Expertise in Architecture, Technology Strategy & Application Development

 

Highly self motivated, goal oriented professional bringing to table the ability to resolve business challenges with practical technical solutions.

Multi-disciplined professional with effective mix of expertise in application development, large-scale integration, application re-platform and enterprise architecture in banking, credit card & mortgage.

Complementary qualifications in solution structuring, application architecture, buy versus build evaluations, architectural assessments, vendor relations/negotiations, strategic target state roadmap development, and sound understanding of technology’s impact on operations.

Proven ability to collaborate and communicate to bridge the gap between the business and technology teams, build consensus and deliver on schedule solutions. Reputation for high levels of efficiency, ability to stay on course despite challenges and catalyzing change.

 

·            Architecting Complex Integrations ·            Multi-phase Project Development ·            Solution Highly Scalable, Available & Fault Tolerant Systems ·            Automated Disaster Recovery Solution ·            Application Performance Improvement & Enhancements ·            Fit for Purpose Solutions ·            Technology Leader, Team Building & Talent Grooming	·            Legacy Modernization ·            System/Application Consolidation ·            Technology Rightsizing ·            Consultative Selling ·            Capacity Planning and Sizing ·            Event Driven Architecture ·            Client Management
·            Experienced in Java/J2EE technologies ·            Used Relational DBs like Oracle, SQL Server, DB2 ·            Developed in Struts, Spring, Hibernate Frameworks ·            PoC in Oracle SOA, Datapower ESB ·            Implemented Federated/Delegated Single Sign-on using SAML and other technologies ·            Deployed on application servers – Websphere, Weblogic, JBoss ·            Used BPM tools –  JBPM, Pega; Architected using content management tools – Alfresco, FileNet ·            Integration using MQ / Web Services / ETL / File Transfers ·            Understanding of latest trends – Big Data, AngularJS, Canonical Models

Open Source Advanced Workflows and Document Management Solution, Tactics, 2008

Sun Certified Programmer, Java 2 Platform 1.4, May 2005

Charged with defining future proof strategic multi-tenant solution for Loan Origination and Processing system sfor PHH Mortgage by evaluating and selecting appropriate technology stack.

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Created and documented current state logical and integration architecture to finest details containing integration patterns and technologies

•         Defined architectural vision for Loan Origination and Processing platform

•         Evaluated LOS COTS product like Wipro Gallagher NetOxygen product

•         Spearheaded technology stack evaluation/selection

o Some of the technologies evaluated are Talend, Motivity, Pega BPM, IBM BPM, FICO Blaze Advisor, Sapiens Rules, EJB3

•         Defined Canonical Object Model schema for information exchange, inspired by MISMO

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         Performed floor study to understand current system & processes and identify areas of improvements

•         Co-ordinate with various teams within client organization for creating architecture

•         Develop canonical object model for service integration

•         Provide strategic and tactical direction to the team for prototype activities

 

With strong architectural background and functional knowledge in mortgage, called up in TD to strategize and provide solution for various LoBs by working on multiple projects simultaneously and prioritizing and delegating as appropriate. Worked mostly on high impact, high visible, high risk & high complex multi-million projects, each exceeding $15MM.

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Served as technology partner to champion Commercial Lending roadmap, including application rationalization

o Performed analysis of current state, created process, people and technology heat maps to identify current pain-point serving as key input to future state architecture

o Created multi-year multi-phased transformation plan to meet future growth needs of Commercial & Small Business Lending depicted in blueprint using TOGAF views like business context, system context, logical and technical architecture

o Presented transformation strategy plan to company’s executives and architecture teams

•         Lead creation of end-to-end architecture views and complex integration of online TD eTreasury (https://tdetreasury.tdbank.com/) application by consolidating two treasury management platforms – Treasury Direct & ACI

o Various different vendors were evaluated and S1 (ACI) was selected as strategic solution

o Fit for purpose integration techniques used to integrate with backend system like PayPlus (Wire Transfer), Pep+ (ACH), Fidelity IM & ST, SMS, Titan,  AFS, RSA Ace (token security), RSA Adaptive Authentication, Vector, REDI, Control Disbursement, ACH Positive Pay, eStatements, etc.

o Architected multi-phased customer migration to new system, including appropriate checks & balances and reconciliation

o Reduced operational risk by providing secure, highly available and fault tolerant platform with automated disaster recovery option

•         Successfully designed upgrade of multi-phased multi-million Maestro Commercial Lending to latest Provenir product and underlying technology to meet business objectives like error prevention, automation of loan approval documents, reduced manual entry thereby reducing duplication & chances of errors, enhancements of system workflow, etc.

•         Improved application performance by moving architecture towards caching and data grid technologies

•         Improved efficiency and reduced operational cost by moving syndicated loans off ACBS to LoanIQ, without impacting current business processes and interfaces including Basel reporting

•         Enabled real-time integration of cloud based Salesforce.com with TD systems for referral tracking like Sales Revenue using SOAP base services exposed over DataPower; Federated SAML based single sign-on; Delegated Authentication for BlackBerry application

•         Consolidated FileNet Panagon to P8 5.0 in a multi-year multi-phased multi-million migration to promote data quality and reduces data loss. This includes consolidation and revamp of various satellite systems.

o Advanced minimal customization of COTS product concept by moving out all non-core product functionality to a new custom solution

·   Promoted collaboration and improved productivity by incorporating architecture assessment into SDLC

·   Developed methodology for consistent architectural estimation during project work

·   Created High Availability and Disaster Recovery scenario templates to help business understand working of systems in case of eventualities

·   Currently evaluating various COTS solution for Commercial & Small Business Lending

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         Meet with business leaders and visionaries to convert ideas/issues into workable solution

•         Create a solution in consultation with Information Security Architects and Infrastructure Architects to meet organization security requirements

•         Guide Infrastructure Architect to create high available system, meeting project defined Recovery Time Objective (RTO), Recovery Point Objective (RPO) and Service Level Objective (SLO) by adopting capacity planning and sizing methodology

•         Create project blueprint depicting overall solution using  various TOGAF views and migration path

•         Document various application Failover Scenarios and provide strategy for High Availability

•         Document Disaster Recovery strategy by listing all possible scenarios

•         Create technology scorecard for the various technological options / vendor COTS solutions

•         Create current state logical architecture, target state logical and physical architecture, transition architecture, deployment architecture using TOGAF concepts in Visio tool

•         Define Operational and Monitoring needs of the proposed solution

•         Provide technical leadership in resolving complex performance issues faced by application team

•         Providing strategic and tactical direction to the colleagues for technical solution

 

Charged with defining strategic solution for Freddie Mac to resolve various data integration, external customer setup & servicing systems pain points and to plug data leakages and improve efficiency.

As a solutions architect, accountable for designing solution exceeding industry standards (event based architecture, hub & spoke integration, common customer setup, etc.), selecting appropriate technology stack and become a trusted partner to business.

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Created and documented Data and Event Staging application architecture to finest details containing logical and physical architecture, use case and sequence UML diagrams to help implement solution

o This solution was developed to efficiently and effectively share data between its business processes using Hub and Spoke integration. The solution will improve data quality by staging data, reducing data corrections and managing data changes across heterogeneous systems in a loosely coupled way.

o Proved and validated solution by prototype using various technologies like Oracle SOA, Informatica power center and custom java development

•         Drove adoption & momentum of new data hub and readiness by leading creation of detailed integration patterns, cookbooks and developer how–tos’ with supporting integration architecture.

•         Designed solution for Automated Customer Setup to provided external parties with ‘user self-provisioning’ capabilities through designated external administrator. This also serves as a common customer setup platform for various externally facing applications.

•         Defined architectural vision for Loan Servicing platform

•         Strategize modernization of MIDAS legacy mainframe loan servicing application. This involves creation of end-to-end different architectural (Business, Application, Information, Technical, Logical, Transition) views, developing Master Data Management (MDM) solution, build v/s buy evaluation, etc.

o Suggested multi-phased development approach to reduce application transition risk

o This addressed key issues like High cost of change, Absence of audit trail, Data quality and management issues, High complexity, High total cost of ownership (TCO)

o Introduced federated ESB solution to integrate various sub-systems

•         Spearheaded technology stack evaluation/selection and detailed business/technology analysis for Data and Event Staging, Automated Customer Setup and MIDAS modernization.

o Some of the technologies evaluated are Informatica Power Center, Oracle SOA Suite 11g (Fusion Middleware), custom development using Java, J2EE, Hibernate, JMS, Webservice, XML technologies, Oracle Identity Manager 10g, Oracle Entitlement Server 10g, TAM/ITDS, JSF, Oracle Database 11g, iBatis

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         Meet with stakeholders to gather application and integration requirements for various projects

•         Co-ordinate with various teams within client organization for creating architecture

•         Review canonical data model (CDM) for events and reference data

•         Used OSB as a service bus for integration, messaging platform (pub-sub) and virtualizing services by exposing WSDL

•         Developed UUID generation code using Coherence, XSLT for transforming requests in BPEL

•         Prototype OIM/OES implementation using Java, J2EE, JSF, iBatis, XML technologies, custom connectors for LDAP synchronization

•         Resource planning and work allocations for prototype,

•         Conduct status meetings & reporting to stakeholders

 

Joined RIMS project to architect a solution and provide technical leadership in implementing solution. This project is step towards paperless office by automating electricity regulatory tasks like licensing, tariff fixation, performance monitoring and grievance rederessal, multi-year tariff principles, etc.

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Architected whole RIMS solution based on open source software like Alfresco for Content Management, JBPM for BPM, Struts as UI framework, Spring for middleware and Hibernate as ORM solution

•         Lead team of 30 persons to deliver project on-schedule and budget

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         Evaluate various BPM and CMS tools against the requirement

•         Create database design

•         Create integration plan, backup plan and high availability strategy for production deployment

•         Develop sample code template for developers to use as base for development of other modules using best practices adopted, using Struts, Spring IOC, Hibernate ORM, Alfresco and JBPM

•         Used struts tile, validation frames for user interface designing

•         Deploy application in Production in high availability mode

•         High level project planning, schedule, LOE for development activities

•         Resource planning and work allocations and monitor tasks for development, conduct status meetings & report to client, track and mitigate the risks in the process

•         Groom and mentor talents for next level

 

Tools/technologies used are: Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Alfresco (CMS), JBPM (workflow engine), JSP, Servlet, Custom Tags, Oracle 9i, OAS 10g, OID, VSS, Quartz, AJAX, SAN, Java mail, Quartz, ANT

 

Retained by Citi and transferred as a Technical Leader to Internet Applications team to focus on evaluating and finalizing technical solution for different releases by prioritizing business requirements and developing project using modified agile methodology. The project has quarterly releases that involve maintenance and additional functionality to the Account Online Application (www.accountonline.com). It is a web based application that enables citi credit-card holders to view their account information online.

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Re-designed user experience for www.accountonline.com without impacting core logic and middleware

•         Developed authorization engine and navigation menu using XML configurations

•         Implemented caching layer to improve performance and usability of application

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         Assigning tasks to offshore team-members for development activities

•         Develop code in RAD using Struts, Custom Tags and deployed on WAS server

•         Used ssl certificates, java keytool and certs package for secured communication with 3^rd party services

•         Created shell scripts to monitor application performance using top, memory commands

•         Used ClearCase for configuration management to sync code developed at onsite and offshore

•         Used Mercury Java Profiler, Heap Dump Analyzer for analyzing performance issues

 

Tools/technologies used are: Struts, JSP, Servlet, JDBC, Java Beans, Web Services, Custom Tags, Websphere Application Server 6.0, Oracle 9i, RAD 6.0, ClearCase 6.0, HP (Mercury) JVM Profiler, Heap Dump Analyzer, HP Diagnostics, Visual GC

 

Joined WebSolutions group as production support lead for various internal applications like Program Metrics and Issue Logs (PMIL), Technology Leadership Program (TLP), Quality Day Tracker (QDT) and Software Capitalization (SWCAP).

 

Key accomplishments are:

•         Developed support SLAs along with business and created matrix to track support SLAs.

•         Streamlined defect resolution & enhancements process and code delivery to Production based on priority.

 

Job responsibilities include:

•         As Production Support Lead, involved in all production support activities like evaluating defects/issues based on priority, defect fixing within SLA, client communication & co-ordination for testing, assigning defects to team-members, deployment support, second level support, etc.

•         Responsible for 24X7 high availability of applications and support

•         Used Struts MVC, struts validation and tiles framework during development/enhancement of applications, developed stored procedures required for enhancement requests

•         Gather status report from team-members and report it to higher management

•         Co-ordinate with various engineering teams for bug fixing and applications deployment

 

Tools/technologies used are: Struts, JSP, Servlet, JDBC, Java Beans, Web Services, Custom Tags, Websphere Application Server 6.0, Oracle 9i, WSAD 5.1, RAD 6.0, ClearCase 6.0, JUnit, PL/SQL.

 

PROJECT LEADER, TECHNICAL LEADER & ONSITE COORDINATOR; Gemological Institute of America (GIA); Carlsbad CA, USA (2 Months) and Ahmedabad Gujarat, India; Aug-2004 to Apr-2005

·   Lead Diamond Cut Grade Software project from project management and technical perspective for full SDLC cycle.

·   Architected Cut Grade Software solution, to make it as industry standard. This was modeled on 15+ years of ongoing research on ‘impact of varying diamond’s cut proportions to diamond grades’ undertaken by GIA scientists.

·   Leadership tasks include client co-ordination for functional and technical specifications, assigning tasks to team-members for development activities, co-ordination with external vendors for Excelsior & WISE software evaluation, and status reporting to higher management of the company and client.

·   As technical leader, involved in creating java swing & PL/SQL code templates, helping team-members in resolving technical difficulties, deploying software at client location and training end-users.

·   Key technology/tools used were Java 1.4 – Swing, JSP, ColdFusion MX with JRUN 4, Oracle 9i, Eclipse 2.3, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Jet Excelsior, WISE for Windows Installer, JUnit, PL/SQL.

 

TECHNICAL LEADER; Process Consulting Group (Internal); Ahmedabad Gujarat, India; Sep-2003 to Aug-2004

·   Evaluated and finalized technical solution for Lateral Thinking Tool based on Edward De Bono’s Lateral Thinking™ Methods. Edward De Bono is considered as Father of Creative Thinking.

·   As Technical Leader, involved in all SDLC phases from requirements, design, testing to deployment and post deployment support.

·   Specified XML interfaces to connect flash front-end to middle-tier servlets.

·   Created database design, verified java standards using checkstyle.

·   Key technology/tools used were JBoss 3.2.2, Oracle 8i and MySQL 4.0.16 database, Java Servlets, JSP, Macromedia Flash MX 2004, Action Script, Eclipse IDE, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Checkstyle.

 

DEVELOPER; Quality Group (Internal); Ahmedabad Gujarat, India; Mar-2003 to Aug-2003

·   Designed and developed Process Area Work Book (PAWB) Tool based on SCAMPI method of evaluation of CMMi and PCMM criteria used to implement CMMi and PCMM across various branches of the organization.

·   PAWB Tool is copyright protected and mentioned & appreciated in annual CEO speech.

·   Performed requirement analysis, unit and system testing, and deployment support.

·   Key technology/tools used were MS Access 2000, MS Excel 2000, Visual SourceSafe 6.0.

 

DEVELOPER; Kutch Nav Nirman Abhiyan; Ahmedabad Gujarat, India; Jan-2002 to Feb-2003

·   Designed and developed information management system to cater to the information needs of the village community, NGOs and government administration of Kutch district in Gujarat, India.

·   Performed requirement analysis, unit and system testing; created unit test plan, code integration test plan and deployed system at 22 locations.

·   Key technology/tools used were SQL Server 2000, MS Access DB, ASP (VB Script), VBA, Java Script, HTML, Visual SourceSafe 6.0, Crystal Reports 8.0

 

TRAINEE – INITIAL LEARNING PROGRAM; Learning Group (Internal); Trivandrum, India; Sep-2001 to Jan-2002

·   Rigorous 4 months hands-on training provided at companies site for on various technical and quality needs of company.

·   Trained on time management, life skills, cultural differences between different nations, etc.

 

Masters of Computer Application, Rollwala Computer Center, Gujarat University, 2001

Bachelor of Science (Electronics), St. Xavier’s College, Gujarat University, 1998