
• Untangle Firewall
• SpiceWorks
• Flexera Inventory and License Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Reston, VA

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Improved team communications, removing communications obstacles, breaking down silos, and ensuring that all team members had access to all allowable information required to complete their efforts.
• Updated Deployment Process resulted in dramatically increased efficiency, saving our customer over $100,000 yearly.
• Proposed, designed, and implemented an open-source search solution, replacing Google Search Appliances, which saved the customer several million dollars.
• Lead a team of 20 FTEs, including Business Analysts, Developers, Testers, DevOps Engineers, and Production Process Managers.
• Go-To lead for complex projects for which there is no easy way out.
• Recognized leader; Senior Leadership Team member.
• Championed Quality and Standards at every opportunity and applied them whenever practical and/or possible.
• Created and maintained logical and physical data models for highly successful web applications
• Created a reliable and repeatable process for deploying changes into the production environment.
• Created a reliable and repeatable process for synchronizing data structures between development and production environments.
• Thrived in a development environment where requirements are delivered at the last moment, yet require very fast turnaround. Worked closely with developers to ensure that architectural decisions for data structures would work well with the application architecture.
• Designed and handled complex migrations including changes to in-place data structures.
• Architected the data solution for a powerful real-time system
• Lead several complex initiatives to completion
• Interacted with executives throughout the agency and the company, consulting on other projects as needed
• Served as a constant mentor throughout the team

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Vice President, Data Architect

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw analyzing, developing and building the logical and physical data model for the Banking Data Warehouse
• Interacted regularly with architects throughout the enterprise to establish consensus opinions on proposed changes and see those opinions through to production
• Led a team of three architects to solve complex problems related to the data model
• Implemented data integration reporting to validate data quality, default values, and distribution
• Championed Data Modeling Standards and Guidelines and spent much time mentoring users on the data model and data warehouse solution
• Developed Data Modeling Checklist
• Participated in naming standards governance
• Participated in distribution architecture initiatives including selective denormalization, hybrid provisioning and base view development
• Participated in Security Control procedures to ensure data security
• Provided Data Modeling support for several applications including data model reviews and creating data models as needed
• Set up ERwin Data Modeling tool distribution process and distributed ERwin Data Modeling tool licenses
• Implemented a work estimation process, attaching appropriate billable hours for architecture involvement in dispatched projects

Confidential, Washington, DC

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed, developed and maintained a proof-of-concept infrastructure solution that serves as a model for increasing efficiencies including VMWare ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows 2003/2008, Active Directory, Exchange 2010, MS-SQL Server 2008, SharePoint 2010, SQL Server Reporting Services, and various open-source (Linux-based) solutions including Untangle Firewall, FreePBX/VOIP, Joomla
• Incorporated various licensing options to arrive at a cost-effective solution, which pulls from both Microsoft, Apple and open source licensed software

Confidential

Associate Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Consistently led highly visible and critical projects to completion on time and within budget including constituent relationship management, LAN/WAN makeover, VOIP, and data architecture. Results included better service, easier access to information, reduced duplicate data, and smoother operations.
• Designed, implemented and supported Microsoft Office SharePoint Services (MOSS 2007) throughout the enterprise, enabling hundreds of users at 100 global Hillel locations to collaborate 24 hours a day, seven days a week. This solution used SQL Server 2005 as the database backend, SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS) for its reporting environment, various web parts including Quest SharePoint Studio and Bamboo Web Parts, and custom development by internal and vendor-supplied developers. All development was completed using Visual Studio .NET (C# and VB) and SharePoint structures.
• Produced advanced technical documentation showing as-is and to-be scenarios for Enterprise Architecture. Proved that virtualization will serve as a dramatic cost-cutting and quality-enhancing technology.
• Led a Network Infrastructure team of five including two FTEs, one PTE, and two consultants.
• Created, implemented and oversaw network and server maintenance procedures, infrastructure design and development, Procurement, and Asset Management processes.
• Responsible for over 20 Windows 2003 servers, Active Directory, Backups (Backup Exec), Exchange 2003, SQL Server 2000/2005, VMWare ESX 3.5, SharePoint (MOSS 2007), Watchguard Firewall, Application Servers, NAS, LAN/WAN, Routers, Switches, Cabling, Network Printers and User Systems, Telephony/VOIP/MPLS, and Lotus Notes.
• Identified and instituted disciplines for controlled development procedures including Agile, Use Cases, Task Prioritization, and Quality Assurance resulting in an increase in the customer's awareness of changing requirements and priorities throughout the development life cycle and a better product.
• Implemented an IT Help Desk, streamlining the user request process, managing customer expectations and virtually eliminating unanswered issues.

Confidential, Jacksonville, FL

Enterprise Data Architect, Senior Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led several highly-visible and/or critical projects to completion on schedule and within budget including a 3rd-Party Gift Card program, an Online Shopping Cart, an Online Store Locator application, an Intranet, several web sites and applications, and key portions of a new enterprise footprint during restructuring.
• Led the Web Technology Group, which developed several web applications using ASP, ASP.NET, C++, and VB.NET with data persisted in Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and 2005 databases. ETL (Extract Transform and Load) Processing was completed using Integration Services and custom programs.
• Initiated an Enterprise Operational Data Store to unify and eliminate duplicate data elements, promoting compatibility between traditionally disparate systems.
• Created an Enterprise Data Model with several subject areas using ERWin. Implementing this model led to less duplicated data, more rapid development, and increased business confidence. Worked closely with project and development teams to define and implement data solutions for Enterprise applications. Teradata was used for the implementation model and IBM DB2/UDB, Microsoft SQL Server, and Oracle RDBMSs maintained source system data and reporting environments.
• Led web application development methodology, designing the overall web application environment, standards and procedures with a team of ten. Managed vendor relationships, software purchases and support contracts for online services. Implemented both custom and purchased solutions. Oversaw maintenance of the Web infrastructure including several IIS and SQL servers and network configuration. Responsible for RSA certificate processing, management and distribution.
• Worked closely with enterprise network design and implementation teams to ensure secure network communications. Developed penetration-testing techniques and baselines to ensure our systems were secure.
• Created graphics design for user interfaces and marketing promotions.