Venke Vinj
VenkeVinj34@gmail.com
Summary of qualifications
· Proven expertise in successfully strategizing and completing large scale initiatives with
17 years of progressive experience with responsibilities including Directing, Architecting,
Managing Enterprise Programs
· Successfully engineered teams for effective business outcomes and provided enhanced
service levels across multi-domain, multi-vendor business units
· Effective Leadership in cross functional, matrix management setting with excellent
analytical, problem solving and communication skills
· Over 9 years of experience as Enterprise Program Architect, Solutions Portfolio Architect
and Integration Architect.
· Led team of teams in development of software platforms as Enterprise Architect,
Program Architect, SOA Architect and Solutions Architect including talent management.
· Strategized solution delivery across multi-vendor, multi-domain business.
· Regularly briefed C-suite management.
· Exercise expert judgment in balancing business, legal, management and technology
drivers
· Architected high performance, high throughput, high volume, and business critical
systems.
· Proven competency in Master Data Management- MDM, Mobile application architecture,
Big Data Analytics, Cloud Architecture, BPM, Business Rules Management (Drools,
ODM)
· Proven expertise in TOGAF, Zachman, RUP, CMM, CMMI and Agile methodologies
· Phased in methodology that reduced release timelines, total cost of ownership and
increased operational efficiency.
· Modeled including Enterprise Information Model, Canonical Data models, Functional
Models using toolkits including SOMA, SOMF, SoaML, UML/OCL and BPMN
· Hands-on experience in Financial/Insurance, Technology and Retail verticals.
· Institutionalized best-practices driven, pattern oriented approach.
· Good experience in IBM, Open Source and Oracle stacks including Web Sphere
Application Server, ILOG JRules/ODM, MDM, BPM Advanced, IIB and Mobile platforms.
· Proficient in tool selection, adoption and roll out.
· Have capability to implement modern cutting-edge analytical methods like Problem
Frames, SAAM, ATAM, SNA – Survivability Network Analysis Model
· Good experience in setting up full cycle enterprise development environment including
setting business vision, requirements management, configuration and change
management, planning and resource management.
· Proactive, well organized, efficient, a team player and foster collaborative work
environment.
· Financially savvy Technology executive- strategy based, metrics driven, intelligent
analytics oriented, optimistic forward-looking.
Education
MS - Carnegie Mellon University
Project # 1
Role
Duration
Costco Wholesale
Enterprise Architect (Services Engineering)
Dec 2012 – Present
Providing business and technology leadership for the Costco digital transformation and
converged experience initiatives.
Accomplishments
· Helped establish enterprise governance strategy and realize the decision rights and
accountabilities
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· Used IBM RSA for model driven engineering developing canonical data model, message
model and SOA artifacts using SOMA 2.9 methodology.
· Worked extensively providing solutions over IBM full stack including RSA, Data Power,
WSRR, IIB, MQ etc.
· Designed extensively adopting SOA design patterns, Integration patterns, security patterns.
· Decomposed complex business operations along functional lines, aligning the operational
aspects with PMO
· Modeling and providing engineering oversight for Costco’s mobile development.
· Took top-down approach in realizing business process, streamlining multi-channel operations
into robust reusable asset.
· Provided engineering oversight for developing SOA.
· Developed taxonomy and ontology for Master Data Management and Enterprise Integration
domains
· Integrated disparate systems over different ports and mechanisms.
· Worked closely with business analysts to provide functional imperatives for realizing product
use cases
· Built end-to-end maturity of the project portfolio.
· Provided leadership in standing up MDM in different architectural styles ( for collaborative
edition and advanced edition), communication and patterns.
· Oversaw creation of canonical data model objects including catalogs, hierarchies, specs, UI,
workflows, search/selection, and security model decision-rights management governance.
· Provided 360-degree view of the MDM Site hub and federated virtual view of golden record
· Provided integrated approach to IBM MDM Advanced Edition, Customer domain, system as
enterprise asset class.
· Helped shape business outcomes by constantly relating the operational activities to business
and technology capabilities
· Reduced operational risk profile
· Helped realize security and identity propagation patterns
· Used IBM-RSA for modeling based on IBM Rational SOMA 2.9, IBM Blueworks live, IBM
Data Power, IBM WSRR, etc
· Helped set up maturity across engineering disciplines including governance of assets and
processes.
· Operations assessment viz-a-viz network segmentation and business-technology alignment
· Evaluated 3rd party tools as a part of technology gap analysis
· Built highly scalable reusable services reducing the TCO and risk for the modernization
initiative
· Oversaw engineering activities for MDM group and SAP Financials integration
· Helped develop business architecture, identify service development and integration patterns
· Identified and fixed gaps in software development process for implementing business critical
software assets for high availability systems.
· Helped stand up monitoring and operations infrastructure
· Developed Business process definitions for different use cases.
· Directed the engineering for standing up and building services across different domains.
· Successfully managed delivering engineering solutions in multiple stages
· Built out Converged enterprise information and communication models
· Held accountability for identifying, analyzing, modeling service based approach to realizing
use cases for synchronous, asynchronous and process orchestration patterns.
· Aligned technology architecture with the business architecture artifacts modeled and defined
in Troux Architect
· Developed service to aggregate rewards information using Elasticsearch/lucene.
· Integrated Costco applications with 3rd party systems like SAP, JDA, and EDI- Electronic
Data Interchange.
· Involved in specifying and provisioning SAML policy as a part of federated security.
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· Inbound and outbound services for orchestrating business process flows across different
systems including MDM and CRM.
· Developed and reviewed XSL transformation scripts on the data power.
· Handled integration using Informatica Powercenter as a part of middleware stack. Also used
for metadata management.
· Governance for SOA and MDM assets fully utilizing decision rights, user configurations and
access control.
· Mentored team members across different teams for SOA(SOAP, RESTful, MOM), MDM.
Project # 2
Role
Duration
Healthcare Company (Confidential)
Principal - Technology Strategy
Oct 2012 – Dec 2012
$20B health-care merger was short on delivering technology synergy leading to significant
revenue shortfall and loss of goodwill. As the Principal, I was responsible for evaluating
technology landscape post-merger in Mergers & Acquisitions team.
Accomplishments
· Built a ground-up view of technology landscape and identified technology hotspots.
· Got the stakeholder buy-in for high-impact, high-yield heat-map based on multi-pronged
scenario analyses.
· Came up with roadmap to build synergy across the assets, rationalizing the asset catalogue
and providing prescriptive guidance.
· Delivered on the vision of the end state.
· Overshot annual enrolment target fully realizing the synergy potential.
Project # 3
Role
Duration
Sears Holdings
Principal Architect
Jun 2012 – Oct 2012
Accomplishments
· Bootstrapped the Mobile Architecture group including talent acquisition and vendor
management.
· Rolled out apps with advanced notification mechanisms.
· Rolled out mobile apps for different devices and OEMs with native and hybrid architecture.
· Rolled out Shop your way local – Sears’ mobile platform with big data backend.
· Developed heuristic search based on intelligent near realtime analytics.
· Used OAuth for delegated security pattern.
· Directed using SEO for promoting deals, integrating with google shopping and social network
integration.
· Rolled out geo-location centric context aware shopping experience.
Project # 4
Client
Role
Duration
Seterus ARMP
IBM
Sr. Architect
Dec 2010 – June 2012
Project Description:
Seterus handles servicing of mortgages for the agency. This division is business process
centric and compliance driven. Cutting edge operational and predictive analytics helps stay ahead
of the curve.
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Accomplishments
· Managed the software asset portfolio for the Application Process & Analytics group
· Institutionalized the Enterprise Architecture framework based on TOGAF (including Business
Architecture, Information Architecture, Technology Architecture, Data Architecture).
· Charted the roadmap and the phases for building business application maturity and
technology maturity
· Drove the architectural road map for next generation analytics integration intensive
applications and services based on enterprise messaging/integration patterns.
· Advisory Architect for implementing the Advanced Rules Management Platform which
provides a high volume-high throughput platform that integrates with VOIP and MMS.
· Designed messaging heavy streams oriented platforms for handling analytical processes
· Designed and led the development for HAMP-NPV and Derived Fields suites.
· Led the development of orchestration of Predictive Analytics Models
· Member of the ARB and committee for defining, enforcing and refining Rules Development
Life Cycle.
· Integrated services with Avaya based VOIP platform to schedule calls automatically.
· Built out enterprise integration patterns based on Camel and ActiveMQ cluster.
· Participated in steering committees and working groups for the program life cycle.
· Architected around deep analytics and in-memory analytics
· Continuously evaluated key alternatives adapting to change and discoveries
· Championed the Business process/rules CoE
· Used IBM Infosphere Advanced Edition in successfully rolling out service based use cases
for master data and stream based analytics.
· Set up the Rules Governance around managing rules driven assets
· Architected using enterprise XOMs, generated BOMs leveraging RETE Plus, sequential and
FastPath Algorithms for the right problem context.
· Interacted Informatica stack for ETL to feed into the rules platform.
· Catalogued/authored business rules, orchestrated rule flows, integrated using different styles,
created rule app for deployment
· Technical Advisory role for technology operations and infrastructure groups including
interfacing with cloud management vendors.
· Interacted closely with data center build-up team and built service profiles for the cloud.
Project # 5
Client
Role
Duration
eComm/Amdocs/Enterprise Sales Order
Clearwire Corp
Enterprise SOA Architect
Feb 2010 – Dec 2010
Project Description:
Clearwire Corporation builds and operates mobile broadband networks that provide high-speed
residential and mobile Internet access services and residential voice services in communities in
the Unites States. It offers wireless broadband and mobile broadband services, as well as voice
over Internet protocol telephony services for homes and offices. The company also leases
residential modems, as well as sells modems and personal computer cards. Currently, the
company operated in 61 markets in the United States and Europe and is expected to grow
rapidly.
Accomplishments
· Set up Business Architecture, Application Architecture and Technology architecture based on
TOGAF framework with effective/successful outcome.
· Developed Reference Architecture for eComm SOA Environment
· Delivered Enterprise roadmap for evolving business strategy
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· Member of eComm enterprise architecture (review) board
· Evaluated different tools and frameworks
· Developed POC and reference architecture for phasing in ESB and BPM
· Modeled different inter-services communication patterns with prescriptive guidance.
· Introduced SOA Governance framework at Clearwire’s massive eComm group including
governance policies with scope for evolution
· A core contributor for Security Review process, starting with PCI compliance and the HighAvailability
Initiative.
· Did high-level and detailed design for use cases around services for VCP(Vlan Capture
Portal),Order Management Process, PreQual Process, Billing and Customer management
· Prioritized significant architectural features for the High-Availability Initiative (24X7 Initiative)
· Worked closely with network engineering and infrastructure services team to layout the
network topology
· Involved in implementing the billing for MVNO/MVNE
· Provided architectural alternatives for existing in-house solutions helping align technology
with business imperatives
· Heavy integration with Amdocs Billing/Product/Customer systems.
· Synthesized candidate architectures for enterprise wide web services security using WS*-.
· Developed a candidate architectural framework with federated identity systems management.
· Developed data models and data architecture
· Aligned the business process with key goals and KPI perspective.
· Developed enterprise solutions around message bus and transaction bus.
· Developed functional process maps and data maps.
· Developed PCI/PII compliant architectural solutions
· Performed program reviews and design reviews of critical component
· Mentored junior architects and SMEs
· Interacted closely with DC build-up team and built service profiles for the cloud.
Project # 6
Client
Role
Duration
Personal Lines
American Family Insurance
Program Architect/ Enterprise SOA Architect
May 2007 – Jan 2010
Project Description:
Sales Initiation Suite is a strategic initiative for offering Personal Lines products having a
combined Portfolio of Project suite north of $ 100 Million.
Life Product suite is a new strategic initiative to offer Life products that AMFAM has to offer.
Current offerings include Term life.
Architected
1. SIS Property
2. SIS Auto
3. SIS Home
4. Life Point of Sale
5. Prospects
6. Application chaining
7. Services - several business, orchestration, business and application web services
Responsibilities:
· Architected and modeled several product suites including service components.
· Involved in Core architectural processes
· Successfully integrated a multi-products suite of business COTS application for
successful rollouts, multiple launches and go-live date commitments
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· Worked with extended enterprise systems like third party systems(confidential business
information)
· Architected services to align with business objectives and fit into overall SOA driven
program
· Analyzed and documented architectural trade off analyses
· Led and contributed to the architectural review processes
· Migrated and refactored existing applications.
· Designed, analyzed and documented security policies and procedures
· Led/participated Request for Proposal, Request for Estimate, Solution Proposal and
Solution Complete processes.
· Developed Security processes and participated in vendor selection
· Developed reusable common body of knowledge
· Participated and drove SOA governance
· Participated and drove road maps for technology adoption
· Refined and used estimation process
· Refined Vendor engagement processes
· Engaged corporate vendors and Outsourcing vendors from architectural perspective.
Continuously evaluated architecture for AMFAM ecosystem.
· Mentored and guided teams for optimizing resources and harvesting reusable
components.
· Developed and leveraged enterprise and industry best practices for gaining efficiencies
· Ensured Service design fits into overall SOA driven program
· Documented architectural trade off analysis for key architectural decisions.
· Documented enterprise architecture best practices
· Regularly interacted with the upper management.
· Drove highly complex design of core integration infrastructure for managing enterprise
prospects
· Helped using architectural patterns, GOF patterns, J2EE patterns and Application
Integration patterns.
· Identified and helped manage key risks early on, for successful multi-deploys of Program
suites.
· Phased in rules based architecture.
· Provide architectural directions and recommendations.
More detailed resume upon request.
Technical Skills Portfolio – Overview only
Business Process Modeling
Software Process Modeling and Development
Models
Aerospace models
Telecom models
Business Knowledge
Business process modeling, Business Process Re-engineering, Activity Modeling,
Option Analysis Component Engineering
Rational Unified Process[RUP], SW-CMM, CMMi, ICONIX, Agile Methodology SCRUM
& XP
AS 9100, DO-254, DO-178
Telemanagement Forum’s SID, TAM, eTOM
Financial Domain Modeling
Security Policy Modeling
Software Development Methodologies
Retail Model
Architectural Analysis Methods
Retail, Automotive, Telecom, Healthcare, Supply Chain and Logistics
Insurance:Auto, Property, Life Products
Structured finance, DCF, Acquisition and Merger Modeling, Working knowledge of
credit derivatives, equity portfolio risk management, Algorithmic Quantitative
modeling, CDO,CMO,ABS, Options, Futures, Swaps, Trading, Mortgage
DU3.2/1003v3.2, MISMO – FNMA – XIS, ACORD,
Principles of CSIRT formation, OCTAVE methods, Security Principles
Catalysis Approach, COTS based analysis and development, UML-Component
Methodology
ARTS
Rational Unified Process, RUP
Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD),
Software Architecture Analysis Method (SAAM),
Architecture Trade-off Analysis Method (ATAM),
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Attribute Based Architecture Styles (ABAS),
Survivability Network Analysis Method (SNA),
Active Reviews for Intermediate Designs (ARID),
ROI/CBAM,
Problem Frames,
Rate Monotonic Analysis,
Architectural Design paradigms Candidate and Reference Architectures
Assurance Case Methodology,
Commercial off the shelf components COTS, ULS
SOMF, SOAML, BPMN, SOMA
Enterprise Program Architecture, Solution Architecture, Cloud based architecture,
Mobile Architecture
Balanced Scorecard, SWOT analysis.
Patterns
Modeling tools
Analytics
Development/Architecture Frameworks
Technologies/Technology Frameworks
Recognition/Reuse of GOF, J2EE Design Patterns, Security Patterns, Application
Integration Patterns, SOA Design Patterns, Application Architecture Patterns,
Enterprise Integration Patterns, Architectural patterns including anti-patterns,
Security Patterns.
Eclipse, Rational Software Architect, IBM Websphere Integration Developer, IBM
Blueworks, Modelio, Enterprise Architect 10, IIB,
BPMN, BPEL workflows, Use Case, Class, Object, Component, Composite, Interaction,
State Machine, Sequence, Timing, Package, Deployment
Smart Analytics, Pattern driven analytics, forecasting, web analytics, big data, event
driven analytics, sales-driven analytics
Rational Unified process, ICONIX, Catalysis Approach, Zachman framework, TOGAF,
Product Lines Architecture
Java, J2EE[Servlets, JSP,JSTL, JAXP, JAXB, SDO, JMS, JNDI, JDBC, JTA, EJB], JINI1.2, Java
Spaces, Velocity, Web Services, Web services Security, Java AWT, JFC SWING, AJAX,
JPA, Java RTS-RTSJ, Spring, OSCache, WSO2 tools, Xfire, CXF, ESB assembly,
BPEL,BPM,JBPM, JMX,Oracle SOA Suite, Oracle Fusion middleware, IBM MQ Series,
Active MQ, OpenJMS, Camel, WS-* , StAX, SoapUI, Drools,JUnit, Struts Framework,
Spring Framework, Avaya, VOIP, MMS, SCA, ORM, Hibernate, Apache-Axis, Service
Oriented Architecture (SOA), UDDI, Ant, Maven, WS-Security, WS-Policy, LDAP,
Provisioning, Identity management and Policy Management, Mule ESB, Sonic ESB,
XPath, JSON, n-tier architectures, ILOG JRules, RES, RTS, DVS, HTDS, MTDS, WSRR,
IBM Data Power, IBM BPM Advanced, Mule ESB, Active MQ, ServiceMix, WSRR, Data
Power, IBM MDM Customer, IBM Initiate, IBM MDM Advanced, IBM MDM
Collaboration, WODM, IBM Integration Bus, Websphere Integration Developer WID,
Oracle MDM SiteHub, Informatica PowerCenter. Kronos WFC, iOS, Android, RIM,
Social network. Polymer, nodejs, bower, grunt, git,npm, DataPower appliance, Oracle
IAM/IDM, Flume, Spark, Hadoop,GS1, JDA WMS, JDA TMS.EDI transactions, Polymer
Material Design
Languages
Application Servers
Architecture Styles
Database
Other Tools and techniques
Software Process Definition models
UML2.3, OCL, SoaML, VXML.
Websphere Application Server 8, WAS, IBM RAD 8, Weblogic , Apache-Tomcat, JBoss,
Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle SOA Suite.
n-tier, pipeline style, distributed computing, autonomous self-configurable JINI,
(Staged) Event Driven Architecture SEDA, SOA, Complex Event Processing CEP, HADR
Oracle, DB2, MS-SQL Server, MySQL, Sybase, NoSQL- MongoDB,
Program management ,Risk Management, MS-Project, Visio, MS Powerpoint, PPT,
JAD, Costing/Estimation & Scheduling techniques, TDD
BPMN, PSP, TSP, IDEAL, CMM, CMMi and PCM
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