George “Jay” Mozek617-448-4154                                            jmozek@comcast.net

 

Enterprise Architect providing leadership of strategic IT teams, engagements and organizations to achieve business value. Broad industry experience including Financial Services, Insurance, Retail and Hospitality.

 

 

Areas of Expertise
Enterprise Architecture	IT Advisory and Strategy	SDLC- Agile, Iterative, Waterfall
Solution Architecture	Strategic road maps	Management
SOA	BPM	Vendor Management
EAI	Big Data	Project Management
ETL	OOAD	Staff Development /Training

 

 

Professional Background

 

iSoftStone, Waltham, MA7/2013-4/2014

Director, Chief Architect

 

Reporting to the Senior VP in Seattle, lead iSoftStone's Center of Excellence practice on the east coast of the United States. Responsible for iSoftStone's IT Advisory and Strategy practice nationwide. The IT Advisory and Strategy practice focuses on Enterprise Architecture/Enterprise Solutions Architecture, IT Transformation. IT Assessment and Planning and emerging technologies.

·               Develop POCs for emerging and leading technologies-  developed Big Data POC using various platforms including open source, IBM BigInsights and Cloudera Hadoop Platform

·               Interviewed and hired technical staff

·               Assisted with marketing strategy

·               Trusted advisor for iSoftStone's marque clients

 

Staples, Framingham, MA                                            6/2010-7/2013

Senior Consulting Enterprise Architect

 

In this highest Staples technical position, assisted with the establishment of a Center of Excellence for SOA at a worldwide level- the Worldwide Service Oriented Architecture team.  The team’s mission was to standardize, simplify, and globalize the use of shared services across multiple business domains at Staples Corporation.  Responsible for EA and SOA governance and best practices for business architecture, data architecture, application architecture, security architecture and integration architecture with a focus on SOA using agile methods. Achieved the following accomplishments in this role:

§    Integration expert within the EA and WSOA groups

§    Managed the ETL Strategy recommendation

§    Product owner for the Global Staples SOA Repository

§    ITSM and Lean IT Initiatives- Developed the Service Life Cycle Management and Governance Processes

§    Managed the product selection and POC for a SOA Appliance

§    Enterprise Architect for several multi-million dollar strategic initiatives including:

o        Second largest WebMethods ESB implementation on the planet

o        North American replacement for an aging Point of Sale system

o        Global MDM for Product initiative

§    Developed strategic road maps for multiple business domains

 

Edgewater Technology, Wakefield, MA                                            6/2005-4/2010

Principal Consultant

 

Established the IT strategy, vision, and IT road maps for upper mid-market clients and Fortune 1000 firms, increasing their ability to leverage technology to meet their business objectives. Managed clients’ enterprise architecture as an impartial trusted advisor.  Produced detailed strategy and assessment documents in support of clients’ enterprise initiatives to increase revenue and/or contain costs.  Increased clients’ operating efficiency using BPM, Six Sigma and BRMS best-practices. Provided guidance, stewardship and training to client IT teams using methodologies such as TOGAF and Extended RUP.  Partnered with several Private Equity firms to perform IT Due Diligence activities. Served as SOA Practice Leader and assisted with development of architectural offerings, company-wide technical practices, methodology development, and technical partnerships.

 

IBM Global Services, Cambridge, MA                                            6/1995-6/2005

Senior IT Architect

 

Managed IBM and client technology teams in the full life-cycle development and deployment of custom web applications, work-flow solutions, middleware infrastructure, enterprise applications, and portal technologies using Java, IBM, and open source offerings. Managed clients’ enterprise architecture as an impartial trusted advisor. Designed software solutions that integrated with CRM products, ERP and legacy systems, using middle-ware and work flow engine frameworks. Provided guidance, stewardship and training to client IT teams using methodologies such as Extended RUP and IBM’s ESS methodology.

Developed innovative methods, tools, intellectual capital and reusable assets that improved operational excellence and efficiency. Produced detailed strategy and assessment documents in support of revenue producing and/or cost containment enterprise and process initiatives. Consistently exceeded yearly billable utilization targets.

 

Keyport Life Insurance, Boston, MA                                            9/1992-6/1995

Senior Systems Analyst

 

 

Technical Portfolio

 

Products / Tools / Platforms: Java EE,  IBM WebSphere technologies, JBoss Drools BRMS, IBM/Lombardi BPMS, Blueworks Live, Eclipse, IDEAJ, Oracle 11i e-business Suite, Informatica ETL tools, Talend ETL, IBM DataPower, Layer 7 Securespan,, WebMethods ESB, CentraSite, Apache Hadoop, Hbase, Hive, IBM BigInsights, Cloudera Hadoop Platform, Riversand PIM, IBM MDM for Product, IBM System Architect, Sparx Systems’ Enterprise Architect

 

Programming Languages: Java, C/C++, Scala, COBOL, Powerbuilder

 

Operating Systems and Databases: Windows, Linux (RPM and Debian/Ubuntu), AS/400, MVS, SQLServer, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, Mongo DB

 

Methodologies and Frameworks: Scrum, TOGAF, UML, RUP, Extended RUP, Waterfall, Iterative

 

Education

Boston University, Boston, MA

Graduate Studies, Computer Science

 

Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA             

Bachelor of Science, School of Management, Computer Science and Finance                                 

 

TOGAF, OOAD