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Criminal Justice Information Systems / Enterprise Architecture / Business Executive / Program Project Management / Research Development / Legacy Migration / Supply Chain Integration / ERP, MPR, DRP Implementation Customization / Business Continuity Planning / Workflow Analysis / Customer Relationship Management

Professional Experience

CONFIDENTIAL

Consultant - CJIS/CISS Enterprise Technology Architect/Technology Manager

• Criminal Justice Information System CJIS
• Connecticut Information Sharing System CISS
• Responsible for providing and coordinating the State of Connecticut's Enterprise Technical Architecture for the Criminal Justice Information System CJIS group in support of the Connecticut Information Sharing System CISS .
• Staffed and manager the Technical Team with specialists supporting infrastructure, App-Dev, Portal, ESB, and Databases using Matrix management model with Iterative, RAD and Waterfall Methodologies
• Implemented FBI/DOJ CJIS Security Policies 5.1/5.2
• Supported GFIPM mapping for LEXS/NDEX IEPD-PD/IEPD-SR
• Acquired assets: Hardware EMC SAN/NAS, CheckPoint Firewalls, and Switches , Software Windows 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2, MultiVue, Prism, Software AG Web Methods ESB , SharePoint 2010, and SQL Server 2008 R2/2012, IBM FileNet P8, ADFS, ADCS, FIM
• Coordinated technical activities with the CJIS prime contractor Xerox , the CJIS Business team and the State of Connecticut Department of Information Technology DAS/BEST groups
• Collaborated with State of Connecticut agencies DOC, DMV, DESPP, Judicial, BOPP, DCJ, and Law Enforcement to coordinate CJIS integration activities
• Continuous interaction with the CJIS PMO to execute multiple projects
• Researched and acquired technologies to improve CJIS technical team proficiency
• Implemented continuous improvement practices
• Facilitated procurement activities
• Developed and coordinated the implementation of the CJIS architecture to support SOA based Information Exchange models based on the Federal Enterprise Architecture FEA
• Fostered cooperation and coordination among the various justice partners and Information Services IS organizations within the state and between local Law Enforcement Agencies
• Ensured compliance with CTEA-TA, JRA, National Information Exchange Model NIEM , National Center of Courts, FBI CJIS impacting the CJIS environments
• Provided technology guidance for stakeholder agency's technical teams
• Contributed to the Executive Strategic Technology Plan
• Participated in Technical Review Board TRB design and Requirements Traceability Matrix RTM reviews
• Developed and moderated presentations for CJIS stakeholders, key governing board officials
• Served as the primary author of the Architecture and Technology Standards for the CJIS Technology Plan
• Developed Business Continuity Plans to support continuous CJIS operations BCP/DR
• Implemented and provisioned 200 Hyper-V VMs implemented via EMC SAN/NAS, Cisco Nexus Switches, Microsoft 2012/2012 R2/2008 R2 Servers, and a series of SQL Server 2012 always-on clusters
• Implemented Microsoft System Center 2012 Suite SCVMM, SCOM, SCDPM
• Designed Software Defined Network SDN implementing NVGRE via F5 and SAN Cloning framework to support rapid configuration for sequential releases while maintaining the SDLC model for ongoing and current release support activities

Technologies

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2010/2012/2013
• TFS/JAZZ
• Windows Server 2008 R2/2012/2012 R2
• System Center VMM, DPM, SCOM
• SQL Server 2008R2/2012/2014
• Web Services SOA/WCF
• ETL CONNX, SSIS
• High Availability Failover Clusters
• Network Virtualization NVGRE
• Software Defined Network SDN
• EMC SAN/NAS
• Cloud Architecture

Functional Roles

• Enterprise Architect
• Technology Manager
• DBA
• Budget Management
• Research and Development
• Technology Integration
• Storage Manager
• Applications Development Manager

CONFIDENTIAL

Consultant, Business Analyst, .NET Specialist, DBA, Migration Specialist

• Roles included analyzing financial and criminal justice business processes, collaborating with stakeholders, developing RFPs, evaluating and implementing new and existing IT technologies, recommending application development practices, proposing methodologies and architectures and migrating enterprise legacy system to Microsoft's .Net framework.
• Primary objectives consisted of 1 developing an RFP supporting an initiative to replace the existing legacy Restitution Management system with a Commercial off the Shelf COTS product, 2 analyzing, designing and developing a Juvenile Detention Educational Evaluation environment JAKAT in conjunction with Yale University, and 3 migrating the Judicial Branch's legacy Judicial Restitution Financial Management environment to Microsoft's .Net framework SQL, .Net .
• Participated in technology reviews, recommended best-practices for new and existing technologies, while adhering to existing Judicial Branch technology and development standards.
• Role requirements included knowledge and expertise with Microsoft's .Net Architecture 2005, 2008 , SQL Server, DBA design and performance analysis, ASPX methodologies and practices, legacy system structures and languages, and CMMI, Agile, RAD and Waterfall development standards.

Technologies

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 VB, C
• Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2008 R2
• IIS V7
• SQL Server 2005
• SSRS, SSAS, SSIS
• Web Services/WCF
• ETL CONNX, SSIS
• TFS

Roles

• Legacy Migration
• RFP Development
• Business Process Analysis and Reengineering
• DBA
• Enterprise Data Application Architect
• Organizational Financial Systems
• Project Management
• Technology integration

CONFIDENTIAL

Founder

• Global Solutions Integration Organization providing Technology Integration, Services and Sales to Manufacturing Organizations
• Successfully developed and continually expanded a Solutions Integration Organization, spanning two decades, offering Information Technology consulting services, Technology Sales, Support and Integration Services. Provided a wide range of implementation and software enhancement services across several ERP/MRP systems. Business activities supported more than thirty clients globally including Fortune 100 organizations operating across diverse manufacturing and distribution markets. Primary role consisted of developing Customer/Vendor Relationships, Marketing, staffing project teams, conducting IT Enterprise Architecture redesigns for multiple clients , analyzing emerging technologies, architecting complex business solutions, and coordinating operations for the organization.
• Over this period, we collaborated with multiple clients supporting activities to integrate their procurement processes with their vendors to consolidate and reduce repetitive and time-consuming manual sourcing activities. Over a 15 year period, our efforts included consulting with multiple organizations to streamline supply-chain activities eliminating sourcing delays, reducing operational costs and overhead, providing vendor performance metrics and integrating their production demands into their vendor's supply chain. Successfully implemented EDI, SOA and custom messaging transports to integrate procurement and vendor systems. These activities supported KanBan and JIT activities for clients including General Electric, Alcatel and Tyco Laboratories.
• Developed policies and procedures to support organizational initiatives based on evolving industry and technology standards. Successfully directed and coordinated project management activities, consulting services, and sales and support initiatives. Successfully coordinated and managed teams of Programmers, Analysts and Engineers across activities consisting of: Applications Development, Business Process Re-Engineering, Systems and Process Analysis, Training, Sales, Support, Consulting Services, Installations, Technology Evaluations and Solutions Integration. Developed and implemented on-going technology Best-Practices spanning the Information Technology Spectrum supporting internal activities and our Clients' initiatives.
• Coordinated R D activities and developed proof-of-concept prototypes for integrating technologies across diverse industries including: process-control SCADA , Robotics, Shop-Floor Data Collection RF/RFID , CRM integration, ETL activities, integrating external sub-systems and developing Enterprise Dash-Board performance monitoring environments.
• Coordinated numerous Architecting activities including Enterprise-Wide operations, IT, Engineering, Production, Work-Flow , Data base, Information-Technology, Engineering and Financial Systems. Recommended best-practices for a wide range of IT related strategic initiatives including complete Information Technology transformations Staff, ERP systems, Databases, Communications Infrastructure, and operations for multiple clients.
• Staffed, coordinated and managed 18 Technology professionals, with diverse IT backgrounds, through continuous Leadership and Managerial oversight in varying technical disciplines. Initiated Matrix Teams to facilitate cross-training, mitigate individual dominance and to ensure dispersion of knowledge between team members. Proficient in a diverse variety of technologies, databases, application development practices and methodologies and maintained my competency through continuous assimilation of new and emerging technologies and best-practices. Fluent with multiple Project Management disciplines including SCRUM, Waterfall, RAD, and Agile.
• Business Operations Budgets, Financing, Payroll, AP/AR/GL, Procurement, Inventory, Sales, Marketing, Manufacturing, Capacity Planning, Distribution
• Marketing Sales
• Enterprise Systems Implementation and Customization ERP, MRP, DRP
• Management and Leadership
• Program/Project Management
• Technology Integration
• Research and Development
• Applications Development
• DBA SSIS, SSAS, SSRS, ETL
• SOA Cloud Computing/Processing
• Enterprise Architect
• Legacy Migrations
• Training
• Support
• Contract Management
• CRM integration

CONFIDENTIAL

Senior Project Manager

• Responsible for the technical architecture supporting the rollout of Mass Mutual's Claims Upgrade Project. Primary role required managerial oversight for integrating Digital Equipment Corporation technologies into 25 national pay-point sites. Duties included network and datacenter designs, coordinating site datacenter construction, analyzing communication technologies, coordinating training for operations staff, developing contingency plans BCP , maintaining budget and coordinating the sourcing, delivery and installation of equipment.
• Technology Integration
• Program/Project Management developed project plans to upgrade 25 sites across North America
• Financials responsibility for P L and budget for equipment, construction and implementation processes
• Strategic Planning program design, contract administration, technology integration and implementation .
• Collaboration Executives, Users, Vendors
• Developed RFP's for equipment, software and services and analyzed submittals and made awards for all RFPs
• Performance Analyzed post-installation performance consisting of assessing overall project, budget, scope and impact on business units

CONFIDENTIAL

Senior Technical Specialist

• Directed operations and supported IT initiatives for 45 branch offices in the Northeast United States. Primary responsibility consisted of maintaining remote systems, providing technical support for all IT equipment, negotiating service contracts with OEM's, evaluating new technologies, proposing and justifying upgrades, and coordinating resources to support the IT infrastructure for the Northeast region of the Federal Land Bank.
• Developed Engineering Department tasked with maintaining and repairing all computer equipment co-located at 45 branch offices realized savings of 250k/annum over existing maintenance contracts
• Managed engineers and operators
• Functioned as the District System/Technology Manager
• Maintained and managed 45 PDP-11/23 Super-Mini, 2 PDP-11/70, and 2 VAX 11/780 systems co-located at district headquarters and branch offices in NY, NJ, MA, CT, RI, VT, NH and ME
• Coordinated equipment upgrades, installations and moves for all branches
• Customer Relations IT Support Manager between vendors, branch offices, and district offices for technology and systems support issues
• Maintained voice and data communications infrastructure for branches and district offices including contract management, testing and security
• Budget responsibility for support staff, equipment, R D, Flight Services, ground transportation and branch office systems
• Analyzed and recommended new and emerging technologies to the IT Director
• Created RFP/RFQ's complying with FLB bidding requirements
• Contract Management Negotiated support agreements with numerous vendors
• Developed business continuity plans disaster recovery and contingency for district headquarters and branch offices for all Information Technology system hardware, software, off-site storage