SUMMARY:

Confidential offers over 15 years of experience in the software industry including 10 years within the highly specialized area of Services Oriented Architecture (SOA).  He has incorporated concepts around governance and web services security and mediations for the implementation of Enterprise Applications Integration (EAI) solutions and Business Process Management (BPM). He is an experienced designer, developer and SOA Architect of BPM solutions through custom and proprietary Business Integration Components. He holds IBM Certifications as a Consultant and Solutions Architect within the WebSphere Business Integration suite of products (WAS, WPS, WESB, WBM, MQ, JMS, JDBC, etc). From a strong WebSphere Interchange Server (WICS) background and working as a Senior Technical Sales Consultant and Architect for IBM, Anthony was exposed to and began providing complex Business Integration solutions with WebSphere Process Server (WPS) one year before it was available to the market. Since its conception in the early 2000, he has provided complex BPM services, managed and mentored diverse technical teams and integration projects on more than twenty five separate engagements.  Also, as a technical sales specialist for IBM, he has perfected the art of relationship building, has excellent communication skills and is well versed and experienced presenting to C - Level Executives, business and project owners and leading SOA Architects.

SKILLS

• Strong project management and team leadership abilities.
• Focused on client, team, and overall business success.
• Solid track record of goal-focused and value-add solutions.
• Excellent decision-making, problem analysis, and presentation skills.
• Outstanding multi-tasking ability, combining client and project tasks, managerial activities and business development and delivery efforts.
• Ability to combine leading-edge technologies with proven approaches for project deployment in creating custom methodologies for client success.
• Exceptional communication and relationship building skills.
• Rational Unified Process (RUD)
• Six Sigma DMAIC
• TOGAF
• Waterfall
• SCRUM
• WebSphere ICS
• WebSphere Adapters
• WebSphere MQ Series
• WebSphere MQ Explorer
• RfhUtil
• Enterprise Architect
• Hibernate & Spring Frameworks
• Rational Team Concert
• WebSphere Business Monitor
• WebSphere Business Modeler (WBM)
• WebSphere Business Process Server (WPS)
• WebSphere Services Registry and Repository (WSRR)
• IBM DB2 UDB
• Oracle
• MS SQL Server
• MS Access
• Microsoft Projects
• SharePoint

Professional Experience

Highpoint, NC

Business Integration Administrator

• Maintain existing Business Process Integration Component Architecture for business systems and Integration Applications developed with WebSphere InterChange Server v4.2 (WICS) and WebSphere Process Server v6.1 (WPS).
• Itentify and document resolutions for phantom process errors of Production System Flows.
• Mitigate system down-time through the design, development and deployment of patch solutions of older integration based applications
• Ensure 24x7 system availability of six Production Business Integration WICS, WPS, DB2 v6 and Oracle v10 Servers
• Manage and schedule maintenance and deployment of existing and new BI Applications and Servers.

Confidential,

SOA Architect \ BPM Development

• Integration design and development of an WPS Integration Solution that exists between the AP, AR, PO, PO Receipts and Acknowledgements of Oracle Applications and backend WebServices via Internal JMS queues and IBM MQ Message Broker
• Design and development of an Error Handling Framework for all WPS and ESB interventions.
• Design and development of processes that clean up and remove long running processes existing beyond the allotted life cycle.
• Design, development, debugging and testing of J2EE code and Integration components
• Creation and Configuration of Activation Specs, Queues and Connection Factories
• WebSphere Application Server configuration and debugging
• Documentation of Functional and Detailed design specifications

SOA Architect \ BPM Development

• Architected a J2EE SOA Solution to be implemented via WebSphere Integration Developer (WID) for enterprise services. Design and implementation of JSON\RESTful services and backend Broker and Client Java Factory services.
• Architected a design to deliver Enterprise, Business and Application Services to meet unique requirements.
• Usage of Rational Team Concert (RTC) to facilitate multi developer environment.
• Usage of Mockito for testing from within TestNG.
• Building and executing test suites and validations.
• Management reporting and status reports.
• Provided functional and detail design specifications.

SOA Technical Architecture Sr. Consultant

• Provided remote support in determining integration points into the following FICO application products via WebSphere Process Server v7.0:
• FICO’s Debt and Origination Manager Products
• Blaze Advisor
• Blaze Decision System
• Ab Initio

WebSphere BPM Consultant

• Migration of WebSphere Server Foundation to WebSphere Process Server v7.0
• Importation and migration of Server Foundation Services to WPS v7.0
• Development of WPS v7.0 Workflow processes and services to call existing services Java services
• Development around JDBC to DB2, Java Mail, LDAP and Log4j
• Extensive client training and mentoring around WID v7.0
• Consultation around production typologies of WPS environments and deployment methodologies

SOA Architect \ BPM Development

• Architected and lead the migration of WebSphere InterChange Server (v4.3) WebSphere Process Server v6.2
• Identified and documented Usage Patterns for an hundred plus integrations
• Designed and built BPEL process and Mediation Flow templates for all identified patterns
• Designed, built and documented an elaborate Monitoring and Error Handling Framework.
• Designed and documented an elaborate topology for DEV, QA and PROD clustered environments consisting eight nodes apiece.
• Wrote deployment and monitoring scripts for QA and PROD environments
• Created Java services for to replace code buried within existing Maps and Collaborations.
• Installed and configured JMS, MQ, JDBC, Oracle and Flatfile adapters.
• Created JMS Connection Factories, Activation Specs, Queue managers, topics and channels

WebSphere  Team Lead

• All aspects of Management of the Bluewolf Integration Development and Architect teams
• Management reporting, Issues Resolution, Risk, Contingencies and Mitigations, etc
• Best practices methodologies (Six Sigma, Waterfall, SCRUM, etc)
• Designed and managed the implementation of the SOA Infrastructure
• Coordinate and Facilitate Architectural and Detailed Technical Design Reviews of Complex Infrastructures, Analysis and long running Business Processes
• Evaluation of Security Standards of SOAP and RESTful Services.
• Responsible for all Interfaces existing between Salesforce and the CIS Gateway
• Design and orchestration of all WESB services on Application, Business and Enterprise Layers
• Facilitation of Design and Code reviews
• Occasional Integration Development work and troubleshooting as needed.

WebSphere BPM SME

• Discussed current implementation within WebSphere Integration Developer.
• Recommended modifications within their current implementation.
• Recommended and reviewed details around fault handling and provided an implementation module for fault handling via a PI file.
• Recommended for the client to use Service Gateway as a single point of Web Service call that contains multiple operations in opposed to many Web Service calls all having a single operation.
• Discussed various environment topologies.
• Discussed and designed solutions around problems around versioning of macro flows.
• Created and provided Use Case Design documents in support of reusable WPS interfaces that included business integration architecture and design patterns.
• Assisted in the installation of Development environment (single node but clustered installations)
• Modified and improved their existing BPEL process.
• Worked on Web Services Gateways.
• Worked on the implementation of Fault handling provided I PI files.
• Provided scripts and response files for the creation of the Development environments.
• Provided Jython scripts for deployment of EAR files within a clustered environment.
• Provided SibDDLGenerated scritps for the creation of the WPS repository.
• Provided red books for the installation and configuration of WPS and WESB topologies
• Provided scripts and properties files for the creating the deployment manager and managed nodes.
• Worked on architectural considerations document for versioning WPS Projects
• Completed and provided document on Architectural Considerations for versioning WPS Projects.
• Provided Java code examples for creating and manipulating DataObjects
• Helped with the development effort of the redesign of an Email BPEL process

SOA Architect \ BPM Development

• Installed and configured the following products in a Clustered zLinux 64 bit environment: WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment v6.1, WebSphere Process Server v6.2.0.1, WebSphere Business Monitor v6.2.0.1, WebSphere HTTP Server v6.2.0.1.3, WebSphere Alphablox Server v6.2.0.1, WebSphere Business Services Fabric v6.2.0.1.
• Installed the following tools in Windows environment: WebSphere Integration Developer v6.2, WebSphere Business Modeler v6.2, WebSphere Business Monitor v6.2, WebSphere Lotus Forms Viewer and Designer v3.5.
• Provide insight regarding strategic direction, planning and development (as well as the coordination and implementation) of the WebSphere Business Management (BPM) Suite of IT technologies and infrastructure in support of the Bank's strategic plans, governance, compliance, regulatory and the direction of system architecture activities around the Global Fulfillment Solution Initiative (GFSI) project (eBusiness scenarios around Electronic Funds Transfers, Loans, Deposits and Withdrawals)
• Provide recommendations to senior management regarding the Bank's long-range information systems and technology strategy including cost/benefit analysis and sizing of new technologies.
• Maintain a close working relationship with senior leaders to understand Bank and LOB goals and Business Requirements.
• Conduct technical and personal interviews of staffing resources for the Modeling, Integration Development and Analytical teams. Prepared WebSphere specific questionnaires for conducting technical interviews. This to ensure each candidate is treated the same concerning their technical knowledge.
• Supply a proposed strategy of an organizational structure to implement the Design, Development, Deployment and Support of the total BPM solution to meet GFSI requirements.
• Provide SME level of leadership to the GFSI technology group in Systems typology design for and multiple products and processes for customer groups. Namely the IFW Framework, WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Business Modeler Publishing Server, WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Business Monitor Server and Oracle Database Design to support the same.
• Translate business needs into technical requirements and work to ensure all systems support and conform to such needs and specifications.
• Act as a liaison between technical business leaders and software vendors (specifically IBM).
• Serve as a key contributor in ensuring and creating strategy execution as it relates to the orchestration of multiple BPM products and architectural deliverables.
• Provide expertise in determining the strategic technical direction and the System Architecture from a WebSphere BPM perspective for the GFSI initiative. Organized a JAD Session to complete a BPM tier Design.
• Organize and conduct meetings and conference calls with technical teams that include senior leaders, business partners and vendors.
• Participant in review and revisions of Vendor(s) Statement of Work
• Mentor and provide WID technical assistance, educational support and resource references to associates.
• Developing additional applicable technical training materials for WebSphere Integration Development.
• Partner with Technical Managers to review and evaluate deliverables from Modeling and Integration Development teams.
• Participate in planning, organizing and mapping applicable activities for Modeling and Integration Development.
• Endured the awesome task of understanding and completing the BankofAmerica Software Ordering process and have submitted the form for approval.
• Initiated the start of a Proof of Concept to define and illustrate the overall execution of the end-to-end implementation of the GFSI solution from a SOA and Business Process Integration perspective. This includes the Integration handshakes and Analytics of the IBM Business Model Framework team to the WebSphere Business Modeling team with its Modeler Publishing Server to the WebSphere Integration Developer team to WebSphere Business Monitoring services.
• Coordinated and conducted the initial business meetings with key bank and vendor resources to facilitate shared efforts in support of the GFSI Proof of Concept and have begun development of a detailed project plan to scope and deliver the same.

 Nashville, TN

WebSphere Business Integration Architect

• Provided overall vision and direction to the Global Enterprise Architecture Team around the installation, configuration, deployment and administrative roles around WPS and WESB for clustered environments on AIX. Validated Build Book accuracy by installing and configuring WPS and WESB.
• Designed, Built, Deployed and Tested BPEL Processes and Mediation Flows to prove complex functionality for all business requirements on the proposed architecture
• Configured synchronous and asynchronous SOAP\HTTP exports into WPS\WESB
• Configured the same for JMS Queues (Connection Factories, Activation Specs, LDAP)
• Configure the same for XML\HTTP imports to backend mainframe systems via HostBridge
• Configured SAP Adapter for IDOC’s and BAPI’s
• Configured PeopleSoft Adapter for Messaging Agent API’s
• Developed Deployment Strategies for usage via Jython Scripts
• Developed custom JSP’s, Java Script, Servlets, WebService Clients, WSDL importation
• Developed Dynamic Security Strategies for processing messages with embedded credentials
• Responsibilities include project planning, project management, technical assessment, strategy development, vendor management of off shore development teams, technical sales to C Level Executives.

 Charlotte, NC

Senior Technical Specialist

• Work with Business Partners to turn Technical Business Integration (BI) challenges into software delivery solutions.
• Defined the overall approach from an Architectural perspective on both the Process Server and Integration component levels.
• Developed an Error Handling Framework for all deployable modules for workflow reporting purposes
• Served as Technical Lead for a small team of three BI Consultants
• Developed Training Manuals and conducted training for client based resources
• Configured Interface Bindings for Integration between Oracle ERP and SAP via Oracle’s Open Interface Tables and SAP’s IDOC’s
• Worked with various Lines of Business to determine the most appropriate mediation procedures given their complex messaging formats

Charlotte, NC

 Business Integration Architect 

• Manage and accountable for technical components around Proof of Concept initiatives. Responsibilities include project planning, technical assessment, strategy development as well as identification of key stakeholders. Lead and manage technical resources, business requirements, client expectations, trace concepts, gap analysis, establish and drive project success criteria and risk mitigations.
• Design and coordinate Technical Architectural Workshops and training sessions around Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), IT Governance, Integration Issues Management and Resolutions for key decision makers.
• Document and Post Best Practices and Reusable Integration Components to IBM team boards.
• Prepare and present WebSphere Business Integration (WBI) technical sales presentations for key client engagements. Conduct Business Integration Opportunity Assessments and Readiness Plans to increase client’s Return on Investment (ROI). Answer Request for Information (RFI) and Request for Proposals (RFP).
• Lead WBI Architectural white board discussions and tools demonstrations which required knowledge transfer to the IBM Technical Sales Executives to qualify leads for technical sales opportunities.
• Participation in successful integration of Web Services, Mainframe, Trading Partner, EDI Interfaces, Unix Applications and ERP systems such as Oracle Applications, People Soft and SAP.
• Responsible for Full LCD of custom Adapters, Maps, Business Process Collaborations, and other WBI components using Java and C++ to meet client’s business requirements. Installation and configuration of all WBI tools and supporting software infrastructure (DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, MQ, CORBA
• Train and mentor others around WBI products. Demonstrated understanding of CORBA, MQ, HTTP, JMS, J2EE, SCA and SOA Architecture Strategies, numerous message formats and Industry Standards such as SOAP, XML, EDI X12, fixed width, delimited and other self defining data.

Charlotte, NC 

Software Developer

• Developed an interface for viewing Account Information within a Web Based Application using Microsoft Visual C++ v6.0 and Microsoft Foundation Class. This application performs Oracle database calls through COM Objects and supports First Union 401k investors and contributors.
• Designed and developed a loan distribution utility tool to automate the 401k Contribution Refund process using Microsoft Visual C++ v5.0 and Borland’s Delphi 2.0. This application increased speed, reliability and accuracy of processing by reducing manual keystrokes by more than 80%. This application assisted management in the realignment of several full time employees and more than 300 monthly overtime hours. The project was recommended for an Excellence Award by upper level Management.
• Implemented several utilities to update, query and insert data between multiple Access, Btrieve and Oracle databases using Visual Basic v4.0, Visual C++ v4.2 and Delphi v2.0.