Robert Farr Email & Phone Number

I am an IT and business process Subject Matter Expert in the fields of Business-to-Business (B2B) Integration and Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) technologies and Solutions Architecture. I originally became involved with B2B Integration in its infancy (in the early 1990's) when it was primarily Electronic Data Interchange (EDI).I was responsible for implementing several EDI/B2B/EAI/A2A technology solutions for Grainger (a Fortune 500 wholesale MRO distribution corporation). My experience includes mainframe-based, client-server-based (MS Windows Server OS w/ MS-SQL Server DB), and web-server-based (Solaris/Linux OS w/ Oracle DB) implementations.I am currently focusing my consulting practice on architectures supporting A2A Interoperability requirements, utilizing principles of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) to migrate traditional B2B & EAI integrations onto consolidated A2A Interoperability frameworks.I am passionate about superb (highly available, highly scalable, highly reliable, & highly secure) technology frameworks for consolidating Intra-Enterprise (EAI) and Inter-Enterprise (B2B) interoperability, focusing on significantly REDUCING organizations' interoperability investments and complexities (bottom-line costs), while significantly INCREASING interoperability service levels (top-line business results).I provide strategic-level Consulting and Program/Team Management services to Business and IT leadership, from planning/architecture through tactical implementation of Interoperability solutions.Specialties:1> A2A Strategy & Thought Leadership Professional Services, focusing on business value.2> A2A Program, Project, & Team Management to achieve superb A2A architecture, design, development, testing, and deployment, focusing on A2A Centers-of-Excellence (CoEs).3> A2A vendor relationships management (contracts & procurement).4> A2A governance (SOX, PCI, SoD, etc.) and Audit-Legal data security, accessibility, and retention schedules compliance.

Listed skills include Integration, Eai, Solution Architecture, Strategy, and 31 others.

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  Monmouth College

  Bachelor Of Architecture - Barch