Harry Velasquez

Chief Architect / Project Manager / Development Lead

4938 Hampden Lane #224, Bethesda, MD 20814

Tel. 301-861-3680 / HarryVelasquez@Rocketmail.com

 

 

Deliver exceptional value as Architect, Project Manager, and Developer for Big Data, Mobile, Social, ECommerce, Cloud, SOA, Healthcare, New Media, and Startup projects. 14 years experience delivering Government, Fortune 500, and startup ventures with solutions for client success. Lead strategy, project management, architecture, requirements, design, and development. Hands-on full-stack developer for mobile (iOS, iPhone, iPad, Android), web (JavaScript, Ruby on Rails, Java, .NET, PHP), big data (Hadoop, machine learning, analytics) and cloud (AWS, OpenStack, and Azure). Open to travel or relocation.

 

Systems Analysis and Design

Lead process modeling and requirements analysis in collaborative stakeholder sessions. Develop user stories and product backlog using Agile, Scrum methods. Develop use cases and System Requirements Specification using Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Object-Oriented Design (OOD). Atlassian Jira, Axosoft OnTime, Visio.

 

Architecture and SOA

Design Business Architecture, Reference Architecture, and Solution Architecture to align business strategy, processes, technology, and stakeholder goals. Develop Service Oriented Architecture, web services, messaging, design patterns, rules, orchestrations, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) solutions. Model processes, workflow, information exchanges, services with UML and BPMN. DoDAF 2.0, TOGAF 9, Zachman, Federal Enterprise Architecture, Defense Business Enterprise Architecture. Sparx Enterprise Architect, XMLSpy, MapForce.

 

UI / UX Design and Development

Expert in visual design, information architecture, interaction design, usability, human factors, and front-end development from concept and prototype to finished product. Process flows, wireframes, storyboards, visual design mockups and interactive prototypes. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, OmniGraffle, Axure, KeyNote.

 

Mobile App Development

Develop iPhone / iPad apps with Xcode, Objective-C, C++, Cocoa Touch, Media, OpenGL ES, Core Graphics, Quartz, Core Services, Core Data, iOS, RESTful services. Develop Android apps with Android SDK, ADT, Studio, Java, SQLite. APIs for AWS, Dropbox, Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google Drive, App Engine, Maps, YouTube, Google+, Foursquare, Yahoo, PayPal, Twilio, Salesforce, WordPress, OAuth, OpenID.

 

Web Development

Develop responsive web solutions with HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, jQuery, Isotope, Masonry, Packery, Bootstrap, LESS, Foundation, Sass. Drupal, Joomla, WordPress, PHP, Ruby on Rails, AngularJS, Backbone.js, Node.js, AJAX, GWT. Audio/video post-production for web with Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Pro Tools.

 

Software Development

Develop with Java EE, JSP, EJB, Spring, Struts, BPEL, XML, XSLT, SOAP, REST, JSON, SSL, WSDL, JDBC, JMS, SSO, Hibernate, Eclipse, NetBeans, Ant, Jenkins, Git, SVN, Atlassian. Ruby, Rails, TDD, BDD, RSpec, Cucumber, Passenger, YAML, CoffeeScript. C#, ASP.NET, SharePoint, Azure, VisualStudio 2013, TFS. JBoss, WebSphere, Tomcat, Oracle SOA 11g, ActiveMQ, ServiceMix, Mule, Socket.IO, XMPP. LAMP, Windows Server 2012, Unix, Linux (RHEL/CentOS/Ubuntu). C/C++, Perl, Python, shell scripts.

 

Big Data / Business Intelligence / Database Development

Develop big data solutions with Hadoop, HDFS, Pig, Mahout, Hive, HBase, Sqoop, Oozie, Cassandra. Develop data warehouse, business intelligence, analytics and ETL solutions. Data modeling, ERD, OLAP, Erwin, Toad. SQL Server 2012, MySQL, Oracle 11g, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, CouchDB, Neo4j, Cassandra, Voldemort, Riak, Redis. MDX, SPS, Memcache. BusinessObjects XI, Crystal Reports, Pentaho, SPSS, R, SAS.

 

Cloud Computing / Virtualization

Develop, deploy, manage cloud solutions with Amazon AWS, EC2, RDS, EBS, S3, SQS, Elastic Beanstalk, Azure, Rackspace, OpenStack, VMware vCloud. Eucalyptus, Chef, Puppet, Capistrano, OpsWorks, Icinga, Zabbix. DNS, FTP, HTTP/S, SSH, LDAP, SSL, TCP/IP. Develop secure, reliable, elastic cloud architectures.

 

Machine Learning / NLP / Artificial Intelligence

Develop machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), semantic search, and recommendation engine solutions. Statistical, mathematical, predictive modeling. Text mining, entity extraction, classification, clustering, lexical analysis, stemming, lemmatization, sentiment analysis, topic modeling, knowledge discovery. Naïve Bayes, decision tree, support vector machines, neural networks, swarm intelligence. Social network interest graph analysis. Ontologies, OWL, RDF/XML, SPARQL, UIMA. Lucene, Solr, OpenNLP, Endeca.

 

Electronic Health Record (EHR) Systems and Medical Informatics

Develop inpatient and outpatient EHR systems, HIE solutions, and mobile medical apps for DoD, VA, and managed care. Integrate ADT, lab, radiology, pharmacy, consults, ancillaries, scheduling, charting, order entry, decision support, AER, PHR, NwHIN, VLER, SOA. Develop solutions for clinical trials, recruiting, CRO portals, grants management. HL7v3, X12N, HIPAA, CCR, CCD, CDA. ICD-9/10, CPT-4, LOINC, SNOMED, MEDCIN, HDD, DICOM, CDISC. AHLTA, CDR, Essentris, VistA, EPIC, McKesson, Mirth, Rhapsody.

 

E-Commerce and Digital Marketing

Deliver engaging user experiences across brand touchpoints. Develop mobile app, mobile web, and ecommerce solutions for digital marketing and online shopping. Social / mobile / email marketing, SEO/SEM, CPC/CPM advertising, behavioral targeting. Recommendation engine and ad exchange development. Google Analytics, AdWords, Salesforce, HootSuite, Adobe Marketing Cloud, Marketo, Magento, ATG, WebSphere Commerce.

 

Provide hands-on leadership across programs and clients with a focus on technology innovation, business strategy, product development, project management, and building high performance teams that deliver superior results. Plan, execute, and manage scope, schedule, project plans, dependencies, budget, costs, resources, quality, risk, issue resolution, communication, and deliverables. Select, hire, train, mentor, and manage team members to deliver quality results. Ensure projects are organized, delivering on time, on budget, within scope.

- 14 years project management experience leading development teams using PMI PMBOK, MS Project

- Excellent interpersonal, client-facing, team management, collaboration, mentoring, and presentation skills

- Full lifecycle technology product management from strategy/concept to development, launch, and marketing

 

April 2010 – Present                                                                                                                TekGenex / McLean, VA

Chief Architect / Project Manager / Development Lead                                                       

Chief Architect, Project Manager, and Development Lead for commercial, government, and startup clients. Lead strategy, architecture, requirements, design, development, testing, deployment, and project management for multiple concurrent projects using agile development and delivery methods. Hands-on developer and key technical contributor for iOS, Android, J2EE, Ruby on Rails, LAMP, Python, and .NET projects. Use Lean Startup approaches to test product vision and product/market fit by developing products that solve real problems for which customers need effective solutions. Develop a minimum viable product (MVP), gather early adopter feedback, analyze validated learning about customers, and drive rapid iteration. Develop solutions for Big Data, Mobile, Social, E-Commerce, Cloud, SOA, Healthcare, Biotech, and Government. Develop Enterprise Architecture, Business Architecture, Reference Architecture, and Solution Architecture to support client business goals. Develop mobile apps for iPhone / iPad / Android with an emphasis on visual design and usability. Develop responsive web solutions that deliver engaging user experiences across platforms by leveraging best practices in design. Architect and develop SOA web services, common services, design patterns, orchestration, messaging, and ESB integration. Develop cost efficient, secure cloud solutions with AWS, OpenStack, CloudStack, and Azure. Develop big data solutions with Hadoop, HDFS, MapReduce, Pig, Mahout, Hive, HBase, Sqoop, Oozie, Cassandra, R, SAS. Develop machine learning, analytics, NLP, social network analysis, and recommendation engine solutions. Develop ECommerce and digital marketing solutions for social, mobile, web. Consult on EHR, HIE, clinical trial, clinical data projects. Collaborate with technical and business teams to ensure architecture and development align with business / IT strategy. Deliver strategic advisory services for business development and funding. Build relationships, surface market intelligence, write RFP proposals, and win new business. Extensive contacts in government, tech sector, and venture capital. Mentor organizations on how to develop key differentiators, align vision, mission, goals, objectives, strategies, and optimize execution. Collaborate with onshore and offshore teams to deliver quality product. Leverage lessons learned from mission-critical advanced technology projects to deliver robust, scalable, cost efficient solutions.

Results: Build collaborative, high performance teams and deliver solutions that drive business growth, deliver high quality services to stakeholders, and empower clients to achieve their goals.

May 2009 – April 2010                                                                                                                CTA / Arlington, VA

Chief Architect / Consultant                                                                                                  Special 1 Year Project

Chief Architect for Department of Defense clients, on special assignment. Advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense and Chief Medical Information Officers for Army, Navy, Air Force. Designed Enterprise Architecture and Solution Architectures for next generation Electronic Health Record (EHR) and clinical data management systems for Military Health (MHS) with Department of Defense (DoD), VA, and managed care. Designed Segment Architecture, Business Architecture, Reference Architecture, Solution Architecture, and Transition Plans in accordance with DoD Architecture Framework (DoDAF 2.0), Federal Enterprise Architecture (FEA), Federal Health Architecture (FHA), Federal Segment Architecture Methodology (FSAM), DoD Business Enterprise Architecture (BEA), DoD NetCentric Global Information Grid (GIG), DoD/VA, HL-7 standards and JCIDS process. Integrated architecture with AHLTA, VistA, National Health Information Network (NHIN), Virtual Lifetime Electronic Record (VLER), Health Information Exchange (HIE) initiatives, and Meaningful Use Criteria for secure sharing of health information across domains. Chief Enterprise Architect Lead for team of 24 Architects. Designed Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and big data solutions for Military Healthcare utilizing COTS and open source in a secure cloud. Designed and developed web services, enterprise common services, services governance, Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) integration, petabyte scale data warehouses, text mining, NLP, search, image repositories, workflow, Master Patient Index, single sign-on (SSO), identity management, ADT, lab, radiology, pharmacy, consults, ancillaries, scheduling, charting, order entry, clinical reports, decision support, AER, revenue cycle billing, coding, ICD-9/ICD-10, Personal Health Information (PHI) Medical Home portal with J2EE, .NET, SQL Server, Oracle 11g. Developed mobile enterprise apps for iPhone / iPad / Android. Modeled business processes with BPMN and UML. Built client relationships, wrote business development proposals, and advised government on program management, system integration, and acquisition best practices. Chief subject matter expert for Medical and Cybersecurity domains.

Results: Successful delivery on accelerated schedule of DoD project for $180 million transformation initiative to improve Military Health systems to support 9.6 million beneficiaries, as part of $2.1 billion annual IT budget.

 

November 2008 – May 2009                                                                                                  ICS / Herndon, VA

Chief Architect / Development Lead / Consultant                                                                Special 6 Month Project

Chief Architect, Development Lead, and Technical Project Manager for Department of Defense clients. Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Army. Next generation Electronic Medical Record (EMR) and clinical data management project for Department of Defense for Wounded Warrior Initiatives. Software Development Lead for Product Development Team with HL7, .NET, J2EE, SQL Server, Oracle 11g, Kofax, EMC Captiva, PGP, IronKey, single sign-on (SSO), VMware virtualization. Developed mobile enterprise apps for iPhone. Developed medical enterprise architecture, software and COTS system integration with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Chief technical lead for team of 45 software developers. Developed requirements analysis, object oriented design, and information models for data warehouse, image archiving, OCR, concept/entity data extraction, and integration of medical records. Developed forms-based and semantic categorization of semi-structured and unstructured data for EHR, and search engine for keyword, semantic, and natural language search. Lead machine learning and big data research team. Developed Personal Health Record (PHR) cross-platform viewer in C++ Qt for secure, encrypted data and documents for electronic medical records. Designed secure cloud SOA prototype for Military Healthcare. Built client relationships and wrote technical proposals. Chief subject matter expert for Medical and Cybersecurity domains.

Results: Successful delivery on accelerated schedule of DoD EHR system prototype to support improved medical care for military personnel with secure PHR viewer, natural language search, and mobile apps.

 

February 2005 – October 2008                                                        Automation Technologies, Inc. (ATI) / Vienna, VA

Chief Architect / Development Lead / Consultant                     

Chief Architect, Development Lead, and Technical Project Manager for Department of Defense clients. Advisor to the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Primary client contact and Technical Program Manager for DoD. Chief Technical Lead for design and development of custom software and COTS system integration solutions for DoD clients with SOA, .NET, J2EE, LAMP, SQL Server, Oracle 10g, Business Objects, SAS. Lead enterprise-scale organizational and system transformation initiatives for Defense. Lead Product Development Team for applications, services, and tools. Director of in-house Advanced Research Projects Group for Defense special projects. Hands-on design and development of systems for enterprise portals, collaboration, workflow, search, business intelligence, data warehouse, Web Content Management (WCM), Enterprise Content Management (ECM), Records Management (RM), and financial transaction processing for Acquisition, Financial Management, eCommerce, Medical, and Human Capital Management domains for DoD. Developed search engine and machine learning technologies for keyword, semantic, and natural language search and recommendation engines for DoD. Designed interfaces for DoD SAP ERP projects. Lead enterprise architecture and solution architecture design and transformation of information systems to achieve enterprise objectives. Worked closely with OSD, Navy, USMC, Air Force, and Army Acquisition, Financial Management, Medical, Human Capital communities within the Department of Defense, and other Federal agencies to optimize IT portfolio, eliminate redundant systems, and develop enterprise wide system integration for secure information sharing. Lead design and development of enterprise class data centers. Wrote business development technical proposals and lead RFP technical volumes. Managed multiple project teams and engagements in the C-Suite of Federal accounts. Ensured that key project constraints of scope, schedule, and budget were met while maintaining quality. Chief subject matter expert for Medical, Financial, Acquisition, Cybersecurity domains.

Results: Saved Government clients over $140 million by replacing legacy systems with integrated solutions.

 

November 2002 – February 2005                                                                      BearingPoint, Inc. / Alexandria, VA

Project Manager / Consultant

Architect and Project Manager for Department of Defense clients. Developed custom software and COTS integration solutions for DoD clients in Medical, Acquisition, Financial Management, Ecommerce domains. Lead architecture strategy, business process re-engineering, requirements analysis, and design with collaborative user sessions, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Object-Oriented Design (OOD), and DoDAF. Developed enterprise portals, web applications, search, data warehouse, business intelligence, web services, data migration, ETL, content management, workflow, eCommerce, and NetCentric systems with SOA, .NET, J2EE, LAMP, SQL Server, Oracle 10g, Business Objects, webMethods. Developed keyword, semantic, and natural language search solutions for petabyte scale environments. Frequently invited speaker and subject matter expert at Government conferences. Lead software peer reviews, user design reviews, and user acceptance testing. Developed test scripts and inter-agency deployment plans. Lead software development, infrastructure, and deployment teams in multiple military facilities. Responsible for 24x7 mission-critical infrastructure in support of Defense operations worldwide. Developed and deployed global secure electronic vault for Defense data and documents, in use by Army, Navy, Air Force military commands worldwide as “single point of truth.” Wrote business development technical proposals, and lead RFP technical volumes. Managed multiple SEI/CMM Level 3-5 teams. Subject matter expert for Medical, Financial, Acquisition, Cybersecurity domains.

Results: Achieved enterprise integration of Financial, Acquisition, and ECommerce workflow, document management, and business intelligence systems with SOA to support $130 billion annual DoD budget.

 

October 2001 – November 2002                                                        On Assignment at KPMG Consulting / Arlington, VA

Technical Lead / Consultant

Technical Lead for Department of Defense clients. To address urgent mission needs post-9/11, designed and developed new DoD system solutions and improved critical enterprise applications in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, on-call 24x7. Hardened multifaceted attack surfaces to be resilient to foreign compromise. Designed and developed new real-time secure interfaces with high transactional volume. Diagnosed and resolved technical issues for remote users in forward deployed military locations worldwide. Conducted collaborative requirements analysis using Rational Unified Process, wrote use cases, modeled designs with UML, and developed system solutions using J2EE, Oracle, and SQL Server for secure data sharing. Managed secure application user community as System Administrator for military users in Production and hot Failover environments. Rapid prototype development of special encrypted data sharing initiatives for DoD to meet urgent mission needs. Subject matter expert for Medical, Financial, Acquisition, Cybersecurity domains.

Results: Improved system performance and security of mission critical DoD applications deployed worldwide.

 

August 1999 – August 2001                                          University of Wisconsin Medical School              / Madison, WI

Consultant (part-time)

While enrolled as a full-time Medical Student, worked part-time developing electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical trial data management software for portable devices and integrating with hospital information systems. Project Manager and developer for interactive medical education learning systems and bioinformatics tools. Conducted research in machine learning, artificial intelligence, and semantic analysis of medical information. Produced and edited computer-based multimedia curriculum for the Office of Medical Education and Development. Developed web-based eCommerce solutions for external clients as an independent consultant. Selected as a paid tutor on staff for students referred by Dean’s Office in School of Medicine and Physician Assistant program. Specialized in teaching students with academic difficulties, learning and physical disabilities.

Results: Increased board certification rate of students in Medical School and Physician Assistant programs.

1994-2001                                                                                                   University of Wisconsin School of Medicine

Medical Student / Physician in Training

Good academic standing as a Medical Student. Recruited as a Minority Medical Student Fellow on scholarship. While enrolled as a full-time Medical Student, worked part-time developing electronic medical record (EMR) and clinical trial data management software and multimedia curriculum for medical educators. Conducted research in medical informatics, biostatistics, clinical trial data management, knowledge engineering, and artificial intelligence for Medical, Biotech, and Defense applications. Demonstrated excellence in clinical responsibilities, patient care, teaching, teamwork, and medical workflow management skills. Completed rotations in: Family Medicine, Surgery, Neurology, Psychiatry, Pathology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/Gynecology. On-call 24x7 responsibilities for patient care in hospital wards, Surgery, and Emergency Room under supervision of residents and senior physicians. Letter of commendation on file with Associate Dean of Students regarding excellent Medical School service record. Voluntarily withdrew from medical training to provide professional consulting to support the Department of Defense to meet urgent post-9/11 mission needs.

Results: Successfully transitioned from Medical School to work as a full-time professional consultant for the Department of Defense in Washington, DC at The Pentagon.

 

1994                                                                                                                                            University of North Carolina

Bachelor’s Degree

BA, Biology with Honors. As a Pre-Med student, studied Biology and Computer Science. Awarded a competitive appointment as a Research Fellow by the Undergraduate Research Council. Secured biotechnology grant funding for laboratory research in cell and tissue culture, genetic engineering, and drug discovery. Developed software for bioinformatics, clinical trial data management, artificial intelligence, machine learning, data mining, natural language processing (NLP), structured ontologies, image analysis, pattern recognition, and knowledge engineering. Developed prototypes of expert systems, semantic search and analysis of text and image data for potential use in Medical, Biotech, Defense, and Intelligence applications. Additional studies and research at the University of California at San Diego and Princeton University.

Results: Harry H. Johnston Award for Biotech Research. Accepted to multiple PhD and MD training programs.

 

Over the last 14 years, have successfully delivered game-changing client projects ranging from startup ventures and Fortune 500 companies to mission critical systems for the U.S. Department of Defense and Intelligence communities. Continually learning new technologies, teaching, mentoring, building teams, driving collaborative innovation, delivering superior technological solutions, and empowering client success.

 

- Strong business background and technical expertise drive engagement within C-Suite as trusted advisor

- Experience with account management, relationship development, proposal writing, and solution selling

- Demonstrated success building buy-in for innovative and bold strategic business and technology vision

- Identify, shape, pursue, and close business development opportunities that drive business growth

- Negotiate and lead strategic partnerships that deliver value, drive revenue, and increase market share

 

- Project Management Institute (PMI)

- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)

- Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA)

- Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)

 

- Inc 500 Awards, 2006, 2007, 2008 (Automation Technologies, Inc.)

- BearingPoint Innovation Award

- Harry H. Johnston Award for Biotech Research

 

- Website: www.Harry-Velasquez.com

- Twitter: @H4Velasquez