Along with two partners, I formed an consulting company, providing "the-best-of-the-best" resources that have very deep technical expertise and vast experience on Business, Development, Infrastructure and Operations projects.2013 to 2014: An International Financial Services, Tax and Audit CompanyConsultant: DataPower Administration, Operations an Deployment - Migrated all web services and web applications hosted on IBM DataPower XI50 appliances running version 5.0.x of the firmware to XI52 appliances running version 6.0.x of the firmware. - Reviewed all development, administration, operations and deployment practices, as part of a Readiness Assesment, an authored a report detailing improvements that were needed to comply with Best Practices - Reduced downtime and outages by fully automating all DataPower deployment, administration and operational tasks - Improved web services performance and expanded web services capacity by redesigning the DataPower infrastructure - Assisted the development team by troubleshooting / monitoring services and related applications2012 to 2013: A Prominent New Jersey Healthcare Insurance CompanyConsultant: ESB Development / SOA Enablement - Solution implementation to allow the client unparalleled visibility into business focused “key points of interest”, in addition to web services performance analysis & troubleshooting data and DataPower appliance operations metrics - Increased web service reliability and reduced development related bugs by implementing a continuous unit/regression/integration testing facility that detected/alerted on events early in the SDLC - Reduced downtime/outages by automating all DataPower deployment/administration/operations tasks - Improved performance / expanded capacity by redesigning the DataPower infrastructure and upgrading to the next generation of appliances - Assist the in-house and off-shore development team by troubleshooting and monitoring all web services and related applications

Manage, expand, redesign, maintain, monitor, support and troubleshooting of all forward-facing Internet, Intranet and Extranet SSL certificates, IBM WebSphere DataPower, Apache HTTPD, Apache Tomcat, IBM HTTP Server, IBM WebSphere Application Server, SunONE Directory, Oracle Application Server and BroadVision 1To1 platforms, servers and instances.Rigorous creation, storage and review of documentation pertaining to all operational tasks and responsibilities through a system of checklists and Standard Operating ProceduresOngoing second and third level assistance and support of many development teams by monitoring, testing and troubleshooting all Web applications

Manage, administrate and maintain all forward-facing Internet, Intranet, and Extranet UNIX and Linux servers.Implement, support and troubleshoot layered services and application servers such as iPlanet Web/Directory, Apache HTTPD/Tomcat, BroadVision and WebSphere.Implement and manage the forward-facing SSO and PKI including role based access and control, server and client SSL certificates and token authentication systems.Management of all network/security appliances, DNS, DHCP, firewalls, load balancers, proxy/content filtersAssist the in-house and off-shore development team by troubleshooting, monitoring and testing all Web applications

Created and managed the QA systems and environment for testing of all Web-based applicationsDeveloped production application monitoring tools and system performance benchmarksLed development teams through application bug fixes and implemented development standards

Design, implement, manage, administrate and maintain all forward-facing Internet, Intranet and Extranet HPUX, Enterprise Linux, Solaris and AIX servers in both physical and virtual environmentsImplementation, support and troubleshooting of layered application servers such as iPlanet, Apache, Tomcat, BroadVision, JDE and WebSphereDocumentation of all operational tasks and responsibilities through a system of checklists and Standard Operating ProceduresOngoing assistance and support of many development teams by monitoring, testing and troubleshooting all Web applications

Light and Mechanized Infrantry support, providing field and motorpool service and repair on any wheeled vehicles (HMMWV, HEMMT, etc.)

Designed, implemented, and supported a multi-platform network Assisted the Development Team by monitoring and testing all Web content output by testing all Web content

Designed, implemented, and supported a multi-platform networkAssisted the Development Team by monitoring and testing all Web content output by testing all Web content Professional skills