Consultant Name: Stéphane Rata

PROFILE – QUALIFICATION HIGHLIGHTS

Enterprise Solutions Architect & hands-on Software Developer for SaaS, PaaS,

Enterprise Integration with focus on ESBs, SOA Initiatives & Open Source technologies.

• Advanced coding skills with industry standard languages, middleware and databases.

• Drives Enterprise Application technical blue prints, product requirements, product

specifications, integration of heterogeneous environments, API implementations.

• In-depth experience throughout the software development cycle, expertise in business

process & analysis methodologies, code & design review and project management.

• Extensive customer facing experience and account management responsibilities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• ESBs:

Mule (certified), Talend, WebMethods, Oracle SOA Suite.

• Java/J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, XML/XSLT, SOAP&REST Web Services (Axis,

CXF, Jersey), AJAX, RDBMS (Oracle, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Derby, MS-SQL, DB2),

WebSphere MQ, ActiveMQ, OpenAds/OpenX, Force.com APEX, Amazon EC2, S3,

SQS, AWS & FBA, MongoDB, Groovy, jMeter, YourKit, Maven, Git, Log4j, EhCache,

Gemfire, Nexus, Jenkins, TestNG, Junit, Munit, RAML.

EDUCATION

• MS CS - Ecole Centrale de Nantes - Nantes University, France.

LANGUAGES

• French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Italian.

EXPERIENCE

09/2012 - Current

Got SOA? Consortium - SOA/EAI Consultants

• Enterprise Solutions Architect and ESB Developer. Drives, implements SOA projects

with fortune 500 companies, government agencies and technology startups, focusing

on Mule, Talend & other Open Source ESB implementations.

• Hands-on ESB code development experience in the following industries: education,

financials, government, accounting/payroll, retail, e-commerce, cloud computing &

CRM. Manages the relationship with SI partners and ESB.

• For recent project specifics, see: http://gotsoa.com/experience/

• Current project stack: mule CE, EC2, S3, SQS, RAML, mongoDB, PGP, AES.

• Client list: mydoublecheck.com (current), Salesforce, Sephora, Entertainment

Partners, USDA, McGraw-Hill, Techsoup Global…

09/2011 – 09/2012

MuleSoft, Inc., San Francisco, CA

• Enterprise Solutions Architect for SOA Initiatives, modernization of legacy systems,

integration of hybrid solutions, using Mule ESB on-premise and SaaS. Matter expert on

Performance diagnostic and tuning of live mule applications.

• Pre-sales & Post-sales technical responsibilities, public speaker at Mule symposiums

(multilingual), delivering seminars on mule performance tuning issues and capacity

planning. Completed Mule ESB Certification Process.

• Hands-on development of prototypes demonstrating mule’s ability to integrate legacy

applications to cloud solutions: Netsuite, Alfresco, Salesforce, Twitter, Amazon SQS or

Magento. 100% outstanding customer reviews in US & Europe.

Independent Contractor (CTO/Architect/Developer)

Client:

Client:

Consultant/Architect/Developer

• Rewriting pilot technology to a production ready scalable solution, software &

hardware, building a SaaS solution around openGTS/J2EE.

12/2008 – 3/2011

OneRoof, Inc., San Francisco, CA

Solution/System Architect & VP Engineering:

• Facilitated the acquisition of CybercaféPro.com (CCP).

• Hired state-of-the-art engineering team; developed the original prototype

and established a robust technology platform, allowing OneRoof to successfully

complete its Series B round of funding.

• Re-factored CCP into a cloud based enterprise solution (VB, J2EE, SQL Server),

turning it into Oneroof's foundation platform for telecentres and public access

computing, acquiring 100 customers a day across 175 countries and in 25 languages.

Road Runner Sports, San Diego, CA (5/2011 – 8/2011)

Architect & Team Lead Java/J2EE:

• Integration project using Mule, Java/JMS/AQ, Amazon FBA & Oracle 9i &11g.

ShellCatch, San Francisco, CA (4/2011 – 8/2011)

• Manage all Engineering & Operations resources with on/offshore staff:

Implement large scale rollouts for government sponsored social & educational

initiatives in Asia,Latin America and Europe.

• Hands-on lead developer of two revenue generating portals, such as Local

Advertising (OpenAds engine PHP/EC2/S3 cluster, Ad Serving Networks), Search

Revenue (Ruby on Rails, AdSense).

6/2001 – 11/2008

CTO & Software Architect:

• Successfully managed the following client portfolio: Bdellium Financial, Forbes

Signature, Spafinder.com, TethysTech, Thomas Weisel Partners, Web-MD, Global Wine

Company, Remedy Interactive and established working relationships with Sri

Lanka partner Calcey Technologies to strengthen Kalikalam's competitiveness and skill

set.

Client:

Thomas Weisel Partners, San Francisco, CA (6/2001 – 10/2001)

Program Trading Developer:

• Developed pre & post-trade analytics between Flextrade, Oracle & Excel via DDE

And TIB RT, using C, C++, VBA & PL/SQL.

Client:

Spafinder.com, San Francisco, CA (6/2002 – 10/2002)

JSP & Oracle Developer:

• Converted Spafinder legacy data storage to relational model using Oracle 9im (data

migration scripts & stored procedures using PL/SQL).

• Developed catalog and checkout pages of the e-commerce portal, using JSP (j2SE

1.4) and resin server.

Client:

Director of Engineering:

• Established the initial technology and enabled the client to acquire seed funding.

• Designed and implemented a SaaS e-commerce portal, specialized for the

management of wine club subscriptions and fulfillment.

• Managed all IT activities from software development to production and technical

support of portals supporting brands such as NapaStyle, KQED, and Omaha Steaks.

Client:

Remedy Interactive, Sausalito, CA (6/2008 – 10/2008)

Developer:

• Performance tuning of a ColdFusion/SQL Server SaaS application

• Specifications and Reporting module code conversion from Cold Fusion 6 to J2EE.

3/2000-4/2001

Director of Engineering:

• Delivered a J2EE based trading portal and real-time exchange for high-end wines

modeled after the NASDAQ level II.

Provinance/World Wine Exchange, San Francisco, CA

Global Wine Company, Sausalito, CA (4/2004 – 2/2008)

Kalikalam Technical Consulting, Menlo Park, CA

• Established prototype (Oracle 8i, TopLink, J2EE, WebLogic) enabling the founders

to secure a $1.2 million of initial funding.

• Managed a $2.5 million IT budget and successfully delivered a production ready

exchange platform, leading to the early acquisition of WWE by Provinance within one

year.

1/1999-3/2000

ABT/NIKU Corporation, Petaluma, CA & Zurich, Switzerland

Senior Technical Consultant:

• Co-designed & developed an XML/J2EE based middleware (ABT Integrator) to

integrate NIKU Project System to SAP, PeopleSoft and Oracle Project modules.

• Principal in the deployment phases of ABT/Oracle Project Solutions at Unisys

Schaumburg (IL) and UnisysJapan in Tokyo

• Responsible for Japanese localization of the software and managed the Unisys

account.

• Upon acquisition by NIKU, ABT Integrator was among the products with the most

potential and profitability.

1/1994-12/1998

Logica Consulting Group, USA – Switzerland

Senior IT Consultant for international banking and e-Commerce projects:

Logica Professional Services, US West/East Coast

Senior consultant in the professional service group:

• Lead developer, software architect or matter expert for accounts such as Pacific

Bell, Web-MD, New JerseyPSE&G, and Sumitomo Bank. Maintained a very high

billable time ratio with the Professional Services Group at all times.

Logica IT for Financial Services, Zurich, Switzerland

Client:

Berliner Bankgesellschaft, Berlin, Germany (7/1995 – 5/1996)

• Integrated 9 different back-office organizations and systems, as the result of the

merger of 3 West/East Berlin banks and subsidiaries

• Lead architect of a middleware solution in charge of binding diversified technologies

and funneling analytics data into a centralized Global Limits System's data warehouse.

Client:

Credit Suisse, Zurich and Geneva, Switzerland (2/1994 – 6/1995)

Lead architect and developer:

• Of the Trading and Risk System middleware to SWX (Swiss Stock Exchange),

dealing with heterogeneous technology environments: AIX, Solaris, VMS, CISC/MVS,

in C, C++, SEER APS, COBOL, PL/1 and using TIBCO as middleware.

• Released a production ready high-cadence, resilient trading solution ahead of

schedule with first awarded SQX seal of compliance.

• Further assignments included the integration of their subsidiaries CS Geneva and

Winterthur Volksbank to SWX.

3/1995-12/1999

Global Wine Exchange, Zurich and San Francisco, CA

Architect, CTO and co-founder of the Winex™ brokerage service – an Internet based

solution to trade wine productions like standard commodities:

• Designed and developed the software suite and managed all software releases

• Launched Winex in Oct. 1997 with approximately 75 active import and/or wholesale

traders.

• Secured further funding from Credit Agricole Private Equity/Incubators.

• Facilitated the merger with San Francisco-based World Wine Exchange, maintaining

the overall technology and board advisor responsibilities.