Ben Sommer Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Boston, MA, US

Directing a global team who designs, builds products & tools to automate, administer, integrate & accelerate the implementation of Bullhorn products for customers

Boston, MA, US

Define & execute product/tool strategy to make customer implementations more efficientOwn & manage integration products (both core & iPaaS-based)Own & manage data integration productsInitiated & chair the Architecture Review Board for solutions & standards/patterns

Boston, MA, US

Leading global team of Solution Architects & Business Systems Analysts

Boston, MA, US

Lead Architect and North America team lead

Boston, MA, US

Working with Bullhorn's large enterprise customers in the staffing & recruiting industry, supporting their strategic initiatives

Providence, Rhode Island, US

• Extended & documented a formal IT architecture method – Systems Flow's Investigative Architecture TM – receiving official recognition of the method from The Open Group
• Created 15+ module training course for Investigative Architecture TM and delivered in formal sessions to dozens of practicing architects & technical leaders
• Managed the company’s largest engagement of 20+ consultants, including issue resolution, mentoring and yearly review
• Acted as authority to consultants, clients and the public on Systems Flow’s Investigative Architecture TM method, enforcing consultant adherence to the method in all architecture activities
• Managed peer review process for all consultant deliverables
• Mentored all new consultants, following a rigorous process to certify consultants to “stand alone”

Providence, Rhode Island, US

Lead architect on dozens of project initiatives, including a $150MM+ core system conversion.Specialized in commercial lending and related business areas, but with wide experience in consumer, risk, finance, derivatives & trading - as well as infrastructure (ITSM), end-user services, networks etc.Defined strategic roadmaps, reference architectures and.

Providence, Rhode Island, US

Architect supporting enterprise architecture initiatives, as well as solution-level architecture for business line projects such as Consumer Transparency and the PPACA compliance program.

Radnor, PA, US

Defined operating model & strategy for Innovation & Disruption officeDefined reference architecture for Term Life Aggregator partnershipsAssessed architecture risk of enterprise-wide project portfolio, to inform resource assignment & governance

Weston, Massachusetts, US

Defined IT Roadmap and Strategy, guidance and adoption at the project-level.Defined Data Architecture & Warehouse strategyFacilitated enterprise-wide agreement on data definitions and terms, creating the first Enterprise Glossary

Lancaster, Pennsylvania, US

Business Architect supporting the Bank Secrecy Act department (OFAC, AML, KYC).Data Architect supporting Chief Data Office

Quincy, MA, US

Led the Network and Emerging Technologies (NET) Group, acting as chief technologist for the institution. Mentoring junior developers, network engineers and system administrators. Providing Tier 3 technical support. Managing long-term vendor relationships.

Quincy, MA, US

Developer, network and systems architect. Maintained an open source web-based CRM system for college recruiting and admissions. Developed frameworks to facilitate rapid OO development, unit testing and deployment for the web (MVC). The myco framework is published worldwide on the Comprehensive Perl Archive Network (CPAN). Specialized in Identity Management.

Technology Strategist, Developer, Interface Designer, and Systems Administrator for an education finance startup.

Amherst, Massachusetts, US

• Lecturer in the Department of Music and Dance
• Music Theory I & II (1999-2000)
• Aural Skills III & IV (1998-99)

Boston, MA, US

Taught at all grades in all subjects

Ba, Music, Philosophy

Master Of Music, Composition