Solutions Architect enabling business enhancement through technology via Sonda's extensive Digital Business and Digital Services offerings

As a member of our North American Community Markets (NACM) FusionFabric.Cloud (FFDC) team, I lead the discussions with customers, prospects, and FinTechs about Finastra's vision of "the future of finance is Open". Finastra's vision is built on enabling innovation.Every solution in our portfolio is now extendable and extensible via our OpenAPI platform, FFDC. Secured through Fusion Operate and published for monetization via the Fusion Store, developers worldwide can leverage our extensive API libraries (growing weekly) to create innovative solutions to address immediate marketplace needs.FFDC's developer environment is robust, with over 180 FinTechs and counting as of October 2021 leveraging the toolkit, APIs, authentication (OAuth2.0) and our free developer's sandbox environment to create solutions with no complex encumbrances and without the high cost of building a traditional dev/ops sandbox environment.As the Financial Services industry charges headlong into Banking As A Service (BAAS), FFDC is leading the way.If you're a FinTech looking to leverage OpenAPIs and the existing huge customer base that Finastra has worldwide to innovate, contact me about a partnership today.

I help community banks and credit unions get out of the IT business and get back to serving their communities by setting them up on the industry's most mature, highest performing, and most secure enterprise cloud computing solution. Oh, ... and I help them sleep better at night as a result.

As a pre-sales architect for D+H +Compushare C3, I act as a trusted advisor to our D+H clients and prospects. C3 is D+H's cloud computing offering. Built five years ago on my multi-tenant design for fully hosting financial institution's applications and data.The environment is fully secured, SOX and FFIEC compliant, and is the building block of D+H's fully hosted computing offering (C3). Key technologies used in the infrastructure design are; Citrix XenApp, XenDesktop, Citrix Provisioning Server, Netscaler, Vmware, Datacore, VEEAM, and OS33 provisioning. Key software used in the delivery of applications include; AppSense, multi-tenant Active Directory, Exchange, and Sharepoint, along with Citrix AppDNA.Duties include:* Creation of sales process systems and demonstrations (including media)* Product demos (web based and in-person demonstrations (up to 200 attendees at a time))* Architecture of bank / credit union cloud adoption technology including applications, network, and services* Troubleshooting escalation for technical challenges revolving around Citrix hosting of applications (both in-house and third party) including peripherals, networking, and security* Security architecture (Cyber-security, intrusion prevention/detection, end-point security and analysis)* Training teams internally; 'what is the cloud' and which cross-sell clients are a good fit* Escalation point for client concerns revolving around the D+H C3 offering* Direct line influencer on cloud technologies and internal product design and roadmap* Direct line influencer on D+H partnership with OS33

James Ewing is the Senior network architect of Compushare’s Cloud Computing (C3) offering. He has over 20 years experience in Information Technology, and published a course on Switching and Routing for Cisco and Nortel certification. Prior to Compushare’s purchase of his company, ‘Virtual Empowerment’, in early 2011, James architected and built the first fully PCI compliant multi-tenant Disaster Recovery solution using VMware ESX, Citrix, and Cisco technologies. A blogger and server-based-computing enthusiast, his experience in fully hosted solutions include over 200 virtualized applications running on Terminal Server, Citrix XenApp, and Citrix XenDesktop.

With a focus on virtualization architecture, ELC gives IT departments the technology as well as the policies and skills-based training they need for long-term profitable success. ELC performs project and leadership consulting on a per-project basis. Focus is on enabling virtualized hosting environments and private cloud enablement. s.Note: ELC has experience with BrightWork pmPoint for enterprise-level Project Office standardization, tracking, and reporting.

Responsible for developing client strategic roadmaps, network and system architecture, selling, and managing deployment of a wide array of technology solutions for External IT's clients who were inherited from the ETCI merger.Interface with partners and large clients to develop and maintain organizational strategies, operational efficiencies, and proposals for increasing technical efficiency and improving profitability.Business Development (under OS33 - a subsidiary of External IT)Responsible for creating marketing videosPerformed a detailed review of the cloud computing competitive marketplace and made recommendations (that were followed) on positioning the company for maximum future growth

Architected, funded, and built a data-center-based, multi-tenant fully outsourced hosting environment based on VMWare, Cisco, Citrix, and Microsoft technologies.Self-funded ETCI* as "EwingTech" in 1997.Architected and implemented strategic roadmaps and turnkey technology solutions for over 100 clients across the country, including Dallas County, the State Fair of Texas, and the City of McKinney.Architected, funded, and built a low-cost highly efficient multi-tenant Disaster Recovery environment for hosting ETCI's client's backups and DR solution at SunGard's Richardson data center.Organically grew ETCI to 1.7 million dollars in annual revenue in 10 years and sold the company at its peak to External IT in 2008.