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Santa Monica, Ca, Us

Managed the publication of 2 books: “Creating a Homeland” 2nd edition, a history book presented in the form of a novel, and “My Little Dog Max”, an illustrated children book.

Providing IT strategic and tactical consulting services on an as-needed basis to a startup focused on a membership based professional community: Established all processes and practices for the technical organization; Managed all technical activities and staff including scheduling, budgeting and resource allocation; Provided detailed architecture of the product(s) at the enterprise level; Provided a detailed roadmap for the development and deployment process.Primary skills used: Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle, Web Services, PHP, XML, SQL, TOGAF (9.1), SOA, Agile, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Performed a review of the Transformation project (formerly Apollo): Conducted a review of the current status of the project, from personnel, processes, practices, and technology points of view; Produced a report recommending Improvements in several aspects of the project to address issues of maintainability, sustainability, performance, and data center and disaster recovery capabilities.Primary skills used: Distributed Servers, Microsoft C# and .NET, Visio, TOGAF (9.1).

Performed a Third Party Oversight (TPO) leadership over the Technology aspects of the MiSiS project for Los Angeles Unified School District: Conducted a review of the current status and future plans of the $200 million dollar project covering all technology aspects from definition, design, coding practices and tools, testing and QA, break-fix, and data center environment and operations; Produced a report recommending the long-term strategic optimal Architecture for maintainability, sustainability, performance, and disaster recovery capabilities.Primary skills used: Distributed Servers, Microsoft C# and .NET, HP Dragon Hawk servers, HP/UX, Unix, Linux, Visio, Agile, JAD and RAD, SOA, ESB, MDM, BRE, BPM, DW/BI, TOGAF (9.1).

Consulted to TSYS on their Surround project from an Enterprise perspective: Conducted a review of the requirements and initial plans for the provision of a Federated Single Sign On Identity Management for their clients accessing their mainframe applications through the Surround web encapsulation and Pegasystems BPM; Produced a report recommending the optimal architecture covering security, reliability, maintainability, redundancy, performance and disaster recovery capabilities.Primary skills used: Mainframe, Linux (RHEL), Websphere, WebSense, TFIM, TIM, TAM, LDAP, Oracle, VMware, Pegasystems BPM, BigIP F5, EMC SAN storage, SOA, TOGAF (9.1).

Provided IT strategic and tactical consulting services in the Legacy Replacement Program of the Assessor’s 120+ disjoint stove-pipe applications, based on a mix of technologies with some concentration on C# and .NET, but also Paradox, Foxpro, Excel spreadsheets, with an Enterprise Solution covering $1.6 Trillion of assessed property valuation and $16 Billion of tax roll: Produced an architecture of an Enterprise System replacing the Legacy Systems following COBiT 5 governing principles; Performed a detailed investigation of available commercial products; Performed a detailed investigation of efforts within other California Counties; Participated in the establishment of a detailed program plan; Directed all technical aspects of the undertaking; Consulted, recommended, and initiated new standards and procedures, and established discipline to improve IT effectiveness within the organization.Primary skills used: Linux, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Oracle, VMware, Windows Server (2003, 2008), SQLServer, C# and .NET framework, AS/400, EMC SAN storage, Documentum, Cognos, Informatica, MDM, DW/BI, COBOL, CICS, IMS, UDB, DataPower, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, MS Project, Daptiv, SOA, COBiT, TOGAF (9.1), Agile, Program Management.

Provided IT strategic and tactical consulting services in the Legacy Replacement Program of the Assessor’s 120+ disjoint stove-pipe applications, based on a mix of technologies with some concentration on C# and .NET, but also Paradox, Foxpro, Excel spreadsheets, with an Enterprise Solution covering $1.6 Trillion of assessed property valuation and $16 Billion of tax roll: Produced an architecture of an Enterprise System replacing the Legacy Systems following COBiT 5 governing principles; Performed a detailed investigation of available commercial products; Performed a detailed investigation of efforts within other California Counties; Participated in the establishment of a detailed program plan; Directed all technical aspects of the undertaking; Consulted, recommended, and initiated new standards and procedures, and established discipline to improve IT effectiveness within the organization.Primary skills used: Linux, Apache, Tomcat, JBoss, Oracle, VMware, Windows Server (2003, 2008), SQLServer, C# and .NET framework, AS/400, EMC SAN storage, Documentum, Cognos, Informatica, MDM, DW/BI, COBOL, CICS, IMS, UDB, DataPower, Microsoft Office Suite, Visio, MS Project, Daptiv, SOA, COBiT, TOGAF (9.1), Agile, Program Management.

Provided IT strategic and tactical consulting services: Consulting to affect improvements in both technical and personnel standards and procedures, leading to improved Solution Engineering; Architecture projects for Corporate, as well as the various divisions of the Walt Disney Company including the establishment / expansion of VMware Windows and Linux Server Farms;Primary skills used: Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle, Vmware, Windows Server (2003, 2008), SQL Server, C# and .NET, BigIP F5, DataPower MySQL, SAN storage, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Provided IT strategic and tactical consulting services on an as-needed basis to two startups focused on these areas: Secure Document Management and Document Flow; Commercial marketplace facilitating certain business transactions.Primary skills used: Linux, Apache, Tomcat, Oracle, Web Services, PHP, XML, SQL, TOGAF, SOA, Agile, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Provided IT Architectural consulting services for the International Growth Program (IGP) covering replacement and upgrade of the systems supporting the retail operations, and expansion into new territories including Japan, China, and the EU. Included migration of non-production Data Center and establishment and expansion of server farms, primarily AIX and some Windows.Primary skills used: IBM AIX, Oracle, Networking, EMC SAN storage, BigIP F5, DataPower, MQ Messaging, DataStage, Message Broker, Websphere Stack, Web Services, BPM, SOA, ESB, MS Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Provided IT strategic and tactical consulting services: Architected over 150 core projects and systems (TOGAF based) covering multi-OS and multi-tier server configurations (Wintel, Unix, Linux, MF); VMWare ESX virtualization; C# and .NET, Java, Websphere web services; MQ Messaging, DBMS (Oracle, UDB/DB2, SQLServer 2005 and 2008), ID Management (SunOne LDAP, MS AD); Call Center telephony; VPN, MPLS WAN and LAN IP networks (Cisco Routers & Switches, Checkpoint Firewalls, BigIP F5 Load Balancers); and SAN/NAS storage (EMC Celera, Centera, Clariion, DMX, and Netapp); Performed audits (SW, HW, standards, and Processes) of Business Critical Application systems and recommended modifications to raise resilience and capacity, and improve SLA; Directed and managed the migration and split of a large Data Center with over 800 servers, to two other data centers, meeting stringent SLA requirements; Architected the backup and Disaster Recovery solution for two major data centers to meet strict RPO and RTO SLA requirements; Reengineered the Solution Design process for new projects to improve efficiency; Authored several strategy documents; Reengineered the Solution Design process for new projects to improve efficiency; Architected the migration and split of single large data center into two others;Primary skills used: Unix, AIX, Linux, Vmware, Windows Server (2003, 2008), Oracle, DB2, SQLServer, .NET, Guidewire ClaimCenter, Siebel, Citrix, WAN/LAN, Cisco Routers and Switches, Datapower, Checkpoint Firewalls, F5 Load Balancers, EMC DMX, Clarion, Centera, Celerra, TSM Backup, Websphere, MQ, Siteminder, SunOne LDAP, AD, Genesys, NICE, SOA, ESB, ITIL, TOGAF, Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, Visio.

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Music

Bachelor'S Degree

Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering