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May
2014 – Current
Travelport
Enterprise Architect Consultant
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Assisting the enterprise architecture
team formalizing a road map presentation for C-level executives on IT
short/long term strategy and goals including Cloud Computing, EA governance
and Data modeling.
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Research for background materials on
Agile, Cloud Architecture, Big Data and Technical Debt.
February
2014 – May
2014
IBM
Enterprise Architect Consultant
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Established an IT road map for
short/long term strategy based on the client’s proposed requirements and
long term business plans.
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Lead architect for delivering a new
ESB architecture framework using TIBCO. This platform will be the first
step in the IT strategy road map for enabling the applications to process
and consume real time information. The middle ware is dependent on IBM-I
systems and RPG
June
2013 – February
2014
Digital Insight
Enterprise Architect Consultant
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Lead architect for delivering a new
EMB and ESB platform using open source Talend suite and Apache ActiveMQ
integrating with .NET. Included in the architecture also was the design of
the ETL process to a new data warehouse. The new data warehouse with star
and snow flake schemas and the operational data store would provide
business value information for sales and support teams.
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Responsible for the architecture and design of the ESB,
ETL and Data Warehouse
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Collaborated with stakeholders across the enterprise
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Responsible for translating user requirements into
technical functional requirements
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Team lead of contractors for implementation using Agile
methodology
October
2012 – May 2013
Norfolk Southern
Enterprise Architect Consultant
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Lead architect for delivering and
implementing an event driven based architecture using .NET and TIBCO
technologies. A new middleware ESB was required to process the information
in near real time between green screen/COBOL programs at corporate offices
and client side train control systems in the yards. The information
processed by the ESB would optimize inventory tracking systems and train
schedules.
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Responsible for the design and delivery of the
architecture framework
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Collaborated with stakeholders across the enterprise
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Communicated the strategy and project status to the
executive team
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Document and turn over to the existing enterprise
architects
June
2007 – September
2012
Macy’s Systems & Technology
Enterprise Architect
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Created an IT road map for short/long
term strategy based on Macy’s needs for a real-time event driven
architecture.
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Established governance around
architecture frameworks and application development and introduced an
Architecture Review Board (ARB) to maintain stability and consistency
across the organization.
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Lead architect for an enterprise
event driven framework project integrating existing applications with new
Business Intelligence reporting tools. The project would include creating a
platform for real time data to move across the enterprise and made
available for consumption via services using CEP and SOA technologies
running on TIBCO software.
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Extended the middleware to consume
and process real time information for POS systems, Business Rules Engine,
Price Determination Engine, marketing and logistics.
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Lead architect for the Logistics
Pipeline architecture project. The pipeline would provide business activity
monitoring capabilities for high traffic logistics applications. The
pipeline would integrate with the middleware at a future date based on
Macy’s IT strategy road map.
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Lead architect for developing an
architecture strategy to integrate mobile devices with the internal
network/systems. The design included a phased approach for scalability
across all business offices and stores. The project included strategy and
coordination with Macy’s strategic business partners (Verizon, Sprint,
CISCO, HTC and Motorola).
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Responsible for the design and delivery of the
architecture framework
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Collaborated with stakeholders across the enterprise
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Communicated the strategy and project status to the
executive team
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Strategy coordination with 3rd party
vendors
April
2002 – April
2007
Georgia-Pacific Corporation
Senior Application Architect
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Development / Application Architect
lead for an Electronic Approvals application
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Gather technical requirements for changes / enhancements
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Weekly status meetings with various stakeholders
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Support the application and mentor other developers
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Manage the monthly releases according to SOX compliances
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Meet with clients and user for changes and enhancements
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Develop / modify existing code using ASP and Visual
Basic
January
1997 – April
2002
Technosurge
Senior
IT Personnel
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Lead
developer managing a team of contractors for a software re-write from VB6
to ASP
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Worked with solution architect to design the re-write
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Worked with the development team to develop the
application in ASP
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Support the reporting modules coming
from SQL server and Access
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Convert ad hoc reports to full time reports accessed via
an ASP website
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Create new reports using Active Reports
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Support for the internet site and the SQL server
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Support the outside internet sites for customers
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Support the SQL server functionalities for the internet
sites
August
1991 – December
1996
Contractor
Worked for several recruiting firms in the metro
Atlanta area doing code development and support.
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