Dear Sir or Madame,

 

While my experience is diverse and I am an individual who can who can take on multiple roles, at both the strategic and tactical level.  I’ve noticed that I’ve neglected to specifically list my strategic level impacts in my resume (which I will soon correct).  However, in the meantime I felt it important to give a concise listing of these activities (by project) here. 

 

 

** Lennar

Generated the EA practice presentation presented to the Executive Steering Committee (Approved)

 

** Teradata

- Worked with several companies at the strategic level of how to establish High Availability for their key data systems (Approved)

 

** KLX Aerospace

- Based on an external study (Cognizant), worked with the CIO and Directors and generated a plan on how to move the organizations SOA maturity level to a level 3 in three years. (Approved)

- Made strategic recommendation for the company to move to the use of a Data Quality and Master Data Management (MDM) tool, which they did and have since implemented Oracle MDM (Approved)

- Recommended the establishment of a formal EA practice and ARB (Approved)

 

** USAF/RSAF

- Working with the CIO recommended the strategic implementation of a formal Enterprise Architecture practice (Approved)

- Made the strategic recommendation of starting to move in an SOA direction (Approved)

 

** Miscellaneous

- Stood up own startup, built the team and developed a product. Final strategic decision responsibility

- MetLife: made the strategic recommendation to go with the IBM WebSphere Portal product rather than 'build your own', which was accepted by IT leadership and the Business. (Approved)

- Mohawk Industries: Made strategic recommendation to the CIO that the organization migrate from Lotus Notes applications to WebSphere Java/J2E applications (Approved)

 

 

 

Thank you very much for your valuable time and I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,

David Lee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

David K. Lee

Miramar, FL   www.linkedin.com/in/davidlee55/

 305-978-2582  § dklee55@yahoo.com

 

 

Experienced professional with 20 years in IT and over 10 years of enterprise Architect level experience seeking to be a key contributor in a strategic Director of Enterprise Architecture position.  A broad and diverse background that includes consulting, business, architecture, management, leadership and excellent communication skills enable me to see the business and technical “Big Picture” and to serve as an advisor for both IT and Business leadership teams.  Experienced across several industries including all domains (Business, Data, Application, Infrastructure) involving many technologies in a diverse set of roles. Have successfully performed as a software engineer, applications developer, systems administrator, project manager, applications manager and architect.  An entrepreneur who solely with stock and a vision built a top tier team of healthcare professionals and engineers providing a Cloud based product (google ‘Virtuosant’).  Have stayed close to technology (can still code and work hands-on with systems) so that I can speak with confidence when dealing with technical teams, and several years of consulting to enable corporations with Enterprise Portals, eCommerce, SOA, and Cloud based solutions have given me deep experience in working with the stake holders at all levels from across the enterprise.  Strategic, tactical, and organizational transformation experience enable me to quickly make a rapid and significant contribution to the success of your organizational goals.

 

Notes:

-          TOGAF 9.1 Enterprise Architect Certified

-          Currently studying for (AWS) Amazon Web Services Certified Solutions Architect

 

Lead Enterprise Architect – Lennar – Doral, FL (contract 12/15 – Current)

§  Brought in to play a key role in major business transformation

§  Contributed to RFP response reviews for major ESB products (IBM IIB was selected)

§  Defined and led the enterprise integration effort using an ESB/SOA approach

o   Integration first focused on integration of new CRM (Cloud) and JDE (on-premise)

o   Performed reverse engineering of existing Java code that is populating the old/current CRM

o   Installed and developed 3 ESB POC’s

o   Worked directly to assist and guide vendors (IBM and Salesforce)

o   Assisted in definition of IBM Cloud environment and assisted in sizing

§  Lead over 3 other contract resources

§  Architected high level of future state JDE/CRM data flow

§  Stepped up and reverse engineered 15 year old code urgently needed for high profile BI project

§  Led the establishment of the first Enterprise Architecture Practice in the organization.

o   Strategic recommendation of a hybrid use of TOGAF

o   Created EA foundational documents

o   Developed ARB charter

o   Generated the EA practice presentation approved by the Executive Steering Committee

§  Performing assessment/selection (RFP) process for new EA tool

§  Performing documentation of current state architecture for different lines of business

§       Simultaneously involved at the solutions level for different new and in-flight infrastructure projects

o Server security hardening

o Web site POC on AWS

o Product evaluations

o Offshore QA

o Essbase infrastructure upgrade

§  Environment: IBM Integration Bus (ESB), IBM PureApps and Softlayer Cloud, Eclipse, Oracle, DB2, MS SQL, JDE, Salesforce, Docker, Hypervisor, AWS

 

Enterprise Architect – Teradata – Doral, FL – Road Warrior (4/15 – 12/15)

§  Member of the “Big Data/ Data Tools” Center of Excellence team. Assist, guide and generate Unified Data Architectures for key Teradata client’s

§  Pepsico (Plano, TX) – Assisted in generation of an architecture for the transfer/synchronization of data

§  Delta (Atlanta, GA) – Assisted in generation of architecture for data management and synchronization across enterprise data warehouse servers

§  Kiewit (Omaha, NE) – Generated a Data Disaster Recovery architecture

§  Itau Banco (Brazil) – Involved in multiple web-ex meetings in preparation for potential future on-site work in Brazil

§  American Express (Remote) – Performed Linux based system configuration, project planning, architecture, and implementation of a Data management implementation.

§  Programmed (Java) a program to verify certain configuration criteria and settings on specific Teradata products.  TD UNITY PRODUCTS

 

Enterprise Architect – KLX Aerospace (formerly B/E Aerospace), Miami, FL (contract 09/14 – 2/15)

§  Quickly ramped up on the business and supporting technologies

§  Documented the current state enterprise architecture

§  Assisted Director of eCommerce through brainstorming (based on my past eComm experience)

§  Established Sharepoint repository for EA artifacts

§  Gathered existing subsystem models and categorized in repository

§  Performed guidance to IT leadership on moving towards enterprise wide SOA

o   Advised on SOA products

o   Modeled and recommended SOA layers approach

o   Generated first draft of 3 year roadmap for moving to SOA

o   Initiated vendor (Oracle, IBM, Tibco) evaluations for SOA platform products starting with Data Quality (DQ) and Master Data Management (MDM) and made strategic recommendation

§  Investigated/Analyzed appropriate options for utilization of Cloud Strategy

§  Performed technical review of cloud based shipment software (Shipworks) for potential purchase

§  Made recommendations  on:

o   ARB governance

o   ESB governance

o   Framework to follow in determining and advancing the enterprise SOA maturity level

§  Established/Led  Architectural Review Board

§  Performed POC with HADOOP and multi-value data,  made recommendation concerning Big Data strategy

§  Led “Action Team” to implement system and code enhancements based on Vendors review of Unidata

§  Worked with the infrastructure team and generated a server inventory listing owner, OS, and function

§  Worked with Network Admin to document current state of Network

§  Technology stack: ATG eCommerce, Unidata ERP, Oracle, SQL Server, Mule ESB, JDA, MQ Series, Java, REST, EDI, Sharepoint

§  Sparx EA, Visio, PowerPoint, SharePoint, SmartDraw, Hadoop

 

Enterprise Architect – Abacus Technology – USAF/RSAF, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (contract 12/13 – 08/14) 

§  Reported to CIO level, recommended, advised, led, and performed the execution of several key strategic initiatives for the organization

§  Established an Enterprise Architecture practice in a complex and challenging environment

-          Performing stakeholder interviews (End users, Architects, Project Managers, Developers)

-          Documenting current state of systems in a heavy COTS (Oracle ERP, Oracle IDM, BMC/Remedy, GOLDesp, etc.) environment

-          Research, presentation/ recommendation on appropriate EA framework to follow (recommended a TOGAF/DODAF approach)

-          Research, presentation/recommendation on appropriate EA Tool/Repository to be used

-          Development/ Delivery of: Principles of Architecture, Architecture Definition Documents, EA intranet site content/structure, EA repository, Governance (ARB), Reference Architecture, modeling.

§  Leading organizational change via consulting, mentoring, and the development of key artifacts (proposals, models, documentation).  This has resulted in the following strategic initiatives:

-          Made proposal to move towards SOA environment via ESB (BizTalk), Portal (SharePoint) and Cloud (Azure) technology resulting in first project to do so.  Have generated the high level design for this first system (Uniform Eligibility system), and assisting with POC.

-          Proposed moving to Agile/Scrum methodology for software development.  Served on the team as a key resource (only one with practical experience) to perform this transition.  Generated the project plan.

-          Worked towards the generation of an IT “Service Catalog”.

§  Contributed to strategic plan for the software engineering center (Goals and steps to achieve)

§  Presentations to executive management

§  Provided architectural input/review for Oracle IDM (Identity Management) project

§  Analysis/recommendation/generation of RFP/SLA for level 3 and 4 support of major enterprise system

§  Worked on generating a SOP/Runbook for new Cyber Security Operations Center

§  Tools used: Sparx Enterprise Architect, Visio, PowerPoint, BizTalk, SharePoint, SmartDraw

 

Architect/Systems Administrator – Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee, Chattanooga, TN (contract 6/13 – 11/13) 

§  Responsible for portal based enterprise intranet and extranet for a large healthcare insurance organization

§  Perform systems architectural, administration, and support activities in a Windows and AIX environment

§  Responsible for multiple enterprise products in a Test, QA and Production environment

§  Architected/installed/configured enterprise search solution

§  Documented the existing state logical and physical architecture

§  Mentored junior staff

§  Resolved critical system issues (portal DB connections, Omnifind indexing issue)

§  Utilizing WebSphere Portal, IBM Omnifind, IBM Connections, Tivoli Directory Integrator, Tivoli Security, PeopleSoft, DB2, MS SQL, Wily Introscope.

 

Architect/Engineer – Tyco, Boca Raton, FL, Onsite and Remote (contract 8/12 – 3/13) 

§  Performed as Architect /Engineer in migration of a B2B Portal from V6 to V7

§  Performed architectural analysis/design/development on multiple components and web services

§  Documented/managed portfolio of portal applications

§  Conversion of IBM API to JSR-286 using the JSF framework

§  Worked on Ajax based components

§  Performed application/systems performance analysis and testing

§  Agile/Scrum development methodology

§  Java 7.x,  JSF 1.2, Oracle 11G, JSP/JSTL, RAD v8.x, WebSphere Portal V7.x, SVN, Web Services (SOAP, WSDL), XML, JQuery, AJAX, HTML, HP LoadRunner

 

Senior Solutions Architect – Ecommerce Accelerator, Remote (contract 4/12 – 8/12)

§  Worked closely with the business stakeholders to insure alignment with business objectives

§  Performing SA and PM duties in for roll out a Hybris B2B commerce site for major manufacturer (Gildan).

§  Site included internationalization and Integration of a 3rd party Logo Tool and Sales Sheet

§  Working with Spring based Hybris Accelerators, Extensions and Cockpits.

§  Work closely with client and development team in an Agile/Scrum environment.

§  Direct technical team efforts and initiatives.

§  Utilized Hybris, Spring, Java, Eclipse, HTML5

 

eCommerce Developer (B2C) – New Site for Carquest Auto Parts/Crossview, Remote (contract 8/11 – 2/12)

§  Intentionally took this heads-down programming role to enhance my abilities as an Architect

§  Agile/Scrum methodology

§  Performed custom table creation and population.

§  Developed staging triggers.

§  Implemented Google Analytics.

§  Developed custom Commerce email notifications.

§  Performed controller command extensions.

§  Developed custom trigger modal for store and vehicle selection.

§  Performed development and customization of numerous store JSPs. 

§  JSP, XML, JSTL, Struts, Java, J2EE, JQuery, AJAX), WebSphere Commerce V7, RAD v7, Subversion

 

Principal Technical Architect – AT&T, Remote (11/10 – 8/11)

§  Initially brought in to play a key leadership role in building out a new WebSphere Commerce/Portal practice.

§  Reported to Senior Director

§  Architected/designed custom search solution based on SOLR/Lucene. 

§  Performed load testing for Lenovo’s new WebSphere portal via HP Loadrunner.

§  Participated as technical resource in L.A. County and Hanes sales pursuit.

 

Senior Architect – Gulfstream Aeronautics/ComputerScience Corporation, Savannah, GA/On-site and Remote (8/08 – 8/10) 

§  Performed all architecture, analysis, design, development and administration of new eCommerce B2B site for Gulfstream Aeronautic parts. 

§  Worked closely with the business stakeholders and executive team to insure technical/business alignment

§  Gathered Business Requirements and generated design and project planning documentation.

§  Installation/configuration on Windows and AIX server.

§  Gap analysis and Proof of concept creation

§  UI and CSS customization. 

§  Performed portlet development.

§  Master Catalog creation and massload.

§  Custom security configuration with Novell LDAP e-Directory.

§  Installed and utilized both Enterprise Oracle 10 and 11g.

§  Install and configure of remote IBM Http server.

§  Application of fixes and updates.

§  Use of IBM PMR’s when needed.

§  Migrated Commerce V6.0.0.7 to V7.

§  RAD V6 and V7.  Thorough knowledge of the WC Toolkit.

§  Integration with Corridor Order Management system via web service.

§  Worked closely with DBA’s, UNIX admins, and Business Analysts.

§  Java 6.x, JSP, XML, EJB, Struts, Java, J2E, Web Services, SOAP, WSDL, WebSphere Commerce V7, Oracle 11g, Novell LDAP, CSS, JavaScript, HTML

 

Founder/Architect/CEO - Virtuosant Technology (a healthcare software company), Home office (8/08 – 01/10) 

§  Performed work during evenings, nights, weekends

§  Established healthcare focused software company as a corporation (self-funded)

§  Architected/Developed a Cloud SAAS based product (Healthcare Patient Portal) on AWS

§  Based solely on stock and vision, built an elite management and technical team (included one physician, healthcare executives, and several engineers.  A total of 15 people)

§  Performed heavy research and established contacts for offshore programming capabilities (Vietnam and Singapore)

§  Established partnerships (achieved IBM “Advanced” partners level, Amazon AWS Cloud)

§  Developed Business Plan, built web site, performed marketing

§  Sought funding, responded to Nissan Corp. with SOW for new ‘Dealership Portal’.

 

Portal Solutions Architect, CareFirst BCBS– Baltimore, MD (contract 2/08 – 8/08) 

§  Worked across departments and with business stakeholders in order to produce optimal application architecture in an SOA based environment.

§  Portal 6 and RAD7. Generated conceptual and logical architecture documentation for Portal Single-Sign-On (SSO).

§  Documented as-is architecture and formulated/documented recommended future state portal architecture.

§  Infrastructure technologies consist of Portal, Security, BPM and SOA.  Products utilized were WebSphere Portal, WebSeal, TIM/TAM, Pega, Tibco ESB, and WebSphere MQ.

 

WebSphere Portal Architect and PM, Winn-Dixie - Jacksonville, FL (contract 2/07 – 2/08)

§  Architected and managed their first enterprise portal implementation.

§  Gathered business requirements.

§  Generated 3 year Roadmap

§  Consulted Senior IT and Business Executive Management.

§  Generated Architecture, Non-Functional Requirements, Governance, Team skills assessment, JSR 168 portlet design, and other project documentation.

§  Provided portal and WCM subject matter expertise.Portal is v6.0.1.1 running on zLinux/zOS mainframe.

 

WebSphere Portal Architect, Borders – Ann Arbor, MI (contract 7/06 – 1/07)

§  Acted as a consultant to Business and Technical Executive management.

§  Generated 5 year roadmap.

§  Gathered and documented all business and system requirements for new enterprise portal.

§  Developed logical and physical architecture design based on requirements.

§  Assisted eCommerce implementation team with content management integration and table design 

 

WebSphere Solutions Architect, PNC Bank (IBM Project) - Pittsburgh, PA (contract 11/05 – 7/06)

§  Based upon customer requirements, architected a Struts/Tiles, JAXB/XML, WAS 5, and IWWCM 2.1 solution that relied heavily on front-end and back-end caching to reach performance goals.

§  Performed hands-on JAXB/Web Service development utilizing RAD.

§  Produced application design documentation.

 

WebSphere Portal Architect / Team Lead, MetLife Insurance - Greenville, SC (contract 9/04 –11/05)

§  Acted as a consultant to Senior Business and Technical team

§  Recommended and performed POC which led to senior management’s decision to us Portal technology rather than a custom J2EE solution.

§  Performed Business analysis and process modeling.

§  Defined Architecture and Coding standards for this disability claims handling portal.

§  Large N-tier project utilizing WebSphere Portal, WebSphere Server, Web Services, webMethods, UDB, DB2, and mainframe programs.  Successfully researched, recommended, and implemented WPS 5.1 and RAD 6.0. 

§  Identified existing internal resources (code, graphics, portal expertise and architecture) for re-use which saved the company thousands of man-hours.  This was recognized up through the CIO and has resulted in a new company wide portal strategy focusing on reusability. 

§  Made recommendations for server and PC hardware requirements needed for development.

§  Installed/configured WebSphere Portal 5.1 on team server and development server. 

§  Developed portlets that utilized WebMethods Java API and Web Services.  Developed/deployed portlets from Use Cases for use in management and business group meetings. 

§  Setup/configured project in Borland StarTeam SCM tool. Participated in “requirements document” sessions with the business unit.  Performed Use Case and technical design. 

§  Mentored junior J2EE/Java developers.  Management of offshore development of JSPs. 

§  Generated documentation on SCM, Package Naming, RAD 6 install and configuration.  Performed objective time estimation for design and development. 

§  Interviewed potential team members.  Led team of seven developers.

§  Java 5.x, J2EE, Porlet JSR 186, JavaScript, XML, WSDL, Web Services, XSLT, HTML

 

 

 

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Applications Manager/Architect, Mohawk Industries - Dalton, GA (7/02 – 9/04)

§  Reported to Director of Applications who reported to the CIO of this Fortune 500 corporation

§  Responsible for 20 reports including 4 Project Managers.  Responsible for all Web, Java, and Lotus Notes application development.  Built new project management team. 

§  Worked closely with the Business Owners to insure alignment between the technology strategy and business strategy

§  Visionary, architect, and driver who moved the team to a WebSphere Java/J2EE environment.  Created/managed roadmap and applications portfolio for this strategic enterprise initiative.  Developed architecture and proposal for WebSphere, source code management system, and WebSphere Studio IDE’s.  Developed systematic Java/J2EE training strategy for developers. 

§  Implemented formal "Production Change" process.  Implemented development methodology and source code management process.  Implemented "Project Portfolio Tracking" application.  Implemented formal project request, development, and sign-off program resulting in on-time projects and satisfied customers.  The preceding implementations resulted in significant costs savings. 

§  Performed HR functions, managed vendors, participated in contract negotiations.  Managed day-to-day activities of a large production AS/400 environment.  Managed teams in disparate locations.  Met with business users at all levels to help them to achieve their business goals.

 

Principal Software Engineer, IBM/Lotus - Cambridge, MA (8/00 - 7/02)

§  Member of Knowledge Management Product Group which was challenged with the development of a future Lotus Workflow engine that would be J2EE compliant.

§  Responsibilities included all phases of the software engineering process: requirements analysis, component/system design, development, testing, deployment and support.  Using VisualAge for Java, designed and coded Java components that used JNDI to read and update LDAP compliant “IBM Secureway”, “Domino Directory”, and “Netscape Directory”. 

§  Led the architecting, installation and configuration of a WebSphere 3.5.3 development and production environment on AS/400s. 

§  Mentored developers on use of Visualage for Java, WebSphere Test Environment, and WebSphere Studio. 

§  Performed a migration of the existing extranet from Domino to WebSphere.

§  Java 1.2, J2EE, Domino, LotusScript, JavaScript, HTML

 

Lead Systems Specialist, Pacific Gas & Electric Corporation - San Antonio (12/98 - 8/00)     

§  Principal developer supporting 1150 users and 90 existing Lotus Notes database applications within a Windows NT environment. 

§  Performed systems analysis, design, development, and maintenance of Lotus Notes ‘NoSQL Document based” database applications, both client and web internet/intranet applications.

§  Exhibited proficiency in intense multi-tasking and exhibited a dedicated customer service focus that was repeatedly acknowledged by multiple unsolicited compliments to management. 

§  Domino, LotusScript, JavaScript, HTML

 

IT Specialist, IBM Global Services, Networking Division – Chicago (1/98 - 12/98)

§  Performed research, testing, and development in a Lotus Notes environment.  Installed Domino and NT servers for testing purposes.

§  Responsible for the testing and evaluation of the IBM WorkPad's remote connectivity capabilities for internal use by executive management.

§  Domino, LotusScript, JavaScript, HTML

 

IS Support Specialist (part-time), Texas Tech University AIS (95 - 97)

§  Performed PC support and maintenance for the University IS and Business groups.

 

 

Firefighter, City of Lubbock, TX, Fire Department    (1/78 - 1/98)

§  Performed personnel supervision, equipment operation, fire prevention, suppression and rescue. 

§  Responded to Fire, Medical, Hazardous Materials, Rescue, and Bomb Threat incidents. 

§  Selected for the first: “Man Power Squad” and “Dive Rescue Team” on the department. 

§  Professional facing with business owners and citizens.  Performed safety presentations.  Trained less senior firefighters. 

§  Conceptualized, promoted and helped implement the first change of policy to encourage continuing education through the use of vacation time. 

§  Acted as consultant in the implementation of the department’s first client/server computer system.  Awarded citation for off-duty action.

 

Aviation Electronics Technician, United States Navy -Top Gun Fighter Squadron VF-21 (7/73 - 7/77)

§  Enlisted immediately after graduating from high school.  Performed testing and repair of mission critical aviation equipment, quickly advanced to supervisory position of E-5. Two carrier-based Pacific cruises. 

 

Skills

Architecture

TOGAF, UML Modeling, SOA Modeling, Business Process re-engineering and modeling, Design Patterns, Use Cases, Design Documentation, SDLC, Establishment of Principles, Standards and Governance

 

Languages / Technologies

Java, JEE, Portlet API JSR-168/286, REST, web services (SOAP, REST), Struts, Java Server Faces (JSF 1.2), JavaScript, JQuery/AJAX, HTML, XML, XSLT, JUnit, Ant, Log4J, MQSeries, LDAP, Commerce Service Commands, Spring

 

Tools / IDE’s

IBM Integration Bus - IIB (ESB), IBM RAD 8 (Rational Application Developer), WCDE, Eclipse, IntelliJ, XML Spy Pro, EditPlus, PaintShop, MS Project, MS Visual SourceSave, CVS, StarTeam, Subversion, Jenkins, Hudson, Visio, Microsoft Office, Sparx EA, Toad, Squirrel

 

Technical Products and Operating Systems

WebSphere Application Server 8, WebSphere Portal 8, WebSphere Content Management, WebSphere Commerce 6.x and 7, IBM OmniFind, IBM Connections, Tivoli Directory Integrator, IBM Http Server, IIS, Apache, Tomcat, Linux, Unix, AIX, VMware, IBM Pureapplication (Hybrid Cloud), Amazon web services (AWS) (IAAS), Hadoop, DB2, Oracle, Teradata, Mulesoft, IIB

 

Technical Training and Certifications

TOGAF 9.1 EA Certified

WebSphere Application Server V8 Administration training, WebSphere Portal V8 Administration training

Teradata Enterprise Data Warehouse, Teradata Unity products

IBM Integration Bus – IIB (ESB)

IBM Pureapplication Hybrid Cloud

AWS Solutions Architecture

 

Education

Texas Tech University BBA/MIS degree, graduated Cum Laude 1997