SUMMARY:

• A seasoned, highly experienced, successful Senior Enterprise Architect in the retail vertical focusing on the implementation of enterprise level capabilities in technology and business.
• Experienced in all aspects of creation and implementation of green - field EA practice and improving established EA practices.
• Excellence in identifying and delivering the right business and IT capabilities, at the right time to ensure the success of the enterprise.
• Started as a Sr. Programmer Analyst and worked up through the ranks earning the respect of all staff in the organization.
• Superb management skills at all levels used to create a successful, motivated and respected team.

KEY STRENGTHS INCLUDE:

• Enterprise Architecture
• Department Management
• IT Strategy
• SOA-soap, rest, jason
• Process Improvement
• Business Intelligence
• Requirements Management
• SCM & SCO, OMS, WM
• EAI, ESB, ETL
• Business Analysis
• Disaster Recovery
• Multi-Channel Retailing, SAP POS, Retail
• BPM
• Project Management

TECHNICAL SUMMARY:

Hardware: IBM P780, IBMi (ISeries), Cisco, F5.

Software: Filenet P8 Imaging/Workflow/Content Management, IBM BPM, Sterling Commerce OMS, Manhattan WMi, MS Office, Nintex PeopleSoft CRM, Mumps, Alfabet, SharePoint.

Database: DB2, Oracle, SQL

Operating Systems: MVS, VMWare, AIX, Microsoft Windows, CT, System I.

Middleware: SoftwareAG-webMethods, Informatica ETL, Tibco

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Enterprise Architect

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Responsibilities:

• Develop Enterprise Architect practice process, procedures, artifacts and Roadmaps for Confidential North American manufacturing systems.
• Guide the Architecture team in implementing an EA practice based on TOGAF Architectural framework.
• Guide the team on the development of EA Practices, Policies and Standards.
• Supervise the creation of EA Metric artifacts and data acquisition procedures.
• Lead Architecture team in discovery, rating, ranking, application rationalization and road mapping of IT and Business capabilities.
• Lead the creation of Enterprise Application current state views and artifacts.

Enterprise Sr. Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Built and led a highly successful Architecture team which improved IT and Business capability delivery by 15%.
• Estimated cost savings of 20% in design, analysis, testing and implementation costs.
• Supervise and lead the design, development, and implementation of the EA practice based on TOGAF, PEAF, FEAC, Architectural frameworks.
• Lead the team on the development of EA Principles, Policies and Standards.
• Supervise the creation of EA Governance artifacts and procedures.
• Lead Architecture team in discovery, rating, ranking, application rationalization and road mapping of IT and Business capabilities.
• Lead the creation of Private and public Cloud rationalization, justification guidelines, procedures.
• Development of a five-year capability implementation road map linking the architectural domains
• Lead the creation of Enterprise Application current state views and artifacts.
• Create the directives and goals of the Architecture practice to support the mission statement of the organization.
• Direct the creation of in-house programs for Architect staff.
• Created and implement employee evaluation criteria for professional/technical staff.
• Performed employee evaluations, coaching, advising and mentoring.
• Ensure staff are educated and adhere to EEOC laws, regulations and guidance.
• Managed and tracked personnel compensation, benefits, and employee progress.
• Developed Employee Retention plan for technical staff.
• Created and monitored departmental budget and expenditures.
• Developed Architecture program for Architects.
• Ensured staff adhered to the Corporate mission statement.
• Ensured staff complied with all HR directives, required and .

Sr. Business Solutions Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead all design and development teams for the implementation of the Omni-Channel Retail capabilities across all operating departments, Retail, .com, Catalog, Supply Chain, Marketing and Merchandising.
• Created additional revenue channels and business improvements which realized millions of additional revenue and operational cost savings.
• Increased customer satisfaction on order deliveries by 40%.
• Direct and coordinate Architects, Technical Leads and Business Analyst in the design, development and implementation of Multi-Channel Retailer capabilities using COTS (IBM Sterling Commerce, Manhattan WMi, Evant Planning & Forecasting, JDA MMS) and custom development.
• Buy anywhere and ship from anywhere.
• End-to-end automation of customer Firearm purchase process.
• Retail BATFE firearms tracking compliance & reporting systems.
• Electronic automation of e4473 process, Electronic customer signatures and Automated NICS check.
• Design of In-Store-Pickup, Point of Sale, Drop Ship and Retail Product

Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Developed infrastructure roadmap for continued support of legacy applications.
• Define, Design, Train and Implement SOA methodology.
• Development of custom SDLC process for Cabela’s IT and Business.
• Standardized software and hardware platforms for improved delivery of business capabilities.
• Lead technology research, assessments and selection enhancing operations and standardize IT services.
• Lead ESB/EAI integration designs and development for sharing information and data across the Enterprise.

Application Development Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Duties included: Interviewing, hiring, assessment, action plans, performance improvement plans, termination (if required), employee plans, and compliance, mentoring and .
• Designed infrastructure and integrations for Automated Fulfillment systems, Custom ticketing, bar coding systems, EDI, RFI, Vendor Compliance, and VMI.
• Lead Business and IT Management in the selection of software and infrastructure to support the projected future growth of the Enterprise.
• Lead the implementation of Sterling Commerce OMS, Manhattan WMi, webMethods integrations to existing legacy systems and information.

MIS Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for systems architecture, design, documentation, project management, systems and programming standards, programming, and implementation of custom Automated Product and Package Sortation software and hardware.
• Used in Distribution receiving and put-away operations, order fulfillment and Warehouse related processes.