Frank Qiang Gao

 

533 Hayes, Irvine       Phone:  (949) 351-7671

California  92620                            Email: frankgao2016@gmail.com

 

OBJECTIVE:To seek a challenging position as a Technical Director or Sr Technical Architect in areas of SOA, Big Data, Cloud, Enterprise Security and Advanced Programming with my up-to-date hands-on and management (I truly mean both) experience. 

 

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS:

l           17+ years overall experience in software design, development, deployment, integration and system administration.

l           Multiple revenue-generating Big Data Implementations in batch and real-time data processing & analytics.

l           Practitioner in Iaas, Paas, SaaS with multiple large-scale cloud deployments on AWS, Heroku, IBM Smart Cloud, Cloud Foundry, OpenStack and OpenShift.

l           Solid hands-on experience in SOA, ESB, BPM, BI/DW with a wide range of SOA products from IBM WebSphere and Open Source stack.

l           Proficient in Java, C, C++, Python and Scala; Familiar with Clojure and half dozen of other languages.

l           Problem solver with a strong tracking record, first-time-right most of the time.

 

 

ConfidentialIrvine California

Sr. Manager of EngineeringJan 2014 - Present

 

•Practitioner of Agile, Lean and DevOps with a team of 17 in Big Data, Cloud and System Integration space.

•Implemented deep monitoring and analysis of abandoned Shopping carts with Spark micro-batch streaming over Hadoop and Mesos in Scala and Python.

•Real-time data transformation for 4 Beachbody websites with Oracle Data Integrator, Oracle e-Business Suites, Oracle BI, Informatica Power Center, Apache Storm and Apache Kafka.

•Transforming Beachbody’s Video-streaming and ecosystem with Cloud and a broad range of Big Data technologies, including not limited to Apache Hadoop/AWS EMR, Hive, Pig, YARN, Mesos and Couchbase.

 

 

AT&T Atlanta GA
Sr. Technology ArchitectJan 2014 - Dec 2014

 

•Thought Leader, Architect, Developer and Troubleshooter in areas of Cloud, Big Data, Operational Intelligence and Stream processing with a wide array of products including AWS, IBM Cloud, OpenStack, Hortonworks Data Platform, IBM InfoSphere, Apache Hadoop & ecosystem, IBM Netezza and Splunk Enterprise.

 

•Ran PoCs on packaged Hadoop solutions: Hortonworks DP, Cloudera CDH & MapR, and settled with Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP) to take advantage of better YARN support and various add-ons.

 

•Architected and implemented URLClassifier Application that analyzes real-time Clickstream data, runs Map/Reduce jobs and generates T.Data project-consumable URL Classifications. (ElasticSearch, AWS EC2, Amazon VPC, Amazon EBS, Amazon RedShift, HP Vertica, Cassandra, Hortonworks Data Platform, Hadoop, Sqoop, Kafka, YARN, Java, Scala, Scalding, Apache Storm, Cassandra, Map/Reduce v2, REST, HDFS, HHhhhhhhhHive, Pig)

 

•Created the fault tolerant private cloud comprised of over 400 nodes across 3 Data Centers, based on IBM Smart Cloud and OpenStack Havana and later Icehouse to expand the cloud coverage on more mission critical IT infrastructure and business applications. (Iaas, Paas, IBM Smart Cloud, IBM Cloud Orchestrator, OpenStack, HEAT, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Python, Java, Scala, Ganglia, IBM Netcool Suite)

 

•Remodeled and re-implemented the two core applications of ATT recommendation engine: Customer Affinity Profile and Product Affinity Profile applications in the private cloud. (Apache Spark, IBM BigInsights, Hadoop, Sqoop, Kafka, HP Vertica, IBM SPSS, Cassandra, Kafka, IBM Netezza, Scala, Java, OpenStack API)

 

•Architected and implemented Call Volume Reduction Application that analyzes call-center records, takes into consideration services each customer has subscribed, and predictively sends emails and text messages to customers who would otherwise likely reach ATT customer service by phone. (Apache Storm, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, Hadoop, Sqoop, Kafka, IBM InfoSphere Streams, IBM SPSS, C++, SPL, Java, Netezza, Cassandra, Scala)

 

IBM Software ServiceDallas TX
IBM Technology SME (Consultant)Jul 2013 - Jan 2014

 

•Provided consultancy for IBM clients on IBM WebSphere and InfoSphere product families including but not limited to IBM Smart Cloud/OpenStack, CloudBurst, IBM InfoSphere BigInsights, InfoSphere Streams, Netezza, DataPower and Cast Iron.

 

•Evaluated Cloud-based InfoSphere infrastructure and integration Crossmark, and solved various show-stopper issues in areas of on/off-premise integration, Master Data Management, intelligent routing and centralized monitoring & logging with Java, C++, Python, Infosphere API, and Dynatrace.

 

•Set up Netezza DW Appliances (PureData Sysetm for Analytics) at Neiman Marcus and ran proof of concepts to show case Data Loading and extractions with Apache Sqoop, Flume, UDF & UDX Development, keys and zone maps administration, and the options to fit Netezza into company’s existing B2B infrastructure and Cloudera/Splunk centric Big Data Architecture.

 

•Conducted pre-go-alive review on DataPower and Cast Iron implementation and Integration with Splunk Enterprise at State of Texas and solved long-existing issues with XSLT, Cast Iron Orchestration, S/MIME, Python,Djeno  & Splunk SDK/SPL.

 

•Integrated IBM InfoSphere Streams with on-premise TIBCO Enterprise Messaging and cloud-based SalesForce.com for, West Union, using Mule CloudHub, WebSphere Cast Iron, DataPower, WebSphere Message Broker, Kafka, InfoSphere DataStage, ETL, Cassandra, DB2 and Pentaho Data Integration.

 

American ExpressPhoenix AZ

Technical Director (Consultant)Mar 2010 - Jul 2013

 

•Led geographically-distributed team of 22 for Digital Transformation and International Service Layer programs, utilizing a broad range of technologies and product.

 

•Ran Proof of Concepts and pilot projects in areas of Cloud, DevOps, ESB, BPM and SOA using IBM, Oracle and Open Source products. (IBM Smart Cloud, Cloud Orchestrator, OpenStack, IBM WebSphere, IBM InfoSphere, IBM SOA, IBM BPM, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Apache ServiceMix, Apache Camel, HP Vertica, Greenplum, ActiveMQ, RabbitMQ, Lucene, Solr, Hadoop, Puppet, Chef)

 

•Architected and implemented Amex “International Service Layer (iSL)”, a federated Enterprise Service Bus implementation that combined consumer info, financial transactions and e-Marketing in a common platform. iSL has later been utilized in 10+ sub-projects. (WebSphere DataPower SOA Appliances XI50/XI50B/XI52, B2B Appliances XB60/XB62, DataPower Caching Appliance XC10, MPGW, WSP, XML Gateway, SOMA, XSLT, WebSphere Transformation Extender, Stylus Studio, XMLSpy, Web Services, SoapUI, WAMT, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Message Broker, WESB, WSRR, Web 2.0, Informatica PowerCenter, ETL, Netezza, Cognos, Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, SAML, OAuth, Tivoli Monitoring, ITCAM, Tivoli Enterprise Console, Netcool/Omnibus and Netcool/Impact, HP Vertica, Chef)

 

•Led Amex Digital Transformation Program that transformed two existing rewards systems and provided extension points based on SOA principles to add new systems; Integrated DTP with Payback, a company acquired by Amex in 2011. (IBM SOA suites, WebSphere DataPower, WebSphere MQ, MQ FTE, WMB, IBM BPM, IBM Integration Designer/WebSphere Integration Developer, Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle RAC, Oracle Golden Gate)

 

•Designed and developed multiple adapters with various technologies for DataPower, WSRR and Tivoli Monitoring and Netcool/Omnibus to extend products capabilities and facilitate third-party integration. (Java, C, C++, Scala, ARM, WebSphere API, Eclipse API, and Tivoli & Netcool API, TCP/IP stack, Netty)

 

•Designed and wrote the 1^st cut of STAR program that enables Amex customers to redeem points at Amazon. (AWS EC2, AWS SQS, AWS S3, Amazon Dynamo, Java, REST, Apache Camel, RabbitMQ, AS2, DataPower XB62, Chef)

 

•Architected and implemented Big Data Repository, Data Mining and Data Analytics for Digital Transformation Program, which is built around Hadoop ecosystem. This system has been successfully utilized in log analytics, call record analysis and Amex global dispute management based on large volume of data in terabytes. (IBM Smart Cloud, IBM InfoSphere Biginsights, Hortonworks Data Platform, Cassandra, IBM InfoSphere Streams, IBM InfoSphere Balanced Warehouse, HP Vertica, IBM Netezza, Apache Hadoop, HDFS, Flume, Splunk, Storm, Map/Reduce, Java, Scala, Cascading, Scalding, Chef)

 

 

TELUS CommunicationsToronto, Canada

Sr. Data Warehouse and BI Architect (Consultant)Jul 2008 - Feb 2010

 

•Introduced and implemented IBM Cognos to drive company-wide Business Intelligence solution.

•Integrated IBM Cognos with multiple existing Data warehouse products to unleash power of data.

•Integrated IBM Cognos with MDM solution.

 

Enbridge Gas Distribution Toronto, Canada

Solutions Architect (Consultant) Nov 2007 – Jul 2008

 

•Identity and Access Management Solution with CA SiteMinder and IdentityMinder.

•Created adapters to extend IAM capability to integrate with Oracle AIA and Oracle e-Business Suites.

 

MTSAllstreamToronto, Canada

Integration Architect (Consultant) Mar 2007 - Nov 2007

 

•Architected the process-driven SOA solution for OSS core, based on WebSphere Process server.

•Integrated IBM Process server with IBM DB2 Cubes, IBM WebSphere MQ and Oracle DB/RAC.

 

IBM Software ServicesPiscataway, NJ

Solutions Architect (Consultant)Aug 2004 - Mar 2007

 

•Identity and Access Management solution design and implementation with PKI, IBM Tivoli Identity Manager, Tivoli Access Manager, WebSEAL, Tivoli Directory Integrator, WebSphere Application Server, Java, C++, Javascript and a wide range of open source technologies.

 

•   Architected and implemented IBM Master Data Management (MDM) solution for multiple IBM clients.

 

 

IBM Global ServicesToronto, Canada

IT Architect (Consultant)May 2002 - August 2004                             

 

•Designed and implemented IBM Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM) and Tivoli Access Manager (TAM) solutions for fortune 500 clients, and integrated with various IBM and non-IBM middleware, databases and ERP systems.

•Created TIM and TAM adapters for Siebel, PeopleSoft and SAP to facilitate seamless provision and integration. 

 

 

IBM Toronto LabToronto, Canada

Advisory Software EngineerAugust 2000 - May 2002

 

•Bug fixing on VisualAge for Java, WebSphere Application Developer and WebSphere Application Server.

•Contributed code to multiple IBM Alphaworks projects including XML4j, SOAP4j, and Eclipse.

 

China Southern Airline (IBM China) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Staff Software Engineer Jul 1993 - Jul 2000

 

·               L3 Technical Support on IBM MQ Series, DB2, IMS, AIX and OS400.

·               Specialized in DB2 and IMS tuning.

 

EDUCATION:B.S. Degree in Computer Science        July 1993

Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC), Tianjin, China

 

·  Skills Set:

 

Enterprise Architecture	TOGAF 7 – 9, Zachman Framework, MDA
Packaged Hadoop	IBM InfoSphere Biginsights, Hortonworks Data Platform, Cloudera Enterprise(CDH)
WebSphere	WebSphere Application Serve, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business Modeler, WebSphere Business Monitoring, WebSphere Busiess Services Fabric, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere MQ File Transfer Edition, WebSphere ESB, WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Transformation Extender(WTX) WebSphere Adapter, WebSphere Partner Gateway, WebSphere Commerce, IBM OmniFind, WebSphere Portal Server, DataPower XI50/52, XB60/62, XC10, WebSphere Cast Iron
Development Tools	Rational Application Developer, WebSphere Integration Developer, WebSphere Commerce Developer, Eclipse
WebLogic/AquaLogic	BEA WebLogic Server, BEA Event Server, BEA Real-time Server, BEA Integration, AquaLogic Service Bus, AquaLogic BPM, AquaLogic User Interactions, AquaLogic Enterprise Security
Oracle Fusion Middleware	Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle BPEL Process Manager, Oracle Coherence, Oracle Service Registry, Oracle Web Service Manager, JDeveloper
Tivoli Security	Tivoli Identity Manger, Tivoli Access Manager for e-Business, WebSEAL, Tivoli Enterprise Single Sign-On, Tivoli Directory Integrator, Tivoli Directory Server, Tivoli Federated Identity Manager
Tiovli Composite Application Manager	ITCAM for WebSphere & J2EE, ITCAM for SOA, ITCAM for RT & RTT, IBM Tiovli Monitoring
Tivoli Service Management and Network Management	Netcool/Omnibus, Netcool/Impact, Netcool/Webtop, Netcool/Portal, Tivoli Service Request Manager, Tivoli Live – Service Manager
CA IAM	SiteMinder, eTrust Admin, CA Identity Manager,  CA Enterprise SSO
Design/Case Tools	Rational Rose 98 – 2003, Visio, UML, ERwin
Programming	Java, C, C++, C#, Groovy, Perl, Python, Ruby, Unix Shell, Scala, Lisp, Haskell
SCM	Rational Clearcase, Clearquest, CVS, Subversion, Git
Database	DB2, Oracle DB, Oracle RAC, MS SQL Server, Derby/Cloudscape, PostgreSQL, MySQL
Operating System	AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux (RedHat, RHEL, SuSE, Debian, Ubuntu), Windows
Open Source	Spring Framework, Hibernate, AspectJ, Ant, Maven, Struts, Tomcat, Jetty, JBossAS, JBossESB, DRools, JBoss Remoting, Mule ESB, Apache Camel, Axis, RoR(Ruby on Rails), Grails, Eclipse and Multiple sub projects (BIRT, WTP, OSGI), Gradle, SBT, Hudson
Protocols & Standards	TCP/IP, FTP, HTTP, AS1, AS2, AS3, EDIFACT, EDI-X12, SMTP, POP, S/MIME,XML, JSON
Web 2.0	REST, Ajax, RSS, ATOM Syndication, APP, SAML, OAuth
Big Data	Hadoop, PIG, HIVE, HDFS (Namenodes, Datanodes, Cluster), Flume, Splunk, Storm, Map/Reduce, Cascading, Scalding (in Scala), MongoDB, CouchDB, Couchbase Server, IBM BigInsights, IBM InfoSphere Streams
DW/ETL	DB2, Oracle, Netezza, Vertica, Informatica, DataStage