SUMMARY:

• Over 18 years of IT industry experience as a Solution Architect as a Consultant.
• Currently specialized in implementing enterprise - wide cloud migration initiatives at large multinationals.
• Cloud Migration decision frameworks that span the choices around IaaS-PaaS-SaaS and Public vs Private clouds leading to a Replatform or Redesign or Refactor or Replace or Retire decision.
• Evangelism of the Cloud as an entirely new O/S for the Data Center and is not simply infrastructure migration (“lift and shift”) with its many implications that influence solution design at all levels
• Microservice rearchitecture - slicing slow, bloated Monolithic applications on domain models. Deploy Microservices in a PaaS platform (Helion Stackato based on Cloud Foundry). Technical Design on Spring Boot for Microservices and comparision with Node.js.
• Creating architectural and technology roadmaps that result in stronger business/IT alignment and that drive adoption and value. Straddles business and technology, providing strong knowledge of good business practices combined with a sound understanding of architectural and technical issues Coded PoC (Proof of Concept) for the entire Microservices Ecosystem Architecture and Patterns spanning Cloud Configuration (Spring Cloud), Resilience (Circuit breakers, Request Collapsing), Service Registry, Confidential, API documentation (Swagger) and Cloud deployment
• Deep experience with the full spectrum of Enterprise Information Systems accumulated over 17+ years in IT Consulting - EAI, ETL, data architecture, business intelligence, workflow, content management, information architecture, Web Analytics, CRM, etc.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Transformation Planning
• Strategic Technology Roadmaps
• Program Architecture
• Vendor Management
• Cross - Functional Supervision
• Thought leadership / mentoring
• Cloud Design Patterns
• Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
• Domain Driven Design
• DevOps / Confidential
• TOGAF 9 / Zachmann
• Microservices
• Service Orientation
• Enterprise Service Bus
• Security
• Business Intelligence
• Mobile
• Azure / AWS
• Cloud Foundry / Stackato / Docker
• Powershell DSC / Chef
• SAML / OAuth / OpenID
• MEAN stack / Spring Boot
• Elastic search / Kibana
• REST / API Management
• ASP.NET / M-V-C / C# / .NET
• Accounting and Advisory
• Telecommunications
• Insurance
• Retail / E-Commerce
• Financial / Payroll
• HRIS / CRM / E-Learning
• Healthcare
• Transit and Tolling

RECENT EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Microservices/Cloud Native Architect

Responsibilities:

• Coded Spring Boot and Spring Cloud PoC (Proof of Concept) for the entire Microservices Ecosystem Architecture and Patterns spanning Cloud Configuration (Spring Cloud), Resilience (Circuit breakers, Request Collapsing), Service Registry, Confidential, API documentation (Swagger) and Cloud deployment.
• Technology of choice was Sping Boot, Spring Cloud, Netflix OSS (Hystrix, Zuul. Etc), inter-services communication, containerised deployment using Docker, monitoring and log analysis (ELK stack, graphite-grafana)
• Confidential implemented for service orchestration. Implemented Confidential access control using OAuth tokens from the Authorization service.
• Search was implemented using Elastic search and optimized for Confidential .
• Kibana was used for data exploration and visualization.
• Reactive programming concepts and implementations of Reactive Streams.

Technologies : Reactive Programming, Spring Boot, Spring Cloud, Apache Karaf, OSGi, Docker, RabbitMQ,

Confidential

Enterprise Microservices Architect

Responsibilities:

• Breaking up a Monolith that does not scale well, has a long cycle to implement - into Microservices. Single concern / single responsibility suite of Microservices that is a vertical slice of business capability using Domain-Driven Design to get the Bounded Context right.
• Created data and security architecture patterns for Microservices in a co-existence scenario.
• Confidential implemented for service orchestration. Implemented Confidential access control using OAuth tokens from the Authorization service.
• Deployment on a PaaS platform (Helion Stackato based on Cloud Foundry) with various use cases like interprocess commination and balancing chattiness with performance.
• Best practices like 12-factor apps, OpenAPI.

Technologies : Domain Driven Design, Spring Boot, Cloud Foundry, 12-factor apps

Confidential

Cloud Transformation Architect

Responsibilities:

• Application Profiling and Analysis Cloud Suitability Migration Planning Transformation Framework (Transformation Strategies and their Analysis - Decision Framework - Cloud Patterns, Best Practices, Reference Architecture) for a complete migration of around ~50 applications to the Cloud at a Big 4 Accounting and Advisory multinational firm with a global presence.
• Leverage this opportunity for Application Transformation, not just lift-and-shift migration. Use the movement to the Cloud as an opportunity to pay down accumulated “Technical Debt”. Where possible, transform applications to be “Cloud-Native" - Implement Scalability, Elasticity, High Availability, Standardization. Design to be “cloud native”.
• Address very real data security/privacy/ data domicile concerns of a global Tax Audit company negotiating strict EU data privacy laws (e.g. EU Article 29).
• Disposition Plan and Migration Architecture for each application - identify applications for retirement, replacement, rehosting, replatforming or redesign (SOA/Microservices)
• Created keystone artifact - “Transformation Decision Framework” - at the core a decision tree Strategy re: private vs public vs virtual private managed hosting model / IaaS vs PaaS Strategy Created “Cloud Maturity Model” mapping the journey from IaaS abstraction to true Cloud Natives
• Provide transformational yet grounded migration guidance. Reference Migrations and architecture, Principles, Best Practices, Cloud Patterns, Microservices and monolithic application decomposition, governance, operational standardization while considering non-standard and special case scenarios through ongoing consulting and oversight.
• Practices for Scalability and Parallelization, Elastic Scalable Storage, Security, Availability & Resiliency, Redundancy, SOA and Microservices, Monitoring etc. Best Practices, Standards, Conventions, Cloud Design Patterns Catalog. Tools Guidance - configuration management, automate tasks, deployment runtime insights, optimization, etc. leading to a DevOps culture.
• Training and Workshops to foster DevOps mindset across Confidential ITS Global and its vendors ( Confidential )
• DevOps processes retooling to eliminate bottlenecks, form dedicated cross-functional teams

Tool: ing and Workbench for a Continuous Delivery Pipeline (Automation) in the Cloud

Technologies : Azure, IaaS, PaaS, SaaS, Cloud patterns, Microservices, PowerShell, DevOps CI model

Confidential

AWS Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Learning Content Aggregation project to integrate content discovery, adoption, and delivery from various learning sources . into a LOM Database (LOM - Learning Object Metadata) is a Metadata standard describing educational resources).
• Lifecycle, Technical, Educational, Rights, Annotation and Classification category data from JSON APIs of OER, YT etc. were mapped, transformed and merged into the LOM Db using ETL. Hosted on AWS.
• Hands-on experience using EC2/S3/EBS - setting up Auto Scaling groups and Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs).
• Used Chef for package installation, software configuration and resources.
• Leveraged CloudFormation templates to define and script tasks as repeatable configurations and deployments, reproducible environments, versioned Infrastructure as code, automating instance configuration (packages / groups / users /files/ commands/services) and chaining resource stacks together.

Technologies: AWS, EC2, S3, EBS, CloudFormation, ELB, IAM

Confidential

Program Architect

Responsibilities:

• Oversight role for a fast-track Omni Channel Loyalty program at one of Canada's largest retailers to be rolled out to 1200+ stores nationally. Steward for program direction, approach and key artifacts to keep programs on track - the ‘glue’ between the workstream silos
• Shape and communicate the Omni Channel program vision while aligning 7 different workstreams/projects which comprise the program. Initiate, influence, and gain support across diverse stakeholders for architecture adjustments and innovative strategies to meet strict timelines while navigating problems, opportunities and constraints in each workstream.
• Understanding of a wide range of technologies at the workstream level such as ETL (Informatica), WebLogic, DataPower, Oracle (SOA). Also infrastructure, mobile, SaaS, web, integration, SOA and cloud workstreams.
• Provide guidance on application and integration design and development, Enterprise Architecture standards, best practices, functional and technical solution architecture & design, environment management, QA and Go Live strategy.
• Critical and highly visible role encompassing oversight of entire Multi Channel Loyalty program at one of Canada's largest retailers to be rolled out to 1300 stores nationally.

Technologies: EA, UML, Archimate, Informatica, WebLogic, SOA, Cloud, Mobile, ETL

Confidential, Los Angeles

Enterprise Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• I oversaw large-scale integration projects - CRM, B2C Website - Self Service, Billing and OSS Systems. Typical budget in millions for this company with 35 million subscribers and $30 billion revenue.
• I evaluated impact on integration, reliability, performance, scalability and maintainability - creating an executable architecture that strikes a balance between practical design and alignment with architectural vision.
• I modeled the Business Processes and Workflows using UML to capture the sequence, activity and components of the solution. This involved analysis of Enterprise Product Catalog and Enterprise Data Models to understanding business data and its impact.
• For the B2C consumer website Confidential .com I advised on Social Media Strategy and architected a project to implement wide ranging enhancements in the site including mobile access

Technologies: EA, UML 2, BPNM, Social Media, CRM, Data Architecture

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Decision Support System (BI project)
• Current State deficiencies where users independently sourced, modeled and stored data
• Future State envisioning with solution architecture, technology stack, roadmap, estimates, implementation guidance
• Balancing solution between competing goals of alignment among multiple stakeholders for data that has not had a clear “owner.”
• Guidance around Enterprise Data Model and KPIs/Scorecards
• Software Architecture - Business, Data, Application, Technology
• Helped established Confidential Life & Health’s architecture repository based on the Zachman’s taxonomy to facilitate the archival and sharing of knowledge within technology services
• Contributor to MDM Enterprise initiatives
• Identify the sources and producers and consumers of the master data, develop the master-data model, collect and analyze metadata and implement a data-governance program
• Participate and debate alignment of top-down Enterprise initiatives with bottoms-up realities to find a sweet spot in an organization with a history of uncoordinated approaches

Technologies: EA, SOA, Informatica, Cognos, Data Architecture, Data Modelling, Data Warehousing, SSIS, insurance

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Re-architecting Manulife’s Affinity Business Unit Confidential systems from scratch due to end-of-life systems (currently Canada’s no 2 Travel insurer) while aligning the other lines of businesses (Life, Health) on the same technology assets. Created strategic technology roadmaps.
• Envisioning the future state while articulating architectural principles, SOA best practices to shape system architecture which is very integration intensive (with legacy systems integration) and their governance.
• Developed the Confidential Data Model by standardizing data to a consistent format, mapping attributes and removing semantic duplicates
• Architected the Confidential (Enterprise Service Bus) which incorporated rules to eliminate incorrect data from entering the system - another step towards authoritative and trustworthy data
• Architected Enterprise Confidential (Payment Card Industry) project for Credit Card and PII privacy compliance. Solved using Tokenization (data aliasing) technology and an abstraction layer, credit cards are made transparent to the jungle of internal systems via interceptor modules. Leveraged SAML for web-based SSO

Technologies: EA, SOA, Confidential, Web Analytics (Omniture), DataStage, Data Modelling, Data Analysis, BizTalk,, Business Rules Engine

Confidential

Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Provided Technical Leadership in a large project with over 25 developers to build a low-touch, paperless “technology highway” between lenders and lawyers
• Owner of the Canonical Schemas for the project - I maintained a constant focus to ensure that service contracts are optimized, appropriately granular, assert relevant policies and standardized
• Responsible for creating and maintaining the solution/application concepts/architectures, technology reference implementations, architectural guidance, schemas and interfaces, application tiers, frameworks, software factories mostly using .NET

Technologies: BizTalk 2006 R2, SaaS, Data Architecture, ORM (Object Relational Modelling), LINQ, ITIL, UML, Confidential