Summary of Qualifications

• Experienced SharePoint Architect and Practice Leader with more than 12 years experience in designing and deploying on - premise Microsoft SharePoint Internet, Extranet and Intranet systems, as well as Office365/SharePoint Online solutions.
• Recognized expert in SharePoint enterprise infrastructure design, enterprise search, document and records management, collaboration, metadata taxonomy, business intelligence, disaster recovery and security.
• As a SharePoint Practice Leader, led all phases of SharePoint enagement sales and delivery.
• Focused expertise in delivering complex, large-scale Microsoft SharePoint 2007-2013 solutions. Expert in Microsoft and industry best practices for SharePoint design and security.
• Designed enterprise-class SharePoint systems for many US Government Agencies and large corporations, including Amazon, Microsoft, USCENTCOM, Moffitt Cancer Research Center, Avanade, Lockheed Martin Space Systems, General Dynamics, United States Senate, Oregon State Police, US Customs and Border Protection, CENTAF, Seattle Workforce Development Council, USMC Pentagon and NASA.
• Led large-scale engagements utilizing several methodologies, designed and implemented multi-site replication topologies, disaster recovery strategies, managed metadata taxonomies, enterprise search solutions, records management systems, detailed SharePoint Governance Plans and internet-facing collaboration portals.
• Highly experienced in many computer operating systems and applications including Windows 2003/2008/2012 Servers, SQL Server 2005/2008/2012, SharePoint Designer, Microsoft Office Communications Server OCS / Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft FAST Search Server 2010, Microsoft ISA Server Forefront Threat Management Gateway TMG, CorasWorks, AvePoint, K2 and Nintex.
• Created and deployed advanced SharePoint architectures for companies in a wide range of market verticals: government intellegence, banking finance, energy, education, health care, technology and manufacturing.

Professional Experience

Confidential

Practice Area Lead Portals and Collaboration

• Led a team of SharePoint Consultants in the design and deployment of on-premise and cloud-based SharePoint solutions.
• Participated in all aspects of Sales and Delivery attended sales meetings, wrote proposals, drafted estimates, authored Statements of Work, led RFP responses, negotiated Change Orders, closed deals, managed time, budget and resources and ensured engagement satisfaction for our Seattle-based clients, including:
• Amazon
• Microsoft
• Expedia
• Safeco
• Premera Blue Cross
• Holland America Cruise Lines
• Brooks Sports
• Led a team of SharePoint Consultants in the design and deployment of on-premise and cloud-based SharePoint solutions.

Confidential

Principal SharePoint Architect

• Designed the baseline SharePoint information architecture managed metadata term store taxonomy and content type definitions for Microsoft.com. Worked with Microsoft's Redmond-based Corporate Communications team to develop information architecture and system interoperability requirements for a SharePoint 2010-based v2 solution for planning, creating, publishing and measuring content published to hundreds of sites.
• Led efforts at the Bill Melinda Gates Foundation to gather requirements and identify a solution for handling high-volume, high-visibility executive correspondence for the CEO and Board members. Evaluated SharePoint and non-SharePoint based solutions, determined cloud-based viability vs. on-premise capability, and examined a wide range of software interoperability. Recommended solution design based on specific needs around workflow, security, CRM / relational contact data, data analysis and robust reporting capability.
• Designed SharePoint 2010 Farm Architecture for Avanade a Microsoft and Accenture company to replace a highly customized internal SharePoint 2007 system. This system serves as an Extranet collaboration point for three major corporations and more than 10,000 users, and leverages ADFS and Claims Based Authentication. Additionally, the design supported the storage of more than 3TB of user data, as well as an off-site disaster recovery solution.
• Led the design and of a highly-available, Internet-facing SharePoint 2010 publishing website, including the integration of FAST Search Server 2010 and Microsoft Office Web Apps for a large California utility.
• As Principal SharePoint Architect, designed SharePoint 2010 systems for our clients, including:
• Microsoft
• Moffitt Cancer Research Center
• Bill Melinda Gates Foundation
• Milliman Financial
• Oregon Department of Human Services Oregon DHS
• Avanade
• Seattle Workforce Development Council Seattle WDC
• California Independent System Operator CAL ISO
• Oregon State Police
• Designed and deployed highly secure multi-tiered, IPSEC, TMG, SSL Intranet / Extranet SharePoint 2010 client portal to facilitate convenient collaboration and the efficient management of ongoing projects.
• Provided SharePoint demonstrations to executives, mapped business requirements to SharePoint functionality, and guided organizations through decision making around deep customization, InfoPath forms, external system connectivity, extranet authentication, enterprise search, records management, workflow, backup and restore, disaster recovery, monitoring, administration, governance and tuning.

Confidential

Senior Consultant MCS Federal Intelligence Agency Sector/ SharePoint

• As a Senior Consultant, served as a regional SharePoint Subject Matter Expert SME for Microsoft Corporation. Mentored Microsoft Consultants, supported Microsoft pre-sales engagements, led SharePoint Architecture Design Sessions, presented technology previews and demonstrations and provided reach-back technical support for our most challenging and complicated SharePoint designs.
• Designed and deployed enterprise SharePoint 2007 architectures for some of Microsoft's most prestigious clients, including:
• United States Senate
• Lockheed Martin Space Systems
• US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ICE
• United States Central Air Force Command CENTAF
• General Dynamics
• US Customs and Border Protection CBP
• BAE Systems
• US Department of Homeland Security DHS
• NASA
• Consulted with customers to identify requirements through the envisioning process and spearheaded hands-on enterprise implementation of Microsoft's collaboration technology stack to support or enhance
• SharePoint, including Windows, Active Directory, SQL Server, Exchange Server, Project Server and Office Communications Server Lync .
• Lead SharePoint Architect for Microsoft on a mission-critical 60,000 seat, multiple datacenter SharePoint 2007 deployment for a large Intel-sector client.
• Implemented Live Communications Server 2005/Office Communications Server 2007 for enterprise/government customers to deliver real-time collaboration via messaging, presence, application sharing and self-hosted audio/video conferencing.
• Selected to lead architecture and implementation efforts to create a global collaboration system for the US Customs Department's new National Cargo and Passenger Targeting Center. Utilizing a SharePoint Server 2007 front end, this system leverages advanced workflow and InfoPath capabilities to automate and streamline worker and management processes.

Confidential

Senior SharePoint Consultant / Microsoft Managed Gold Partner

• Architected Continuity of Operations COOP SharePoint infrastructure for the US Pentagon USMC .
• Participated in all phases of the development life-cycle for solutions utilizing Microsoft SharePoint 2003, Meridio 4.3, Visual Studio 2003 K2.net workflow software.
• Personally gathered customer requirements from high-level staff, developed use-case scenarios, ensured DoD Discovery Metadata Standard DDMS taxonomy compliance /compatibility, was responsible for interfacing with Office of the Secretary of Defense OSD network security staff to obtain an Authority to Operate ATO for client-side plug-ins, and was responsible for overall system design and programming for the OSD Metadata Tagging Pilot Program.

Confidential

Senior Collaboration Systems Engineer

• Lead Field Engineer for DCTS in the Middle East during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Worked directly with US Central Command to design, deploy and support a classified, IP-based real-time collaborative system based on SQL, Click-to-Meet Server and Microsoft SharePoint. Engineered optimized network topologies, managed software environments, isolated faults and trained users in over 10 countries, including Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Honduras and Korea. Hand-picked by USSOUTHCOM to provide on-the-ground communication and collaboration support to Joint Task Force Haiti. Flew into and operated within a hostile environment to successfully establish multilingual SharePoint sites for military units fielded by the Confidential.