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Provide technical leadership and subject matter expertise in the support and enhancement of the TOUCH web application -- a validated, FDA-compliant, Risk Evaluation Mitigation Strategy (REMS) drug distribution and administration system for tracking patients, physicians, practices, infusion sites, and drug shipments.Key Tasks: • Provide Technical Lead, Solutions Architecture, Project Management, Business Analyst, Test Lead, and Support services• Manage offshore delivery and QA teams for application development and support • Manage application lifecycle processes and documentation in accordance with IT Quality guidelines for GxP applications• Develop enhancements using Java, Hibernate, Spring MVC, Oracle PL/SQL, and SalesForce APIs

Burlington, Ma

Boston, Ma

Provided technical leadership in analysis, design, and implementation of cloud projects. Performed extensive analysis and requirements gathering at the organization level. Key Project Engagements:• Financial Services: Analyzed client’s systems current state and provided an architecture and design for a high performance transactional framework to be deployed to the company’s private cloud to enhance the company’s cash and position reconciliation processes. Accountable for the creation and acceptance of functional design specifications written by both onshore and offshore system analysts. Ensured adherence to the architectural principles of a high performance transactional framework as well as reference web services deployed to the company’s private cloud. Also developed a toolset using Java, Sonar, and Microsoft Excel to help determine an application’s conformance to the company’s cloud principles in order to provide time estimates for migrating the application to the company’s private cloud.• Insurance: Created an application decision framework based upon the company’s applications’ characteristics and workloads to determine their suitability for migration to the cloud. Defined company’s cloud principles to help shape its PaaS vision and strategy. Determined SDLC adjustments and guidelines for the creation of a cloud center of excellence. Profiled two applications using the alpha version of Cloud Technology Partners product, PaaSLane.• Internal: Developed alpha version of company’s PaaSLane product which analyzes application source code to identify cloud migration issues and provides developer estimates for how long it will take to correct them. Coded application using Java, Spring, Sonar, Hibernate, and MySQL.

Carried out all facets of responsibility associated with supporting the enterprise’s middleware platforms: Oracle Fusion Middleware, Denodo Data Virtualization, and Oracle WebLogic Federated Server platforms. • Managed application development, application support, and platform support teams • Established best practices for design, development, source code management, releases, and platform support• Maintained operating budgets for platform support as well as capital budgets for new application development• Provided architectural guidance and deployment guidelines to other teams that utilize the middleware platforms• Assisted in establishing the long-term vision for data integration and architecture within the enterprise

Provided technical leadership and guidance to the web development team by implementing best practices for all web development, source code management, and releases. • Assisted in establishing the long-term vision for web-based technologies and infrastructure within IT Business and Integration Systems• Coordinated technical resources to deliver solutions for Biogen Idec’s intranet, Commercial Web projects, and TOUCH, Biogen Idec’s RiskMAP application for monitoring the dispensing of the drug TYSABRI• Responsible for coordinating release plans and ensuring all release deliverables and timelines were met • Coded as needed utilizing Java, Spring, Hibernate, WebLogic Server, Oracle DB, and CVS.

Provided technical leadership in analysis, design, and implementation of integration projects at Biogen for the following:• Technical Architect for an Identity Management and eProvisioning solution integrating BEA WebLogic, Lotus Notes, Novell eDirectory, Oracle Applications, and an Oracle database• Participated in the iterative design and implementation of several integration projects loosely following the Rational Unified Process• Participated in the re-write of two multiple sclerosis web sites

Responsible for all technical aspects of a project, including technical design, timeline estimation, resource allocation, and the quality of technical implementation. Provided technical assistance and direction to the project team regarding specifications, design issues, development guidelines, and testing. Created and maintained positive relationships with clients’ technical staffs and third party vendors.• Gained increasing level of expertise and responsibilities as I worked my way from Developer, to Senior Developer, to Senior Technical Specialist, to Technical Team Manager, to Senior Technical Manager on various projects and initiatives. • Client projects were in different industries including financial services, energy, insurance, shipping, and federal government.