Proven IT leader with the ability to make good investment decisions and use IT to enable strategy and gain more value from IT. A top-performing senior IT and business professional with proven experience building and managing onsite and offshore teams while leading concurrent mission critical projects for Fortune 500 clients. Lead teams in developing startup incubation programs, defining and executing large-scale IT processes, reengineering business transformation efforts, and ensuring programs, projects, and investments align with business priorities. Successfully develop Enterprise Architecture, strategic multi -year roadmaps, and IT and business capabilities. Extensive expertise conducting IT assessments, reducing costs, and developing business strategies designed to gain the most value from IT and take advantage of emerging technologies like cloud, social media, big data, mobility, and E-commerce. Successfully apply innovative and entrepreneurial spirit and utilize effective communication skills to collaborate with team members, stakeholders, clients, and executives.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• Responsible for developing and implementing business IT development strategies, enterprise and solution architecture and startup programs, in addition to delivering product development services to both Fortune 500 and startup clients.
• Defined digital strategy and executed online efforts including web design, front-end development, custom web and mobile application design and development, search engine strategy and optimization and social media marketing implementations.
• Managed and led the various accepts of product and business development of a cloud based digital marketing platform PinPoiynt using context-aware, web, mobile and big data technologies.
• Consulting on all aspects of the business development activates including software partnerships, Go-To market approach, competitive analysis, licensing and service provider deals, product development strategy and roadmaps.
• Overseen the development and implementation of big data extract capabilities.
• Utilized technologies like IBM Initiate, Ab Initio, Oracle, and TIBCO during a major MDM and SOA reengineering effort for Allstate.

• Created and implemented numerous complex IT projects for clients like Kohl's and Sears. Actively involved in pre-sales activities for eCommerce, big data, mobility, and single customer view/MDM space, in addition to recruiting and supervising team members. Facilitated communications between strategic partners and vendors, enabling service lines to ensure timely project delivery.
• Consulted with clients regarding ATG E-commerce re-platforms, Omni-Channel experience, real time cross-channel offers, and holiday readiness and capacity planning initiatives.
• Oversaw onsite and offshore teams during the E-commerce program delivery for the Kohl's account, leading the implementation of marketing campaigns and multi-channel enablement of call center utilizing cloud, social media, TIBCO ESB, and E-commerce technologies. Executed digital strategy that drove online and mobile revenues.
• Acted as lead on Sears Chairman's key marketing initiative for local publishing program, which combined local digital content with traditional advertising flyers to deliver localized ads to customers using Sears' and Kmart's E-commerce web and mobile channels. Provided merchants and marketing teams ability
• to optimize offers and pricing at the store level. Utilized open source and big data technologies like Hadoop Ecosystem, Jboss, Drools, JBPM, MySQL, and Cent OS.
• Conducted feasibility analyses and developed overall approach and technical solutions for RFPs, proposals, IT outsourcing, and IT deals, and delivered solution presentations to prospects and existing clients in support of pre-sale activities.
• Led the team that delivered Innovative Tech Concepts for Omni-Channel Experience, which was showcased at the NRF National Retail Federation conference in 2012.

• Successfully developed enterprise and solution architecture that adhered to customer architectural principles, policies, and standards. Worked to reduce IT complexity and increase business flexibility by defining and executing Future State Architecture. Successfully developed foundational capabilities to enable Information Architecture.
• Executed an IT Enterprise Architecture Strategy and target state conceptual architecture, collaborating to develop enterprise information regulations and standards.
• Led the Data Movement Integration Hub solution implementation designed to support future state information architecture and facilitate business growth utilizing IBM's Infosphere suite to define inbound and outbound interfaces to external/internal systems.
• Led solution architecture for Operational Data Store, ITHM reporting, ERISA 5500 projects, and SQL server upgrades. Oversaw the Blue Healthcare Intelligence national data warehouse solution for HCSC local plans.
• Collaborated on the development of internal external facing applications using IBM Portal technology.
• Designed and developed enterprise SOA services and ESB components using canonical modeling approach. Evaluated and adopted Canonical Model Management CMM tool to build and manage information models for the enterprise.
• Led the development of reference architecture, patterns, and frameworks for Common Portal foundation and integration services. Implemented an IT Roadmap based on an updated HCSC Strategic Direction that incorporated Health IT for information initiatives and key data.
• Conducted gap analysis, defined multi-year roadmaps, assessed the current state, and developed future state in preparation of HCSC Operational excellence, earning the CIO Excellence Award.

• Oversaw and led architecture design for multiple E- commerce websites like Sears.com, NTB.com, TGI.com, managing budgets from 1 million to 25 million, and developing and implementing complex multi-tier online E-commerce solutions. Successfully implemented enterprise EAI platform, enterprise transactional database, conducted process gap analysis and business process engineering, and led the design and development of several Enterprise initiatives. Responsible for managing costs, performing strategic business case justification within online, supply chain, CRM, product repair services, marketing, and enterprise architecture areas.
• Successfully defined and executed the Chairman and CIO award-winning project Fusion-Transfer-Sale, which enabled online order and store pickup and captured 40 of sales in a 2 billion online business.
• Played key role on the core Architecture/Project team, leading the solution for Enterprise Selling Program, which replaced several legacy point of sale applications across multiple business units with a program budget of 300 million.
• Implemented call center automation strategy, facilitating POS services for Sears.com, reducing costs by 25 . Oversaw multi-channel Enterprise Gift Registry platform utilizing IBM Websphere Commerce Services and offshore teams. Also, led Brand Development tools project, which remediated servers with old technology.
• Led Sears credit web team's integration through reengineering infrastructure, recommending performance improvements, and testing software and IDE tool.
• Directed technical solutions for CRM department's Customer Data Warehouse of 100M households, utilizing Microstrategy platform on Teradata warehouse to implement Market Basket Reports.
• Created solution and project estimates for real-time central inventory systems and credit card authorizations for Sears online in compliance with enterprise strategy and architecture.
• Participated in Kmart and Sears merger by planning system integration, conducting pre-gate analysis, and providing technical options for reverse transfer sale and rebates for Sears online projects.
• Established consistent delivery of IT solutions by defining Analysis Design Workflow.
• Led the redesign of regional replenishment center applications and supply chain processes, including automating receiving, slotting, put-away, and let-down processes in regional warehouses.
• Oversaw frontend and backend vertical IT teams, delivering applications, backend integration, and Java frameworks for Sears online, in addition to overseeing design and execution of order management and fulfillment system.
• Redesigned call load scheduling system, migrating key legacy mainframe components to J2EE Application and integrating the system with ESRI mapping software to promote call center automation.
• Spearheaded the team responsible for rewriting product summary page in Java server page technology.

• Designed, developed, and implemented multiple complex IT projects and initiatives for clients like Motorola and Sears.
• Developed a web-based self-service HR and employee salary planning system application for Motorola.
• Played key role on the team that re-launched of Sears.com, including taking Sears.com from a Net Commerce Application server to a Broad Vision Application server.
• Successfully developed backend applications for Sears' online fulfillment system, including backend functionality for gift card processing and integrating E-commerce with legacy mainframe systems.
• Implemented a new platform, and designed, developed, and implemented HSX.com utilizing a NetDynamics Application server, in addition to developing the functionality to trade virtual stocks, options, and funds.

• Responsible for providing healthcare technology consulting utilizing multiple technologies to successfully achieve objectives.
• Implemented large-scale Y2K compliance initiative in support of mission-critical operational systems.
• Developed key modules for STAR, the claims and Medicare system for Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota. Oversaw transition from legacy COBOL and Macro Assembler system to Java legacy, and VSAM files to Oracle

database.

• Responsible for developing and implementing essential IT solutions, including developing a sophisticated, reliable, and secure corporate Intranet, which acted as a repository for all company- related information like projects, employee profiles, policies, HR documents, and inventory administration, and also featured bulletin boards and discussion groups for Lutheran Brother Hood Insurance company.
• Installed and administered HTTP web and Database servers Oracle and mSQL , with internet security and firewall management on WindowsNT4.0 platforms.
• Developed an interface to download software, presentation materials, computer-based training and tutorials, and other online documents as needed.
• Designed and implemented a GUI application for Intelligent Information Systems.
• Successfully designed and implemented online data transactions/Dynamic Web Pages with C API to backend databases mSQL/Oracle servers .
• Successfully developed multiple modules and applications, in addition to establishing an email system using Lotus Notes Domino.
• Developed and maintained a hospital maintenance application as well as an inventory control application and sales order/purchase application for the garment industry.
• Developed a shipping management system interface module for a transportation company.

TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES

Programming: C, C , CGI, CICS, Cobol, HTML, Java, Java Script, J2EE, MVS/JCL, .Net, Pascal, PERL, Shell Scripts, SQL, UML, XML

Databases: Oracle, SQL Server, DB2, Informix, UDB, Teradata, PostGreSql, Mysql, ArcSDE

Application Servers: Middle Ware: NetDynamics, Broad Vision, WebSphere, Magneto, Websphere Portal, Apache Tomcat, JRUN, JBOSS, ArcIMS, MQ series, JBOSS, LDAP, WBIMB, WBI, WSGW, TIBCO Business Works, Web services Operating Systems: UNIX: IBM AIX, HP-UX, SUN Solaris Linux: Red Hat, Cent OS, Ubuntu WINDOWS: NT, server, XP, ME Hardware Platforms: IBM Dell PC compatibles IBM pSeries, zSeries mainframe NCR Kiosks Symbol RF Wireless devices Sun Enterprise 10K Ultra SPARC Stations IBM SAN HP, IBM RS6000 IBM Blade Centers

Appliances: DataPower, DataAllegro, Teradata

Information Integration: IBM InfoSphere Information Server, Master Data Management MDM , Big Data, Hadoop

Packages Tools: Enterprise Architect, Power Builder, Rational Rose, Rational Clear Quest, Rational Clear Case, Rational Unified Process, Business Objects, Microstrategy, PVCS, PMT, CVS, Visio, Requisite Pro, VAJ, JBUILDER, WSAD, RSA

• The Association for Operations Management APICS Enterprise Architecture Executive Council EAEC Investment Banking Financial Markets Association IBFMA Association of Loyola Entrepreneurs Loyola Strategic Consulting Club Beta Gamma Sigma International Honor Society