VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

Enterprise Architect or Enterprise Solution Architect or Senior Level Architect

Agile, versatile, result-oriented business technology leader with demonstrated success and

experience in software engineering and IT architecture design and implementation to maximize IT

capabilities for data processing, systems and user workflows and availability for users to perform

analysis and knowledge management.

TECHNICAL SUMMARY

Platforms

Windows 3.1/NT/2K-2K12/XP

J2EE

Solaris

Linux

Azure

Database

SQL Server

Oracle

Sybase

Informix

Programming

C# .NET

ASP.NET

VBScript

VB.NET

Perl

SQL

XML

PowerShell

XSLT

WSDL

HTML

SAML

Software & Tools

RUP

SDLC

REST

NUnit

iPlanet

OpenLDAP

DirXML

eDirectory

WebSphere 6.0

BizTalk 2004/2006

Rational Suite

HP OpenView

Visual Studio

Intellij

Comms

ARCnet

UNIX AIX/HP

BSD

.NET

PaaS/SaaS

JDBC

DB2

Access

MongoDB

Java/Spring/JSP

EJB

JSP

C/C++

JavaScript/NodeJS/AngularJS

JNDI

Korn/C-Shell/Bourne Shell/Bash

WMI

XQuery

MFC

DSML

UML

SOAP

Rational Suite

Maven/Gradle

Servlets

RBAC

BMC Control-SA Security

SeeBeyond EAI

DBArtisan

Exchange 2003

SharePoint 2

Visual Age

Eclipse

IIS/Tomcat/JBOSS

MQ Series 6.0/MSMQ TFS

GIT

Subversion

LDAP

TCP/IP

SFTP/FTP/FTPS

SSL

CANDIDATE SUMMARY

 Experience:

30+ Yrs. Overall IT

20+ Yrs. Architect

20+ Yrs. Design/Modeling

20+ Yrs. SDLC

20+ Yrs. Waterfall, RUP,

Agile

 Industry:

Supply Chain, Retail,

Manufacturing, Insurance,

Marketing, Airline, Oil,

Financial, Medical Services.

 Corporate Experience:

DOD, Burgess Industries,

DOJ, JIC, Meijer, Dallas

Systems Inc., ChenMed.

 Project Detail:

For Meijer Stores as a Senior

Enterprise Architect and

Solution Architect, I performed

architecture design,

development and

documentation of .Net/C/C++

network/LOB applications.

Also was responsible for

defining the enterprise

architecture and strategic

roadmap for the infrastructure

architecture based on the

technology evolution and in

line with the current and long

term business needs.

 Availability:

2 weeks from client acceptance.

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Downtime-Home maintenance, Camden, AR 71701, July 2016 to Present

Sr. Application Architect/Developer, ChenMed, Miami, FL, Mar 2014 to July 2016

 Project Technical resource architecting, designing and developing new product line of business for

medical centers across the country. Technologies and tools include AngularJS, jQuery, Bootstrap,

WebApi, Dapper.NET, C# 4.0+, Java 1.7, JSP, Spring Framework 3.x – 4.x, Maven 3.0.4, NHibernate 5,

JBoss 7, Tomcat 7.0, Kali Linux, CentOS 7, Sparkx Enterprise Architect, TFS, Git and Domain Driven

Architecture;

Sr. Application Architect/Developer Consultant, GDH, Little, Rock, AR, Feb. 2014 to Mar 2014

 Project Technical resource architecting, designing and developing Domains Services C# 4.x Microsoft

WebApi using Domain Models, and Data Access Layer to Oracle 8 stored procedures supporting the

Airline’s line of business projects.

Sr. Technical Architect Consultant, JIC of the State of Delaware, New Castle, DE, Sept 2012 to Oct 2013

 Project Technical resource planning and architectural over site of the database

migration/consolidating of multiple Microsoft Access Databases and SQL Server 2008(r2) as well as

application migration from WebForm ASP.NET 2.0 to MVC ASP.NET, .NETFX 4.5, JQuery, JSON,

SOA Application using WebApi IIS8 Windows Server 2012 with Oracle 11g backend per the business

objective to move to a modern application using Oracle 11g backend server.

 Planned, designed and executed the creation of the Entity Models both physical and logical.

 Planned, designed and executed the creation of the DDL scripts for the consolidation migration of

SQL to Oracle.

 Planned, designed and executed the creation C# component libraries i.e. (Logging, Exception

Handling, SFTP, File IO, MSMQ, Utilities) to support the enterprise application infrastructure

 Designed and executed Consolidation/Migration data elements business rules, Use Case, Test and

Functional Technical Documentation of the future application infrastructure using the 4+1 View of

Software Architecture as well as using UML design

 Conducted several presentations of the architectures and development of the new enterprise

applications and supporting resources.

 Supported client’s development team SDLC roadmap documentation.

 Supported infrastructure and development team with the installs and configuration on Windows

2012 Server and TFS Server 2012.

Technical Solution Architect, Infosys (Wal-Mart/Nordstorm), Bentonville, AR, Nov 2011 to Sept 2012

 Project: Completed creating future vision architecture to expedite delivery of new products and

services to develop while meeting company’s cost, risk reduction and technology objectives.

 Project: Completed the strategy to migrate Windows XP applications to Windows 7 client including

virtualization successfully meeting the client’s objectives.

Senior .NET Developer Consultant, CMS Energy Corp, Jackson, MI, October 2011 to November 2011

 Project: Completed enhancements to a major enterprise application that added Web Sites and data

retrieval to Windows Forms utilizing WPF Smart Client Apps C# 4.0, Enterprise Libraries, SQL

Server 2008 and MVVM Design Pattern.

 Project: Completed enhancements to a C# .NET 4.0 file mover enterprise application adding an

additional .NET Network Components SSH.NET Library to connect to SSH servers.

 Project: Completed enhancement to 15 SQL Server Reports (SSRS) utilizing modifying the reports and

adding SQL Server functions

Senior Software Syntel Consultant, TriZetto, Greenwood Village, CO, February 2011 to October 2011

 Project Technical resource to support the upgrade of current FACETS to new version of FACETS

 Project Technical resource to provide Functional and Technical Detail Design Documentation

 Project Technical resource to provide ASP.Net C# N-Tier Application Architecture Team Leadership

and hands-on development. Successfully migrated ASP.NET 2.0 2-Tier Web Application to ASP.NET

3.5 N-Tier Web Application with SOA infrastructure to support Sybase, SQL and Oracle databases.

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

 Project Technical resource to provide Sybase & Oracle Database Application Development

successfully put into production over 50 stored procedures, modifying BPEL and xml scripts

 Project Technical resource to provide IBM UNIX AIX Korn Shell development, successfully moved

into production over 20 Korn Shell scripts

Downtime-Home maintenance, Camden, AR 71701, Jan 2011 to Feb 2011

Windows Solution Architect Consultant, AHQA, Amarillo, Texas, August 2010 to December 2010

 Project Technical resource analyzing, validating future enterprise application technical design and

the support of the business activities through technology.

 Project Technical resource as business was migrating from green screen/AS 400 to .NET 3.5 Windows

Forms and WCF Services.

 Creating documentation to support the 4+1 view of software

 Designed Granular Role Base Security Infrastructure and supporting application

 Data modeling using Sparx Enterprise Architect of the future database management system

 Supported proof-of-concept for critical enterprise capabilities of the SCSF WinForms Dashboard

business applications using Visual Studio 2008 VB & C# 3.5-4.0 .NET Framework WCF Services with

backend DB2 AS/400.

 Conducted presentations and customer reviews of prototypes.

 Waterfall and Agile Methodology used to capture the project artifacts

 Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 TFS source control

Senior .NET Application Architect Consultant, Imclone, Bridgewater, NJ, April 2010 to July 2010

 Project Technical resource to bridge the gap between pieces of architecture for all aspects of the

system and then communicates the architecture to the stakeholders.

 Project Technical resource to provide software development tools to the approach to the solution,

applying architecture to high level design, to the "off-the-shelf" components as well as services to

provide the required system functionality of the business.

 Project Technical resource to design and execute proofs of concepts utilizing Visual Studio 2010

.NETFX 4.0, Silverlight 4.0, Adobe Flash/Flex 3.5 to 4.0, WCF Services 4.0, WS-Security, LINQ,

Progress Sonic ESB with Java Web Services

 Designed Granular Role Base Security Database to support application Role Base Security

 Agile Methodology used to capture project artifacts

 Defined and executed Entity Models using Sparx Enterprise Architect

Directory Service Architect Consultant, Moog, Buffalo, NY, February 2010 to March 2010

 Project Technical resource review and make recommendation on the Novell Identity Management

implementation.

 Successfully completed analyzing schemas data flow to and from the Novell DirXML-Identity

Management System (IDM) 3.6.1) between multiple directories e.g. (Windows Active Directory users

& eDirectory master users, PeopleSoft DB2 users, mainframe users zOS 390, SQL Server 2008

application users, Oracle 11g application users, Security Software (SARS) users) and reported to

finding and recommendations to the stakeholders

Downtime-Home maintenance/Personal Development, Camden, AR 71701, Sept 2009 to Jan 2010

Technical Solution Architect Consultant, Freddie Mac, McLean, VA, February 2009 to August 2009

 Project Technical resource to rollout Enterprise Data Dictionary CMS Dynamic Web Site as a one-stop

shopping for projects’ data requirements.

 Project Technical resource designing and developing Custom Content Management System (CMS)

Enterprise Data Dictionary solutions using Visual Studio 2008 XSLT, XML, XSD, XQuery, XPATH,

XMLSpy and Liquid XML Studio

 Designed and developed WinForms C# application for XML validation using C# and XML Schema

 Refined interfaces to Enterprise Data Dictionary Project running SQL Server 2005-2008

 Defined and revised Entity Models using Sparx Enterprise Architect as a member of the Data

Modeler team

 Waterfall and Agile Methodology used to capture project artifacts.

Senior .NET Application Architect Consultant, GDH, Little Rock, AR, March 2008 to January 2009

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

 Project Technical resource providing technical documentation, analysis design, coding of enterprise

business application for the Web and Windows platform using backend SQL Server 2005-2008, Visual

Studio 2005 – 2008 using both VB.NET and C#. NET; SQL 2005/SQL 2008

 Exposed to Ektron (CMS)

 Product methodology i.e. Agile

 Defined and revised Entity Models using Sparx Enterprise Architect

Senior Technical Architect Consultant, CORRAD Inc., Grand Rapids, MI, Aug 2006 – Dec 2007

 Project consultant in role of Enterprise Solution Architect leading a team of six mid-levels to senior

application architects building VB.NET and C#.NET 3.0-3.5, .NET 3.0-3.5, SOA-MSMQ LINQ, WCF,

Web Services WSE SSL, WPF, WinForms, Windows N-Tier applications utilizing CSLA 3.0.5-3.5 and

Enterprise Libraries.

 Product building blocks now include BizTalk Admin & Development VB.NET and C#.NET 3.5,

LINQ, WCF, Visual Studio 2005-2008 TFS, Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server 2005-2008, SSIS, SSRS

development

 Project consultant in role designing and developing Open Source Enterprise Service Buses (ESB).

 Defined and revised Entity Relational Models using Sparx Enterprise Architect facilitate management

of Project

Senior Architect, Meijer, Grand Rapids, MI, February 2000 to July 2006

 Experience developing, designing, and architecting the properly sized solutions for small, medium

and large complex software and database systems within large enterprise environments that include

complex system integrations and processes; successfully communicating conceptual ideas and design

rationale to build consensus/

 Worked at all levels in the organization from developer to enterprise solution architect, database

administrator to network administrator to server administrator.

 Architected, designed, planned projects to facilitate the development of Enterprise Data Directory

Services strategy roadmap for the business and IT groups working as Enterprise Solution Architect.

 Identified 21 projects in domains of Access Control, Network Security, Information Security

Governance, Risk Management, Software Development Security, Security Architecture and Design,

Operations Security and Business Continuity.

 Mentored team of over ten domain architects on integration interfaces of the new identity

management systems projects using a White Paper Enterprise Directory Service providing the

Applied Architecture.

 Work for the rapid-response team as lead architect to designed, diagnosis using a wide variety of

Architected, designed and coding working for the rapid response team:

 Project details included programming in Windows/UNIX C/C++ socket programming to allow

applications to report activities to a single resource;

 Project details included programming in Java 1.3 JNDI extending the functionality of Novell Console

to support additional needed functionality;

 Project details included using ASP.NET C#, IBM z/OS DB2 SQL stored procedures, WebSphere/MQ

Series 6.0 to create a Web based GPS SOA application to support the Planograms of a store product

layout;

 Project details included MFC VC++ 6.0 client application and C-Language server application with

Sybase Server backend to support a Database System Administrator to all UNIX Server Distribution

Centers with backend Sybase 11.9.2;

 Project details included architecting, designing, developing SQL Server 2000-2005 SSIS packages to

transfer data between servers;

 Project details included creating Enterprise LDAP infrastructure between Oracle 8-10i OID, AIX Unix

IBM Directory Server, Microsoft Active Directory, Novell eDirectory, Microsoft BizTalk 2004-2006

and MIIS Server using Web and Windows based client/server application architecting, designing,

developing in C#.NET as a POC;

 Project details included architecting, designing, developing Perl and borne shell-scripting

applications to support AIX UNIX system functionality;

 Project details included architecting, designing, developing SAML, PKI and Certificate management

scripts to support identity management policy configurations;

 Project details included architecting, designing, developing Web Services,.NET Remoting using

ADO.NET to support business and data objects for several Web-based and Windows Form

applications;

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

 Project Management Mentor

 Working with the server team to implement monitoring software for all the servers in the enterprise

(MOM)

 Trained and installed Open View HP agents to monitor none Microsoft platforms

 Rational Clear Case source control

 Adviser, designer, supporter and recommender to the technical development and delivery teams in

technology choices and deployment strategy based on Microsoft and .NET Solutions for

infrastructure.

 Provided and documented recommendations on the high to detail level technical design, coding and

technology selections for the Enterprise.

 Provided IT infrastructure gap analysis; flagged possible overlaps between different projects as well

as outlined many other projects to align the infrastructure with goals with Enterprise Architecture.

 Supported all Retail operations applications no matter what the integration or interfaces points.

 Project Management Mentor to all development teams interfacing with the IT Architecture Group.

 Working with the server team to implement monitoring software for all the servers in the enterprise

(MOM)

 Trained and installed Open View HP agents to monitor none Microsoft platforms

 Acute expertise designed and executed business value analysis as well as functional and technical

design documents to support all project activities

 Acute expertise using Rational Rose for visual models are object oriented software design

 Acute expertise using Sparx Enterprise Architect was later introduce to capture the full SDLC

 Acute expertise using Rational Clear Case source control

 Plan (Waterfall Model) and Product (RUP) Methodology was used together to capture the SDLC

activities and artifacts.

 Several views and viewpoint were used doing the SDLC process e.g. Classical approach, RUP/4+1,

MSF, Zachman and TOGAF to assist in the different types of projects I was involved in.

 Advise, support and recommend the technical development and delivery teams in technology

choices and deployment strategy based on Microsoft and .NET Solutions for infrastructure.

 Provided and documented recommendations on the high to detail level technical design, coding and

technology selections for the Retail Enterprise development teams.

 Provided IT infrastructure gap analysis on hardware and software needs; flagged possible overlaps

between different projects as well as outlined many other projects to align the Business/IT

infrastructure with goals with IT Enterprise Architecture Group.

Senior Application Architect, Dallas Systems, Dallas, Texas, September 1997 to January 1999

 Project Manager of the project team assisting with analysis, design and development of custom

solutions to meet the business needs. This individual worked with customers to define the business

and functional requirements necessary to achieve their business objectives. Once defined, the

developer/analyst helps design and develops the applications using thin client technologies such as

Informix 4GL, C Language and Unix Shell Scripting.

 Worked closely with a project manager and a customer team to plan and meet project goals and

deadlines in Ware Management System, Logistic System and Distribution Centers.

 Planning and Product Methodology with development department.

 Implemented the use of consistent Methodology Best Practices as a Methodology Mentor.

 Provided technical architectural lead in the design and implementation of integration components.

 Defined and documented processes for test and implementation of software to manage the

relationship between business units and IT infrastructure Business Service Management (BSM).

 Provided UI, Integration, scripting and WMS/Logistics expertise while leading an effort to redesign

WMS/Logistic/SCM systems.

 Designed, architected and deployed manufacturing operational software using multiple technologies

(UNIX, Informix, C and Bourne Shell).

 Managed customer relationships, gathered requirements and ensured the assigned application met

customer expectations.

 Defined and documented processes for successful deployment of new software releases in

professional services team.

 Designed and developed Web Base application in Perl and Java Scripting using UNIX AIX/HP

Servers.

 Wrote and maintained documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing,

changes, and corrections.

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

 Documented and reviewed the documentation written by others that described installation and

operating procedures.

 Provided technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions

with the implementation.

Senior Application/Integration Architect Consultant, CDATA Systems, Inc., TX April 1984 to

September 1997

 Senior consultant capturing business requirements, analyzing business needs, designing and

developing of custom solutions and shrink-wrapped package integration to support the business

objectives.

 Analysis, designer, developer, writing technical specification documentation, test procedures,

implementation of manufacturing, CRM, Data Mining Systems, Marketing, Airlines, Oil Companies,

Inventory Distribution Centers, financial software and System Integration Software.

 Planning and Product Methodology with development department.

 Implementation of consistent Methodology Best Practices as a Methodology Mentor.

 Defined and documented processes for testing and implementation of software to manage the

relationship between business units and IT infrastructure Business Service Management (BSM).

 Performed software design, development, and deployment duties on multiple software development

projects using SDLC Methodology in the Professional Service Team.

 Participated in creation of the SDLC methodology; promoted the SDLC adoption for projects

throughout the organization by providing reference implementation documentation in the areas of

business requirements, architecture, design development, testing and development.

 Provided technical architectural, lea the design and implementation of integration components.

 Analyzed, defined and documented system requirements for data, workflow, logical processes,

hardware and operating system environment. Interfaced with other systems, responsible for internal

and external checks and controls and outputs.

 Solution architecture of several major projects using OS/2 Rexx C/C++ Set & VXRexxDOS/Windows/OS/2,

C & J2EE-BSD/Sun/Solaris/HP/AIX, Basic IBM PC, COBOLHost/AS/400/IBM

PC, SNA, CM, DATABUS ARCnet, Oracle, Informix, DB2, Sybase, Factory Link,

PlantWorks and implementations.

 Architected, designed, developed and deployed the Supply Chain Management SCM system for

Pioneer Oil Inc. using C Libraries C++/DOS UI.

 Delivered processes to automate electronic circuitry that manipulated the Kansas Airline’s baggage

system using BSD and C Language.

 Delivered a new Data Mining System for Nabisco’s Marketing department using COBOL Language.

Programmer Analyst, Burgess Industries, TX, February 1979 to November 1981

 Worked in a small shop at an oil & gas parts distributor.

 Maintained and created client/server and mid-range accounting and reporting application services.

 Created DATABUS applications used in the IT and Business systems utilizing DATABUS, COBOL,

and C-ISAM Database.

 Maintained applications used in the IT and business systems using DATABUS, COBOL, and C-ISAM

Database.

 Coded and maintained mainframe applications using DATABUS, C-ISAM Database, JCL and

COBOL.

 Created test transactions and ran tests to find errors and confirm program met specifications.

 Analyzed code to find causes of errors and revised programs.

 Wrote and maintained documentation to describe program development, logic, coding, testing,

changes, and corrections.

 Wrote documentation and reviewed documentation written by others that describes installation and

operating procedures.

 Provided technical assistance by responding to inquiries regarding errors, problems, or questions

with the implementation.

VERNON GARNER

201 Grinstead St SW, Camden, AR 71701

H: (870) 291-3565 M: (870) 291-3565 vernon_garner@hotmail.com

EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATIONS

 M.S. Information Technology program, Colorado University. (2005).

 Electronic Technologist Certification, Elkins Institute of Technology Year (1982).

 B.S. Computer Science – Barnes College of Technology, U.K. (1984).

 B.S. Software Systems Engineering, Colorado technical University. (2005).

 HP OpenView, Novell ZenWorks, Novell iChain, BMC Control SA, Novell LDAP, Novell E-Directory

ACL, Novell DirXML Specialist, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Clear Case, Methodology Training,

Microsoft WMI, Microsoft VB Scripting (2000).

 Enterprise Integration Solutions 4.5, E*Gate 4.5 Associate Developers Concepts, E*Gate Professional

Developers Concepts, E*Insight Solution Developer Concepts, E*Xchange4.5 Solution Developer

Concept, E*Gate 4.x > 4.5 Associate Developer Concepts SeeBeyond (2001).

 MCP/MCAD.VB.NET,MCSD.NET (2003).

 MCAD.C#.NET (2004).