Enterprise Architect Resume

Title
Enterprise Architect

Primary Skills
systems development, project management, enterprise solutions, infrastructure design

Location
US-CO-Colorado Springs (will consider relocating)

Posted
Jun-08-09

ENTERPRISE INFRASTRUCTURE ARCHITECT

Accomplished IT architect with 20 years of proven leadership analyzing business needs to develop and implement enterprise solutions that streamline systems and processes leveraging emerging technologies. Adept at leading teams through all project lifecycle phases. Proficient in designing enterprise architecture solutions that meet tactical and strategic business needs. Critical change agent and skilled team leader, with track record for developing and launching process improvements that increase productivity and significantly reduce costs.


CORE COMPETENCIES
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* Enterprise Solutions
* Project Management
* Systems Development Lifecycle
* Disaster Recovery Planning
* Infrastructure Design
* Systems Improvements
* Infrastructure Road Maps
* Team Leadership
* Strategic Planning
* Process Improvement
* Resource Management
* Scope, Milestone & Deliverable Determination
* Training & Mentoring


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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FEDEX SERVICES, COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO * 1988-2009
Centralized sales, marketing, and customer service subsidiary for all FedEx businesses with combined revenue of nearly $40B.
CHIEF ARCHITECT /TECHNICAL PRINCIPAL, ENTERPRISE INTEGRATION TECHNOLOGIES (2003-2009)
Led all aspects of enterprise architecture for Tibco EMS/BusinessWorks and IBM WebSphere MQ Series infrastructure. Oversaw activities of regional infrastructure architects across Europe, Asia, North America, and South America. Engaged key business stakeholders to identify needs and to craft innovative infrastructure solutions. Devised long-term technology infrastructure strategies and presented recommendations to senior leadership. Planned and managed infrastructure technology projects through all phases. Directed support management and issue resolution for entire Tibco infrastructure. Coached and mentored technical staff.
* Collaborated with Computer Operations to design and implement standard hardware platform, including operating system build, tools, and installation processes, for enterprise messaging infrastructure processing 2B transactions daily.
* Led initiative to standardize download and installation activities for all Tibco solutions, enabling common support model for remote administration and reducing product release times by 10-fold.
* Spearheaded 3-person team in developing GENIUS using Tibco BusinessWorks, a customs clearance application that standardized processes for administering international shipments throughout all European Union countries.
* Slashed worldwide travel expenses by 50% and strengthened failover/business continuity practices by transforming Tibco EMS infrastructure teams into autonomous units.
* Overhauled point-to-point connections to single, centralized messaging framework to reduce offshore network bandwidth usage by 70%.
* Established direct links with regulatory agencies to digitize customs clearance requests, which resulted in 50% improvement in approval cycle times.

TECHNICAL PRINCIPAL, DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS SUPPORT (1997-2003)
Directed project team of up to 10 members through all phases of corporate production application implementation. Established production release standards and best practices. Defined solution management strategies that encompassed incident/outage management, root cause analysis, change management, and technical documentation. Prioritized initiatives and set project plans, scope, milestones, and deliverables.
* Attained 99.9% availability for production systems for core operations, including revenue systems, shipment tracking, FedEx.com portal, customer service, dispatch, and customs, through deployment of 500 UNIX/Linux servers at multiple data centers across the U.S.
* Championed incorporation of business practices for incident management and change control that facilitated 33% reduction in system defects.
* Orchestrated high-profile initiative called Shipment Fusion to unify shipment tracking application used by multiple operating units, earning ITD Hall of Fame Award.
* Selected as ITD All-Star Award winner for leading planning and launch of COS Data Center.

SENIOR TECHNICAL ADVISOR/TECHNICAL ADVISOR & SENIOR PROGRAMMER ANALYST (1988-1997)
Traveled globally to interface with business stakeholders, gather requirements, analyze business needs, and recommend/develop comprehensive technical solutions for systems and applications. Coordinated test case design and execution. Performed enterprise infrastructure deployments.
* Instituted robust enterprise development and testing environment that improved productivity and reduced technical training requirements.
* Earned multiple Bravo Zulu Awards for leading successful application development/implementation projects.


Additional roles with May Department Stores as Systems Programmer, Computer Programmer & Computer Operator.


EDUCATION & TRAINING
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BACHELOR OF SCIENCE COURSEWORK IN MATHEMATICS & COMPUTER SCIENCE
SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY EDWARDSVILLE, EDWARDSVILLE, ILLINOIS

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING CERTIFICATE
CONTROL DATA INSTITUTE, ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI

ISO 9001 Quality Certification


PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Tibco Business Works/EMS ~ Sun Solaris Systems Administration Training ~ Fault Analysis ~ Team Building
E10K Administration ~ Volume Manager Training ~ Effective Communications ~ ISO 9001 Systems Training


SELECTED TECHNICAL PROFICIENCIES
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PLATFORMS:
Microsoft Windows, UNIX, Linux, Novell
LANGUAGES:
C/C++, JavaScript, HTML, Perl, PHP, BASH, KSH
RDBMS:
Oracle, Sybase
TOOLS:
Tibco Suite (BusinessWorks, EMS, Hawk, Rendezvous), IBM WebSphere MQ Series, HP OpenView Suite, HP ServiceGuard, CVS, PVCS, Rational ClearCase, Veritas VCS/VCFS, Apache Tomcat, Apache Ant, NSIS, Visio, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite

Certifications
ISO 9001 Quality Certification
Computer Programming Certification


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