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• Led a team of 14 architects, improving project delivery speed by 20% and reducing IT costs by 15%.• Defined and deployed reusable micro services and Cloud Infrastructure standards, driving operational efficiency.• Developed enterprise reference architecture, aligning technology initiatives with business goals.

Northbrook, Il, Us

• Created a headless architecture enabling future growth with responsive capabilities and functions• Lead the creation of a technical debt remediation program to improve interoperability and improve development timelines• Created Architecture Governance for technical and security standards compliance in a PCI/PII environment• Author and primary collaborator for the Business Capability Model enabling micro services• Building the Architecture Practice and Software Development discipline

Elmwood Park, Nj, Us

As Mr. Bowie says:Ch ch ch ch Changes, turn and face the change. I am excited and ready.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us

Manage, mentor and lead a team of enterprise architects. Accomplishments include:  Conceived and Lead the data driven architecture initiative that improved enterprise efficiency development timelines Lead, develop and manage the enterprise road maps for digital transformation.  Merged Enterprise Architecture processes with Agile, Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Delivery (CD) deployment processes Created and lead the execution of business capability based approach for planning and deployment of enterprise assets based on business outcomes Primary Architect of API Ecosystem based on the Banking Industry Architecture Network (BIAN) Developed a balanced risk approach to Cloud Deployments (AWS/Azure) for compliant banking use Conceived and managed the creation and delivery of micro services architectures (24 to date) Managed automation of multiple Governance Processes using process automation tools that utilized a rules base for accuracy.

Coraopolis, Pa, Us

Leader, mentor and manager of the e-commerce technology development and deployment teams. Accomplishments include: Developed, Managed and lead the efforts for the architecture, road mapping and resourcing of teams  Leader for the launch of the first and second brand name eComm site that brought in significant revenue using a single code base yielding multi-tenancy efficiencies Leader of the first enterprise micro services deployments Conducted detailed market research and feasibility study to analyze the latest market trends and track the competitor’s activities thereby providing valuable inputs to streamline the marketing and brand visibility strategies

Detroit, Michigan, Us

Lead a matrixed group of technologist for the complete overhaul of the IT infrastructure and processes. Accomplishments include:  Managed the hiring, professional training and mentoring of more than 50 new personnel to keep pace to the company's transformation from an outsourced IT organization to an insourced IT organization Architect for the establishment of the Plant Employee portals, data stores, and applications with Enterprise Data Warehouse integration Leader for architecture and program management of the Data Center Upgrade Program, which refreshed technology stacks and applications that decreased the number of data centers from 28 to 3

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Led the architecture and design of all web functions, achieving a common web platform using .NET and Java Based deployments supporting B2B e-Commerce across multiple business units Leader of integrations for enterprise assets that brought efficiency and precision of data using Big Data Technologies  Created the roadmaps for digital deployments and transformations

Bentonville, Arkansas, Us

Managed and led a team of Architects  Decreased redundancy in the enterprise and achieved a significant reduction to the total cost of ownership through solutions integrations, SOA deployment by pioneering the Capability-Based Architecture Approach at WM Lead and managed the rationalizing the application suite and generating life cycle roadmaps through the use of basic services, including cloud migration to AWS cloud.  Lead the creation of the governance processes

Volunteered in the National Parks and hopefully made them a bit better.

Falls Church, Virginia, Us

Provided enterprise architecture services for DoD components that centered on integration of intelligence and defense planning activities.