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SENIOR APPLICATION ARCHITECT / PROJECT LEAD

 

Objective: Software architectural position in which I can apply the skills and knowledge acquired over 15 years of hands-on software development.  These skills have been honed and tested from every level of the development life cycle to include; software analyst to systems architect.  I am looking for a position where I can lead a team to produce highly successful solutions for any development cycle.

 

Over fifteen years of progressive experience in designing, developing, leading and exceeding expectations for complex IT projects. Practiced in clarifying business requirements, design processes, system improvement and analysis to increase productivity and reduce costs.  Excel at tactical planning, building high-performance teams, managing projects, and implementing best practice methodologies and continuous improvement programs. MBA in Information Technology.

 

*        Project Supervision & Tracking – Lead a team of architects, analysts, DBAs and developers from start to successful implementation of numerous stand-alone and enterprise applications. Comfortable with extreme innovation and research and ‘outside the box’ approaches. Coordinate staff assignments, management of time and resources and perform project management scheduling functions.

 

*       System Solution Architectures - Create overall architecture, design and development process of stand-alone and enterprise applications. Implement business architecture decisions, software components and software design. Employ breakthrough technologies by implementing J2EE software such as Struts, EJBs, Hibernate and Oracle.  Reduced complete system downtime by implementing 'component architecture’ as opposed to the older, traditional ideologies of ‘packaged architecture’.

 

*       Project Risk MitigationHighly skilled in risk determination, providing innovative solutions and efficient scheduling. Utilize solid documentation that can be understood by all levels and departments involved.  Strong communication skills with an understanding of the development process, architectural design and business decision making that create a unique ability to express complex situations and solutions to a broad range of audiences.

 

*        Development Methodologies - Administer the complete software development life cycle to include UML, DDL and full database schemas.  Accelerate development process by increasing knowledge dispersion through multiple RAD sessions and the implementation of Agile, Extreme and Scrum development methodologies. Apply a wide range of java technologies, such as Servlets, Applets, Struts, RMI and n-tier, multi-threaded Client/Server applications.


 

~ PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ~

 

<Contact for Details>, 2004 - PRESENT

SR APPLICATION ARCHITECT/PROJECT LEAD

Lead role in numerous large, complex engagements designing application architectures, improving business processes and introducing development concepts such as XP, RAD, Agile and Chaos models. Responsible for technical leadership, business modeling and gathering and clarifying business requirements. Consistently exceed business and customer expectations.  Evaluate job applications for numerous operational titles and positions.


<Contact for Details>, 2002 - 2004
SR APPLICATION ARCHITECT

Dependably deliver innovative solutions by taking advantage of the latest technologies and development methodologies. Led the "go to" team for quickly delivering products to market across the entire organization. Responsibilities included technical lead, mentoring, working with project managers to estimate and assign tasks to team members and monitoring technical activities for projects.


<Contact for Details>, 2000 - 2002

APPLICATION ARCHITECT/SR ANALYST

Analyzed complex software issues in order to determine what steps, actions and software solutions would be required to successfully address the situation. Based on this analysis, developed web-base and/or stand-alone applications making use of a wide range of networking tools and development technologies.  Trained, supervised and mentored entry-level staff members. 


~ EDUCATION & CREDENTIALS ~

 

Education:

MBA: Information Technology: Network Security and Cryptography

BS: Computer Science

 

Certifications:

PMP exam candidate acceptance, PMI (05/2006)

SUN Certified Java Developer

SUN Certified Java Programmer

 

Coursework:

PMP (Project Management Professional)

 

Open-source Software Projects and API’s

JAUUS: a software patching application that works over a TCP/IP connection

ShellRaptor: simple command-line SQL utility and editor

Titration: multi-user, multi-project tracking system

Amalgam: brings multiple OS together under a single administrative umbrella