Skills

Products, Technologies, Standards & Concepts

·         Guidewire PolicyCenter 7.x, Guidewire Studio 7.x, Guidewire InsuranceSuite 7.x

·         IBM Business Process Manager, IBM WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus, WebSphere Adapters, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Lombardi Edition, WebSphere ILOG JRules, WebSphere Business Services Fabric,  WebSphere Business Modeler; WebSphere Server Foundation 5.x, InterChange Server & CrossWorlds 4.x, Adapter Framework 2.x

·         SCA, SDO, BPEL, WSDL, XSD, XML, HTTP, JMS, MQ, FTP, JNDI, JDBC, OOAD, OOP, MVC, J2EE, EJB, Servlets, Java Beans, Java Server Pages, Jakarta Struts, JSTL, Custom Tags, ODBC, HTML, CSS, SAX, DOM, XSL, XSLT, PFC, Win32 API

·         BPM, SOA, Web Services, EAI, eCommerce, n-tier client/server

Software Development & Management Tools

·         IBM Integration Designer & IBM Process Designer (IID & IPD & WPS & WESB 7.5)

·         WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration (Cast Iron Appliance & WCI Studio) 6.x

·         WebSphere Integration Developer (WID & WPS & WESB & WBSF 6.x & 7.x)

·         WebSphere Lombardi Edition Authoring Environment (incl. Lombardi Blueprint) 7.x

·         WebSphere Commerce Developer Enterprise Edition (WCDEV EE 7.x)

·         WebSphere Studio Application Developer Integration Edition (WSAD IE & WBI SF 5.x)

·         WebSphere Business Integration System Manager and Toolkit (WICS v4.x)

·         Rational Application Developer, BIRT, Eclipse, IntelliJ, PowerBuilder, InfoMaker

·         Symantec Ghost, Subversion (SVN), CVS, Merant PVCS, DevTrack, TestTracker

·         VMware Workstation/Server/ESXi, Adobe FrameMaker & Acrobat Pro, MS Office

Relational Databases

·         DB2 UDB (8.1 to 9.x), Oracle (8.0 to 11g), Derby 10.x, Cloudscape, Microsoft SQL Server (6.5 to 2005), Sybase Adaptive Server, Sybase SQL Anywhere, MySQL, H2

Programming Languages

·         Gosu, Java, JavaScript, PowerBuilder (5.0 to 7.x), SQL, Pascal, Basic, Assembly x86

OS Platforms

·         Microsoft: Windows 7 / XP / 2000 / NT / 95, MS-DOS

·         Linux: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora Core, openSUSE

Experience

1/2012 – Present              Guidewire Software, Inc. Portland, OR / Munich, Germany

Sr. Implementation Architect / Team Lead EMEA, Guidewire Education

·         Team Lead EMEA - manages a team of Guidewire instructors in the EMEA region.

·         Delivers training on product configuration and integration to clients, partners and staff.

·         Proficient in how Guidewire products can be configured and how integrations can be implemented between Guidewire products and other systems.

9/2007 – 1/2012              IBM Corporation              Portland, OR, USA

Sr. Managing Consultant / Senior Instructor, IBM WebSphere Education

·         Explored, analyzed and learnt new/changed IBM software quickly and thoroughly, such as IBM Integration Designer, WebSphere Cast Iron Cloud Integration, WebSphere Commerce, WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus.

·         Developed, delivered and presented classroom curriculum materials to worldwide audiences at IBM and client sites, as well as online using e-learning technologies.

·         Educated IBM IT and Sales on concepts, modifications and features of the WebSphere Business Process Management and Enterprise Application Integration products.

·         Delivered EAI / BPM / Commerce training sessions to clients across the United States, as well as worldwide (Sweden, Germany, Netherlands, Turkey, Chile, UK, Greece).

7/2006 – 8/2007              IBM Corporation              Portland, OR, USA

Senior IT Specialist / BPM Consultant, IBM WebSphere Technical Sales

·         Provided a technical pre-sales support as a WebSphere ITS (IBM Technical Sales) representative working closely with the regional IBM WebSphere sales teams.

·         Delivered in depth technical WebSphere Process Integration and Business Process Management (BPM) products presentations and demonstrations such as Proof of Technology, also responsible for designing, developing, deploying and presenting Proof of Concept process integration implementations at client sites.

·         Assisted clients with the initial WebSphere products installation and configuration.

·         Worked very closely with and mentored other field IBM IT Specialists, collaborated with various IBM Software Sales team members across the U.S. West region.

1/2003 – 6/2006               IBM Corporation              Burlingame, CA, USA

Senior IT Specialist, Curriculum Developer / Instructor, WBI Education

·         Designed, developed, delivered and presented classroom curriculum materials for worldwide audiences. Learnt about the new software product and concepts or modifications to an existing product, and figured out how best to explain these new or modified features/concepts in a classroom setting, designing and developing lecture materials and a set of complementing working hands-on lab exercises.

·         Trained IBM full-time instructors on modifications or new product features/concepts as part of an updated class release or on a brand new class introducing new products (WebSphere Process Server & WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Server Foundation & WSAD IE), concepts (SOA) and standards (WSDL, BPEL, XML).

·         Delivered new and updated classes (WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Server Foundation - Process Choreographer, WebSphere InterChange Server / CrossWorlds) at IBM and client sites worldwide (U.S.A., Germany, Slovakia, Mexico, India).

·         Explored, analyzed and learnt new/changed software quickly and thoroughly (WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Server Foundation, WebSphere InterChange Server, WBI Adapter Framework, JDBC Adapter and JText Adapter).

·         Improved written and oral communication and public speaking skills.

·         Utilized and extended knowledge of relational databases, object oriented design and programming, networks, application middleware and software diagnostics.

2/2002 – 12/2002              Surecomp Services Inc.              Hoboken, NJ, USA

3/1997 – 1/2002              formerly Morgan Laboratories Inc.               San Francisco, CA

Senior Software Engineer

·         Analyzed, conceptualized and translated trade finance banking business requirements into product functional and technical specifications for further development or reference use by other software developers or programmers.

·         Lead design and development of several important areas in the company’s new browser-based product IBSnet server, such as a complete data presentation layer and the user interface infrastructure including localization support (i18n), as well as the underlying database access framework utilizing JDBC API.

·         Utilized object-oriented design concepts, MVC and other patterns, Java, Servlets, JSP and Struts, in the design and development of a web browser-based multi-tier solution.

·         Participated in design reviews, provided training and assistance on the utilized technologies and concepts to new team members.

·         Diagnosed and resolved reported problems for the existing client/server product.

3/1997 – 1/2002              Morgan Laboratories Inc.              San Francisco, CA, USA

Software Developer / Engineer

·         Analyzed and conceptualized trade finance business requirements from original feature requests and proposals submitted by banks. Translated business requirements into product functional and technical specifications for further development reference.

·         Designed and developed key modules in the IBSnet For Windows product, such as Liability, Participations and External Settlement modules, as well as supporting utilities, including Database Migration Programs, Euro Conversion Programs, Standard Report Bundle and customized Customer Credit Limits, DDA, OFAC and S.W.I.F.T. interfaces.

·         Used object-oriented programming concepts, PowerBuilder and SQL languages for designing and developing the Windows-based n-tier client/server solutions.

·         Diagnosed and resolved reported problems, used DevTrack for QA management.

·         Explored, prototyped and evaluated ASP/JSP browser-based client technologies.

·         Designed and developed browser-based multi-tier client/server prototypes and solutions for trade finance banking industry using the MVC pattern. Completed projects included JSPs, data beans and servlets, and database access utilizing JDBC API.

·         Administered supported database platforms, analyzed and maintained databases, managed security, access rights and integrity, installed upgrades and new releases.

·         Administered project version control software (PVCS), managed user rights.

8/1996 – 10/1996              IntelSoft s.r.o.              Bratislava, Slovakia

Programmer / Systems Analyst

·         Analyzed technical requirements for a new line of economic software product, such as the database structure and the client vs. server responsibilities.

·         Designed and developed essential elements for client/server architecture, such as client-side database access layer and server-side stored procedures.

·         Analyzed existing software code-base for reusability within the new projects.

·         Used Turbo Pascal and Delphi programming languages and Sybase SQL Anywhere for developing 2-tier client/server Windows 95/NT compliant solution.

11/1995 – 7/1996              National Bank of Slovakia              Bratislava, Slovakia

Foreign Payments / S.W.I.F.T. Administrator

·         Executed wire transfers using S.W.I.F.T. (MT100/200/900 series) and Telex.

·         Managed nostro accounts of NBS and foreign bank accounts with NBS.

·         Managed electronic data protection and security, managed manual and electronic exchange and maintenance of the S.W.I.F.T. encryption keys.

·         Administered S.W.I.F.T., installed upgrades and new releases, performed backups.

·         Attended and completed SWIFTAlliance introduction training in La Hulpe, Belgium.

10/1994 – 9/1995              Department of Defense              Bratislava, Slovakia

PC Systems Administrator

·         Completed one year of military service in the Army of Slovak Republic.

Education

3/2012 – 5/2012              Guidewire Software              Guidewire Education, USA

·         Guidewire PolicyCenter 7.0 Technical Certification

·         Guidewire PolicyCenter 7.0 Functional Certification

2/2010 – 12/2010              IBM Corporation              IBM eLearning, USA

·         VU940 – IBM WebSphere Cast Iron v6.0 Configuration and Implementation

·         VB003 – WebSphere Lombardi Edition v7.1 Process Modeling and Implementation

·         VB300 – Developing Business Rule Applications with IBM WebSphere ILOG JRules v7

·         VC551 – IBM WebSphere Commerce V6.0 Hands-on Training for Developers

3/2009              IBM Corporation              IBM eLearning, USA

·         TR231 – IBM Tivoli Reporting for Enterprise IT and Asset Management 7.1 (BIRT)

5/2008              Prometric, WSTC’08              Las Vegas, NV

·         IBM Certified SOA Associate – IBM WebSphere Technical Conference 2008

2/2008 – 3/2008              IBM Corporation              Burlingame, CA & Pittsburgh, PA

·         IBM WebSphere Education: WB141 – WebSphere Business Services Fabric V6.1

·         IBM WebSphere Education: WB131 – WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus V6.1

4/2007              Thomson Prometric, WSTC’07              Las Vegas, NV

·         IBM Certified Solution Developer – WebSphere Integration Developer V6.0.1

7/2004 – 5/2005              IBM Corporation              Burlingame, CA & Rochester, MN

·         SW626 WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Integration Developer Workshop

·         IBM WebSphere BI Education: BI818 – Introduction to WebSphere BI Modeler 5.x

·         IBM WTTE: Introducing LS Course Authoring System for Course Developers

4/2004 – 5/2004              IBM Corporation              San Francisco, CA & Hursley, UK

·         IBM ITES: SW380 – WBI Server Foundation & Process Choreographer 5.1

·         IBM Global Services ITES: WF351 – EJB Development using WSAD V5.x

·         IBM Global Services ITES: WF311 – Servlet & JSP Development using WSAD 5.x

7/2003 – 2/2004              IBM Corporation              Burlingame, CA

·         IBM WebSphere BI Education: BI161 – Introduction to WBI Adapter Development

·         IBM WebSphere BI Education: BI101 – Implementing InterChange Server & Toolset

·         IBMWebSphere BI Education: BI160 – WebSphere BI Adapters Development

6/2003              New Technology Computing, Inc.              Burlingame, CA

·         IBM Certified Solutions Expert – IBM WebSphere CrossWorlds V4.0

2/2003 – 5/2003              IBM Corporation              Burlingame, CA

·         IBM WebSphere BI Education: BI141 – Advanced Cross Referencing

·         IBM WebSphere Business Integration Education: BI140 – Advanced Mapping

·         IBM WebSphere BI Education: BI103 – Advanced Implementing WBI CrossWorlds

·         IBM CrossWorlds Education: BI146 – Collaboration Development

·         IBM CrossWorlds Education: BI101 – Implementing WBI CrossWorlds

2/1996              National Bank of Slovakia              Bratislava, SK

·         Documentary Credits and Guarantees course by Barclays Bank PLC, London, UK

9/1989 – 6/1994              Slovak University of Technology              Bratislava, SK

·         M.S.E.E., Electronics – Microelectronics (semiconductor devices)

Misc.

·         Languages: English, Slovak, Czech (all fluent), studies in German and Russian

·         Work authorization: U.S.A., European Union, United Kingdom