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Prmbroke, Ma

Responsible for providing vision and leadership for multiple medium-to-large complex IT projects that involve multiple vendors, system platforms, and technologies. Responsible for managing a diverse set of team members with a wide range of skill sets, comprised of a mix of RSI employees, client personnel, contractors, and supplemental vendor resources. Key Projects Include:The Comptroller of Maryland COMPASS Program, Integrated Tax System (ITS) Project. Principal in the… Show more Responsible for providing vision and leadership for multiple medium-to-large complex IT projects that involve multiple vendors, system platforms, and technologies. Responsible for managing a diverse set of team members with a wide range of skill sets, comprised of a mix of RSI employees, client personnel, contractors, and supplemental vendor resources. Key Projects Include:The Comptroller of Maryland COMPASS Program, Integrated Tax System (ITS) Project. Principal in the development of an integrated system solution that incorporates existing and emerging IT applications and technologies to enhance business processes that currently use little or no technology, and to improve the infrastructure for efficient implementation of these new technologies. + Named project lead in charge of business rules. + Oversight, vision and leadership of efforts to translate application requirements into the design of complex web sites and applications for the ITS Solution using Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS) technologies. + Works in partnership with client resources to develop and execute the interface plans between the ITS and external systems, including the Data Warehouse, image capture, image storage, FMIS, lock box, the IRS, web applications, offset partners, SMART (for unconverted data), and third party collections. Show less

Greater Philadelphia Area

Personal corporation, providing consulting services on the management and implementation of software components that use Business Rule Management Systems and Business Rule Automation Technologies.

Greater San Diego Area

13 years in responsible leadership roles within FICO’s Decision Management Tools Consulting Group. Provided technical leadership for the Decision Management Tools Consulting Group. Supported client partners and account executives with the sale of FICO Professional Services. Direct report to the VP of Technology Consulting for the Americas. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales… Show more 13 years in responsible leadership roles within FICO’s Decision Management Tools Consulting Group. Provided technical leadership for the Decision Management Tools Consulting Group. Supported client partners and account executives with the sale of FICO Professional Services. Direct report to the VP of Technology Consulting for the Americas. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. Margin and P&L accountability. • Authored descriptions of services, deliverables, assumptions, and RACI for proposals, statements of work (SOW), and other contract artifacts. Participated in contract negotiations with customers and FICO Client Partners. • Continued all responsibilities outlined for Senior Manager, below. Notable Achievements: • Key contributor to the definition of corporate procedures for the review and approval all proposals, quotes, and statements of work before sales presentation to customers. • Key contributor to the implementation of FICO’s Preferred Partner Program. • Key contributor to sales teams that closed professional services contracts totaling $36MM in one year (2009). • Completed 300th career client engagement (April 2016). Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Assisted the Practice Director with the management and administration of the DM Tools Consulting Group. Supported client partners and sales account executives with the sale of FICO Professional Services. Responsibilities: • Provided technical input to high-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. • Provided technical input to the authoring of descriptions of services… Show more Assisted the Practice Director with the management and administration of the DM Tools Consulting Group. Supported client partners and sales account executives with the sale of FICO Professional Services. Responsibilities: • Provided technical input to high-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. • Provided technical input to the authoring of descriptions of services, deliverables, assumptions, and RACI for proposals, statements of work (SOW), and other contract artifacts. • Established and enforced best practices for the delivery of BRMS solutions with Blaze Advisor™. • Engaged with clients to provide consulting and training services• Hiring Manager. Managed a team of up to 12 consultants as direct reports. • Continued most of the responsibilities outlined for Manager, below. Notable Achievements: • Conceptualized, lobbied for support and funding, and oversaw the implementation of internal and external training and certification programs for consultants and partners delivering BRMS solutions with Blaze Advisor™. • Conceptualized and oversaw the implementation of a lifeline support system and a best-practices knowledgebase to support consultants in the field. • Established organizational best practices that have become standard operating procedures within FICO’s global Professional Services organizations. These include much of the standardized SOW content, the Market Unit Approval (MUA) process for sales proposals and SOWs. Show less

Greater San Diego Area

Managed the delivery of consulting services, product training, and sales engineering for the Blaze Advisor™ BRMS product and services. Engaged with clients to provide consulting and training services. Responsibilities: • Engaged with clients to provide consulting and training services, including the discovery, analysis and specification of business rules, functional, and non-functional requirements for BRMS solutions. • Designed high-level solution architectures for the… Show more Managed the delivery of consulting services, product training, and sales engineering for the Blaze Advisor™ BRMS product and services. Engaged with clients to provide consulting and training services. Responsibilities: • Engaged with clients to provide consulting and training services, including the discovery, analysis and specification of business rules, functional, and non-functional requirements for BRMS solutions. • Designed high-level solution architectures for the deployment and integration of BRMS rule services in a Services-Oriented Architectures (SOA). • Implemented and tested business rules via the Blaze Advisor™ integrated development environment (IDE) and the Blaze Advisor™ rule maintenance application (RMA). Notable Achievements: • Principal contributor to definitions of design patterns and implementation practices followed throughout the global BRMS consulting practice. • Completed 200th career customer engagement in December 2007. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

Responsible for the management of all Professional Services operations within the Eastern American and Canadian geographies. Reported directly to the Global Vice President of Professional Services. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. Margin and P&L accountability. • Authored descriptions of services, deliverables, assumptions, and RACI for… Show more Responsible for the management of all Professional Services operations within the Eastern American and Canadian geographies. Reported directly to the Global Vice President of Professional Services. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. Margin and P&L accountability. • Authored descriptions of services, deliverables, assumptions, and RACI for proposals, statements of work (SOW), and other contract artifacts. Participated in contract negotiations with customers and ILOG Account Executives. • Supported client partners and account executives in the sale of ILOG Professional Services in the Eastern U.S. and Canadian geographies. • Hiring Manager. Managed a team of up to 14 consultants as direct-reports. Notable Achievements: • Exceeded gross revenue targets 2 consecutive quarters. • Doubled revenues from $700K/quarter to $1.4MM/quarter in less than 6 months. Show less

Greater Philadelphia Area

Personal corporation, providing consulting services on the management and implementation of software components that use Business Rule Management Systems and Business Rule Automation Technologies.. Principal Consultant, Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS)Notable Clients: • SEI Investments – BRMS Architect • Erie Insurance Group – Principal Decision Analyst/Knowledge Engineer • Accenture – Principal Decision Analyst/Knowledge Engineer• The Hailey… Show more Personal corporation, providing consulting services on the management and implementation of software components that use Business Rule Management Systems and Business Rule Automation Technologies.. Principal Consultant, Business Rule Management Systems (BRMS)Notable Clients: • SEI Investments – BRMS Architect • Erie Insurance Group – Principal Decision Analyst/Knowledge Engineer • Accenture – Principal Decision Analyst/Knowledge Engineer• The Hailey Enterprise – acting Director, Consulting Services. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

(a.k.a. Borkat Technologies AG, a.k.a. Neuron Data, Inc.)Responsible for the management of all Professional Services operations within the Eastern American and Canadian geographies. Reported directly to the Global Vice President of Professional Services. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. Margin and P&L accountability. • Authored… Show more (a.k.a. Borkat Technologies AG, a.k.a. Neuron Data, Inc.)Responsible for the management of all Professional Services operations within the Eastern American and Canadian geographies. Reported directly to the Global Vice President of Professional Services. Responsibilities: • High-level requirements analysis, scoping, estimating, pricing, and high-level project planning for the sales of professional services engagements. Margin and P&L accountability. • Authored descriptions of services, deliverables, assumptions, and RACI for proposals, statements of work (SOW), and other contract artifacts. Participated in contract negotiations with customers and sales account executives. • Supported client partners and account executives in the sale of Blaze Professional Services in the Eastern U.S. and Canadian geographies. • Business development, customer support, general customer service, and delivery standards and practices. • Hiring manager. Managed a team of up to 12 direct-reports. Notable Achievements: • Exceeded gross revenue targets every quarter for 10 consecutive quarters. • Grew quarterly regional revenues 3,025% from $60K (2Q’99) to $1,875K (3Q’01), effectively creating a $7.5MM business unit from essentially nothing. • Hired and trained over 40 new consultants that were deployed throughout the North American geography. • Completed 100th career customer engagement in January 2000. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

(a.k.a. Borkat Technologies AG, a.k.a. Neuron Data, Inc.)Principal member and co-founder of the newly-founded Platform Consulting Services Organization. Assisted Neuron Data customers throughout North American with the analysis of requirements, design, implementation, and testing of automated decisioning systems using Neuron Data's business rule automation technologies and services. Notable Achievements: • Subject-matter expert and key contributor to the definition of… Show more (a.k.a. Borkat Technologies AG, a.k.a. Neuron Data, Inc.)Principal member and co-founder of the newly-founded Platform Consulting Services Organization. Assisted Neuron Data customers throughout North American with the analysis of requirements, design, implementation, and testing of automated decisioning systems using Neuron Data's business rule automation technologies and services. Notable Achievements: • Subject-matter expert and key contributor to the definition of functional and technical requirements for Blaze Advisor, which became the world’s premier BRMS product between. • Delivered 50+ customer engagement in less than 2.5 years. Show less

San Francisco Bay Area

(a.k.a. Borkat Technologies AG, a.k.a. Neuron Data, Inc.)Provided primary Sales Engineering support to all sales personnel in the Northeastern region: New York, Philadelphia, and Boston metropolitan areas. Provided supplemental Sales Engineering support for the entire North American geography. Notable Achievements:• Exceeded quarterly sales targets every quarter. • Concurrently supported 3 sales territories and 4 Account Executives.

Greater New York City Area

Responsibilities: • Analysis of requirements, design, implementation, and testing of Business Rule Engine (BRE) systems for Fortune 500 companies, primarily in the Financial Services and Insurance industries. • Author and instructor for four technical training courses. • Provided sales engineering support for Neuron Data sales personnel. Developed pre-sales demos and prototypes. Demonstrated product features and capabilities.Notable Achievements: • Delivered… Show more Responsibilities: • Analysis of requirements, design, implementation, and testing of Business Rule Engine (BRE) systems for Fortune 500 companies, primarily in the Financial Services and Insurance industries. • Author and instructor for four technical training courses. • Provided sales engineering support for Neuron Data sales personnel. Developed pre-sales demos and prototypes. Demonstrated product features and capabilities.Notable Achievements: • Delivered more than 30 week-long technical training courses on Neuron Data's decision-management products and technologies. Show less

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Researched, analyzed requirements, designed, implemented, tested, and proved various practical applications for Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence for space flight systems. Research focused on the application of cognitive modeling and pattern-matching to the solution of diagnostic problems. Was a Principal for the development of an expert system to provide intelligent fault diagnostics for components of the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS) systems. Active within the… Show more Researched, analyzed requirements, designed, implemented, tested, and proved various practical applications for Expert Systems and Artificial Intelligence for space flight systems. Research focused on the application of cognitive modeling and pattern-matching to the solution of diagnostic problems. Was a Principal for the development of an expert system to provide intelligent fault diagnostics for components of the Advanced Communication Technology Satellite (ACTS) systems. Active within the Space Station Freedom initiative. Notable Achievements:  Published 5 articles in accredited industry publications (see Publications, below). Research highlighted at 2 international conferences (see Academic Honors and Awards, below). Awarded "Best Paper of Conference" at the 1992 Goddard Conference on Space Applications of Artificial Intelligence (see Academic Honors and Awards, below). Show less

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

College of Education, Education Resource and Technology LaboratoryResponsible for providing graduate students in the College of Education with guidance and general assistance in the application of computer software and other technologies as educational resources. Responsible for the maintenance and repair of 30+ computers and other technical equipment in the college’s Educational Resource and Technology Laboratory.

Kansas City, Missouri Area

Cooperative Education (COOP) experience through The University of Akron. Notable Achievements Analyzed requirements, designed, implemented, and maintained a database for cataloging data gathered from an environmental impact study on tributaries to the Ohio River impacted by the renovation and modernization of coal-fired electrical generation plants for Louisville Gas & Electric, Louisville, KY.  Maintained and extended a database for cataloging the Master Instrumentation List… Show more Cooperative Education (COOP) experience through The University of Akron. Notable Achievements Analyzed requirements, designed, implemented, and maintained a database for cataloging data gathered from an environmental impact study on tributaries to the Ohio River impacted by the renovation and modernization of coal-fired electrical generation plants for Louisville Gas & Electric, Louisville, KY.  Maintained and extended a database for cataloging the Master Instrumentation List (MIL) for 3 coal-fired electrical generation facilities for Louisville Gas & Electric, Louisville, KY. Show less

Baccalaureate Of Science, Electrical Engineering / Engineering Computer Sciences

Activities and Societies: • Member of Kappa Kappa Psi (KK) Fraternity, Zeta Omicron (ZO) Chapter. • Member of The University of Akron.

Graduate Studies, Electrical Engineering / Engineering Computer Sciences

Activities and Societies: • Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). • Member of the IEEE Computer Society..