SUMMARY:

• I am seeking a role to architect a large - scale infrastructure for a fast moving entrepreneurial organization.
• As an experienced team player, I have helped organizations setup new and migrate legacy architecture and systems to newer technologies. I prefer creating and building scalable open source solutions utilizing public/private cloud technologies that leverage responsive design to deliver on mobile and web platforms.
• I am very goal and delivery focused individual with a broad range of skills who is enthusiastic about delivering value to my clients. My preferred position would be with an entrepreneurial organization where I can help grow an organization and team delivering value to the business.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• RUP 
• UML 
• IAA modeling and implementation
• J2SE
• J2EE
• C, C++
• Objective-C
• Smalltalk 
• Perl, Jython, CGI
• COBOL, RPG, Series I, Assembler, BASIC, Pascal, Lisp
• Servlets
• Spring 
• JMS 
• JSF 
• JSP
• JSON 
• SOAP 
• XML/XSL
• Portlets 
• RMI and EJB 
• Struts 
• JPA 
• Axis2 
• WML, HDML, PQA
• PKI 
• Javascript 
• Sencha ExtJS + Touch,
• WESB 
• MOM (MQSeries, MQSI) 
• Host connectivity (CICS)   
• eDirectory/iChain 
• Siteminder 
• Tivoli Access Manager 
• OAM and WebGate
• Azure Identity Services
• Linux, AIX, OSX and Windows
• Admin capable on Linux 
• Amazon AWS - Full stack
• Azure Identity Management
• DB2, Oracle, SQL Server, mySQL, Postgres, Access and Berkeley DB 
• Artisan, TOAD & PL/SQL to manage Oracle databases 
• MongoDB 
• WebSphere 
• Apache Tomcat 
• WebSphere Portal Server 
• WebLogic
• WebLogic Portal 
• WebCenter Portal
• Jetty
• JBoss 
• IIS/Apache - front-end integration work with Tomcat and WebSphere
• WCM 
• UCM 
• Alfresco 
• OpenLDAP
• SunOne 
• ANT 
• Maven 
• Jenkins/Hudson 
• Artifactory
• JIRA
• Confluence
• Eclipse, RAD, RSA, WID, XCode, JBuilder, Visual Studio - Many years
• Git, SVN, CVS, Clearcase, VSS, Harvest - Varies
• JProbe and other profilers – 2009, 5 years
• Rational Rose, MagicDraw and Together/J – many years

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Lead Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of several developers to architect and build from scratch a highly scalable server API based on Spring using many open source technologies.
• Integration with multiple system components including Internet APIs, Azure cloud services and an Akamai CDN.
• Integration of PCI compliant secure payment systems into site and devices.
• Work with security auditing firms conducing code reviews and penetration testing.
• Design and integration of SSO architecture for multiple-domain sites using Azure cloud identity management.
• Setup POC on Amazon AWS for the open source technologies. Included the creation of AMIs and setting up all in-house infrastructure on AWS for PCI compliance.
• Integration of player technologies for live streaming.
• Integration of security technologies for client and server side security.
• Guide on-site and off-site developers and teams in the development of the web site, Xbox One, Windows 8 and other devices to use server API.
• Architect and lead development of a common Javascript framework that works with jQuery, Angular and WinJS for all HTML client platforms. 

Mobile and Web Application Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Lead a team of several developers on the architecture and analysis for the mobile applications. This included work on thin client frameworks, device persistence, securing data at rest on client devices, and the service-based architecture leveraging Spring and Hibernate.
• Define reference architecture to deliver Spring-based services returning JSON, XML or SOAP to client applications.
• Development of a POC iPad application for technology validation with Sencha and Phonegap libraries demonstrating installable multi-platform thin-client mobile applications. Some efforts included encrypting SQLite databases on iOS devices to enable 401K enrollments via an iPad.
• Development of a POC enrollment application using Java and Spring services with Ajax/JSON as the communication mechanism between the iOS iPad client and the server. This POC included a custom provider extension to Spring Security to leverage a home grown identity provider.
• Development of a POC for a Mobile Application for policy inquiry and policy status change event inquiries including geographic queries and integration to Google Maps. The platform is Java using Spring MVC on the server side and iOS on an iPad for the client application.
• Rollout, support and troubleshoot of Annuities Sales Tool for iPad. Development is in Objective-C on iOS. Rollout is to 1,100 agents using iPads.
• Development of a POC for Annuities Book of Business, Premium Alerts and Pending Policy Status applications in the portal and for mobile devices using Sencha, Spring and portlets via JSF facelets. Services are via Spring MVC using JSON. All applications utilize ESB services via SOAP.
• Re-architect the Annuities Sales Tool for the portal and iPad rollouts using Sencha (JavaScript Web 2.0) framework utilizing JSON services on a J2EE server.

Portal Application Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Development of POC Portal using WebSphere Portal and WCM on Amazon Cloud.
• Development of POC Portal using WebLogic Portal, UCM and Oracle Identity Management.
• Architectural analysis of all major components where different implementation options exist.
• Creation of development playbook with sample code and projects.
• Prototype conversion of existing services in WebSphere and WebLogic Portal.
• Prototype reference architecture for new applications - WSRP for remote portlets, JAX-WS for services, JSF/JSP and, at times, JSF with facelets using XHTML for legacy application integration.
• Prototype and document integration patterns between portal and WESB, WebLogic portal and WebSphere hosted services, portal and .NET hosted services.
• Complete analysis of services registries including WSRR, Systinet, JAXR w WAS UDDI, JAXR with jUDDI, Oracle Enterprise Service Repository
• Use WebSphere WS-Policy system to incorporate a custom token in the WS-Security header.
• Development of logging and audit patterns with sample code using Spring AOP.
• Create Maven archetypes to generate project stubs for project consistency.
• Setup OAM, OVD and OID and federate WebLogic and WebSphere to test SSO.
• Document standards and write guidelines for development of applications on the portal.
• Automate the standardization of development using Maven archetypes.
• Standardize build process using Maven, Hudson and Archiva.

Lead

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Responsibilities:

• Architecture and lead development of various projects for Confidential Roadside.
• Team lead and development on GoodHandsRescue and ConnectMeLater which are HTML5/Angular responsive apps targeting multiple mobile devices.
• Lead and development of many REST-based services based on Spring and other open-source.
• Lead and development of Roadsmart which is a HTML5/Angular application for service providers to Confidential Roadside.
• Transitioning of organization to use Agile technologies and development tools such as JIRA and Confluence.
• Guide and manage tasks for on-shore and off-shore resources.

Architect/Lead 

Confidential, Oakbrook Terrace, IL

Responsibilities:

• Architecture and lead work described above

Technologies: Tomcat, Apache, JBoss, Akamai CDN, jQuery, Angular, WinJS, Xbox One, Windows 8, .NET, C++, Java, Spring, Javascipt, MongoDB, Memcached, ehCache, Unix, scripting and more…

Architect 

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

Responsibilities:

• Mobile work previously described above.
• Integration with Spring Security provider that uses a SAML identity server.
• POC work for creation of mobile and/or portal applications for enrollment, book of business, pending policy status and policy alerts.
• Modeled with IAA Party and Contract models.
• Persistence with JDBCTemplate and Hibernate.

Technologies: WebSphere 7, Tomcat, Jetty, iOS development using XCode on OSX, services returning JSON and SOAP, Andoid, Eclipse, RAD, Spring, Sencha ExtJS + Touch, Phonegap, Hibernate, JUnit, Artifactory, Maven, MySQL, and Oracle 11g.

Architect/Lead 

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

Responsibilities:

• Portal work previously described above.
• Prototype new reference architecture moving from non-descriptive SOAP services to JAX-WS using WS-Security to leverage future SSO infrastructure.
• Help design and implement services for WESB using WID.
• Help automate the build and deployment processes for WID applications.
• Cleanup and optimize the legacy portal. This included organizing the portal to run properly in RAD with dynamic debugging.
• Design and help implement environments to increase parallel development.
• Re-factor, organize and standardize development structure, process and tools.
• Guide the migration of applications to WebSphere 6.1 on AIX from WebSphere 6.0 on Windows.
• Troubleshoot production issues usually related to memory leaks or performance including tuning ObjectCache solving a persistent production issue.
• Standards: J2EE, JDBC, JAX-WS, JAXB, XML, SOAP, WSDL, SAML, Axis2.

Technologies: WebSphere 6.1/7, WebSphere Portal 6.1.5, WCM, WebSphere ESB, WID, RAD, RSA, Axis2, Hibernate, JUnit, Jython, Archiva, Maven, Continuum, SQL Server, Oracle 11g, Oracle UCM, WebLogic Portal.

Architect/Designer

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Architect and design of an embedded medical scanning system.
• Business Analyst efforts included
• Gather and solidify requirements in standard RUP templates.
• Write requirements, use cases and traceability matrix.
• Lead design efforts included
• Screen workflow design.
• Web system specification to use off the shelf components so the system can be hosted in a cost efficient data center. The web system will service 1000’s of doctor’s offices and interface with scanning devices.

Owner

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Bid and manage custom installation of audio and video systems for high end residential homes.
• Product development of touch-screen control applications on Windows Vista using .NET and C#.

Technologies: IIS, MySQL, C#, .NET, serial port programming, TCP/IP programming, Windows Media Center Integration.

Architect/Manager 

Confidential, Arlington Heights, IL

Responsibilities:

• Member of core SOA architecture and planning team.
• Infrastructure and environment design and implementation.
• Hands-on implementation of the environment for POC -
• Implemented an ESB using both WebSphere and Vitria.
• Implemented multiple JMS providers using WebSphere’s JMS bus.
• Install ILOG and work on proof of concept for a rule engine.
• Analyze, specify and work with vendors to design a file transfer infrastructure using encryption standards based on PKI.
• Guide internal employees and consultants in the build out of the entire infrastructure.
• Documentation included
• Document best practice for setup and development.
• Document standard build process introduced with ANT/Maven.
• Document samples and “how-to” documents.
• Document setup guide for different roles in a project.
• Defining build processes.
• Development included
• Developed the entire POC to integrate WebSphere and Vitria using EJB, JMS, and web services via SOAP
• Developed frameworks and coding samples for application teams.
• Standards: J2EE, JMS, JDBC, JTA, JSF, JSP, XML, SOAP, WSDL, Axis2, LDAP

Technologies: WebSphere 6.x ND, RAD 6/7, OpenLDAP, SunOne LDAP, iLOG rules, Oracle, Vitria BPM, Systinet, Veritas, Solaris.

Confidential, Riverwoods, IL

Responsibilities:

• Converted an existing web application to JSP and Struts.
• Integrated robust client side validation using JSP tags.
• Upgraded the application to JDK 1.4.
• This effort involved about 15 screens and controllers that needed to be reworked from a proprietary framework into JSP and Struts.

Technologies: WSAD 5.1, DB2, JSP, Struts, WebSphere 5.1.

Best Practices Architect 

Confidential, Warrenville, IL

Responsibilities:

• Guide the setup a shared server environment with WebSphere, WebSphere Portal and MQ using best practices for flexibility and scalability.
• Helped convert applications from WAS 5 to WAS 6.
• Reviewed applications for changes required to move to a shared environment.
• Documented standards and guidelines.
• Helped troubleshoot production issues.
• Wrote sample code to illustrate principals.
• Introduced a template standard build process.
• Built a web site to present above materials.

Technologies: WebSphere, WebSphere Portal, MQ, J2EE, ANT, Struts and JSP.

Architect/Process Engineer 

Confidential, Rosemont, IL

Responsibilities:

• Assessed architecture and suggested changes to adhere to standards.
• Assisted in the conversion of an application from WAS 4 to WAS 5.
• Debugged and corrected an application never designed to run in a cluster.
• Organize LINUX box with automated scripts to create builds and track versions.

Technologies: WebSphere 5.1 & 4, Java, ANT.

Security Architect and Designer 

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Responsibilities:

• Worked on a custom LDAP design to support line of business applications.
• Integrated eDirectory and iChain with web applications.

Technologies: WebSphere 5.1, WSAD 5.1, JSP, Struts, eDirectory, iChain.