Cloud Course Author, Pluralsight Training, Remote location (part-time)         (September 2013 - Present)

- Part-time/remote opportunity to author on-line video-based Cloud training focusing on Microsoft Azure..

- Recruited by Pluralsight due to my personal brand and status in the industry to assist in building their Cloud video training catalog.

- Responsible for course proposals, structure, development and content recording/editing.

Senior Enterprise Architect, LPL Financial Services, Charlotte, NC              (3-month temp-to-perm contract:  Feb-May 2012)

Responsible for Enterprise Architecture standards and initiatives around Application and Information architecture.
- Provide guidance around authentication and application architecture around development of financial mobile applications. .
- Drive strategic data initiative for uniform ODS (Operational Data Store) acceptance within project development.
- Developing Enterprise-based architecture collaboration repository to help drive consistency and standardization of architecture standards and practices across the enterprise
- 3-month contract and turned down FTE Enterprise Architect position offer to accept FTE position with Aditi Technologies

Principal Technologist/Solutions Architect, Ally Bank, Charlotte, NC                       (2010-2012)

Key contributor in planning, requirements analysis, and designing system architecture.  Primary liaison between development team and other organizational units to ensure requirements implemented correctly during application development.

·               Responsible for architectural management of multiple concurrent projects

·               Led meetings with stakeholders during requirements gathering and architecture design sessions

·               Managed development of business and system requirements to ensure compliance with security and federal regulations for MFA

·               Managed sustain engineering processes and artifacts to support release of application.  Runbooks, playbook, RASICs, transition management plans, and configuration of support tools and access permissions to ensure release shipped on time

·               Analyzed coding patterns and practices to optimize applications to increase performance and improve security

·               Designed migration of SQL applications to secure enterprise data centre to increase reliability and performance

·               Designed Active Directory security solution for application and shared folder access problems

·               Developed and consulted in various SDLC artifacts such as Arch. Design Doc, Systems Design Doc, Business Requirements Doc, System Requirements Specification, Technical Use Case Doc, and data mappings

Senior Programming/Technical Writer, Microsoft Corp, Charlotte, NC         (2005-2010)

Strategic Microsoft Azure cloud architecture analysis and direction for next version of AppFabric product and BizTalk Server. Interacted with customers, product team, and industry leaders to develop content and NET C# code samples to support WF, WCF, BizTalk WCF adapter, and AppFabric (IIS) security, hosting, and monitoring content. Worked supporting early Azure documentation in key areas.

·               Solicited customers and cross-team interactions to ensure customer-focused code and content

·               Created 6 training videos, blogs and Wiki forum to support customer AppFabric requirements

·               Developed and trained 30 employees in two-day customer interaction workshop to improve effectiveness of our documentation.

·               Delivered 8^th highest ranked presentation (out of 250+) at Microsoft internal technical conference

·               Awarded 2 WSCS Values Recognition awards for Excellence in Execution and Customer Excellence

Solutions (Architect)/Integration Engineer, Microsoft Corp, Charlotte, NC                 (1999-2005)

High-profile consultant supporting Microsoft’s Premier customers in proactive/reactive engagements supporting Client-Server and WinDNA architectures.  On-site high-severity and remote problem isolation, low-level debugging, & troubleshooting.  Architecture and formal code reviews, security/performance analysis, and test plan development

·               Created and delivered two advanced COM+ Threading workshops (15 deliveries) to proactively train Premier customers

·               Authored multiple MSDN papers on COM+, MTS, and .NET Enterprise Services, one of which was leading down load on MSDN

·               Awarded 3 Customer Service awards for excellence in customer awareness and service

Developer Support/Learning Services Group, Microsoft Corp., Redmond, WA         (1997-1999)

Developed and delivered numerous COM/ActiveX training classes. Supported Microsoft Java and COM/ActiveX technologies interacting directly with customers

·               Developed/delivered week-long WinDNA Architecture class going through entire development process of a WinDNA application

·               Ranked best course delivery for 4 out of 7 quarters among 20+ other classes

Developer Technical Evangelist, Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA         (1995-1997)

Owned the ActiveX control and container specifications, and its evangelism strategy, for all ActiveX within the company

·               Developed C++ ActiveX test control and container samples to prototype customer understanding of technology

·               Conference Speaker for ActiveX technology at 12 technical developer conferences

·               Authored 6 COM/ActiveX articles for MSJ, MIND, and MSDN magazines.

·               Identified critical oversight in Internet Explorer 3.0 browser for ActiveX control runtime licensing. Organized strategic industry ISVs and IE 3 team to develop licensing key specification for Microsoft customers to receive proper revenue for use of their controls.

Senior Consultant, Microsoft Corporation, Atlanta, GA         (1993-1995)

Architected and developed many client-server Visual Basic applications using SQL Server and custom C++ COM components

·               Architected and wrote SQL Server stored procedures and extended stored procedures utilizing UML and T-SQL

·               Developed numerous MS Access applications and Win-16 custom applications using C language

·               Proactively managed 3^rd party vendors and kept cost down while increasing time to release

Team Development Manager, Automated Design Systems, Inc, Marietta, GA         (1992-1993)

Development manager for Windows 3.1 network-based shell replacement product for Windows File Manager.  Responsible for managing developers, application architecture design, and entire development process.

Software Developer, NCR Corporation, Liberty, SC        (1989-1992)

Developed low-level “C” system utilities, application utilities, and SCSI device drivers for NCR’s OS/2 operating system

·               Received Division Award for developing OS/2 file access management utility

Lieutenant Commander, Engineering Duty Officer, US Naval Reserve (Retired)   (1977-1983, 1990-2007)

Responsible for managing vendors and projects during ship retrofit operation in naval shipyards.  Designed custom software to support naval shipyard vessel retrofit management process and other specific gaining command requirements.

·               Received 4 Navy Achievement medals for the design of specific software systems

EDUCATION:

·               MS Computer Science (1989) – Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

·               BS Computer Science (1984) – Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA

(3.87/4.00 GPA Magna Cum Laude honors)

CERTIFICATIONS:

·               Nominated for Microsoft Azure MVP award for 2014 delivery

·               Amazon Web Services - AWS Technical Professional Accreditation

·               Microsoft Designing and Developing Microsoft Azure Applications

·               Microsoft NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Communication Foundation Application Developer

·               Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)

·               Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

·               Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD)

OTHER:

·               Volunteer youth sports coach from 1995-present in multiple sports and age groups

·               Community/church volunteer for numerous outreach programs

·               For a list of the many videos, whitepapers, magazine (MSDN, MSJ) articles, Wiki content, and code samples I have written, refer to live links in the “Publications” section in public LinkedIn profile at http://www.linkedin.com/pub/mike-mckeown/20/b73/389.

·               View my personal Microsoft Azure blog at http://www.michaelmckeown.com.