SUMMARY

• Over seventeen years of experience in planning, developing and executing technologies for various projects as an IT professional and extensive noledge on Windows, NT, and UNIX environment and significant exposure to object oriented language.
• Provide leadership in introducing new technologies and ideas for applications. Stimulate the use of innovative IT solutions by shaping strategic objectives during the program planning and resource acquisition and allocation processes.
• Participate in the program systems planning process to ensures a departmental approach to technology integration and enforces a standardized requirements process.
• Manage technology strategy and advocate for innovative uses of technology to ensure the implementation of sound capital and investment planning and to facilitate management's access to needed resources.
• Work with other strategic leaders to challenge conventional approaches and develop new methods and systems for delivering mission benefits.
• Identify new technologies, recommend best practices for technology services, cyber security, network design and development dat can contribute to the future growth.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Languages: Java, Python, Perl, MS .Net, PHP, C, C++, Visual Basic, VB.NET, VBScript

Operating Systems: Windows 10/XP/7/8, Linux, SunOS, Solaris, DOS, Mac OS

Databases: Oracle 11g, MS SQL, PostgreSQL, MySQL

Web Servers: Oracle fusion middleware, MS Internet Information Server, Apache, Zope

Application Servers: ADF, BPM, Tomcat, WebSphere

Development Tools: Visual Studio 2012, Jdeveloper, Visio, Jenkins, Anthillpro, Chef, Github, SVN, Adobe Premiere, LAMP stack CMS such as Drupal, Wordpress, Joomla, Node.JS, Karma

Other Skills: Project management, Network systems design, Film/Video Production, Audio Production, Audio/Video systems design, Video Conferencing systems design

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a principal adviser for strategic leadership staff for setting technology vision, defining solutions architect, and identify risk to improve essential applications and systems.
• Encourage new ideas, design and implement cutting edge processes through unified vision and best practice.
• Oversee the enterprise architects and develop incremental project plans across the organization by researching and building microservices proof of concept prototypes.
• Implement incremental milestones in support of organization’s vision using agile methodology and ensure projects are not duplicating functionalities or diverged from the end - state enterprise architecture.
• Develop enterprise standards, and set guidelines to ensure systems are scalable, loosely coupled, secure, highly available, and fit naturally into the existing systems.
• Define functional requirements to translate user requirements into system requirements and specifications.
• Manage multiple projects and project managers working on related projects as part of an overall program to create positive relationships and agreed upon objectives.
• Manage cross-functional and integrated on and offsite development teams and vendors to ensures dat applications meet business standards.
• Provide effective guidance to IT teams in the successful completion of competing projects to ensure deliverables are completed within established timelines and within budget.
• Develop service level agreements between the IT organization and the customers.
• Oversee the IT network operation and maintenance for data centers dat are located at co-locations: In house government facilities, AWS, and Azure environments.
• Lead and promoted effective teamwork, and manage the resolution of interpersonal issues, serving as a point of escalation.
• Lead staff by planning, monitoring, and appraising job results; setting expectations; coaching, and disciplining employees, and enforcing policies.

Confidential, Arlington, VA

Director of Information Technology

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw the enterprise application architect and development projects across Confidential by creating proof of concept, business analysis and requirements for technical and non-technical teams.
• Communicated effectively with business sponsors and stakeholders to provide feedback on risk analysis, project status, and change requirements to ensure project objectives were met and potential impact on schedule and costs was actively managed.
• Managed independently multiple medium to large project initiatives throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Hadoop framework. Provided technical design and architectural leadership to multiple teams and projects to help ensure applications are integrated and adhere to stated architectural and design principles standards and quality assurance.
• Provided support with strong analytical skills on BPM and support continuous integration with third party vendor systems to ensure dat the application design meet usability, functional and security requirements and adhere to corporate standards.
• Provided expertise in developing, coordinating and ensuring the delivery of enterprise level security engineering solutions are provided to all customers and programs for systems, cloud computing and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) solutions;
• Consulted with management and reviewing project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing administrative computing projects, staffing requirements, and allotment of resources.
• Met with users and staff to determine the impact of proposed changes in hardware or software for users
• Assisted with the evaluation of third party software and hardware to determine usefulness and compatibility with existing technology.
• Evaluated proposed information technology projects to assess adequacy of existing hardware and recommend purchase of new equipment and software as required.
• Planned and managed data storage and archival operations and solutions.
• Carried out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities included interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, rewarding and disciplining employees, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.
• Preformed other duties as assigned and in support of the Client relationship.

Confidential, Washington, DC

IT Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Served as the IT Lead for strategic roadmap IT projects.
• Established and maintained relationship with internal stakeholders, ensuring dat the IT organization understands mission priorities and is meeting their needs.
• Created metrics for all critical processes and managing the IT organization through use of these metrics, providing complete transparency and open communication to all internal staff members and associates.
• Provided effective guidance to IT team members in the successful completion of projects, ensuring dat IT deliverables are completed within established timelines and within budget.
• Assisted in selecting vendors used in the development and supported of IT application portfolio and manage third party vendors’ cost, schedule and quality performance.
• Helped enable the organization to transform to the new service platforms. General approach is to leverage strengths of cloud computing platforms and SaaS platforms to organization advantage.
• Actively supported applications development using SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle). Projects were done using traditional waterfall model and agile methodologies.
• Aligned with advancements in digital publishing and created pilot projects within the organization to prototype forward-looking projects.
• Participated in leading forums for digital book publishing and engaged actively in open source technology platforms.
• Anticipated staffing requirements by comparing business needs with strengths and weaknesses of existing staff.
• Worked in tandem with Vice President of IT, create organizational IT plan and policies.

Confidential

Application Developer/Architect/Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed overall project plan, implement schedule and is responsible for regular status updates with clients and team members.
• Developed prototypes and multiple user driven multi-level database search query and Web applications using Java, Python, JSP, Oracle, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SqlLite, AJAX, JavaScript, CSS and HTML.
• Recognized system deficiencies, recommend and implement effective solutions to increase web traffic and track SEO.
• Built custom CMS using Drupal, Worpress, and other open source technologies.
• Managed graphic designers, web producers, and freelancers to deliver web contents.
• Tested the site for functionality in different browsers and at different resolutions.
• Created Efficient and Logical Databases for Clients using Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL and Access.
• Created secure login systems for Admin, Shopping cart, and web based portals.
• Enforced coding standards and protocols.
• Used Open Source Systems and Technologies.
• Ensured dat material on the web site is accessible to all groups including those with disabilities.
• Worked with client(s) and answer questions on behalf of firm; advise on feasibility on projected projects.