ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT / PROGRAM MANAGER kateg62@gmail.com Resume

Title
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT / PROGRAM MANAGER kateg62@gmail.com

Primary Skills
Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, Repository, IBM Rational System Architect, TOGAF, FEA, SOA, DODAF, UML, RUP, Agile

Location
US-IL-Chicago (will consider relocating)

Posted
Oct-21-09

SUMMARY

Seasoned professional with over 20 years of servicing Fortune 100 corporations in IT architecture, business management, and large-scale program execution.

As a Senior Managing Consultant completed large scale consulting engagements in structuring Enterprise Architecture business unit, setting IT asset management programs, developing PMO, streamlining portfolio of enterprise IT initiatives, complete system re-engineering, ERP implementation, , Capacity Analysis and Planning for the Infrastructure Management, organizing Change Control process for software promotion in staging environment, setting SLA, benchmarking environments, and others.

Expert in IT processes and methodologies. Taught Rational Unified Process to clients and organizations, developed the Composite Unified Process within the scope of leadership volunteer role at the PMI. Speaker at conferences on the IT process management and delivery methodology.

Core Qualifications & Strengths
• Managed multi-year, multimillion-dollar IT projects, on time & budget
• Created PMO function including setting up project intake process and related policies, project and program classification and controls, risk analysis and deviation handling procedures, and lifecycle process framework
• Expert in business requirements management, modeling, UML, and building a virtual project team incorporating business community and IT solution group
• Successfully implemented Change Management processes aligned with business, IT development, and Infrastructure organizations
• Strong IT background including System and Enterprise Architecture, software engineering, capacity and performance planning, and vended software implementation
• Expert knowledge in business process re-engineering; ability to partner with business representatives and stakeholders to learn current business processing, conduct detail analysis and present findings to decision makers; architect future business processes and manage the transition
• Expert in IT solution delivery methodology including project planning using waterfall, agile, and other iterative methodologies (Rational Unified Process, Enterprise Unified Process, SCRUM). Developer of the CUP (Composite Unified Process) framework that adjusts project planning by project specification and incorporates elements of several methodologies into a single plan. CUP was presented at the PMI congress and incorporated into the Metrics Special Interest Group of PMI major deliverables
• Progressively responsible career in Fortune 500 companies, state and federal government
• Global, cross-functional project team management in matrix organizations

Expertise in:

• Software Development Methodology / SDLC (Waterfall, RUP, EUP, Agile, CUP)
• Requirements management (UML and tools: IBM/Telelogic System Architect, Doors, Rational Rose, others)
• Enterprise Architecture and Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) including Business Process Management, IBM Component Business Model, Technology Domain Models, Current and Future State Architectures, Roadmap, and Transition Plan
• Productivity tools: MS-Project / MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) / Visio
• Vendor Management (in house, off shore, combination)
• Project Management Office (PMO)
• Object Oriented Design and Development, Client/Server, RDBMS, J2EE, .NET
• Capital / Expense Budget Management
• Technical Risk Management
• Sarbanes-Oxley Compliance
• Government Transparency

Financial Sector Experience:
• ABN AMRO Bank - Strategy and Architecture
• Discover FS (part of the Morgan Stanley) -- IT Infrastructure Governance
• Anexsys (part of Bank One -- now J.P. Morgan Chase) -- Custom application development department for State of Ohio Child Support Collection and Disbursement in partnership with Bank One
• Chicago Board of Options Exchange -- Membership Systems
• Goldman Sachs -- Trade Performance Solutions
• Northern Trust Bank -- Wealth Management
Experience
Over 20 years of the overall IT experience
Over 12 years of leadership experience in IT projects domain

List of recently completed assignments

District Of Columbia, Office of Chief Technology Officer, Washington D.C. January 2009 -- present
As a Consultant and adviser in Capital Planning and Investment Control arena established a number of the District-wide programs within the realm of the Enterprise Architecture, Portfolio Management, and Program Management Office.

Led Current and Future State Architecture initiatives for the Office of CTO, integrated those initiatives with the Citywide Data Warehouse and the Geospatial technical domains, and established the unified Enterprise Architecture Repository.

US Coast Guard, Washington D.C. August 2008 -- January 2009
As a Sr. Consultant provided assistance to the Enterprise Architecture department of the US Coast Guard (part of the Department of the Homeland Security).
Focused on projects leadership, planning, resource allocation, and training.
Successfully completed all IT projects allocated for the year 2008 in a short period of time.

CNA Insurance, Chicago, IL Nov 2007 -- May 2008
Led Enterprise Architecture Repository implementation project.
Created corporate wide methodology updates to incorporate architecture concerns and architecture review board activities into the overall project execution framework.


HCSC (Blue Cross, Blue Shield), Chicago, IL June 2007 -- Sept 2007
Consulted HCSC in building and classifying portfolio of IT projects.

ABN AMRO, Chicago, IL July 2005 -- June 2007
Led Current State Architecture international project. Managed entire relationship with client organizations in all countries involved in the project; coordinated vendor relations; controlled plans, budget allocation; risks; compliance requirements; training and transition to support.

Successful implementation of the Current State Architecture by the bank was named one out of its 10 major achievements.

Allstate Insurance, Chicago -- Buffalo Grove, IL February 2004 -- July 2005
Managed Logistics/Supply Chain technology re-engineering, conducted analysis, created findings report and presentations, and completed feasibility study of the new solution implementation. Implemented new SAP based solution for the Warehouse Management, Inventory Management, and Internet Ordering.
Led Capacity and Performance effort.
Implemented Iterative Methodology for the Enterprise PMO and delivered Iterative Methodology training to all Allstate companies.

W.W. Grainger, Chicago -- Lincolnshire, Lake Forest, IL February 2004 -- July 2005
Created Capacity, Performance, and Availability program, which enabled targeted Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) and saved the organization over 20% of technology improvement expenditure.

Discover FS, Riverwoods, IL Jan 2001 -- June 2002
Ran Governance program for the J2EE/WebSphere applications' implementation within the corporate (internal) and vendor managed (external) data centers.

CNA Insurance, Chicago, IL April 1999 -- Jan 2000
Managed application integration and data consolidation program for the Risk Management business unit.

Motorola, Libertyville, IL Oct 1998 -- April 1999
Led warranty claim verification initiative for the US and Latin American regions.

Alliant Foodservices, Deerfield, IL May 1997 -- Oct 1998
Led online ordering / logistics system.

Goldman Sachs, Chicago, IL, NYC, NY Oct 1996 -- April 1997
Led online trade performance reporting solution.

And many others (details available upon request)

Background

The Whitewater Group, Evanston, IL Dec 1989 -- Nov 1991
Member of Technical Staff
Participated in first real Object Oriented Language development for MS Windows application development -- Actor language, ported Actor class library into the Borland C++ and Application Framework product. Participated in commercial consulting and training utilizing Actor language for Whitewater business clients.

Academy of Science, Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia Aug 1983 -- Nov 1988
Research Associate
Ph.D. Program in simulation modeling of the multiprocessor network performance and response times. Research was done within the scope of automation project for the plasma physics experiments.

Education
Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute
Ph.D. Technology, 1988
(http://www.ioffe.rssi.ru/)

St. Petersburg Electro technical University
MS CS, 1985
(http://www.eltech.ru/english/)

St. Petersburg Electro technical University
BS CS, 1982
(http://www.eltech.ru/english/)

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
MetSIG PMI Term 2004 - 2008
Board of Directors Member and Scholar (Weekend work)
Personal profile:
http://www.metsig.org/products.aspx?category=41&product=164
PERSONAL
Member of Project Management Institute (PMI)
Vice Chair of Education for Metrics SIG


ACHIEVEMENT HIGHLIGHTS

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Established the Enterprise Architecture Repository program to handle Current and Future State Architectures, defined meta models for the IT asset management, selected appropriate tooling, and led complete implementation, training, and transition to support


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Organized Architecture Committee for the entire IT business services and led applications and data integration multi-program initiative


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Developed strategic plans for the IT Business Services teams and assisted with alignment of IT strategies and Enterprise Architecture initiatives


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Led complete Supply Chain re-engineering including architecture and requirements analysis, presenting findings to the client senior leadership, developing RFP, managing vendor selection, and running program to implement ERP solution


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Developed and managed Capacity Analysis and Planning initiatives for the Infrastructure planning that incorporate performance testing, simulation modeling, enterprise architecture mapping on the infrastructure solutions, and integrating with financial analysis and forecasting


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Created the Composite Unified Process (CUP) methodology, which creates a bridge between traditional SDLC (Waterfall, RUP, Agile) and Enterprise Architecture Processes based on TOGAF. The CUP seamlessly incorporates strategic enterprise wide initiatives and operations into manageable and completely transparent process for the PMO organization. It also supports CMMI and other industry standards.


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Developed PMO departments and groups including projects/requests pipeline management, resource allocation, and migrating to matrix organization structure. Created customized methodology specifications and processes for performance monitoring and control, SLA management, program and project oversight and progress assessment. Established department wide process structures to comply with CMMI, SOXA, and other industry requirements


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Ran international initiatives with clients located in North America, Latin America, Europe, and Asia


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Managed several outsourcing initiatives and developed processes for service management, controls, monitoring, and measurement


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As a member of PMI and an active member of the MetSIG PMI Board of Directors contribute to the Project Management knowledge exchange during international meetings and conferences, speaker at the 2007 annual congress. Holds the position of Education Chair at MetSIG/PMI since 2003


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Recognized for strategic thinking, technical expertise, implementation abilities, and innovation while handling tough assignments and providing quality results.

Certifications
PMP
PMI
CUP
TOGAF


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