Victor Brown

 

 

As a hands-on Enterprise Architect and senior IT Strategist, I collaborate with my clients in the private sector, public sector, and the DoD, to understand their vision, strategic goals, and requirements to reach those goals.  That information helps me define strategies and tactics that enable them to realize their vision by applying the most effective architectural patterns, processes and technologies.

My contributions are multifaceted.  They include strategic planning and roadmaps, architecture (enterprise, business, infrastructure, information, and application), solution design, governance, mentoring, delivery management, technical leadership, and business analysis.  I lead and participate in diverse teams, including offshore development organizations, and I also engage as an individual contributor.

Some of the technologies and techniques I’ve worked with in recent engagements include:

·    Cloud Computing	·    IT as a Service (ITaaS)
·    Service Oriented Architecture	·    Virtualization—server and data
·    Web and Mobile computing	·    Data warehousing
·    Architecture governance	·    Master Data Management
·    Business Process Management	·    Big data tools and technologies

I’m an effective communicator with good interpersonal skills, and I’m a strong, enthusiastic mentor.  My contributions deliver outcomes and solutions that meet or exceed expectations, on time and within budget.

Career Summary

 

Education/Certifications

·         Business School, University of Florida

·         Harvard Business School, Executive Management Programs

·         Numerous industry and vendor training programs and certifications

·         Harvard Business Review Advisory Council

·         Founding Member, Worldwide Institute of Software Architects (WWISA). 

·         International Association of Software Architects (IASA)

Professional Experience

2001 to 2013              Principal Consultant & Enterprise Architect,              Cypress Management Group

With Cypress Management Group (www.CMGC.net) I serve a diverse client base in the public and private sectors.  My roles include strategic planning, architecture, software design and development, business analysis, program and project manager, and account management.  I work with a broad range of current technologies, and a variety of methodologies.  Recent engagements have focused on enterprise solutions employing Enterprise Information Architecture, SOA, Cloud, and mobile computing architectures.  I publish and contribute to Strategic IT Architecture.  Engagements over the past 10 years have included the following. 

Fermi National Laboratory, Batavia, IL

Principal Enterprise Architect. Engaged by Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory to lead the definition and rollout of their enterprise architecture and governance program.  Initial accomplishments included

o        Establishment of the Office of Enterprise Architecture, under the Office of the CIO

o        Architecture assessments, including current state and target state definitions, and roadmaps

o        Business and IT capability maps, and capability alignment

o        Cloud Computing strategy and architecture – private and integrated (iPaaS) Clouds

o        Roadmaps for enhancing Fermi’s ITaaS

Project-specific responsibilities included

o        Design and initial implementation of SOA capability and infrastructure

o        Development of Enterprise Information Architecture (EIA), governance and roadmap

o        Implementation of an integration infrastructure using an ESB backbone

o        Workday HCM Cloud architect and technical lead

Collaborated with Fermi staff to define Enterprise Information Architecture strategies that accommodate complex data lifecycles, identify mechanisms for achieving semantic consistency, ensure data security and privacy, and introduce canonical formats for data exchange, appropriate use of big-data tools and techniques (e.g., Hadoop/MapReduce) and guidelines for enterprise data governance.

DaVita, Denver, CO

Senior Enterprise Architect. Worked with this leading healthcare provider to define and implement an Enterprise Architecture practice, including EA Charter, Framework and Governance, leveraging Zachman and TOGAF frameworks. Specific solutions were focused on EHR, ICD-10 adoption, and Meaningful Use.

Compassion International, Colorado Springs, CO

Strategic IT Consultant, Enterprise Architect. Engaged to support Compassion’s strategic initiative to modernize its global IT ecosystem and services capabilities. The primary accomplishments included:

o        Architect and implement a complex-event-driven data integration and services infrastructure

o        Architect a hybrid cloud platform – private, public, and SaaS clouds

o        Implement a data services capability, using Composite Software as DVL infrastructure

o        Architect an asynchronous messaging infrastructure to connect all global partners

I also served on Compassion’s Technology Review Board and Technical Architecture Council.

Freddie Mac, Washington DC             

Enterprise SOA Architect, Data Services.  Provided leadership and direct contribution in a core initiative to establish enterprise data services architecture and governance.  Data Services Infrastructure (DSI) is based on Oracle’s SOA Suite and provides event-based data integration, and operational BI (near real-time).  My role was to define end-to-end architecture and governance for DSI – SOA Governance and Data Governance.  Governance framework was guided by TOGAF’s governance framework.

Janus Capital Group, Denver, CO             

Strategic IT and Enterprise Architecture Consultant. Engaged to support Janus’ objectives to achieve greater maturity in all aspects of IT – architecture, planning, implementation, services, and governance. Performed an assessment of IT maturity, and was tasked to establish Enterprise Architecture governance and an Enterprise Architecture Center of Excellence (COE). I assumed responsibility as lead architect for Janus’ Enterprise Information Management (EIM).

WellPoint/Anthem, National             

Enterprise Solution Architect for several tracks in an IT modernization and migration project. Tasks included requirements gathering and technical business analysis, development of Conceptual Solution Architecture, Logical Solution Architecture, and Information Architecture.

Federal Agency, Washington, DC             

Enterprise Architect – Federal Cloud Computing Initiative. Joined IT Strategic Planning team tasked to define a strategy, architecture, and roadmap for IT Optimization and Modernization. Active contributor to the federal “Cloud First” initiative.  Developed the strategic approach to incorporate Social Media, Cloud Computing and SOA. Technology included Oracle SOA and IBM WebSphere.

Compassion International, Colorado Springs, CO             

Enterprise Architect and Project Manager.  Engaged to lead and support a foundational Service Oriented Architecture initiative. My role was to develop the global architecture for a core SOA infrastructure. Key aspects included an internal Cloud platform (VMware), an Enterprise Information Management (EIM) component comprised of Master Data Management (MDM), a data virtualization layer (Composite Software), and enterprise data warehouse (EDW).

GroundWork Open Source, San Francisco, CA             

Product Architect. Consulted on architecture and methodology for their next generation network and system-monitoring product.

Cadence Design Systems, San Jose, CA             

SOA Consultant and Enterprise Architect. I lead and mentored a Cadence team in a strategic initiative to improve IT to business alignment.  The initiative included a technology refresh and modernization by implementing a new SOA infrastructure, and introducing industry best practices.  My role included mentoring and contributing to the implementation of SDLC best practices – architecture and design through development, test and deployment, SOA mentor, and SOA Governance.

Sutter Healthcare, Sacramento, CA             

Security Architect. In a short, focused engagement at Sutter, I developed a strategic plan and approach for implementing centralized single sign-on and identity management for clinicians and administrative users. My deliverable was the strategic plan and implementation roadmap.

Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA             

Solution Architect, Security Architect. I provided consulting, architecture, and design services to Kaiser IT projects.  My focus was design of a Service-Based (SOA) federated single sign-on (FSSO) and security infrastructure (SAML), including federated identity management.

Wells Fargo TIG, St Louis/San Francisco             

Enterprise Architect for Wells Fargo Technology Information Group (TIG).  My role was to provide architectural support, from an enterprise perspective, across projects, including SOA, security, rules-based decision and policy services, flexibility, maintainability, and performance.

Department of Defense, Army CIO/G-6, DC             

Enterprise Architect. My responsibility was to support the office’s mission to provide oversight and guidance to DoD SOA-based application development and implementation projects.

Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, St Louis/San Francisco             

Application Architect.  I was engaged by Wells Fargo Home Mortgage to develop a new Secondary Marketing Mortgage Loan Pooling and Delivery solution.

Experience Prior to 2001

Earlier in my career I served in senior roles with IBM, Amdahl, TRW, CSC, PSI International/IDO, and CMGC.  My consulting clients have been primarily Fortune 500 enterprises, including Qwest Communications, IBM, Oracle, TRW, AT&T, Fannie Mae, Bank of America, Accenture, Chase, Eli Lilly, Wells Fargo, Bell Laboratories, MCI/Verizon, Nationwide Insurance, Hartford Insurance, and others.  Detailed information is available on request.

Web Sites

The following Web sites provide additional background information and examples of my work.

www.VictorLBrown.com

www.StrategicITArchitecture.com

www.LinkedIn.com/in/vicbrown

www.CMGC.net

Technologies and Methodologies

Methodologies and Frameworks

·          Unified Process (UP and UML)	·          Zachman Framework
·          SCRUM/Agile	·          Centers of Excellence (COE)
·          DoDAF (Department of Defense Architecture Framework)	·          FEAF (Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework)
·          TOGAF 9	·          Enterprise Business Architecture
·          SEI CMMI	·          Enterprise Information Architecture
·          SOA Governance	·          Model Driven Architecture (MDA)

Technologies and Tools

Development Technologies	Database
·          SOAP, Web Services, WSDL, UDDI	·          MDM (Master Data Management)
·          DreamWeaver	·          DB2, Oracle, SQL Server
·          Java, JEE	·          Hadoop, MapReduce
·          HTML5, CSS3	·          Data Warehouse
·          JavaScript, PHP	·          Hibernate
·          Eclipse IDE	·          Business Intelligence (BI), Operational BI
Operating Systems	Web and Application Servers
·          Unix (numerous versions)	·          Oracle (BEA) WebLogic
·          Windows Servers	·          JBoss
·          Apple Mac OSX	·          WebSphere
·          Linux	·          SunOne
·          iOS, Android	·          Apache
Middleware
·          Oracle SOA Suite	Communication
·          IBM WebSphere	·          TCP/IP
·          Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)	·          HTTP
·          Talend ESB stack	·          DNS
Cloud, SOA and Web 2.0	Security
·          SOA, SOMA, SOAML	·          SAML
·          REST (REpresentational State Transfer)	·          WS-Security
·          Virtualization, VMware	·          Federated Single Sign-on (FSSO)
·          Cloud Computing (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)	·          JAVA EE Security
·          PHP, RUBY/RAILS, HTML5/CSS3	·          Identity Management
·          OpenStack

 

 

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