Chief / Principal Architect Resume

SUMMARY:

I've worked in technology for over 15 years, beginning my career in development at one of the world’s first internet service providers. My observations from a development perspective inspired me to become a thought leader for disruptive and innovative change, this evolved over time into an architecture focused career path.
My career matured into multi - discipline and multi-domain architecture roles at various companies, ranging from smaller web startups and advertising agencies to Fortune 100 global enterprises.
I have utilized TOGAF, SEI, ITIL and in-house architecture methodologies to successfully transform and uplift business capabilities on over 200 projects and programs, including emerging technology and lead architect roles on programs exceeding $1B in budget.
My goal is to improve IT at an enterprise level by utilizing my knowledge in architectural practices, technology and process experience, and insight into disruptive technologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Chief / Principal Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Principal and Chief Architect for Confidential, Strategic Business Solutions, servicing national clients such as Confidential and Confidential with ~$1 Billion in annual revenue. Service areas include construction waste, recycling, diversion, logistics, and more.
Management of architecture team to solution, architect, and deliver projects and programs beneficial to the business.
Architecture governance, guidance, and road-mapping for a complex brokerage and logistics ecosystem with over 100 dependent systems.
Notable catalysts of architecture improvement include (see right)
Analysis and conceptual architecture for potential uses of AI, machine learning, or visual cognitive services to automate manual processes at Confidential .

Senior Enterprise and Platform Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Sr. Enterprise Solution Architect with alignment to Business/Commercial Insurance, providing enterprise technology strategy, insight, and guidance for 26+ Confidential business units covering $18~ billion in annual revenue.
OAI-sys (Operations, Architect and Infrastructure Systems) Enterprise Solution Architect accountable for emerging technology strategy on Confidential largest IT program ever executed.
Executing and authoring various enterprise technology strategies such as PaaS (Platform as a Service), Cloud Application Architecture, Video Streaming & Conferencing, API Management and Voice across all lines of business.
Chair of Cloud Application Readiness Architecture Working Group and Domain Team. Responsible for evangelizing the architecture and use of on premise Pivotal Cloud Foundry and various tooling across the enterprise of over 2000+ applications.
Leading and assisting in Proof of Technologies (POCs) such as Virtual Reality (GearVR/Oculus Rift/Unity), 3D Scanning (Intel Realsense/Google Project Tango), and Augmented Reality.
Participation and facilitation of various LOB (Line of Business) architecture peer reviews utilizing SEI ATAM process at request from Enterprise CIO.
Review and govern requested application platform and tooling requests across the enterprise through product reviews.

Governance Board

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Architecture council and review for enterprise capital committee on programs ranging in scope of 10M to 150M in individual budget.
Creation and maturation of Architecture Governance and Compliance for 55+ AGILE teams in enterprise.
Execute and innovate the Architecture Technical Review Process (ATRP) by leading and conducting program, project and application reviews in alignment to TOGAF 9 Architecture Governance & Architecture Compliance framework best practices.
Collaborate with business and technology stakeholders in preparing for enterprise architecture reviews.
Document architecture review decisions and maintain repository of governance decisions, project and application review findings.
Partner and collaborate with Confidential architects in application, data, technology, security and other disciplines to resolve architectural dispensations.
Assist in maturing the Enterprise Architecture capability by developing architecture process, tools and templates and integrating with Confidential ’s SDLC.
Mentor and coach peers on enterprise architecture best practices to drive to a mature enterprise architecture capability.

Enterprise Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Producer Onboarding
Contract Management
Incentive Systems
Producer/Agent Info.
Agency Information
Agent Contracts
Agent Licensing & Appointments
Agent Onboarding
Regulatory Compliance
Agent Policy Transfers.
Responsible and accountable for the system architecture, technical risk/debt/currency, architecture roadmaps strategy.
Application of various ADM (Architect Development Methodology) concepts to develop and maintain architecture repository, principles, guidelines and vision.
Completion of the Enterprise Architect Value Project, accurately cataloging over 200 IS Services and other TOGAF metamodel data into the enterprise architecture repository.
Member of the highest rated Gallup engagement score team in the Confidential.
Over 100+ work requests and projects completed, successful and notable projects include:
Enterprise Data Virtualization using Denodo
Enterprise Contract Management using Emptoris
Centralized Licensing using RegEd
Exclusive & Independent Agent Contracts
Social Networking Data
Producer Information Master Data Management
Engagement with dozens of various business units and leaders across the enterprise. Contract negotiation and vendor relation engagements.