SUMMARY:

• Leverage my 25 years’ experience in the banking and insurance industries along with my 16 years’ experience in as an IT Architect at all levels.
• Additionally, secure a full - time employee role and demonstrate value through my strong commitment to quality, leadership, and unrelenting drive to deliver.
• 16 Years IT Architecture roles to include Enterprise, Business, Application, Solution, and Technical Architectures. 1 year Data Architecture experience at ASU. Experienced with EAI, SOA, MSA, API, Governance, Decision Trees, Design Patterns Hub/Spoke, Point-to-Point, Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, ESQL, Web Services, XML, MS Project, Driver on Technical Bridge Calls.
• 10 Years Technical Project Leadership/Management
• 5 Years WebSphere Enterprise Services Bus
• 5 Years D Confidential base experience on various platforms; DB2 (mainframe and UDB) MS SQL, MySQL and others.
• 5 Years Enterprise Architecture Tools (Sparx, MEGA Suite, Alfabet)
• 3 Years Application Portfolio Management
• 3 Years Mainframe, JCL, COBOL, Omegamon XE, Method/1, Six Sigma
• 3 Years SharePoint
• 3 Years Agile/Scrum
• 2 Years ETL technologies
• 2 Years in .Net/Java/JEE
• 2 Years IT Service Management (ITSM)
• 1 Years PowerShell, Ruby, Python
• 1 Year Oracle/AQ/WebLogic, SOMA
• 1 Year Web Services, D Confidential Power.
• 1 Year Server Virtualization
• 1 Year Storage Area Networks (SAN)
• 1 Year Security
• 1 Year Lotus Notes Development, MS Access VBA
• 1 Year Micro Service Architecture (MSA)
• 25 Years Charge/Credit Cards
• 2 Year Insurance Industry
• 2 Year Bank Lending
• .5 Year Retail
• Architect a $36B portfolio - The Architectural Integration and Rationalization of the recently acquired GE Capital Leasing and Finance division into the Confidential ecosystem is being delivered by myself and 4 other architects.
• Document the As-Is Architecture - Documented the AAA Enterprise Logical Architecture Diagram (end-to-end). My efforts were recognized by the Executive Leadership.
• Decommissioning of a Customer Facing Platform - Achieved executional excellence for the conversion of Point-of-Departure Platform at Confidential Risk Systems in favor of a Service Oriented Architecture solution,
• Platform Migration - Led migration efforts in the physical relocation of a Risk platform from an exception based, external location to an approved internal storage facility.
• B2B Integration - Connected Confidential to Costco to enable a co-branded lending product.
• SOA Integration - Established a foundational direction for TJX Companies to achieve Service Oriented Architectural compliance.
• Application Architecture - Enabling Bank Vehicle Loans for State Farm Insurance Companies as part of a major platform renovation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Enterprise Architecture Tools: MEGA Suite, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Software AG’s ARIS/Alfabet, BiZZdesign’s Enterprise Studio and Architect, CEB IT Roadmap Builder, SACM, ITSM.

Architecture Frameworks: TOGAF, ACORD.

Operating System: AIX/UNIX/Linux, z/OS, and all Windows variants to include DOS

Middleware: Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Enterprise Application Architecture (EAI), Confidential WebSphere MQ v7, WebSphere Message Broker, ETL, WebSphere Enterprise Services Bus (WESB), and MQ Workflow (light), Omegamon XE, D Confidential Power and WSRR, JBOSS EAP 6.2 Application Server, HP Load Runner.

Languages/Protocols: ArchiMate 3.0, ASP, VB, .Net, Java/J2EE/JMS, COBOL, JCL. XML, UDDI, HTTP, REST, SOAP, SAML, UML.

Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile, Kanban

Database: DB2 (Mainframe and Distributed), Sybase, SQL Server, Oracle 11g/AQ, MDM, MRM.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, West Tempe, AZ

Enterprise Architect

Responsibilities:

• Voice Printing fraud detection system.
• Project Portfolio Management
• Integrate various Systems of Records (i.e. CMDB Configuration Items)
• Evangelize use of a repository or cloud or on-premises.
• Introduction of Archimate 3 diagraming tool.
• Model Business Processes and Simulations.
• Disseminate knowledge to Architect staff.
• Successful implementation of Solution Architecture
• Knowledge transfer to increase productivity and accuracy.
• Reduction of redundant software purchases.

Confidential, Tempe, AZ

Systems Architect

Responsibilities:

• Integrate $36B Portfolio - GE Capital Leasing and Finance into
• Lead/Interface with Business, Application and Systems Architects
• Understand Source Artifacts: Business Requirements and Use Cases.
• Assist Business with Modeling Business Processes.
• Develop an Application Integration Strategy
• Create Target Architecture
• Lift and Shift Applications from the GE D Confidential Center and move to the Confidential D Confidential Center.
• Perform GAP analysis and Application Rationalization.
• Augment baseline artifacts to include unique identifiers.
• Maintain a Third-Party Hosting Systems d Confidential base.

Confidential, Glendale, AZ

Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Create an end-to-end Logical view ofEnterprise from scratch.
• Reconstitute an Enterprise Architecture practice
• Select a Suitable Enterprise Architecture Tool
• Work with Salesforce Developers/Architects
• Define Architectural Assets
• Track Projects in Flight
• Accommodate changes in Business direction.
• Complete Logical Architectural view of the enterprise used by the Executive Leadership team as well as Portfolio Architects.
• Assigned to high visibility Project: P Manager to handle Global and Contextual customer ps.

Confidential - Phoenix, AZ

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Integration of the Serve Pre-paid Card Product in the Mexican Market.
• Assume responsibility for Automated Clearing House / Instant Account Verification Architecture.
• Create a Common Class Library to maximize reuse of Java Classes.

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Application Architect

Responsibilities:

• Service Dependency Diagrams
• Service Interaction Diagrams
• Integration Diagram - Integration with Products
• Integration Diagram - Integration with UI
• Service Definition and Operations for Service
• Conceptual Architecture Model Diagram
• Application Environment Diagram.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Lead Integration Architect

Responsibilities:

• Accelerate SOA adoption at TJX Companies (Marshall’s, TJ Maxx, HomeGoods).
• Create Governance through Decision Trees and Design Patterns for integration efforts.
• Lead on-shore and off-shore teams in integration issues resolution.
• Research best in breed integration tools and strategies.
• Adoption of decoupled architecture (a SOA requirement) through MQ Clustering. This provides the sysplex the ability to load balance workloads and improve availability.
• Implement a Publish and Subscribe design pattern to broadcast hierarchical changes to store departments and merchandise categories.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Lead Technical Architect

Responsibilities:

• Demonstrate various Proof-of-Concepts (POC’s) of Middleware solutions.
• Integrate Business Process and Technology Process in a flexible, scalable and, highly available Architecture.
• Integrate Risk Information Management Systems.
• Manage Interface Infrastructure for Confidential Risk systems.
• Lead a team of 4 MQ Administrators and Mentor 50. NET developers, manage business partner expectations, and Innovate creative solutions.
• Ensure my platform meets PGB Compliance standards is a top priority.
• Guarantee Service Oriented Architecture best practices are followed by working closely with the Chief Technologies Office.
• Lead and develop a team of software engineers to include the termination of a contractor's services.
• Achieved bank readiness compliance initiatives.
• Decommissioned the Sphere I platform
• Uplift the Risk Automation Platform from Screen Scraping technology to a SOA compliant architecture.
• Platform Migration from the Sunguard Secured Storage Facility to the IPC.
• Install/Manage over 60 SOA Services.

Confidential, Phoenix, AZ

Sr. Software Specialist

Responsibilities:

• Administer WebSphere MQ platforms to include Installation of new Queue Managers, Scripting new MQ Objects, Problem determination, monitoring, Performance Improvements, and Planning.
• Lead junior engineers, Manage business partner expectations
• Present and defend new projects to the Project Governance Board (PGB).
• Strict adherence to Waterfall SDLC (Method/1) and Six Sigma Business Management Strategy.
• Technical Leadership in the development of WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker (WMB) solutions to move the company towards component based architecture in a loosely coupled environment.
• E2E: Implementation of an Enterprise Services Bus (ESB) for Confidential TRS and Ameriprise Financial Services.
• B2B: Implement the Confidential and Costco partnership.

Confidential, Minneapolis, MN

Programmer Analyst/Lotus Notes Developer

Responsibilities:

• Programming Lotus Script and Visual Basic Application (VBA).
• Project Management and detailed reporting to leadership as I was working remotely from Phoenix.
• Strict adherence to Waterfall SDLC (Method/1) and Six Sigma Business Management Strategy.
• Requirement gathering through usage of Method/1
• Develop a system that assigned high value customers to top performing brokers.