Jeff Sanders

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DIB Chief Architect @ Microsoft
Phoenix, MD, US
Jeff Sanders's Location
Phoenix, Maryland, United States, United States
About Jeff Sanders

Jeff Sanders is a published author, technical editor, and accomplished technologist. He is also a co-author of major publications on SharePoint Standards and Best Practices, and Business Activity Monitoring in Connected Systems Design.Jeff has years of professional experience in the field of IT and strategic business consulting, leading both sales and delivery efforts. He regularly contributes to certification and product roadmap development with Microsoft, and speaks publicly on Microsoft enterprise technologies. With his roots in Software Development, Jeff's areas of expertise include collaboration and content management solutions, operational intelligence, digital marketing, distributed component-based application architectures, object-oriented analysis and design, and enterprise integration patterns and designs.Specialties: Cloud (Azure and AWS), Dynamics, Modern Workplace, SharePoint, Office 365, Logic Apps, BizTalk, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), Big Data, Analytics, Enterprise Reporting, Solution Architecture, .NET, Connected Systems, and full life-cycle development.

Jeff Sanders's Current Company Details
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Jeff Sanders Work Experience Details
  • Microsoft
    Dib Chief Architect
    Microsoft
    Phoenix, Md, Us
  • Microsoft
    Chief Architect
    Microsoft Mar 2021 - Present
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    I serve as a Chief Architect focused on growing, innovating, and strategic adoption of emerging technologies Microsoft.
  • Microsoft
    Principal Cloud Solution Architect
    Microsoft Jul 2019 - Mar 2021
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Principal Cloud Solution Architect supporting US Department of Health and Human Services and its operational divisions.
  • Microsoft
    Cloud Solution Architect
    Microsoft Nov 2018 - Jun 2019
    Redmond, Washington, Us
    Cloud Solution Architect supporting US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and US Social Security Administration.
  • Pearson Online & Blended Learning
    Enterprise Architect
    Pearson Online & Blended Learning Mar 2018 - Mar 2019
    London, Gb
    As the Senior Enterprise Architect, Jeff:- Lead architectural efforts of implementing a cloud-based Enterprise-wide Student Information System (AWS), including design, oversight, procurement, compliance- Interfaced with adjoining enterprise efforts in integration and federation of data and identity
  • Pearson Online & Blended Learning
    Senior Solutions Architect And Cloud Architect
    Pearson Online & Blended Learning Mar 2016 - Mar 2018
    London, Gb
    As the Senior Solutions Architect and Cloud Architect, Jeff- Designed and architected numerous product features in a Platform as a Service (Azure) and Infrastructure as a Service (AWS) joint environment, including Student Information System, Anti-plagiarism, Event-Driven Architecture, Tool Provider/Tool Consumers, unified identity, among others.- Architected and designed a unified single sign-on solution to bridge authentication, provisioning, and content retrieval with 45 external third-party Tool Providers using the LTI protocol. He then lead Technical Project Management of the development, bug fix, and deployment through a third party vendor.- Designed and created metrics for numerous student, teacher, and Administrator dashboards to provide business intelligence capabilities across products and features.- Architected and oversaw development, implementation and deployment of a Signal Processor WebJob to handle ultra low latency, high volume eventing from an external system and publication to an Enterprise Service Bus for complex event processing.- Performed pull requests, code reviews, and numerous Sr. level architecture contributions.Technologies: Microsoft Azure (VMs, App Services, SQL Databases, AD, Storage, Batch, WebJobs, VSTS, CDN, ExpressRoute, DNS, ML, Service Fabric, MFA, AppInsights, SQL DW, Stream Analytics, Event Hubs, Data Factory, Key Vault, Service Bus, Not. Hubs, Automation, BizTalk Services, Redis Cache, LB, VPN Gateway, Data Catalog, Power BI, Data Lake Analytics, Cognitive Services, Azure Container Service, Azure Functions, Logic Apps); Amazon Web Services (EC2, Auto Scaling, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, Elastic Load Balancing, S3, CloudFront, EBS, RDS, ElastiCache, Redshift, VPC, Route 53, Direct Connect, Redshift, Amazon Machine Learning, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, OpsWorks, CloudTrail, Service Catalog, Identity and Access Management, Key Management Service, AWS Directory Service), Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Visual Studio 2017
  • Mind Over Machines
    Strategic Technologies Director
    Mind Over Machines Mar 2016 - Nov 2018
    Owings Mills, Maryland, Us
    As the Strategic Technology Director, Jeff:- Lead the development and implementation of an official RFP, RFI, and RFQ Response process- Lead the coordination of request for proposal efforts- Oversaw the creation of the Innovation Lab service offering, allowing companies to outsource the creation of products and services to an Innovation Lab outpost hosted off-site.- Participated in leadership strategy sessions re-defining the vision, strategy, mission, and values of the company- Created the initial Practice Areas and Core Competencies for the company going forward- Helped to shape the corporate title and role structure to determine roles and responsibilities at each level- Served as the Technical Account Lead and on-site supervisor for embedded resources in a high value client.- Chartered the certification and recognition path for individuals to better align the company’s certifications to better position the company with strategic industry partnerships- Developed partnerships with innovative small to mid-sized businesses to mutually position both companies for continued success and marketplace disruption.Attended industry conferences, developing a roadmap for future growth of the company, and implementing plans to further fuel that growth.
  • U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
    Technical Project Manager | Technical Lead | Cloud Architect (Contractor)
    U.S. Department Of Homeland Security Oct 2015 - Mar 2016
    Washington, Dc, Us
    As the Technical Project Manager, Cloud Architect and Technical Lead for the Prime Contractor, Jeff- Planned, analyzed, and designed the migration of the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) from private government datacenters to Amazon Web Services (AWS) in Amazon GovCloud at a FISMA High-High-High and FedRAMP High baseline.- Oversaw a 10 person team of Architects (Cloud, Identity and Authentication, Infrastructure, SharePoint), DevOps engineers, Cyber-Security and Compliance resources, and Change Management personnel.- Identified and prioritized functional areas to automate across the whole of the system to provide Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. Oversaw scripting of various aspects to promote DevOps from inception to operations and maintenance.- Supervised updates to change management, change control board, concept of operations (CONOPS), standard operating procedures (SOPs), RACI matrices, privacy controls, security plan, authority to operate (ATO), security assessment plan, risk management and risk register, and other crucial artifacts and processes.- Lead the execution of an Analysis of Alternatives (AoA) in tools and services selection for migration to the cloud. Technologies: Puppet, Team City, Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, Sensu, Nagios, statsD, Grafana, Splunk, Nessus Pro, Amazon Web Services, AWS EC2, AWS S3, AWS VPCs, AWS Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Auto Scaling, AWS Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), AWS EBS, AWS Glacier, AWS Snowball, AWS RDS, AWS Elasticache, AWS DirectConnect, Microsoft SharePoint 2010/2013, Adobe Connect, Cisco Jabber, Equifax Anakam, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Database, Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Internet Directory, Oracle Virtual Directory, Apache HTTP Server, Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS), Graphite, MSOCAF, and Symantec EndPoint Protection.
  • Jpi
    Solutions Director
    Jpi Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
    Blacksburg, Va, Us
    As the Solutions Director, Jeff- Served as a Capture Manager and proposal writer for numerous Business Development (BD) opportunities.- Provided strategic input toward JPI-wide technology initiatives and sales.- Supported partnership efforts with industry vendors and Federal contracting partners.- Developed “Rigor for the Cloud” methodology to rapidly onboard clients to various cloud service providers while also adhering to all applicable security and compliance policies.
  • Gsa
    Technical Project Manager | Delivery Lead (Contractor)
    Gsa Sep 2015 - Mar 2016
    Washington, D.C., Us
    As the Technical Project Manager and overall Delivery Lead, Jeff- Planned, analyzed, designed, implemented, tested, and deployed the creation of a Suspense and Debarment application within Salesforce.com, including migration of data from a former client-server application.- Lead the delivery of the effort, including project plan, staffing, budget and burn rate, management of subcontractors, status reports, invoicing, and overall quality metrics.- Drafted and submitted contract modification and contract extensions.- Facilitated background investigations, security and clearance for all involved staff.Technologies: Salesforce, Data Loader, Trello, Jira, Google Apps.
  • Program Executive Office For Enterprise Information Services (Peo Eis)
    Delivery Lead For Microsoft Technologies
    Program Executive Office For Enterprise Information Services (Peo Eis) Nov 2014 - Sep 2015
    As the Delivery Lead for Microsoft Technologies within the Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS), Jeff- Led SharePoint Server 2013 implementation and sustainability to PEO EIS and its nearly 200,000 customers.- Oversaw architecture and design of highly secure acquisition sensitive contract data using eDiscovery, Kerberos, and other Microsoft technologies.- Provided specific strategic and tactical recommendations to Army CIO/G6, U.S. Department of Defense Information Systems Agency, and EIS leadership on leading practices, policy and compliance for deployment of SharePoint-based technologies, Windows Phone, and Windows Tablet-based devices.- Served as a Subject Matter Expert towards the establishment of a single SharePoint App Marketplace across all of the Department of DefenseTechnologies:SharePoint 2013 / 2010, Microsoft Project Server (EPM) 2013/2010, Office365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Lync, SharePoint Online, Metalogix, Quest, Semaphore Smartlogic, .NET, Excel Services, BusinessObjects, DOORS, SQL Server 2014/2012, ASP.NET MVC, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Microsoft Surface, Android.
  • Dsa / Symbolic Systems
    Practice Director, Strategic Technologies
    Dsa / Symbolic Systems Jul 2012 - Sep 2015
    Trevose, Pa, Us
    As the Practice Director for Strategic Technologies, Jeff was responsible for positioning both technology and solutions with existing/prospective clients, specifically in the Strategic space, and creating trusted partner relationships. Jeff represented Symbolic’s services in the following areas:- Collaboration- Unified Communication- Knowledge Management- Enterprise Project Management- Business Intelligence and Enterprise Reporting- SharePoint- Custom Application and Infrastructure Architecture- Enterprise Content Management- Internal and Public Facing Websites- Portals- Information ArchitectureHis primary client set included Federal and State government agencies. Primary objectives of this role include driving efficiency, reducing TCO, improving TEI, and strategic consulting to best position clients in the face of dwindling budgets, and increasing functional and regulatory demand.During business development, Jeff owned high-level solution architecture and strategy for Symbolic. He worked with the client to drive out solution requirements (soft and hard) and architect strategic solutions to address the client's challenges. Jeff provided oversight of delivery, understanding the overall status and continually ensuring client satisfaction. Jeff also owned product and services partnering strategies in the Collaboration and Strategy spaces. He identified partners in complimentary spaces and is on point for those relationships.Technologies:SharePoint 2013 / 2010, Microsoft Project Server (EPM) 2013/2010, Office365, Azure, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Lync, SharePoint Online, Metalogix, Quest, Semaphore Smartlogic, .NET, Excel Services, BusinessObjects, DOORS, SQL Server 2014/2012, ASP.NET MVC, Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows Phone, Blackberry, Microsoft Surface, Android
  • Program Executive Office For Command Control Communications-Tactical (Peo C3T)
    Product Director, Microsoft Technologies
    Program Executive Office For Command Control Communications-Tactical (Peo C3T) Jul 2012 - Sep 2015
    - Architected and deployed a SharePoint Server 2013 Software as a Service (SaaS) offering for 170,000 Army acquisition, Cyber Operations and Defense users (“SharePoint Collaboration Services”). The SaaS offering competes directly with SharePoint 2013 SaaS offerings created by DISA, while providing support for capabilities not available by DISA or commercial 3rd party offerings, including Project Server 2013, App Catalog and App Platform, SharePoint Workflow Farm, Office Web Apps, SQL Server Reporting Services, Kerberos authentication, Enterprise Reporting, Microsoft Business Intelligence, SmartLogic Semaphore, Metalogix tools, Nintex workflow, among other capabilities. The offering was the first full deployment of SharePoint Server 2013 in the Army as recognized by Microsoft, and the first in the DoD to make available the App Catalog and App Model (due to network restrictions across DoD).- Ensured an uptime of 99.99% for SharePoint Collaboration Services and related capabilities.- Co-lead a test pilot of Microsoft Azure Government, piloting SharePoint Server 2013 in Microsoft’s nascent military focused Datacenters, and providing a competitive analysis against Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.- Lead a Joint CIO Council on SharePoint and SharePoint-related technologies across 320,000 DoD ASA(ALT) personnel.- Participated in numerous Microsoft and SharePoint-related DoD forums, including those on Microsoft DoD mobility, Microsoft Azure Government, and Microsoft Business Intelligence and Enterprise Reporting within DoD.- Co-lead an Integrated Project Team (IPT) on the establishment of a unified Information Architecture across the Acquisition community between the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and DoD.- Oversaw staff across multiple project teams and clients.- Realized a reduction of $15+ million in operating expenses, producing real savings to the taxpayer.
  • Dynamicshift, Inc.
    Chief Technical Officer / Owner
    Dynamicshift, Inc. Mar 2004 - Sep 2015
    Provided reduced cost Information Technology Services to worthy community-based organizations. Industries include Retail, Construction, eCommerce, and others.
  • Aon
    Avanade Technical Delivery Lead | Solution Architect
    Aon Jul 2011 - Jul 2012
    London, Gb
    The client is the global leader in reinsurance broker, and a provider of risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, human capital and management consulting, and specialty insurance underwriting.As the Technical Delivery Lead, Jeff lead a team in the plan, analysis, design, development and deployment of a Corporate Intranet and Knowledge Exchange on the SharePoint Online Dedicated platform.Major Microsoft Enterprise products specific to the project include: SharePoint Server Online Dedicated, Office 365, Lotus Notes, Quest Migrator for SharePoint, MySites, Active Directory, Claims-Based Authentication, SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio 2010, SilverLight.
  • Avanade
    Group Manager | Solution Architect
    Avanade Dec 2010 - Jul 2012
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    Served as a Group Manager and Solution Architect within the Business Intelligence and Collaboration (BI&C) service line.
  • Avanade
    Group Manager | Solutions Architect
    Avanade Jul 2009 - Dec 2010
    Seattle, Washington, Us
    Jeff serves on numerous Business Development efforts for Federal Government clients, and assumed the role of Manager of the Federal Office of Learning and Development (FOLD).As Manager of the FOLD, Jeff coordinated:• weekly bench calls to ensure resources are adequately staffed;• supervision of training budgets utilization in accordance with Individual Learning Plans• oversight of Resumes/CVs and Skill Listings• weekly e-mail communications dispersed to Leadership• Technology projects that served to enhance and promote learning efforts for all resources that more closely align with market needsAdditionally he maintains chargeability for his clients.
  • Avanade
    Group Manager / Solution Architect
    Avanade Oct 2008 - Jul 2009
    Seattle, Washington, Us
  • Apress
    Technical Editor/Reviewer
    Apress May 2009 - Jun 2012
    New York, Ny, Us
    Technical Editor, Using ASP.NET Web API with ASP.NET MVC 4, 2012 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4302-4977-1 .Technical Editor, Pro WF 4.5, 2012 Apress Publishing. 978-1-4302-4383-0.Technical Editor, Pro Visual Studio LightSwitch 2011 Development, 2012 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4302-4008-2Technical Editor, Pro InfoPath 2010, 2011 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1430237532Technical Editor, Pro SharePoint 2010 Disaster Recovery and High Availability, 2011 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1430239512Technical Editor, Expert SharePoint 2010 Practices, 2011 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1430238706Technical Editor, Beginning C# Object-Oriented Programming, 2011 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4302-3530-9.Technical Editor, Pro Project Management with SharePoint 2010, 2010 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4302-2829-5.Technical Editor, Pro ASP.NET 4 CMS: Advanced Techniques for C# Developers Using the .NET Framework 4.0. Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1430227120Technical Editor, Pro Mapping in BizTalk Server 2009. 2009 Apress Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4302-1857-9
  • Apress
    Author
    Apress Jul 2008 - Jun 2009
    New York, Ny, Us
    Co-author of "Pro BAM in BizTalk Server 2009".
  • Packt Publishing
    Technical Editor/Reviewer
    Packt Publishing Jun 2008 - Jun 2012
    Birmingham, England, Gb
    Technical Editor of "WCF Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ", 3rd EditionTechnical Editor/Reviewer of WCF Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ, 2nd editionTechnical Editor of "WCF Multi-tier Services Development with LINQ".
  • Jpmorgan Chase
    Avanade Technical Delivery Lead | Solution Architect
    Jpmorgan Chase Jun 2011 - Jul 2011
    New York, Ny, Us
    The client is a leading global financial services firm with assets of $2 trillion and operations in more than 60 countries. The firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers, small business and commercial banking, financial transaction processing, asset management, and private equity.As the Assessment Lead, Jeff helped perform a high-level assessment and analysis of the migration of 35 highly complex custom Lotus Notes applications to SharePoint Server 2010 in a sandboxed solution. He was responsible for the successful architecture, design and delivery of the analysis.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project included: Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, .NET Framework 3.5, Quest Migrator Tools for SharePoint, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, SharePoint Designer
  • Dupont
    Avanade Technical Delivery Lead | Solution Architect
    Dupont Dec 2010 - Jun 2011
    Wilmington, De, Us
    The client is one of the largest global science, services, and products companies. It operates over 1800 separate product web sites, as well as over 3000 company focused web sites.As Platform Delivery Lead, Jeff helped to land this project to unify all product and company web sites onto a single SharePoint-based solution. He was responsible for the successful architecture, development, and delivery of the implementation to the client.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project include:Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 for Internet Sites, Microsoft FAST Search Server, Microsoft .NET framework 3.5, Interwoven, Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, Microsoft Commerce Server 2009, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2010, among others.
  • Dupont
    Avanade Technical Delivery Lead | Solution Architect
    Dupont Aug 2010 - Jun 2011
    Wilmington, De, Us
    The client is one of the largest global science, services, and products companies. As Project Lead, Jeff lead a series of desktop transformation assessment and migration projects to the Microsoft BPOS platform, including Messaging, Collaboration, Operating System, Enterprise Content Management, and Web Content Management.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project include:Microsoft SharePoint Server BPOS-S/D, Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010, Quest Lotus Notes Migrator for SharePoint, Windows 7, Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, Visual Studio 2010, among others.
  • Confidential (In Stealth Mode)
    Avanade Group Manager | Solution Architect, Subject Matter Expert
    Confidential (In Stealth Mode) Nov 2009 - Sep 2010
    The client is a US Government organization with global reach.As part of a team, Jeff serves as a Subject Matter Expert on SharePoint and SharePoint-related technologies. The project provides strategic best practices, tactical standards and procedures to the US Government organization.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project include Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010, Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007/2007 R2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5-4.0, and Visual Studio 2008-2010.
  • Baltomsdn
    Program Director
    Baltomsdn Dec 2009 - Jul 2010
    Responsible for the coordination of content and programming for a Baltimore Microsoft Developer Network user's group.
  • Studio B Productions
    Subject Matter Expert, .Net 4.0
    Studio B Productions Mar 2010 - Mar 2010
    Great Neck, Ny, Us
    Served on Alpha Review for Microsoft .NET 4.0 certification exam(s).
  • Ingram Micro
    Avanade Group Manager | Solution Architect
    Ingram Micro Aug 2009 - Sep 2009
    Irvine, Ca, Us
    The client is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. The client creates sales and profitability opportunities for vendors and resellers through unique marketing programs, outsourced logistics services, technical support, financial services and product aggregation and distribution. The project is a multi-year engagement to re-platform enterprise applications on Microsoft SharePoint Server, Commerce Server, and the .NET Framework, while incorporating other Microsoft technologies in the stack.Jeff assumed the role of a Strategic Architect and Certified Trainer and delivered both Architectural Guidance as well as training to the project teams both in England and Southern California.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project include Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5-4.0, Visual Studio 2008-2010, and Commerce Server 2009.
  • Business Development Bank Of Canada
    Avanade Group Manager | Solution Architect
    Business Development Bank Of Canada Mar 2009 - Jul 2009
    The Agility and Efficiency project is a multi-year engagement at a financial institution run by the Canadian federal government. The project involves the re-platforming of internal- and external-facing systems on Microsoft technologies with the purpose of strategic alignment to increase the agility and efficiency upon which all programs are executed.Jeff was staffed as the Application Architect responsible for delivery of the Intranet Portal ("Employee Portal") for client employees worldwide. He serves both as a Group Manager, supervising a team of three Avanade employees, as well as a Solution Architect responsible for the Intranet. He also interacts with his counterpart for the Internet MOSS web site. His responsibilities include all tasks associated with those roles through the lifecycle of the Intranet. He also focuses, as a specialty, in Information Architecture and Governance providing unique insight as to the best practices for taxonomy, ontology, governance, topology, targeting, and search optimization as required by the project.Jeff also assumed the additional role of Interim Project Manager for the project due to the unexpected emergency illness of the existing Project Manager for the portal. Additional responsibilities include managing resources, budget, schedule, interfacing with the client, supervising not only the original Intranet team, but also serving as Project Manager for the Internet team, as well as the Avanade Manager for all portal responsibilities.Major Microsoft enterprise products specific to the project include Microsoft SharePoint Server 2007/2010, Microsoft BizTalk Server 2009, Microsoft ESB 2.0 Guidance for BizTalk, among others.
  • Various
    Group Manager | Solution Architect (Avanade)
    Various Feb 2009 - Mar 2009
    These clients include Fortune 50 companies and non profit organizations with major development projects in the pipeline.As a Business Development Contributor, Jeff:• Oversaw technical supervision, estimation, and contribution towards scoping of various estimates• Performed intensive analysis of code, conducted interviews with stakeholders, performed demonstrations of products• Visited clients on-site, performing SWAT analysis, and education about Avanade Connected Methods• Contributed to other Business Development efforts as neededTechnologies utilized: MOSS, C#, .NET, Microsoft BizTalk Server, PEGA, ILOG, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2005, Hyper-V, WCF, WF, ASP.NET 3.5, Community Server, Commerce Server 2009, Web Parts, and more.
  • Ace Group
    Avanade Group Manager | Solution Architect
    Ace Group Dec 2008 - Feb 2009
    Ch
    The client is one of the world’s leading providers of commercial property and casualty insurance and reinsurance. The client has a major presence in the accident and health business as well as a young and growing life insurance operation. As part of a major global application outsourcing project, the client engaged Jeff to serve as the North America Transition Technical Lead.As the Transition Technical Lead, Jeff:• Oversaw technical supervision, estimation, management and scoping of various knowledge transfer workstreams• Engaged and collaborated with Enterprise Architects on technical, business, and application portfolio-related projects• Provided on the ground logistical support for the rapid onboarding of Knowledge Transfer Recipients, and facilitated learning workshops between Recipients and Subject Matter Experts • Assumed group management responsibilities for the staffing and delivery of contract resources• Developed additional functionality within the Tax Affirmation and Code of Conduct applications• Performed immediate knowledge transfer on two application portfolios due to the departure of client resources• Took on an interim Portfolio Manager role until one could be staffed• Successfully completed coding of and deployed an ASP.NET 3.5 application to sunset a 30 year-old mainframe application through which core business processes occurredTechnologies utilized: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS), Microsoft BizTalk Server, C#, LINQ, SQL Server 2005, SQL Server 2008, SQL Server Integration Services, SQL Server Analysis Services, SQL Server Reporting Services, AWASK, OO, Stored Procedures, Oracle, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft Content Management Server 2002, ASP, ASP.NET 3.5, ASP.NET 2.0, LINQ to SQL, DataSets, Microsoft Project, PivotTables, Business Activity Monitoring (BAM), ESB, Windows Communication Foundation WCF, AJAX, WebParts, Microsoft Hyper-V, VMWare, System Center, PeopleSoft...
  • Burt'S Bees
    Biztalk Architect (Contractor)
    Burt'S Bees Jun 2008 - Dec 2008
    Durham, Nc, Us
  • Highmark
    Avanade Group Manager | Solution Architect
    Highmark Oct 2008 - Nov 2008
    Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Us
    A Healthcare company sought assistance from Avanade to analyze and design a MOSS Pilot. The Pilot included analyzing customer needs around collaboration, creating a logical and physical infrastructure design and Information architecture design for 5 specific sites. Challenges included keeping the scope focused amongst various stakeholders and creating quality deliverables with such a short time period.As the Solution Architect, Technical and Team Lead, Jeff:• Spearheaded engagement negotiation, including completing Statement of Work, building AEM, and working with experienced PM in derivation of DPM• Determined adequate resources for engagement, and investigate all logistic information in order to become successful once on site• Interfaced with stakeholders in advance of engagement• Served as Technical Lead during engagement, mentoring and monitoring team members• Served as Project Manager for first week of engagement while PM is out• Maintained strong collaborative relationship with client, and ensure all necessary resources are available in order for team to meet deliverables• Produced and originated a deliverable, while editing and supervising the development of all other deliverables• Demonstrated Business-acumen through SME involvement, and ensuring client satisfaction• Interviewed Business Analysts and IT personnel to gauge current MOSS domain knowledge. • Provided recommendations and best practices to implement MOSS for the Pilot.• Provided weekly status update on work performed during the week by presenting progress on final deliverableTechnologies Used: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS) 2007, Windows SharePoint Server, Microsoft InfoPath, Microsoft One Note, Excel Services, Microsoft Word ...
  • Software Consortium
    Systems Architect
    Software Consortium Mar 2004 - Oct 2008
    Columbia, Maryland, Us
    As part of internal development efforts: Served on the Business Automation Team, further enhancing Microsoft CRM 3.0 to include additional feature requests. Worked on the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics Great Plains 10, serving in an integration and evaluation role. Designed and developed new Internet web site for the company ( http://www.softwareconsortium.com ). Contributed to Proposals and Responded to RFPs. Performed numerous Technical Interviews / Screenings on candidates for employment. Invited by Microsoft to contribute abstracts for presentation during Microsoft Tech*Ed 2008. As part of the Technology Leadership Team, served to improve, formalize and standardize the Technical Interview process. Served as the individual responsible for evaluating those Microsoft certifications that were to be recognized by the company. Mentored a number of employees on any number of technical disciplines, including clustering, BizTalk, SharePoint, C#, Application Design, etc.
  • Studio B Productions
    Subject Matter Expert, .Net 3.5
    Studio B Productions Jul 2008 - Sep 2008
    Great Neck, Ny, Us
    Served on Alpha Review for Microsoft .NET 3.5 certification exams.Originated certification questions for multiple Microsoft .NET 3.5 certification exams.
  • Medstar Health
    Systems Architect / Application Developer (Contractor)
    Medstar Health Feb 2008 - Jun 2008
    Columbia, Md, Us
    Gathered requirements for, designed, and developed the Web Data Management Coordinator application to facilitate the creation of Medical Research studies for all of Enterprise. Explored technologies such as BLINQ, LINQ, and Silverlight in order to provide a rich, robust interface while rapidly developing a quality product for the client.
  • Medstar Health
    Systems Architect / Sharepoint Consultant (Contractor)
    Medstar Health Aug 2007 - Feb 2008
    Columbia, Md, Us
    Led an implementation of SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS) as a Corporate Intranet portal including customization of Master Pages and site template libraries, migrating content, search/crawling customization, Project Server integration, and My/Team Sites. Designed network topology, clustering, and network load balancing strategies for performance and availability for the server farms. Developed Single Sign-On component to gather, store, and pre-authenticate SharePoint users to AD, NT, Lotus Notes, Coldfusion, and proprietary authentication mechanisms. Developed and evangelized best practice/governance guidance for Development, Deployment, Implementation, Maintenance and Support. Mentored team members in .NET and SharePoint 2007 development. Evaluated numerous product offerings for inclusion in the overall design of the portal, including Microsoft ILM Server, Microsoft IAG Server, Microsoft ForeFront, Anti-virus server offerings, UI Components, and others.
  • Fundamental Long Term Care
    Systems Architect (Contractor)
    Fundamental Long Term Care Nov 2007 - Jan 2008
    Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, Us
    Consulted on the migration of SharePoint 2001 to Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, including the architecting and designing of a new network and hardware infrastructure, Information Architecture, application architecture and platform. Served as Business Analyst in a limited basis to designate resources, and determine scope, risks, limitations, dependencies for migration project.
  • Armada Health
    Sharepoint Architect (Contractor)
    Armada Health Oct 2007 - Jan 2008
    Consulted on the rapid design, development, and deployment of Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 to company's flagship product. Performed graphic arts, design work, networking, and complete infrastructure remediation in order to ready the client for a very aggressive timetable.
  • Erickson Retirement
    Systems Architect / Senior Developer (Contractor)
    Erickson Retirement Mar 2006 - Aug 2007
    Implemented dashboard application to pre-emptively identify business and system level faults and their successful resolution. Implemented bi-directional, transactional, secure enterprise SOA integration services (EAI and B2B) for hybrid hub-bus architecture to exchange Customer demographic information to downstream systems. Implemented bi-directional, fault-tolerant MSMQ-based Siebel integration atop of BizTalk 2006. Created enterprise tools and strategies/best practices for SOA that allows for the loosely-coupled automatic handling of business faults. Evaluated MOSS2007 as Intranet replacement. Implemented Operations Standards Management workflow system. Integrated JD Edwards to transfer sensitive financial data. Implemented Electronic PunchList mobile app. for remote gathering of information via PDA devices, utilizing Sql Mobile 2005 replication. Designed EnterpriseLibrary core business components for integrating Microsoft P&P app. blocks.
  • Atradius
    Systems Architect (Contractor)
    Atradius Mar 2007 - Mar 2007
    Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nl
    •Designed, developed and presented a functional prototype of an end-to-end document management and disaster recovery prototype built atop Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 (MOSS), including integrated document workflows based in WF, assigned roles, group project sites, and other non out-of-the-box capabilities
  • Sylvan Prometric
    Integration Specialist / Sr. .Net Developer (Contractor)
    Sylvan Prometric Oct 2004 - Mar 2006
    Us
    Remediated infrastructure issues through asynchronous messaging architecture. Advised SharePoint 2003 Intranet portal team. Managed 4 offshore / 3 onshore developers in migration of Access-based application to ASP.NET Web Forms app. Leveraged existing infrastructure to write Xml-based Tasks parsed through remoted call to Windows Service. Designed enterprise ESB for B2B/EAI integration, moving established application base to SOA. Assisted multi-environment infrastructure migration to Win2003 and Oracle 10g. Developed Resource Manager app. for administration of business entities. Built abstracted modules and framework for future business applications. Implemented User Communication Management GAC components to streamline e-mail/workflow messaging. Prototyped asynch. Workflow using Skelta.NET. Built batching Windows Service to asynchronously process Xml jobs. Built re-usable .NET server controls for interpretive graphing/progress reporting. Created IID methodologies process templates.
  • National Institute Of Mental Health
    Sr. Application Developer (Contractor)
    National Institute Of Mental Health Feb 2003 - Dec 2005
    Bethesda, Md, Us
    Designed and Developed Flow Sheet application to abstract the extraction of instrument data to a common component library. Built DataScraper application to cull all fields through a combination of web services and available flat files into a SQL Server data store. Reported off of available fields using SQL Server Reporting Services, and moved all information into data warehouse cube. Took a lead role as .NET evangelist, unifying multiple disparate Windows DNA, Oracle, Solaris, Python and Unix applications under the .NET platform, migrating when necessary, and building integrated BizTalk solutions when applicable. Built multi-dimensional MOLAP cube to analyze allele frequencies in the examination of the human genome project, seeking to identify which iterations, when identified, indicate the likelihood of mental illness. Conceptualized and fully-developed all application interfaces for BioInformatics System.
  • Chemonics International
    Sr. Integration Specialist/Technical Lead (Contractor)
    Chemonics International Mar 2004 - Oct 2004
    Washington, District Of Columbia, Us
    Architected/Developed Person Integration app. to provide Enterprise user provisioning abilities. Architected/Built Taxonomy application to provide integrated term management with Documentum for Home Office and Field Office users, providing “branded” conditional term management. Developed Proposal Team Tracker web app. to provide field and home office users the ability to develop and manage RFPs and Proposals. Developed Project Collaborator web app. to integrate various data stores, utilizing Microsoft’s Patterns and Practices. As Integration Specialist, evaluated and created a horizontal prototype based upon Microsoft BizTalk 2004 as a solution for the Application Integration Project (AIP). Assessed Microsoft products for federated management and enterprise single sign-on. The prototype developed was selected as the basis for an enterprise application framework based upon .NET, typed datasets, factory objects, data transformation services (DTS) and a web service layer.
  • E.Magination
    Senior Developer (Fte)
    E.Magination Jul 2003 - Mar 2004
    Baltimore, Md, Us
    Wrote C# parsing engine for FIDX-compliant XML catalog file, and developed GUI for Tablet PC-based application. Created Document Library, custom web parts, and web services to facilitate batch document imports into a Microsoft Sharepoint 2003 implementation. Wrote a robust reporting tool for display and printing of 57 budgetary reports using Crystal Reports for VS.NET. Reports included bar, pie and various charts; tables; multi-volume displays, and ad-hoc queries. These reports became the formal documents against which all budgetary funds are allocated for the state. Implemented Microsoft HeadTrax application, building new and updated interfaces to SAP 4.2 platform. This app. feeds real-time data to the AmTrak CIO and Board of Directors. Completed Feasibility Assessment in the migration of HeadTrax from Windows DNA to .NET and C#. Developed added functionality to the Maryland Public Television ThinkPort project, unifying varied server controls under secured transactional processes.
  • Invoke Systems
    Product Architect / Senior Developer
    Invoke Systems Jun 2002 - Jul 2003
    Architect/Team Lead in development/sale of SCORM & IMS-compliant .NET e-Learning platform to Microsoft Corp.. Co-wrote RFP response landing $1.7m project. Implemented Air Force Review Boards Agency intra/extranet. Performed Feasibility Assessment for Tablet PC field automated forms processing solution. Wrote “CRM Implementation and Integration Strategy” for vertical market clients, which became approach in completion of CRM implementations for numerous organizations. Developed Notifier for Microsoft CRM app. Early alpha adopter of Microsoft CRM. Published applications and acquired MS Gold Certified Partner and MBS Certified Partner status. Produced marketing collateral for over 500,000 partners, vendors, and potential clients. Created corporate web site/portal for employees, prospective customers, and clients. Supported existing internal and external client infrastructure. Evangelized MSIB methodology for client engagements, support, and request-handling with Microsoft products.
  • Sara Lee Branded Apparel
    Consultant
    Sara Lee Branded Apparel 2002 - 2003
  • Premier Alliance Group
    Software Developer (Consultant)
    Premier Alliance Group Apr 2001 - Aug 2002
    Colorado Springs, Colorado, Us
    Designed, developed, tested, and maintained Premier web application web site using ASP, VB, COM+, SQL Stored Procedures, SQL Triggers, SQL Views, JMail, and XML. Migrated Sourcer application to web for high-end data consumption and web ease of use ( .NET framework, ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#, ADO.NET, SQL 2000, XML, and Sourcer).
  • Sara Lee
    Senior Systems Developer (Contractor)
    Sara Lee Aug 2001 - Jun 2002
    Chicago, Il, Us
    From proposed POC developed, tested and implemented ApparelNET enterprise .NET application, which handles all aspects of business operation including, but not limited to, style development, labeling, shipping, inventory tracking, receiving, personnel tracking, production tracking, quality tracking, source to gross payroll, attribution tracking, supplies tracking, turnkey solutions development and management, customs package integration, and in-plant production scheduling. Application builds all images dynamically through GDI+, and includes complete, extensible multilingual capabilities. All on-screen content (images, text, error messages, validation, exception handling, system help) are dynamically generated and modified based upon a users language and dialect settings. This project was a member of the Microsoft.NET Blaze initiative in which several pilot projects were fully supported by Microsoft as the .NET framework, languages, and IDE were still in development.
  • Bank Of America
    Senior Systems Developer (Contractor)
    Bank Of America Dec 2000 - Jul 2001
    Charlotte, Nc, Us
    Global Commerce in Business Group: Developed JSP and EJB-based dynamic UI for a Payment Engine Support Tool in tracking/resubmitting of Wire and ACH MQ transactions. Microsoft Development Group: Developed Project Resource Management based in Coldfusion. Lead Developer of Online Trade Show and PGA Tour web sites. Developer of Corporate Affairs’ Arts and Science Council and Political Action Committee Intranet fund-raising sites. Built UI framework and DB enhancements for Corporate Affairs’ Ticketing and Relational Pricing Model web sites integrating XML across Coldfusion, J2E and legacy CICS systems. Expanded Florida Plus web site to include reports, data entry, personalized UI, data warehouse with OLAP interface, and content template enhancements. Designed database schema and data interchange specifications, and technical documentation for AIMS/Community Development Banking. Compiled team code repository. Served on BofA .Net testing team in migration to C# and .Net framework.
  • Lendingtree
    Applications Developer (Fte)
    Lendingtree Jun 2000 - Dec 2000
    Charlotte, Nc, Us
    Developed/implemented multi-lender, multi-product brandable marketplace interface (“StatusWeb”) B2B and B2C software for the acceptance, underwriting, and decisioning of loans and loan products. Wrote MSMQ-based business MTS objects to integrate e-mail events into an XML-based workflow through VB and PerlCOM. Designed new interface for “LenderWeb” – the B2B backend of the Lend-X platform, and performed component, interface, and data object migration to the new framework. Created VB COM objects to support XML-based transactions, an ADO-based connection broker and business rule specifications. Worked on a 30+ person team including Business Analysts, DBAs, and Developers to ensure the product was thoroughly unit and system tested, and successfully transitioned into production. Built extensive working relationships with clients such as S1, Freddie Mac, Sallie Mae, and MSN in the implementation of the Lend-X platform.
  • Siemens
    Developer/Project Manager, It Web
    Siemens May 1999 - Jun 2000
    Munich, De
    Oversaw Web Application division, tailoring projects to suit the needs of internal clients. Designed "Balanced Scorecard" web application for all of Siemens, PT & D for CEO and monthly financial reports. Worked with Sun and Oracle consultants in data warehousing analysis. Assisted in the design of corporate infrastructure and information security policy; served as Administrator of internal and external test and production web servers. Gained hands-on experience with Cisco Catalyst routers, IBM Netfinity RAIDs, and Nortel switches. Wrote COM and COM+ objects to perform Exchange Server troubleshooting for clientele across multiple domains. Solved WAN and NTLM security issues including work with Peoplesoft development. Served as Lead Developer and Project Manager in the development of the Resume and Resource Allocation and Tracking Tool for Human Resources.
  • The Pendulum
    Online Editor
    The Pendulum Dec 1997 - Jun 2000
    Published weekly version of student newspaper to Web, adding "Web-only" content where applicable. Designed ASPs using VBScript and ADO, implementing an easy-to-use system for future Online Directors. Created web templates for integration into SQL server (HTML, ASP, Javascript, ADO, VB COM, SQL). Served as Technical Adviser for a wide range of Adobe Pagemaker and Mac issues; furthered team skills, delegation of power, and management principles.
  • Elon University
    Developer, Honors Program
    Elon University Aug 1998 - May 1999
    Elon, Nc, Us
    Acted as solutions provider to Honors Program, designing a comprehensive and expandable web site easily updateable by the Director using only MS Access. The site integrated SQL Server 7, ADODB, and VB, but is simplified into web forms and COM objects.
  • Elon University
    Library, Web Developer
    Elon University Aug 1998 - May 1999
    Elon, Nc, Us
    Implemented Access and DB2 databases into a full production to serve entire campus in the research and indexing of periodicals, journals, and archives. Resolved security issues using Fortezza, SSL, and IIS 4.
  • Elon University
    Office Of College Relations, Director Of World Wide Web
    Elon University Feb 1998 - Sep 1998
    Elon, Nc, Us
    Served in the interim position of Webmaster until a full-time employee could be hired. Later operated under the full-time Director in the creation and successful implementation of a new web site for the campus (students, faculty, staff), alumni, trustees, and parent's council (ASP, VB, ADO, COM, SQL, CSS, Javascript, IIS, ActiveX).
  • Nortel
    Project Manager/Developer, Logisitics/Special Projects
    Nortel Jun 1997 - Feb 1998
    Ca
    Tested, developed and implemented a Logistical Bid Calculator, a pure-Java web site, and MS Project groupware using ODBC (HTML, Javascript, Java). Provided NT troubleshooting and help desk support for a wide range of Global Enterprise Systems clients.

Jeff Sanders Education Details

  • Elon University
    Elon University
    Computer Information Systems
  • Apex High School
    Apex High School
    High School/Secondary Diplomas And Certificates

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