Professional Profile

Twenty-year progressive systems engineering experience in large-scale Federal development programs, including FAA, Next Generation Air Transportation System NextGen , DOD/VA iEHR SOA Suite, DoD Biometrics and FBI content management modernization. Demonstrated expertise in enterprise architecture, DoDAF, SOA and governance, business process modeling in BPMN, SOA service identification, systems requirement specifications SRS development and requirement analysis for an SOA, and enterprise-wide information model for SOA information sharing.

Professional Qualifications

• In-depth knowledge of DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy, Service Oriented Architectures SOA , Web Services, and Enterprise Service Bus ESB through experience in Net-Centric Enterprise Services NCES SOA development and DOD/VA iEHR SOA Suite project
• Rich experiences in multiple DoD SOA initiatives, including Net-Enabled Command Capability NECC , the Army Net-Enabled Battle Command NEBC , and NetOps Computer Network Defense CND and Enterprise Service Management ESM , and iEHR SOA Suite projects
• Seasoned enterprise architect with rich experience in developing
• As-is and to-be architectures and SOA and Cloud migration strategy
• Target architectures in integrated DoDAF using IBM Rational System Architect
• Business process modeling in Business process Modeling Notation BPMN
• Effective presentation and customer interaction skills

Relevant Experiences

Confidential

• The Joint Personnel Identification JPI Software Engineering Service SES project is to support software development and enhancement of the Biometrics Automated Toolset, Army BAT-A system. As a lead enterprise architect,
• Analyzed the DoD Biometrics Enterprise Architecture and BAT-A as-is architectures, and modeled the current BAT-A system in DoDAF
• Identified opportunities for system improvement
• Research ANSI, OASIS, and NIST biometric standard specifications to define a Target Architecture for the Army tactical biometric operations and an SOA migration strategy
• Presented the target architectures to the management and customers

Confidential

• The iEHR SOA Suite project is to provide SOA infrastructure services e.g., WS security, Service Registry/Discovery, Mediation, Messaging, SOA Governance, etc. for the iEHR program. As a key team member in the capacity of SOA and EA
• Led the effort to develop the SOA Suite CONOPS documentation
• Proactively analyzed the requirements, identified web service WS security was a gap, convinced the project manager it was a project risk, and provide technical management to design WS security
• Provided SOA engineering support to implement an IBM WebSphere SOA solution suite for the VA/DOD Healthcare Solutions and Systems
• Led the effort of run-time SOA Governance. Worked with the Government and contractor teams to define policies and procedures that provide guidance for establishing SOA infrastructure services. The SOA run-time Governance includes WS Security, Service Registry/Discovery, Enterprise Service Management, Computer Network Defense, and Service Level Agreement

Confidential

• As a key team member to support a semantic enabled SOA information sharing project for NextGen Air Traffic Management
• Researched in the areas of integrated surveillance and collaborative air traffic management in vision of 2016 and 2025. Used operational scenarios to frame the scopes. Define enterprise architecture EA development methodology. Provided guidance and develop DODAF OV-6c in BPMN, OV-1, OV-2, OV-3, OV-5, and SV-1 for integrated surveillance and flight flow information sharing environment. Used IBM Rational System Architect RSA
• Defined an approach to developing a semantically enabled EA knowledge base mashed up by ontology. Worked with the ontology team to prototype this idea, which transformed DODAF EA artifacts into a searchable knowledge base in Resource Description Framework RDF

Confidential

• As a key member of the DISA Telecom Working Group, supported the DISA Telecom To-Be business process development. Applied the disciplines of enterprise architecture and leverage BTA BEA 6.2 end-to-end business processes to define an OV-6c BPMN business process , OV-2 with Information Exchanges, OV-5, and AV-2
• As an enterprise architect, applied SOA principles and NCES to support the DISA Data Strategy development including OV-1 and SOA reference model and architecture
• As a lead architect, led the effort to optimize DISA order entry processes. Gathered and analyzed as-is architectures, researched on industry best practices, and developed to-be business processes and SOA reference model and architecture
• Created and delivered presentations to customer management

Confidential

• As a lead architect, supported the DOD's NetOps CND projects. Leveraged the SOA principles and technologies to improve the DOD's operations for managing and defending its systems and networks
• Applied the disciplines of enterprise architecture, DODAF, and SOA to bringing a formalized methodology to the architectural development for the projects. The architectural methodology defined the operational concepts, scenarios, and use cases, all of which had been very successful to scope and bring focus to the project. The methodology has been recognized by the team, as a normalized approach to architecture development across the other projects
• Developed and documented a SOA methodology for the CND Data Strategy project to enable and improve the information sharing among the CND community
• Developed an operational concept of the DOD NetOps CND Integrated View to demonstrate the synergy among the CND service providers
• Authored architecture document and implementation profile to enable the interoperability of enterprise service management solutions ESM across the DOD
• Research on cloud computing and author a white paper of leveraging cloud computing in software architecture, which covers infrastructure virtualization, platform virtualization, and software as a service SaaS

Confidential

• As a SOA architect, supported the FBI SENTINEL program to develop target architecture and SOA Reference Model RM and Reference Architectures to guide the software development
• Defined the SOA Core Infrastructure to support the consumer/provider interaction. Conducted trade study for ESB and SOA appliance. Provided recommendation for SOA governance
• Worked with a business architect to develop process models in BPMN, used a top-down approach to Identify business services, and developed end-to-end operational scenarios to validate business services
• Used a bottom-up approach to design a coarse-grained service for external interfacing

Confidential

• Supported the NEBC Managed Connector MC program to develop an ESB gateway to bridge GIG/NCES and Future Combat System FCS /SOSCOE environments. Analyzed the use cases for the Army future force battle command, identified MC capabilities and external system interfaces, developed SRS, defined notional architecture and deployment architecture, and finally created the implementation roadmap
• As a key member of NECC architecture tiger team, analyzed three NECC mission capability packages Force Projection Planning, Force Readiness, and Situation Awareness and defined NECC services. Evaluated existing planning tools e.g., Turbo-Planner, JOPES, ACOA, JFP, and DRRS/CFAST , recommended migration strategy, and co-authored the white paper, A Strategy for migrating toward the NECC Technical Transition Architecture
• Used Telelogic System Architect to develop integrated DoDAF products for Net-Centric Enterprise Services NCES and Net-Enabled Command Capability NECC . Products include OV-2, OV-6c, and SV-4. Developed and documented SOA migration strategy for the DoD Communities of Interest COI , utilizing NCES
• Performed mission thread analysis e.g., Time Sensitive Targeting and Air Tasking Order . Developed OV-5 activity model , OV-6c Event Trace , SV-5 Operational Activity to System Function Traceability , and SV-1 System Interface Description . Developed executable architecture models for mission threads and NCES I/A Security and Federated Search using the Vitec CORE System Engineering and simulation tool
• Supported OSD/PAE on developing target architectures for Joint Data Support JDS and the Global Force Management GFM . Researched and developed advanced architecture concepts. Developed JDS and GFM business context that identifies the high-level business functions and processes. Prepared briefings and present to the JDS Director. Advised the Joint Staff on strategic architecture direction for GFM
• As a key member of the Office of Chief Systems Engineer in a classified law enhancement program. Led a team to develop a target architecture consisting of business, software, and data views. Promoted Service Oriented Architecture SOA . Led the effort to develop system architecture document and target architecture document

Confidential

• Supported the FAA En Route Automation Modernization ERAM program and the FAA User Request Evaluation Tool URET technology transfer program. As a key member of the ERAM requirements and infrastructure team, analyzed operational needs and defined functional and system requirements. Researched software standards and commercial technologies for enterprise architecture. Led the project to develop the URET requirement management process. Presented briefings to management.
• Led the project chartered to develop the URET requirements management process. Analyzed existing requirements that didn't follow standard guidelines for requirements development. Rewrote and reorganized them into a new baseline. Evaluated the Dynamic Object-Oriented Requirements System DOORS and implemented the system to manage the requirements. Established the trace-ability with the link feature of DOORS

Confidential

• Supported the modernization initiatives of the Army civilian personnel work force analysis system and forecasting system participated in the business process identification effort and worked with functional users to identify requirements planned and directed the analysis of the IT re-engineering efforts to meet the requirements led the design of system architecture and made significant contributions to the 4-tier software architecture directed testing activities facilitated the 100 pure Java implementation to ensure portability and scalability
• Worked with the Army program manager to define the project plans and oversee the contractor performance advised Army civilian top management on major issues received Certificate of Appreciation from the Army Assistant Deputy for Civilian Personnel Policy in 2001

Confidential

Sold the Kodak document imaging and workflow solution communicated Kodak content management strategy to customers. Worked with sales teams, made sales calls to build customer relationships, and developed business in the Mid-Atlantic region. Analyzed customers' business processes. Prepared and presented proposals and managed the solution deployments

Confidential

• Worked with the sales team to secure the Eurocontrol contract. Managed the project, interviewed and recruited staffs and developed schedules and milestones. Led a team to develop and deploy a distributed air traffic control simulation system in TCP/IP, C and Ada. Overcame personnel challenges and logistical issues during system integration test and deployment at customer location in Paris, France. Delivered the system on time.
• Sold IBM mainframe and software products. Advised customers on application re-engineering and implementation of configuration management. Managed and developed proposals for federal RFP. Received IBM Systems Engineering Excellence Awards
• Worked on the Taiwan Air Traffic Control Proposal, developed system architecture and re-engineered two mainframe based subsystems into UNIX environments to reduce costs received an award for winning the contract