SUMMARY:

• Technically proficient highly successful technology executive with proven experience as an IT leader, Enterprise / Application / Cloud Architect.
• Define the vision, scope & goals for IT & align the right individuals with the right tasks, as well as understanding when & what type of technology is appropriate to achieve the desired solution.
• Develop, transition, & build technology solutions that drive business performance & deliver substantial & sustainable results.
• Effective leadership skills in business case planning, architecture, & execution of technology plans that promote growth, foster cross - functional & shared services integration & yield human resource development.
• Leading effective concurrent work teams as large as 80 supporting global programs with both onshore & offshore resources with a mix of employees & consultants.
• Management of Enterprise Architecture, Shared/Common Services, Risk Assessment, Information Security, Enterprise Data Management, & Services/Data Governance that align to business & IT strategies; Led global collaboration, policies & standards
• Deep experience in all types of architecture including Enterprise, Cloud, Solution, Application, Information, Shared Services (workflow & document management), & SOA; Applying these architecture skills to continuously improve business processes & IT assets while building trust & credibility by delivering projects
• Fundamental mastery of the AWS cloud computing platform, DevOps, & it’s many dimensions of scalability - including but not limited to: SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), EC2, load-balancing with ELB, autoscaling architectures (having high I/O requirements), CI/CD, Jenkins, Chef etc.

EXPERTISE AREAS:

• Cloud Architecture: design scalable & high-performance applications on AWS
• Business & IT Alignment by Enterprise Architecture by producing enterprise blueprints & IT roadmaps
• Business Simplification & IT Cost Containment
• Service-Oriented Architecture & Modeling
• Technology/SDLC/SOA Standards & Governance
• Conflict Resolution & Consensus Building
• Legacy systems’ Re-architecture, Modernization, Consolidation, & Retirement
• Enterprise architecture strategy & execution
• Information Architecture based on Service Oriented Integration
• Business Strategy & IT Strategy
• Architecture Frameworks (TOGAF, Zachman)

CORE COMPETENCIES:

• Project delivery using “Business & Architecture POCs, Pilots, Evaluation & Selection of products/technologies
• Enterprise application, Object-Oriented Software Analysis, Design, & Development.
• Designed & Architected Enterprise systems based on the latest trends in architecture styles & design patterns. Analyze trends & adopt new technologies to align business process with IT solutions.
• Strategic, customer-oriented, thinker with demonstrated ability to create, align, & execute integrated business vision promoting synergies across the enterprise by building consensus with both business & IT stakeholders.
• Translates high-level business strategy, vision, & requirements into concrete IT program priorities, architecture patterns, architecture roadmaps, process & software architecture models, & project deliveries.
• Architecture, Strategic Planning, Technology Roadmap Development, Business Case Development, Contract Negotiations, Software Delivery Management.
• Significantly exceeds the standards & expectations by setting architecture direction that is right for the enterprise in the long run but also being flexible to deliver project goals without jeopardizing budgets & schedules.
• Demonstrated ability to set & balance global priorities according to customer & business needs while building consensus with all key stakeholders starting from developers to architects to project managers & business sponsors
• Flexibility & positive attitude with grow-together approach for building trust & credibility while delivering business results
• Proficient in interacting with clients on issues that arise concerning functionality of solutions, including resolution of client issues, software training & recommending best practices to clients
• Overall 21+ years of IT experience.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Senior Solution Architect

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Cloud (AWS) Strategy, Architecture & implementation.
• Recommended cost-effective Cloud solutions: conducted systems design, feasibility & cost benefit analysis.
• Reduce overhead & infrastructure costs by 30% by architecting Cloud migration of applications to AWS.
• Provided architectural expertise to a cross-functional team responsible for deploying applications & data to AWS.
• Architected & build Highly Available AWS cloud infrastructure utilizing Chef and Jenkins for continuous integration.
• Portfolio Management/Architecture Service Delivery. Implemented a repeatable patterns-based process to develop, review, & execute solution & application architecture across applications to continuously engage with project teams (from concept to delivery to enhancements & maintenance), & established service delivery objectives/metrics improving “time to market” system delivery by over 30%. Participated in annual planning to ensure technology investment strategies.
• IT Strategy & Execution. Eliminated the gap between “ Confidential wide strategy & individual project execution” by a) creating application architecture patterns & roadmaps to plan for future phases, early identification of issues & opportunities & b) minimizing risk for business operations via compliance with Confidential technology standards & governance.
• Enterprise Shared Services Planning & Execution using SOA. Championed & executed SOA strategy; by partnering with business & IT stakeholders, led ideation, business case formulation, multi-year roadmap creation, project execution, delivery, maintenance, enhancements, & maturing of 44 services for “common” business functions improving efficiency of core business processes while reducing the total cost of ownership of IT assets & risk to business.
• Led various project teams to deliver cost effective & timely architecture solutions by building long-lasting trusted relationships with Operations Executives, Product Management teams, Senior Information Officers, Business Systems Officers, Middleware Infrastructure Engineers, Data Architects, Development teams, & Project Managers
• Provided thought leadership & architectural direction for strategic initiatives including policy administration systems & related supporting systems, externally-facing e-business systems, business intelligence solutions, & application integration architectures employing web services & service-oriented architectures.
• Provide advice in various facets of technology & business architecture such as the opportunities to bring-in a Business Rules Engine, Policy Administration applications, SOA tools & Cloud strategy
• Collaborated with enterprise/solution/application architects, data architects, project managers, technology leads, developers, middleware engineers, & performance engineers to execute on the set strategies/objectives
• Created SDLC artifacts such as architecture profile documents, conceptual architecture documents, functional system specifications & detailed technical designs thereby ensuring consistent implementation of the company’s technology processes, best practices, methodologies & governance as per Confidential Enterprise Architecture standards.
• Provided architecture guidance for several Centers-of-Excellence (e.g. Document Generation, COTS, Cloud) to maximize business benefits of architecture & COEs to Confidential .
• Responsible for overall UI/UX design of client-server project based on Windows, Mobile & Web based UI.

Application Architect

Confidential

• Transformational Business Projects. Reduced the complexity of application environments & improved speed of delivery & overall effectiveness of solution development, service delivery & technology.
• Enterprise & Solution Architecture Practice. Established criteria & processes for an architecture governance body consisting of business unit & senior IT leadership. Ensured early & ongoing communication among all key stakeholders including business & IT to improve IT alignment with the business.
• Application Portfolio Management & Simplification. Led the development & execution of the application portfolio management program, including long-range planning of application retirements, application consolidations, & the introduction of new applications & reduced the complexity, refreshed the technology base, & reduced application development & maintenance costs in the amount of $35 Million by decommissioning 25 applications & extending the life of 8 legacy systems to meet new regulatory requirements.
• Created initial version of the Confidential US Reference Architecture in a easy-to-understand-&-use format & revised per feedback from stakeholders. This artifact was actively used by IDB (investment decision board) for the development, review, & approval of business cases to fund new projects & initiatives. Also, several IT teams used this artifact to create roadmaps for application planning & delivery to align with & incrementally implement the Strategic Target Reference Architecture
• Collaborated with project teams on-site (NY, NJ & SC) & off-site (UK, LAC & India) to deliver cost effective & timely architecture solutions & worked with Operations Executives, Product Management teams, Senior Information Officers, Middleware Infrastructure Engineers, Data Architects, Development teams (size of more than 80), & Project Managers.
• Provided enterprise architecture direction & support for maturing Confidential US UW SOA Strategy, Common Services (e.g. Submission, Alert, Rating, Booking, Publishing Services) & Common Systems (e.g. eDelivery, Workflow) to deliver on their business objectives & implement Confidential US Information Technology standards
• Developed IT strategy, architecture, & design level documents to secure funding from business to implement various programs for “Legacy Modernization & Re-architecture”, “IT Consolidation Roadmap”, “Business Process Improvement”, & “SOA Governance”
• Led the development & evolution of decommissioning strategies for several legacy applications reducing risk for business

Technologies/platform: : J2EE, .NET, WebSphere, JBoss, Tomcat, SOLR, SQL Server, DB2, TOGAF, Enterprise Architect, SOA, UML, Eclipse, Oracle Documaker, Adobe LifeCycle, Spring, AngularJS, JS, Amazon Web services (AWS), VPC (Virtual Private Cloud), EC2, load-balancing with ELB.

Software Architect / Project Manager

Confidential

• Identified & interviewed functional teams & stakeholders within organization. Quickly grasped the business domain rules & vocabulary & collaborated effectively & delivered a detailed architecture design (using UML diagrams & Use Case scenarios.) highlighting recommendations for enterprise wide applications.
• Significantly influenced company’s business vision & strategy. Worked closely with directors & CTO on refining the business plan as it relates to products & services.
• Laid out OO foundation for IT with emphasis on reusability & quality for both J2EE/.NET platforms.
• Leveraged SOA paradigm & SOA metadata to create agile technical solutions for changing business demands.
• Designed the national database & re-engineered & normalized the existing database.
• Provided SOA based solutions for integrating diverse systems (Mainframe, .NET, J2EE etc.)
• Created a Model / View / Controller architecture that incorporated web-based development to improve requirement to implementation schedule nearly 93%.
• Developed the IT governance strategy & standards for architecture & design of solutions for the enterprise.
• Mentored, lead & trained developers to advance their skills in order to achieve efficiency, productivity & quality gains in design, development, deployment, & support.
• Support IT by evangelizing technology, evaluating the business impact of technology & creating organization specific technology demonstrations.
• Architected CRM solution, designed Data migration plans & Reports for the same.
• Envisioned the main software development process in the company based on TFS 2010 & Scrum methodology.

Technologies Utilized : J2EE, .NET, SSRS, SSIS, JBoss, Tomcat, ORM, SQL Server, DB2, TOGAF, Enterprise Architect, SOA, UML, Eclipse, Ant, Visual Studio,TFS 2010, C#, XML, Scrum, TDD, JUnit, Web Services, Balsamiq.

Software Architect

Confidential

• Performed a detailed J2EE Application Architecture assessment to identify technical & related problems. Delivered a detailed architecture assessment report discussing issues & recommendations.
• Architected & designed the Report Component, metadata-driven configurable (XML) component that unified GUI presentation functionality across applications by separation of presentation tier from business & persistence ones. The project features analytical data display.
• Performed an architectural assessment of the distributed web site to identify performance bottlenecks due to architecture multi-threading & implementation flaws. Problems identified included memory / cache management, threading etc.
• Re-factored the legacy Internet application to monitor & track Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment, & Reporting.
• Performed & resolved performance issues with regards to memory, SQL queries multi-threading & other resource utilization in accordance with quality requirement.
• Perform system enhancement technical functions, including configuration.

Technologies Utilized : J2EE, WebLogic, Spring, SQL, Toad, XML, XSL, Ajax, JavaScript, Agile, Eclipse, JUnit & Ant.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

• Utilize the project lifecycle methodology through construction, testing & go live phases.
• Make approved changes to applications to fulfill requirements in accordance with development standards.
• Defined workflow through business process definitions.
• Created business rules based on the requirements
• Development of enhancements & fix patches for integration with SAP SCM functional areas.
• Ensure that formal issues, change & risk assessment/management techniques are leveraged to ensure project success.
• Analyze code, configure, test, implement, & code changes that are needed.

Technologies Utilized: J2EE, WebLogic, i2 (MDM, BPE) SOA, Oracle, SQL, PL/SQL, XML, XPATH, JavaScript, Shell

Confidential

Lead/Architect

• Worked in defining the architecture including transaction management across applications,
• Defined & managed the project through design, development & testing
• Conducted JAD sessions, & did the Requirement analysis.
• Defined workflow through business process definitions using BizTalk server.
• Architected, developed components/beans, Objects.
• Designed & developed the database.
• Configured & implemented BizTalk RFID framework.
• Developed design & strategy for integration with J2EE

Technologies Utilized: VS 2005, C#, BizTalk, RFID, WCF, SQL server, SOA, J2EE, Visio, UML.

Confidential

Senior Consultant

• Analysis & the development of conceptual, logical, & physical SOA (encompassing assessment, governance, design & implementation).
• Participated in the overall application architecture

Technologies Utilized: Java, J2EE, Swing, DB2, JProbe, WebSphere, & UML.

Confidential

Technical Specialist, Lincoln, NE & Chicago, IL

• Designed & developed the implementation of Callidus TrueComp
• Created business rules based on the client’s requirements for Callidus TrueComp.
• Worked extensively on all aspects of Callidus TrueComp, including installation, customization, implementation (for both WebSphere & WebLogic), tuning & troubleshooting.

Technologies Utilized: TrueComp, J2EE, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle, VB, XML, & UML.

Confidential

Software Engineer

• Designed & Coded the module as three tiered application namely Data, Business & Presentation Layer
• Wrote Shell Script & Perl Script for purging the database, improve the processing time & automate process
• Developed the Site Search (Basic & advanced)

Technologies Utilized: J2EE, WebLogic, Eclipse, SQL, PL/SQL, Shell script & Perl

Confidential

Software Engineer

• Developed modules for the stores to manage the Vendor, Wholesale, & CashFlow.

Technologies Utilized: Tomcat, J2EE, MVC, EJB, DB2