SUMMARY:

• Managing Consultant and Technical Architect with 19+ years of progressive expertise in Business Process Development, Integration Design and Technical Enablement. Within Professional Services Consulting, Manufacturing, Transportation, Banking, Telecommunications, Retail, Supply Chain, Healthcare and Software. Demonstrated success in Requirements Analysis, Technical Writing, Functional Design, Integration Development, Testing, Production Deployment, Process Improvement, Team Mentoring, Implementation Handoff, Lesson Planning, Technical Content Building, Lab Exercise Creation, Solution/Enablement Architecture, and Technical Enablement Delivery.
• Recognized for smooth transition and on - time completion of client engagements from proposal process, proof-of-concept, solution definition, to engagement delivery. Managed migration project team that implemented new technology and mitigated EDI VAN costs. Integration of technical solutions interfacing with different applications, databases, operating systems and trading partners via B2B, EDI, A2A, and B2C.
• Architected Technical Enablement for internal stakeholders and business partners on new and updated B2B Integration Products.

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Client Engagement Management / Vendor Relationship Management
• Business Analysis / Technical Deliverables / Project Management
• Enterprise Application Integration / Electronic Data Interchange
• Solution Definition / Business Process Automation / Integration Testing
• Performance Tuning / Software Optimization / Health Check Resolution
• Best Practices / IT Standardization
• Team Mentoring / Cross-Functional Collaboration

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• IBM B2B Integrator IBM Sterling File Gateway IBM Sterling Secure Proxy IBM Sterling Control Center TIBCO EDISIM EDIFECS SpecBuilder XMLSpy soapui F5/BigIP IIS
• SOAP
• FTP/SFTP
• HTTP/S
• PGP
• XML/XSL
• WSDL
• AS2, AS4
• Perl
• EDI
• B2B
• SOA
• ANSI X.12
• EDIFACT
• MS SQL Server
• Oracle 11g, Exadata
• DB2
• Linux/UNIX/AIX
• Windows Server
• Lean-Agile, SCRUM

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

LEAD ADMINISTRATOR - STERLING FILE GATEWAY CONSULTANT

Confidential, Downers Grove, IL

Responsibilities:

• Managed Client s Sterling File Gateway Application from Administrative, Development and Consulting Perspective on a 24/7/365 coverage.
• Created SFG Upgrade Proposal with projected hours and resource responsibilities creating a profitable sales opportunity.
• Developed business process to create Managed File Transfer pipelines with external trading partners.

LEAD ADMINISTRATOR - STERLING FILE GATEWAY CONSULTANT

Confidential, Leonia, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Installed Client s IBM Sterling Control Center Application to monitor Clients IBM Sterling File Gateway Application.
• Documented SFG Runbook for on - call monitoring.

STERLING FILE GATEWAY CONSULTANT

Confidential, Denver, CO

Responsibilities:

• Managed Client s Sterling File Gateway Application from Administrative, Development and Consulting Perspective.
• Coordinated development of Client IBM License Metric Tool for license compliance and monthly reporting.

EDI/MFT SYSTEMS ENGINEER

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Managed operational efficiency and performance of EDI and MFT application and electronic data transfers between Confidential and they global supplier base. Consulted with internal and external business partners on new implementations.
• Developed EDI business process to interface with new version of SAP HANA.
• Consulted with internal business divisions on development cost efforts on business process and mapping development on next generation transportation management system. Managed server, application, and network functionality between Sterling Integrator, SAP PI, and Oracle Cloud TMS.
• Managed project plan and architected the company s IBM B2B Integrator version upgrade.

IBM STERLING CONSULTANT

Confidential, Bellevue, WA

Responsibilities:

• Led knowledge transfer sessions on the IBM B2Bi Integrator for the IS EDI Application Team for a Confidential 100 Retailer.
• Created map development and implementation workflow with application prerequisites for IS EDI Application Team.
• Coordinated with testing teams for test data obfuscation for QA and Performance application testing. Created performance test plan template.
• Coordinated with diverse application teams on setup of proof of technology (POT) testing with a major cloud services provider.
• Created project development plans of data mapping translations from requirement to deployment phases. Created message requirement specifications for mapping development.

TECHNICAL ENABLEMENT ARCHITECT

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate with product development teams on the creation of technical enablement modules on new and updated B2B software products.
• Created Technical presentations and lab exercises for Technical Enablement Delivery to Technical Support, Lab Services, and Business Partners. Coordinated meetings on with team managers on upcoming versions and new products.
• Created and presented a new version of IBM B2B Integrator - Basic Version to stake holders via remote sessions.
• Created Learning Path for the new IBM Standards Processing Engine.
• Created, Tested, and Delivered a three-day technical workshop on the new IBM Multi-Enterprise Integration Gateway to stakeholders in Asia-Pacific and North American Regions.

MANAGING CONSULTANT

Confidential, NY

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate, design and create a solution definition document for the integration of IBM Sterling File Gateway within a corporate enterprise for a national financial services company.
• Shared results of technical engagement to Sales to assist in close of sales. Presented product capabilities of Sterling File Gateway to the client’s internal business units.
• Installed, configured, and documented unit test plans for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway, high availability clustered, in-place upgrade from a standalone instance for a major bank. Performed upgrade analysis bridge technology gaps between software versions.
• Installed, configured, and documented unit test plans for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator and IBM Sterling File Gateway, high availability clustered, in-place upgrade from a standalone instance for a regional bank. In addition, provided shadowing opportunities and knowledge transfer for a new IBM Managing Consultant during the project kickoff phase.
• Consulted on SI/ Confidential application and led one-on-one on application functionality for the Confidential production team Confidential a national telecommunications company.
• Documented business process workflow within the Confidential to enable issue tracking and foster open communication between the production support, infrastructure and development teams.
• Designed and conducted communication protocol test cases over AS2 and HTTPS, for the Confidential Disaster Recovery instance for failover continuity.
• Conducted client solution workshops, created Solution Definition Document, Detail Design Documents and data transformation maps for integration functionality and go-live implementation of the new Sterling Total Payments application for a regional bank.

LEAD CONSULTANT

Confidential, Dublin, OH

Responsibilities:

• Created Solution Definition Document and Test Plan to Upgrade Sterling Integrator and consolidate the data transfer of operation lines within a retail goods manufacturer.
• Conducted client solution workshops, created Solution Definition document, and advised on the Sterling Integrator installation across three environments for the new EDI network for a regional convenience store chain.