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SUMMARY 22+ years developing custom solutions for clients 17+ years managing, mentoring, leading teams of clients and consultants 17+ years managing projects and leading development efforts for large enterprise systems 17+ years working on multi-million dollar proposals 17+ years working to develop new and existing business opportunities 15+ years managing resources from all over the world 15+ years architecting and developing enterprise applications with various programming languages 13+ years working on corporate strategy at the senior executive level SKILL SUMMARY Business Development: Founded two companies to provide end to end consulting services to clients Adept at leveraging resources to create new business opportunities Effective at identifying opportunities and providing tactical as well as strategic business solutions Leadership & Management: Large project leadership experience on major engagements ($5 - 30 MM avg.) Proven leadership skills delivering work on time and within budget Vendor selection and relationship management Continuous technical and management training outside of work engagements Monitoring and developing team members while managing client relationships at all levels Active involvement in the open source community Ability to seamlessly adjust to extremely dynamic client environments Software Development: Java, Eclipse, SOA, C#, VB .NET, ASP .NET, JavaScript, COM/DCOM, ActiveX, HTML, DHTML, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic, .NET Nuke, Open Source Platforms Infrastructure: Amazon Web Services, Azure, VMWare, Win Server 2008-12/R2, Win10/8/7/XP, Win2k3, SQL Server, MySQL, DB2, Oracle, MS Content Management Server, Commerce Server, PHP Nuke, .NET Nuke, BizTalk, Streaming media, LAN/WAN, Intranets, Enterprise Architecture (MEGA) PROJECT Abbott Labs (McDowell Tech) Enterprise Architect/Engineer HISTORY * * Helped define and shape the client's Enterprise Architecture * Analyzed existing systems to determine and document integration requirements between multiple systems * Identified and made custom changes to internal systems * Designed, developed, tested, and deployed custom Java app to integrate multiple data sources Johnson & Johnson (McDowell Tech) Enterprise Architect/Engineer * Analyzed existing systems to determine and document integration requirements between multiple systems * Designed, developed, tested, and deployed custom Java app to integrate multiple data sources * Eliminated hours' worth of resetting environments to setup a clean test bed each time a tester needed to run their scripts. This saved the client thousands of hours over the course of the project. US Capitol Police (McDowell Tech) Enterprise Architect/Engineer * Created a custom, template based static website that would pull real-time data from the MEGA repository. This website could be generated on the fly by a MEGA Admin * Created a clearly defined scope with extremely tight timelines (1 month) Fannie Mae (McDowell Tech) Enterprise Architect/Engineer * Designed custom role based security model * Developed training materials and trained a cross discipline architecture team * Designed, developed, tested, and deployed custom software changes to their purchased Enterprise Architecture software system to better meet their needs * Helped drive out requirements that were in sync with their Enterprise Architecture direction Procter & Gamble (McDowell Tech) Enterprise Architect/Engineer * Analyzed existing systems to determine potential areas to streamline performance * Designed, developed, tested, and deployed custom software changes to their purchased Enterprise Architecture software system to better meet their needs * Helped drive out requirements that were in sync with their Enterprise Architecture direction STA Group Executive Leadership * Leveraged knowledge of client site needs to open new business opportunities resulting in contract extensions, new project work, and additional headcount * Established partnership with a small consulting company which lead to the acquisition of its staff, resources, and client deck through a mutually beneficial purchase * Proactively identified and pursued new client opportunities, wrote and delivered assignment-winning proposals, and maintained relationships to ensure client satisfaction State Farm (STA Group) Senior Managing Consultant * Liaison between Business and Technical Domains to help the technology sector realize business direction and needs * Developed Enterprise Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Governance policies in conjunction with client architects State Farm (STA Group) Senior Managing Consultant * Defined and implemented new enterprise software quality assurance and testing strategies * Developed end to end processes required to deploy software throughout the enterprise * Defined custom enterprise software deployment tool that integrated with numerous legacy systems CNA Insurance Development Manager * Helped define common .NET architecture utilizing VB.NET * Streamlined existing .NET development environment which lead to a 150 percent increase in developer productivity * Managed coding effort of individual developers and was responsible for developing key components used within the system State Farm (Avanade) Team Lead * Lotus Notes to Microsoft platform migration proof of concept written in C# * Defined common Lotus Notes functionality and developed reusable C# components * Gave final presentation to client's top 25 executives at Microsoft's Redmond facility Allstate (Avanade) Team Lead * Created process to help migrate existing J2EE scheduling application to C# * Created training and gave presentations to client developers to aid in .NET transition * Coded base data layer for client developers to use as foundation for all data development Allstate (Avanade) Operations Manager * Enterprise mission critical application used by more than 30 thousand users * Developed Microsoft's first and largest project built utilizing .NET technologies (download here or here) * Lead Software Architect for all build and deployment tools Avanade Development Manager * Created new analytical tool used by our consultants worldwide * Developed the training for worldwide audience * Designed, developed, and packaged solution offering that reduced man-hours by 10-15% Allstate (Avanade) Technical Manager * Created visioning prototype written in ASP and client side JavaScript * Lead presenter with daily presentations to different executives * Introduced, trained, and mentored client and team members to this technology Sears (Avanade) Technical Manager * Worked with client to define requirements and coded application to those requirements * Gave daily progress presentations to high level client executives * Trained client technical resources Avanade Technical Manager * Worked with expert Microsoft resources to combine the best methodologies from both Accenture and Microsoft * Created Avanade's eCommerce Architecture Assessment program * Created eCommerce Architecture Assessment reporting tool Avanade Technical Manager * Developed image creation process * Developed image deployment process * Lead the infrastructure team to rollout our workstation image to a worldwide audience Avanade Technical Manager * Designed, developed, and deployed Avanade's first Intranet * Architected and administered Avanade's Intranet development environment * Architected and administered Avanade's Intranet infrastructure Accenture Technical Lead * Worked with the CIO to ensure infrastructure was capable of streaming video * Helped define Accenture's policies on streaming technologies * Configured and tested the first internal streaming media servers Accenture Technical Lead * Designed and coded a reusable Intranet architecture * Provided estimates and recommendations to management * Supervised and mentored three application developers Amoco (Accenture) Application Developer * Created detail designs docs and coded all new modules according to design specifications * Created Oracle stored procedures to interface the new database with legacy database * Created and executed detailed unit test scripts Allstate (Accenture) Application Developer * Designed and programmed numerous modules for prototype * Designed and implemented development environment * Worked directly with Microsoft PSS to resolve development issues
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