SUMMARY

Professional experience includes over eleven years as a technology consultant for a large global technology firm and as an independent consultant specializing in enterprise application integration (EAI). Experience consists of administrative, architectural, design, development, and leadership roles across all phases of the implementation life cycle for multiple projects.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Chicago, IL 5/2006-Present

Consultant - Architect/Developer

• Project work for U.S.G (5/06-5/08) and the Solo Cup Company (6/08-8/10), JPMC (12/10-Present)
• Performed responsibilities as interface designer and developer, application administrator, application architect, integration architect, and lead (advisory and resource management).
• Designed, developed, tested, and supported new and existing interfaces to/from Oracle databases (JDBC), SAP (RFC and IDOC), Oracle Applications (JDBC), PeopleSoft (JDBC), Manugistics (JDBC), BAAN (flat file), QAD (flat file), Mainframe (CICS, MQ, and flat file), EDI (numerous standards), and to/from external partners via flat file and XML (OAG, web services/SOAP, and custom) via webMethods.
• Performed as integration architect for phone payment system integrating six systems responsible for payment confirmation and notification, entitlements, reporting, and system monitoring. Integration spanned java based platforms (web services/SOAP), Microsoft based platforms (web services/SOAP), 3rd party vendor (web services/SOAP), and legacy systems (MQ and NDM/flat file).
• Architected, designed, and executed upgrade of integration platform, and coordinated effort with related technical teams (applications, infrastructure, security, and operations), testing resources, and business users. Provided reusable assets to execute upgrades as an ongoing effort.
• Authored technical design specification documents and worked with functional business users to help guide requirements based on the technology available.
• Created presentations and documentation on improving the project development process, training employee resources, adherence to standards, and guides for troubleshooting common issues.
• Re-designed/developed and tuned multiple existing interfaces for improved performance.
• Advised the clients on their Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) endeavors.

Assistant Vice President / Applications Development Analyst - Advisory

• Worked with the internal consulting group as a webMethods subject matter expert for multiple projects.
• Acted as single point of contact across multiple internal projects and assisted other teams in architecting and designing their future business processes according to specific requirements.
• Designed, developed, tested, and supported new and existing interfaces to/from Oracle databases (JDBC), Mainframe (CICS, MSMQ), WebSphere (web services/SOAP), FileNet (web services/SOAP, HTTP) via webMethods.
• Created reusable toolsets and documentation for project reporting, code versions, UDDI registration, and server statistics.
• Developed within SOA, creating web services for accessing data from multiple systems of record.
• Defined web service versioning strategy to allow upgrades and improvements without affecting existing clients.
• Advocated best practices and standard naming conventions across all projects.

Consultant - Architect/Developer

• Project work for W.W. Grainger (3/02-7/02) and Hewlett Packard (8/02-12/03)
• Performed responsibilities as interface designer and developer, application architect, integration architect, and lead (advisory).
• Designed, developed, tested, and supported new and existing interfaces to/from SQL Server databases (JDBC), and to/from external partners via XML (xCBL, cXML, RosettaNet, BVXML, Vista, and Rightworks), and to/from third party applications (Commerce One, Ariba, Broadvision) via webMethods.
• Redesigned their integration environment to implement a canonical to assist in standardizing processing, error handling and logging procedures.
• Functioned as a liaison between the webMethods development team and the business process design team, gathering and analyzing requirements and encouraging standardization across both teams.
• Created the to-be designs by gathering requirements and analyzing current state business processes
• Designed cross-referencing capabilities to track completed (purchase to invoice) transactions.
• Architected and designed the integration for the processing numerous inbound and outbound external partner documents.

Enterprise Application Integration Architecture and Development

• Conducted a software selection to determine appropriate EAI product to fit business needs.
• Designed and developed integration between EDI transactions and Commerce One’s Marketsite via the webMethods Integration Server, mapping to the xCBL canonical.
• Worked as the team’s webMethods’ subject matter expert to guide coding standards and architecture planning.
• Planned and facilitated meetings and training sessions.
• Created test plans and managed testing team resources.

Business-to-Business (B2B) Strategy and Planning

• Involved as a core team member with planning the strategy of a leading B2B marketplace from the original inception of the company to its successful completion of business transactions.
• Involved as subject matter expert for other B2B marketplace startups.
• Worked closely with project managers to define business processes and recommend strategies for our clients.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Accounting - Concentration in Information Systems