Experience and Skills

I am an IT professional with over 30 years of experience. I have performed in various roles from CIO, Project Mgr, Architect, Business Analyst, and Software Engineer.

Software Development

• For 20 yrs I've employed Object Oriented Analysis and Design techniques on software projects. I have been architecting and designing Service Oriented systems SOA since the early days of COM. I advocate multi - layered structure/s, and architectural frames for cross cutting concerns. I architect and design for security, performance, maintenance, and scalability, among other concerns. I have architected and/or designed and/or coded enterprise applications and I've worked to web-enable legacy applications and to build new enterprise intranet/internet web applications.
• I have practical experience utilizing the following technologies: C, ASP.net, SQL Server 2005/8/12, XML, SOAP, Web Services, WSE 3.0, Visual Studio Team System Team Suite, Team Foundation Server TFS, Windows Communication Foundation WCF services, UML modeling, Enterprise Application Integration EAI tools BizTalk, MQSeries, EntireX, and Oracle. I've modeled large enterprise business solutions from Pension Systems to Fraud Case Management Systems.
• I've employed or participated in projects that have used multiple SDLCs MSF, Agile, Scrum, RAD, variations on RUP, and various proprietary mythologies from large consulting companies.

MIS Management

• For over nine years I served as CIO in banks, with as much as two billion dollars in assets, managing staffs as large as eighty five personnel and worked for Chairmen of Boards, Presidents and Senior Executive Management to define business needs, strategy, and policy. Prepared one, three and five year Information Technology plans to provide solutions and implementations to meet those business needs4
• Supervised and trained staffs of technical professionals as large as 39 software engineers, quality assurance and infrastructure
• Managed multi-million dollar software development budgets as Application Architect and/or Technical Project Manager
• Perform 1-3-5 year IT planning. Performed budget Management by Objective MBO . Managed multiple vendors and contractors involved in various IT projects from hardware purchase and installation to various business software implementations.
• Worked across multiple business units to define business requirements and needs for hardware and software as well as customer services.

Technology

Skill

C, ASP.Net, .Net, WCF, Web

Sql Server, Oracle, Business Intelligence

BizTalk, WebSphere, MQSeries, EntireX, Integration

Life Cycle Management of Software Development

Work Experiences:

Confidential

Approximately 40 hrs per month on maintenance and enhancement of Alaska Northern Courier Dispatch System and a couple of my Cloud Service customer's applications.

Skills: ASP.Net, C, MVC, Sql Server 2012, WCF

Designed and built a Dispatch Service for a small courier business. The system tracks packages, drivers, has a portal for customers to order delivery and other capabilities.

Skills: ASP.Net MVC, C, Sql Server 2008, WCF

• Ward Associates Apr 09 Mar 10 business sold
• Started and operated a Hosting-In-The-Cloud service for small business collaboration
• Freelance Online application development
• Web static and dynamic pages and background processing

Skills: Planning, architect UML Modeling, Sql Server 2005/2008, MySQL, C, .Net 3.5, ASP.net, WCF, VS Studio 2008, DOTNetNuke, and CoffeeCup

• Initialized an online eCommerce application in the DotNetNuke framework
• Performed freelance work from Web bidding on software projects: A project time sheet an email scrubbing program track voting by demographics, among other small applications
• Providing design, support, and maintenance for small applications

Skills: .Net v3.5, C, Sql Server 2005, UML, ASP.Net, ASP

Confidential

Solutions Architect

I worked as part of team utilizing Agile methodology building a new legacy product in support of Secretaries of State offices in state government. I was responsible for interfacing the legacy application with third party applications. We utilized a custom framework employing Microsoft Enterprise Library, and custom components in conjunction with Windows Communication Foundation WCF, Windows Work Flow WWF, and VS 2008, Team Foundation Server, .Net 3.5, and C .

Skills: Planning and Analysis, C, .Net 3.5, WCF, WWF, Agile, Visual Studio 2008

Confidential

Sr. Software Engineer

Microsoft Project Information Worker Scope Gap Analysis IWS

I was responsible for bringing the project to a successful conclusion utilizing Scrum meetings, analysis, and providing the solution with a Work Breakdown Structures WBS . The original IWS program is presented as an Excel application. We were to convert that to a Web Application and redefine some of the rules of calculation by adding some new requirements.

Skills: Planning and Analysis, C, .Net 3.5, UML Modeling, Sql Server 2005, Web Services, Windows Communication Foundation, Team Foundation Server, Excel, MS Project 2008, Office 2007

Confidential

Solution Architect

State Farm, Web Technologies Component Division

Provide analysis and governance for migrating VB6 applications to J2EE and .Net. Duties are interfacing with multiple projects to track status and condition of migration. In addition I functioned in a consulting role to provide strategy and direction for the Web Technologies Component.

Skills: Planning and Analysis, UML modeling, C, VB6, VB.Net, Sql Server 2005, WebSphere, Web Services

Confidential

Sr. Software Engineer, Data Integration/Interfaces

LaborReady, Inc

Designing and implementing model based services employing WCF Windows Communication Foundation for systems and subsystems for LaborReady's core business application. In addition the client applications are being developed using MSFT's Enterprise Library Smart Client technologies CAB .

Skills: C v3.0, Sql 05, T-Sql, WCF Windows Communication Foundation, Web Services

Confidential

Solutions Architect

Microsoft, Performance Point Server 2007 New Microsoft Product on Redmond Campus

Working as a Solutions Architect with and supporting Technology Adapter Program TAP partners and customers.

Skills: Sql Server 2005, Sql Server Analysis Service, Sql Server Integration Service, BI Management Studio, JavaScript, C, MDX, T-SqlConfidential

Solutions Architect

Madigan Army Medical Center Regional Informatics Division, Ft Lewis, WA

Established a Software Development Life Cycle SDLC for the two development teams employed at the Madigan Regional Informatics Division. Provide consulting and project management on various medical clinical applications. Participate, as Sr Software Engineer, in coding efforts as part of a development team.

Skills: VS 2005 Team System Architect, Developer and Test additions, C, JavaScript, BI, Sql Server 2005/2000, TSQL, Web Services, Microsoft Reporting Services, Oracle 9i PL/SQL, Team Foundation Server.

Confidential

Sr. Information Technology Advisor

USAID Iraqi Economics Governance II project

The expected deliverables where Ensure an off-site data management system is functional Ensure an off-site bank supervision system is functional Submit recommendations for a modern Management Information Systems MIS to the Central Bank of Iraq Complete assessment and design of the long-term Information Technology infrastructure requirement for the Central Bank of Iraq Complete assessment and design of the long-term Information Technology Infrastructure requirement for state banks.

Confidential

Technology Architect

At Microsoft MS I was part of a team working on a strategic project to consolidate MS customers into a single 360 view of the customer's relationship with MS. It is estimated that the follow on projects will exceed 25M in cost. I built the Application Architecture for this strategic phase.

Skills: .Net Architecture, UML, VISIO

Confidential

Web Developer

Building Interfaces from security scans, vulnerability findings, to a Security Portal Archer . The project is a short term project ending at the end of year merger between Cingular ATT Wireless.

Skills: OOA OOD, C, ADO.Net, JavaScript, Sql Server, Oracle, Web Service, ASP.Net

Confidential

Software Architect

Provided OOA/OOD Architecture and Design artifacts for three Web applications, in the Manufacturing Industry, and coded parts of all three with C ASP.Net. These systems interfaced with the Enterprise Application Infrastructure, Iway BizTalk, to access Manugistics Transportation Manger, SAP and four legacy systems.

Skills: MSF, OOA/OOD, C, ADO.Net, ASP.Net, JavaScript, Sql 2K, Oracle 9, Iway, BizTalk, REST ful services

Confidential

Software Architect

This engagement was for the Administration of the Courts in Washington State. Employed Microsoft Solutions Framework process models to capture requirements and business rules, create Conceptual and Logical Architecture and design, Use Cases Functional Speciation.

Skills: MSF, OOA/OOD, UML, VISIO, MS Project 2003

Confidential

Software Architect Technical Lead GM Group Inc. Puerto Rico

Analyzed an in process project to build Tax Processing Applications. Responsibility for reviewing RFP, Technical Solution and Statement of Work and making various recommendations for meeting contractual obligations by defining Architecture and System Design Models for these applications. This Architecture and design had to conform to Microsoft Best Practices and Patterns. As Architect and Technical Lead mentoring developers to understand and follow the models and to help developers code the design requirements.

Skills: OOA/OOD, UML, C, JavaScript, SQL Server, VISIO and .Net Framework

Confidential

Architect/Senior Developer

Analyzed and modeled business processes, modeled data-flow, and architected database solution for both Windows Desktop and Web-based database systems.

Projects: A membership application to track gym members, their attendance, fees and their purchases A soccer season management tool to track team members, coaches, schedule games and fields and identify schedule conflicts A financial trading system that took stock symbols, applied trading rules and performed money management and portfolio management for the investor.

Skills: OOA/OOD, C, VB.Net, JavaScript, Web solutions, T-Sql, Sql2K

Confidential

Development Lead

Evaluated the architecture and design for a sales compensation application, provided advice and counsel to the project team and provided technical reviews for SQL Server T-SQL and WinForm rules and implementation.

Skills: OOA/OOD, Client Server, VB.Net, WinForms, ASP.Net

Confidential

Director of IT Integration

Architect Consultant at WA Labor Industry

• For Labor Industries planned movement from a DNA Architecture to a .Net Architecture I provided a .Net Architecture and presented this Architecture via Enterprise Templates. I helped the agency define best practices for coding and use of the .Net Technology as well as the use of patterns. Additionally I introduced the agency to several tools and techniques that would allow them to create prototypes and production applications in a fraction of the time than with standard development methods. I introduced the agency to application modeling via VISIO and UML diagrams.
• Staff Augmentation as Senior Application Architect for Labor and Industries, Pensions Division
• Leading a team of 7, mainframe, web developers and customer leads architecting, designing and building a 2.3M 4000 function point project to re-engineer the Pensions Benefit System into an architecture that was a layered, loosely coupled distributed web based application. It supports over 18,000 pensioners and manages 345M in annual payments. I lead requirements gathering JADS individual interviews, realizing our use cases, and completed conceptual and logical designs using UML, VISIO, SQL Server, VSS.
• I took on the major component functionality package Financial Model and coded over 23K lines of VB 6, ASP, COM, ADO, XML, SQL Server, WebSphere MQSeries, REST ful service
• Introduced and mentored the project team in using object oriented design, analysis and construction techniques multi-tier, loosely coupled, serviced based models utilizing XML and SQL Server as data sources from component to component and for some, within. Using Use Cases, UML Models and other diagrams.

Skills: VS.6, VB.6, ASP, COM, ADO, XML, JavaScript, SQL Server, VSS, VISIO, UML, OOA, OOD, EAI WebSphere MQSeries

Confidential

Consulting Application Architect contract 60 days

I mentored a small team of developers in employing Microsoft's new .Net technology using Object oriented techniques in analysis, design and construction.

Skills: VS.Net, VB.Net, ASP.Net, JavaScript, ADO.Net, SQL Server 2000, OOA, OOD, UML, XML, VISIO, VSS

Confidential

Senior Application Architect/Consultant

Lead a team of 4 developers in analyzing performance deficiencies with traces, logs and other SQL Server tools as well as business logic implementation for a large Dot Com company that had implemented an online application using VB.6, ASP, COM, ADO, SQL Server, VSS. We determined performance bottlenecks were in the design and implementation of the online application. In particular the application had 40 of its business logic in ASP and 60 of its business logic in stored procedures in the database. I lead this team in coding modifications VB.6 and re-engineered stored procedures for the application to improve performance. On this engagement I decomposed the business logic in the stored procedures, and interpreted this logic for the domain components.

• I analyzed, designed and built a global, multi-lingual application using VB.6, ASP, COM, ADO and SQL Server for a major IT firm in CO utilizing Object Oriented Analysis and Design paradigms and an Architecture based on the DNA model. This application is to be used by this firm's offices around the world to manage and implement online newsletters. The analysis and design was done using Object Oriented Analysis and Design techniques documenting models with UML in VISIO and SQL Server. I coded VB.6 components and stored procedures for various parts of this application,.

Skills: VS.6, VB.6, ASP, COM, JavaScript, ADO, XML, SQL Server, VSS, VISIO, UML, OOA, OOD

Confidential

Senior Consultant/Solutions Architect

Business Developer on eBusiness Business Development Team

• Focused on building solutions around Microsoft's DNA technology COM/MTS, COM, VB.6, ADO, ASP, SQL Server, UML, OOA, OOD, VISIO, VSS and integrating Legacy applications with LAN/WAN distributed systems utilizing various Compaq products for EAI integration and transaction management.
• Led a team of 10 developers in a multi-million dollar effort to design and build Microsoft DNA solutions utilizing COM/MTS, COM, VB.6, ADO, ASP, SQL Server and VSS, for 13 applications in a Law Enforcement Environment with the United States Postal Inspection Service. I presented an Architecture to Model the DNA structure, defined best practices and introduced the agency to UML modeling and patterns.
• Lead Architect in bid process and participated in decision committees deciding whether or not we should bid the contract.
• Was architect on a committee preparing a bid for building the voting system in the House of Representatives. I analyzed existing infrastructure, data flow and system capacity by mapping the network topology, building data flow diagrams, identifying functional models and estimate WBS work breakdown structures . With this bid I provided a high level conceptual, logical models and design to replace the old system. On various architectural projects, I participated in multiple bid processes responding with WBS estimates and conceptual designs UML artifacts .

Skills: VS.6, VB.6, ASP, Javascript, COM, ADO, SQL Server, VSS, OOA, OOD, UML

Confidential

Systems Architect/Project Mgr

• Created and lead a 10 member software development/integration team coding Agency wide applications in VB, Access, ASP and SQL Server
• Use of COBOL and ADABAS Natural to interface with ADABAS for financial application integration
• Defined standards, tools and skill sets, architecture and infrastructure by employing industry best practices and personal experience
• Coordination and collaboration with all the various lines of business within the agency and with other federal agencies presenting/Demonstrating our applications and and explaining how they where built with VB.5, PC COBOL, Access DB, converted to SQL Server
• Started supplying EDI services with agency Trading Partners by becoming familiar with X12 documents, mapping, and transmitting transactions and evaluating various EDI packages
• Established an Administrative IntraNet encompassing 12 regional sites nationwide and 48,000 employees with ASP, Access and SQL Server
• Enhancing IntraNet to be the information delivery vehicle for all administrative actions by doing web transfers FTP, HTTP with heterogonous databases, SQL Server, at 12 remote locations
• Establishing an information store for all types of info Access, SQL Server, DONTS
• Providing foundation for collaborative projects by documenting on-line with VB, ASP, Access, SQL Server
• Providing capability for digital signatures secure certificates by employing Key Server
• Providing capability for training via the IntraNet telecons, videoconference, whiteboard, etc. using NetMeeting
• Developed and implemented 5 national systems used by agency employees at 12 regional sites, user base from 100 to 6000 users per application using VB.3/5/6, ASP, COM/MTS, ADO, DAO, Access, SQL Server
• Desktop client/server applications that where later converted to IntraNet applications via a flexible design that followed best practices for design and implementations
• Reducing development and deployment costs browser interface and server side so no client is required
• One application reviewed, tested and used as prototype for other federal agencies

Skills: VS.3/5/6 don't remember IDE for 3, VB.3/5/6, ASP, JavaScript, DCOM, COM/MTS, COM, ADO, DAO, SQL Server, VSS, HASP, SNA, Brokers Entire Network, all for accessing mainframe data

Confidential

• Provided Strategy, Business Planning and defined Policy to banks with multi-million and multi-billion dollars in assets
• Reduced operating expenses and increased productivity at many institutions in excess of 750K
• Managed technical and clerical staff in excess of 85 personnel
• Responsible for multi-million dollar operating budgets
• Project Lead on building a new banking system with a major supplier of banking software
• Implemented training and career progression for technical staff
• Improved communications between IT and Business Managers.
• Responsible to Chairmen of the Boards, Presidents and Sr. Executive Management
• Established standards, trained staff in developing and maintaining banking applications
• Developed business opportunities to sell banking processing services to bank's customers