HIGHLIGHTS OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Extensive Healthcare Expertise
• Certified SOA Professional with 9 years of experience.
• Accomplished Senior Technical Sales Architect with 10 years' experience providing technical solution leadership t customers for IBM.
• Lead mentor team of Solution Architects
• Extensive integration experience with highly complex solutions for fortune 500 companies.
• Highly Successful in becoming a trusted advisor with customers and point of contact for the customer's technical team.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities and team focus in a virtual and local team environment.
• Proven Management Leadership positions in all previous job roles.
• Proven and successful Management skills.
• Strong organizational and planning skills.
• Outstanding Strategy and Vision leadership.
• Excellent communication and professional presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills for problem determination and resolution.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with all levels of organizations.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

WebSphere Messaging Connectivity Architect/Specialist

• Responsible for IBM's WebSphere messaging connectivity suit, along with a deep knowledge of BPM, ODM, BAM, cloud and mobile suits.
• Outstanding software engineer/architect with proven leadership with a track record of developing and leading high powered delivery teams wh consistently exceed customer expectations.
• Primary skill set in application integration: IBM Series, IBM Integration Bus, WebSphere ESB, DataPower, MessageSight, and TX Series.
• Secondary skill set in Business Process Management BPM , IBM Operational Decision Manager ODM , WebSphere Service Registry Repository WSRR , WebSphere Business Monitor BAM .
• Highly trained in sales and presentation skills with continuing yearly sales education training.
• Highly trained in technical education training with continual yearly education.
• Possesses very strong skills in sales activities, performing daily duties consisted of giving:
• Technical Solution Architectural discovery workshops
• Architectural customer reviews
• Technical presentations
• Software and hardware sizing
• Product demos
• Product Solution POC Proof of Concepts
• Product Solution POT proof of Technology
• Highly successful in managing the technical relationships with customers and becoming a trusted advisor t the customer.
• Responsible for managing IBM resources, Contractors, and Business Partners for each of my customers.
• Worked closely with each customer s with constant interaction by weekly calls and visits.
• Acted as customer's point of contact for any questions or issues.
• Strong post-sales management t guarantee customer success with solution.

Confidential

Executive Healthcare Architect

• Responsible for assisting sales technical sales teams in the progression of sales opportunities.
• Responsible for Service Oriented Architecture SOA briefings with customers.
• Responsible for leading and performing Integration and connectivity Architectural reviews.
• Lead Healthcare Industry specialist for the Tiger Team.
• Present and Architect for connectivity products t customers.
• Supported technical sales teams.
• Responsible for enablement for MessageSight t technical team.
• Assisting teams in RFP RFI responses
• Specialties:
• Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture SOA , Business Process Management BPM , Application Integration connectivity, Healthcare industry.
• Technologies:
• IBM MQSeries, IBM Data Power, IBM WebSphere Message Broker, IBM WebSphere ESB, IBM WebSphere Monitor, IBM WebSphere Service Registry and Repository WSRR , IBM PureApp, IBM MessageSight, IBM Cast Iron, IBM API Management.

Confidential

Enterprise SOA Architect

• Visionary entrepreneur wh applies leading edge technologies t develop innovative products and services.
• Responsible for setting the vision, strategy and enterprise reference architecture for HealthNow SOA, BPM, ESB, B2B, and Monitoring strategy.
• Responsible for creating, socializing, documenting IT roadmap.
• Responsible of hiring, managing, and training of the Solution Architect team and assisting with creating and implementing the correct solution for project s ..
• Responsible for directing the EA team t define designed patterns and best practices.
• Created and lead the SOA governance team t set strategy and enforcement.
• Lead IT department in selecting, architecting, and strategy for our new B2B environment.
• Lead IT department in selecting, architecting, and strategy for our limited System Monitoring environment.
• Assisted management team t identify and hire key technical developers and admin resources.
• Created the Educational Roadmap for BC BS' identifying and created the educational training and roadmaps for the IT department.
• Work closely with vendors as BC BS's liaison with IBM and other vendors for the BPM, ESB, EAI, Messaging, BAM, ETL, MDM, B2B, and Monitoring.
• Working with team on a change in our test methodology
• Teaching, mentoring and reviewing proposed solutions.
• Specialties:
• Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture SOA , Business Process Management BPM , Application Integration, Data Integration, Business 2 Business B2B , Business Rules Management BRM HIPAA/X12 EDI, Master Data Management MDM , IT Roadmap Development, System Monitoring, EA Frameworks including Zachman and TOGAF.
• Technologies:
• MQSeries, Web Services, Rest Services, Data Power XI150, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere ESB, Message Broker, WebSphere Modeler, WebSphere Monitor, Message Broker, WebSphere Service Registry and Repository WSRR , IBM MDM, Microsoft Visio, and Microsoft Office Suite.

Projects:

• B2B
• System Monitoring
• Lead Vendor Proof of Concepts POC
• Lead BC BS Business 2 Business B2B team in the evaluation SOA Monitoring technology and vendors.
• Lead BC BS System Monitoring team in the evaluation SOA Monitoring technology and vendors.
• Lead SOA Best Practices and SOA patterns team - Lead team of Architects and developers in beat practices and patterns around technology and tools within BC BS environment.
• Lead SOA Governance team Lead team of Architects and developers in creating, establishing and mandating governance process around developing integration services.
• Mentoring Education of Solution architects around the newly purchased IBM Integration tools.
• Tasked with the Enterprise Architecture team in evaluating, planning and direction Roadmap of BC BS architecture moving forward in the next coming year, 3 years, and 5 years out.
• Evaluated, interviewed, and recommended Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Integration developers.

Confidential

Senior SOA Architect Consultant Security Clearance: Secret

• Responsible for identify sales opportunities by meeting with customers and evaluating their needs and uncovering their pain points.
• Responsible for architecting solutions that meet the customer needs.
• Responsible for SOA architectural designs, evaluations, and training, while working with Federal contracts.
• Company lead in evaluating SOA products with Open Source and vendor products with emphasis on ESB, BPM, Service Registry Repository, and Governance.

Projects:

• Lead SOA Governance team
• SOA integration and planning team
• Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Center METOC
• Base Level Item Tracking System BLITZ
• Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services CANES
• Veterans Affairs Chapter 33 SOA.

Confidential

Senior WebSphere IT Specialist, Software Group

• Responsible for IBM's WebSphere business integration software suit, an enterprise wide software solution based on Service Oriented Architecture SOA .
• Outstanding software engineer/architect with proven leadership with a track record of developing and leading high powered delivery teams wh consistently exceed customer expectations.
• Primary skill set in application integration: MQSeries, Message Broker, WebSphere ESB TX Series
• Secondary skill set in Business Process Management BPM : WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Service Registry Repository WSRR , WebSphere Modeler, WebSphere Monitor
• Highly trained in sales and presentation skills with continuing yearly sales education training.
• Highly trained in technical education training with continual yearly education.
• Possesses very strong skills in sales activities, performing daily duties consisted of giving:
• Technical Solution Architectural whiteboard sessions
• Architectural customer reviews
• Technical presentations
• Software and hardware sizing
• Product demos
• Product Solution POC Proof of Concepts
• Product Solution POT proof of Technology
• Highly successful in managing the technical relationships with customers and becoming a trusted advisor t the customer.
• Responsible for managing IBM resources, Contractors, and Business Partners for each of my customers.
• Worked closely with each of my customers with constant interaction by weekly calls and visits.
• Acted as customer's point of contact for any questions or issues.
• Strong post-sales management t guarantee customer success with solution.
• Sold business solutions t all levels of the enterprise C- Level t Dev teams and array of markets:
• Telecommunications
• State Government
• Insurance
• Healthcare
• Retail
• Automotive
• Financial
• Projects:
• State of CA - Architect MQSeries and Message Broker environment
• Message broker install Windows Solaris , Architected and implemented a MQSeries Clustering environment
• State of M - MQSeries and Message Broker Architecture, Message Broker install Windows AIX , Message Broker Training, Resolved MQSeries issues on mainframe
• State of WA - Message broker and MQSeries Workflow architecture with BizTalk, MSMQ t MQSeries bridge
• State of TN - MQSeries Client architecture, MQSeries MQSeries Client Install Windows AIX
• Catholic Healthcare Services - Message Broker with HL7 adapter, Message Broker install Windows
• Blue Shield of CA - MQSeries Architecture and failover- MQSeries clustering with HA
• Blue Cross Blue Shield of AL - Performed an architectural review for WebSphere Business Modeler and Message Broker, MQSeries support along with WTX support, Message Broker install Windows , Proof of Concept POC with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB
• Kaiser Permanente - MQSeries and Message Broker support and resolution of issues
• Safec - Message Broker education, Message broker failover HA , Proof of Concept POC with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB
• Transamerica MQSeries Message Broker Architecture, Message broker install Windows Solaris
• Washington Mutual Bank - Message Broker MQSeries Workflow architecture, MQSeries Transactional client
• Regions Bank - MQSeries and Message Broker architecture, MQSeries clustering, MQSeries support, WTX Series architecture Mercator maps , WebSphere Business Modeler
• AmSouth Bank - MQSeries MQSeries Client architecture, MQSeries install Windows
• Compass Bank - MQSeries Clustering, Message Broker POC, Resolve MQSeries issues
• Colonial Bank - Message Broker Support and training, Proof of Concept POC with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB, Architected Process Server WebSphere ESB solution, Resolve Message Broker issues, Architected Datapower solution.
• Trustmark Bank - Message Broker Architecture and training
• TYSYS - MQSeries clustering, Proof of Concept POC with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB, Architected Process Server WebSphere ESB solution
• Cingular - MQSeries and Message Broker architecture, sizing, MQSeries clustering, MQSeries and Message Broker install Windows, Solaris, AIX
• AT T Wireless - MQSeries Architecture and support
• Sprint PCS - Message Broker architecture, MQSeries Message Broker Install Windows Solaris
• Bell South MQSeries Message Broker Support and resolution of issues
• Coke - MQSeries clustering, MQSeries support, Proof of Concept POC with WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere ESB, Architected Process Server WebSphere ESB solution
• The Home Depot - MQSeries Message Broker Support
• Hollywood Vide - MQSeries and MQSeries Client Architecture, MQSeries MQSeries Client Install Windows