DICK WOODS
Las Vegas, NV 89130 (310) 435-1691
dbdwoods@gmail.com
Solutions Architect
Specializing in integration technologies
for hardware and software systems
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Over 20 years of hands-on,
customer-facing experience with proven ability to deliver exceptional results
critical business requirements for high profile clients
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Adept in analysis, development, and
implementation of data through middleware to data warehouses and production
or reporting environments
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Demonstrated strengths in transforming
business intelligence into data architecture, and designing and implementing
systems by providing state-of-the-art infrastructure build-outs and
migrations to the latest middleware solutions
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Effective in leading domestic and
offshore teams in technical integration efforts on all platforms required for
national and global solutions
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Excellent problem management and
troubleshooting skills
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Areas of expertise include enterprise
systems design and planning, enterprise resource and disaster relief
planning, and enterprise migration of vertical silos of information to a
modern star or buss topology
Technical
skills:
Certifications: IBMWbSphere MQ, DB2
UDB, LAN, AIX, integration programming, Web services
Software
Systems: Peoplesoft, BO-EDI,HR- AP,
AR, PR, Cognos, XML, JMS, Queuing, SOA, SAAS, ESB, HIPPA, HL7, Unix
System V. Xenix, z/OS UNIX, Windows WESB, MQSeries, DataStage, SonicMQ,
WBI. JMS, Geronimo, WSO2 Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Italio (BPM), WSO2
Open Source SOA, ATG, BMC Patrol,
Hardware
Systems: Android, iOS, Linux
SUSE 9 – 11, Redhat 4 – 7, Free BSD 3 – 4, AT&T, Centos 5, AIX 4.2 – 4.3,
HPUX 10 – 11, IRIX, Micro BSD, NCR, Solaris, SUN OS, QNX, SCO ACE, Ubuntu,
zOS
Databases: Mongo, Cloudera, NoSQL, Hadoop, RacSpace, IBM
DB2/UDB, Oracle 8 – 11, MySQL PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Informix, Cloudscape,
Sybase, Derby
Languages
& IDEs: Java, JavaScript,
Jython, JCAL, Python, Eclipse Qt, Netbeans, Umbrello, Kivlo, WASD, Jbuilder,
Methodologies: Scrum, Iterative, RUP, RAD, TOGAF
Experience
Las Vegas Sands,
Las Vegas, NV
(2012 – 2015)
Integration Design Engineer
Designed Tibco-based middleware solutions
and provide technical integration expertise for applicable projects.
Technologies: IBM iSeries integration to Tibco, Redhat Linux
Tibco, Windows Server Tibco, SQL Server, network infrastructure, IIS
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Collaborated with stakeholders and
project managers to elicit project requirements, then designed a solution
utilizing existing LVS technology which provided additional functionality and
reduced costs by offering a single suite of products.
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Recovered from a non-secure black
region meltdown and assisted in establishing a new secure green region to
operate the company’s business. Tested Tibco middleware and enterprise
level applications for operation.
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Experience (continued)
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Conducted POCs
in black/green DEV/Test regions. Worked with domestic and offshore teams to
test and promote code to stage and production regions.
Teksystems, Burbank, CA
(2012)
Open Source SME
Performed POC's
and new website analysis for new website scalability and products delivery
for The Walt Disney Company.
Technologies: Red-Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Puppet labs, Ruby on
Wails, POS, Windows server, Windows workstation
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Tested Puppet labs. Managed clustered
sites for pre-production and then production rollout.
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Worked with Puppet and Ruby scripting
to manage the content for testing and implementation.
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Successfully implemented a new POC
website and the upgrade to a production website.
Open
Logix, Memphis, TN
(2011)
Middleware Integration Architect
Consultant for primarily IBM sourced
middleware projects at HSNBC Bank. Performed a full range of services from
analysis and design to implementation and production rollout.
Technologies: Mainframe platform IBM Webphere, AIX IBM
WebSphere portal, AIX IBM Message Broker and affiliated products. N
Mainframe, AIX, Windows Server
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Consulted with business principals and
technology leaders to determine the phased rollout of the IBM WebSphere
product suites and planned according.
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Success was measured by the customer’s
adoption of IBM middleware into production. Delivery of the financial product
suit (FICO) operating from WebSphere portal enabled the customer to retire
programs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
E-Team, Los Angeles, CA
(2010 – 2011)
Middleware Integration Consultant
Held responsibility for overseeing the
upgrading of the middleware infrastructure for Farmers Insurance.
Technologies: All platform IBM WebSphere and WebSphere
portal, all platform CommerceQuest DataPower products, Mainframe,
iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server.
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Managed and worked with domestic and
offshore development teams performing project design and delivery.
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Upgraded UNIX and Linux operating
systems, promoted project code (PeopleSoft, Financial, and CRM) developed
offshore to different regions, dev, test, staging, and production.
Tested newly installed code per customer requirements.
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Successfully delivered into production
or another environment upgraded code and operating system. Estimated
profits measured in the millions of dollars in spreading newly advanced
applications over updated equipment clusters.
DNJS
– LLC Torrance, CA
(2008 – 2009)
Team Leader of Applications
Customer facing role testing EDI – SOA for
small business and performing project solutions management and technical
architecture designs for non-profit programs.
Technologies: All Apache suites products for small business,
Red-Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, POS, Windows Server,
Windows workstation
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Experience (continued)
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Designed solutions suiting the open
source customer base, Computer, Linux operating system, Apache OpenOffice
products for production and office work. Wrote scripts as needed for
the promotion of code to production servers. Successfully installed
program.
MQ
Software, Torrance, CA
(2006 – 2013)
Applications Integration SOA Architect
Customer-facing role as lead SOA service
orientated architecture analysts at Toyota.
Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform Commerce
Quest DataPower products mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS,
Windows Server
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Performed project management duties for
troubled programs and provided daily support of the IBM WebSphere suite.
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Designed IBM MQ software suite
solutions and presented them to management and project teams.
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Technology was accepted and delivered
as a new complete WebService, satisfying design goals.
Ibmais
Portal Solutions Company, Los Angeles,
CA (2006 – 2007)
Associate Partner / SOA Project
Delivery Manager
Customer-facing role managing teams of
IBM portals architects, programmers, sales management team assigned to build
the public sector.
Technology: All platform IBM WebSphere portal and workflow
products, all platform CommerceQuest DataPower products, mainframe, iSeries,
AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server
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Re-introduced the IBM portal team to
customers who had become disenchanted with the services.
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Initiated contact with customer
principals who at first refused to do business with the IBM portal team;
discussed problems and concerns, and then advised on the solution.
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By enlisting new services for their new
projects, customer an estimated $10 million in lost profits for that
division.
Perficient, San Francisco, CA
(2007)
Practice Manager – Middleware
Integration Consultant Associate
Oversaw project requiring complete
environments be designed, scaled, tested, and placed into production.
Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform
CommerceQuest DataPower products mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX,
Linux, POS, Windows Server
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Interviewed stakeholders and the
engineering staff to determine the best practice methods to use for customer
new to middleware.
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Designed and implemented four SOA
environments which successfully deployed the required enterprise resource
management system. Team closed several contracts, resulting in hundreds of
thousands of dollar profit that year.
Nissan
HQ, Torrance, CA
(2004 – 2005)
Middleware Integration Team Lead
Managed the Vitrea centered middleware
department’s migration to the IBM WebSphere suite.
Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform
CommerceQuest DataPower products, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris,
HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server
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Held daily conferences with
stakeholders and the affected department managers to determine the best plan
for migration.
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Met with the Vitrea development team to
assess projects for WebSphere candidates for scalability and program affinity
to IBM technology migration.
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Experience (continued)
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Designed a technical solution and
project plan for implementation and presented to management for approval.
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Success was measured by new
projects/programs adopting the WebSphere suite and the decline of Vitrea
resources which were almost impossible to find. Profits were measured
in actively manning and completing projects which were on hold waiting for Vitrea
resources to become available.
IBM
Independent Consultant, Bentonville, AR
(2006 – 2007)
Applications Integration Architect; MQ
Architect & Workflow
Management and technical team member in a
customer-facing role as middleware architect representing IBM to Wal-Mart.
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Interviewed project stakeholders with
supporting technical engineers to design and plan an IBM technology
middleware implementation.
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Managed the IBM and customer
development teams to deliver MQ Series and workflow-based solutions spanning
a worldwide marketplace impacting multiple cultures and languages.
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Successfully adopted the plan rolled
out technology supporting the company’s worldwide expansion efforts and
enhanced profits through improved business communications within the
worldwide empire.
Candle
Corporation, El Segundo, CA
(2000 – 2001)
West Coast SOA Architect
Assumed a customer-facing role for
clients in natural resources, retail, and the public and private sectors.
Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform
CommerceQuest DataPower products, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX,
Linux, POS, Windows Server
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Presented, sold, and successfully
implemented a customized middleware integration design and project plan which
resulted in several million dollars in profits.
CommereceQuest, Tampa, FL
(1998 – 2000)
Middleware ETL & EDI Consultant
Served as West Coast product line
representative to clients in natural resources, retail, and the public and
private sectors.
Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform
CommerceQuest DataPower products, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX,
Linux, POS, Windows Server
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A middleware integration design and
project plan were created and sold to the customer as their solution for
their secure internet file transferring problem.
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Managed the development project with a POC, sold the result to the customer as a
solution, then managed the customer team placing the result into production.
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Success was the delivery of designs /
plans suiting the customer requirements
Aerospace
Industry, CA
(1978– 1998)
Electronic Design and Test Engineer
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Designed and tested multimode hardware
and software control equipment.
Professional Development
Earned
43 units, University of Phoenix,
El Camino-Torrance, CA, and Des Moines, IA
Completed extensive company-sponsored technology
training
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