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Retired from VA after 32 years.

• Analyze IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture and sub-architecture and provide accurate and actionable architectural guidance and recommendations.• Provide consultation and guidance to CPE management and VA executive management on policy and planning relating to systems engineering performance and capacity analyses, including establishing CPE service catalogue and processes/outcomes for customers.• Provide consultation and technical analyses/products for Intake and Analysis of IT project requests and planning analysis work products.• Provide technical analyses for numerous technical workgroups and cross-organizational engineering groups. These groups include the Senior Engineering Group (SEG), the Architecture and Engineering Review Board (AERB), the Strategic Technology Alignment Team (STAT), Regional Data Center Migration Technical workgroups and various Systems Engineering and other VA IT project workgroups.• Specific examples of work include:Leading analysis of data center migration options affecting half of all VAMC systems. VA messaging analysis for enterprise technology migration.Platform analyses for technology migrations into virtual infrastructure.VistA modernization analysis and planning.Design Engineering and Architecture standards.Organizational work flow and service proposals.

• System engineering and design analysis of IT projects, with a focus on infrastructure, architecture, interoperability, support, and operations.• Systems capacity and performance analysis and planning.• Operational readiness review and analysis.• Technical representative for Senior Engineering Group and Enterprise Systems Engineering during cross-organizational IT planning, analysis, and coordination.• Specific examples of work include:Produced more than 200 architecture and engineering analyses of System Design Document (SDD) artifacts and technology waiver requests in 2016 for almost all major IT solutions via the AERB.Analyzed over 90 System Engineering Design Reviews (SEDRs) in 2016 for major IT solutions impacting IT infrastructure and operating environment.Contributing author on architecture and planning documents including the Enterprise Technical Architecture (ETA), Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Roadmap, and Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA) Evolution Roadmap.Contributing ESE representative on integrated project teams (IPTs) for major IT projects including Enterprise Messaging Infrastructure (eMI), Enterprise Shared Services (ESS), and Disaster Recovery.Capacity analyses for VistA systems, VistA data center migrations, and VistA platform migrations.

• On work detail to provide leading technical analysis and leadership roles for the Integrated Electronic Health Record (iEHR) project, with minimal guidance and supervision.• Requirements analysis and acquisition of a joint DoD/VA Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and fundamental SOA product set with contracted services.• Development of joint SOA reference artifacts and processes for the Architecture and Engineering IPT and the Architecture Branch of the Technical Division in IPO.• Planning and execution of the joint ESB / SOA Suite solution through the acquired contract.• Helped initiate and develop well-functioning relationships with many DoD, IPO, and VA resources and vendors to solve issues before complex processes and communications created bigger issues. • Performed leading roles in technical analyses involving various personality types with people from different Government agencies and departments; bridged gaps and conflicts with those personalities and viewpoints to bring people together for on-task goals to accomplish the required team work, without direct supervision.• Specific examples of work include: Led technical analyses and reports for the acquisition process of the iEHR SOA Suite / ESB solution. Analyzed proposed SOA Suite solutions, assessed impacts and usage within the VA operating environments, collaborated on test plans, analyzed test plans and results, reviewed contract deliverables, assessed and documented newly formed SOA Governance and SOA Reference Artifacts, and contributed to the iEHR Technical Specifications Package. Acted as a lead Government contributor to the formulation, review, and issue tracking of the SOA Suite / ESB solution demonstration testing over a four month process. Assisted development of procedures for the joint ventures of IPO for acquisition, implementation planning, architecture, engineering, and governance.

• Provided leading technical analysis roles in many projects including highly critical and high-profile projects, including work on VA OIT Standards, SEDRs, VA’s enterprise Technical Reference Model (TRM), Pharmacy Re-engineering, VistA Data Feeds, the joint VA/DoD iEHR efforts, Disaster Recovery efforts, and contracting efforts. • Presented sometimes-controversial findings in a clear, well-defended, and well-communicated manner to both management and customers and raised awareness of critical findings to senior management when appropriate.• Assisted and authored significant analyses of a wide variety of technical solutions.• Collected, translated, updated, and created technical analyses regarding performance, capacity, test objectives, test plans, and architectural descriptions for high-profile critical projects.• Authored processes for ESE to handle new requirements, new directives, and changing priorities as directed by senior management.• Provided analysis of information, metrics, processes and issues in support of ETS.

• As a lead engineer in Enterprise Infrastructure Engineering (EIE), was a key contributor to formulation of high level project test plans, report templates and platform evaluation strategies.• Technical lead in technology evaluation and solution analyses for data centers, health system platforms, VA OI&T platform standards, future operating environment, augmentation and evolution of mission critical health systems, disaster recovery needs and solutions, and integration of systems into common operating environment, including participation in EIE Senior Engineering Group.• Coordination and communication as subject matter expert for system platforms on various VA OI&T development projects, large procurements, vendor proposals, and solution requests.• Responsible for leading a variety of high priority EIE initiatives; anticipating and adjusting quickly to the changing VA and EIE priorities while keeping each project progressing forward.•Specific examples of work include: Analyzed, recommended, and documented security control improvements as part of the Data Security Assessment and Strengthening Controls effort. Under senior leadership direction, researched, analyzed, and proposed establishment of new Enterprise Systems Engineering capability in VA OIT, including proposals for organizational structure, purpose and scope of organizational sections, roles and external interactions, and the system engineering activities throughout a system design lifecycle as mapped to traditional systems engineering lifecycles and VA software development lifecycles. Served as a technical consultant on EIE’s Senior Engineering Group to develop engineering standards, responsible for reviewing and analyzing enterprise solutions for VA, including the Enterprise TRM, enterprise High Availability strategy, VA Data Center Strategy, Lab Reengineering and Pharmacy Reengineering platform reviews and major IT acquisitions.

• Technical lead in system performance measurement projects, data center topology and infrastructure planning, and engineering analyses of availability and survivability requirements and capabilities.• Developed new product / technology test and evaluation (T&E) process and criteria.• Developed and performed architecture reviews.• Specific examples of work performed: Strategy, analysis, planning, and consulting for data center consolidation / migration projects, including technical oversight and coordination with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to produce models for regional data processing center topology. Strategy, planning, establishment, and participation in Enterprise IT Change Control Board for VA Data Centers. Presentations to senior executives for EIE topics. Technical lead on system performance metrics initiative, including creation of contracting documents, contract proposal evaluations, guidance of contracted technical work, collaboration with field resources, analysis and design of user-based business event scripts, pilot implementations of automated tools for performance measurement, and analysis of results. Technical lead and coordination point for service availability analysis, criticality – severity survey and resulting requirements, including initial analysis, creation and presentation of analysis and proposal. Served as domain subject matter expert responsible for creating and vetting sections of the VA OIT Enterprise Architecture (EA) covering: Field Distributed Configuration, Centralized Physical Configuration, Data Center Topology, and Operational Dependability. Served as HIA Liaison and Systems Engineering contributor for various workgroups including the Technical Issues Management Board and Architecture Planning Workgroup. Developed reusable technology T&E processes. Architecture and systems engineering reviews for major IT projects.

• Researched, reviewed, tested, evaluated, and recommended the use of new platforms and new technology for VHA hospital information systems.• Provided guidance and consultation on leading edge technology, especially for platforms, databases, and systems.• Specific examples of work include:Provided viability, performance, and capacity evaluation for new system platforms such as Greystone M, Cache’ on Windows, Oracle on Linux, Oracle on Unix, and others, for national IT initiatives.Planned and executed, including negotiation and coordination with technology vendors, platform testing on new hardware, operating systems, and computing/database frameworks, including design, creation, and use of workload and performance testing tools, analysis and design of test scenarios and system architecture, and analysis of results. Examples include: - Testing and evaluation of Greystone M as a new computing framework/database technology for VistA platforms. - Performance and capacity testing and evaluation of Windows/Caché tiered system architecture for VistA platforms. - Performance, availability, and capacity testing of new vendor-proposed upgrades, technology migrations, and architecture changes to existing VistA platforms, including changes to server hardware, storage hardware, networking interconnect architectures, Virtual Memory System (VMS) operating system upgrades, VMS Cluster architecture changes, Digital Standard Mumps (DSM) upgrades and architecture changes, and tuning changes.

• Senior national technical support for VA health information systems, supporting over 130 VA Medical Centers (VAMCs).• Emergency and on-site technical support of system platforms, architectures, and networks (WAN and LAN).• Technical lead in highly complex system upgrades, conversions, integrations, and on-site training.• Research and development of new system and technology implementation architectures, data center standards, evaluation criteria, system performance and capacity analyses, and requirement analyses.• Testing and evaluation of new technologies used for health systems.• Developed procedures and tools to determine projected system workloads and capacity requirements for systems.• Performed system requirement analyses and assessments over 100 times for specific VAMC systems and provided site-specific recommended system upgrade options.• Reviewed and analyzed proposed system upgrades, network upgrades, topology changes, system architecture changes, new system impacts, and new product impacts for their characteristics of performance and capacity requirements, and their impacts.• Performed extensive performance analyses on systems including operating system, network, database, and architecture layers, including feasibility, new platform, and new technology tests in both production and lab environments.• Specific examples of work include: Technical lead for several VAMC integrations and related IT system mergers, including analysis, planning, and execution of merging dissimilar system platforms and databases.. Coordinated and presented infrastructure and technology proposals to large (150+) audiences including CIOs, architecture leadership, and solution development leadership. Cost analysis for IT systems, infrastructure, operations and maintenance, and platform software for aggressive multi-billion-dollar effort to redesign/re-engineer entire health system solution.

VHA Office of Information - Southeast Region Information Systems Center• Lead technical support to all VAMCs in the Southeast U.S. region (SEREG) for health systems, LANs, and WAN, supporting over 20 VAMCs.• Regional Field Office site manager / systems manager, Information Security Officer (ISO), and network manager.• Specific examples of work include: Performed emergency remote and on-site support for SEREG, with on-call 24x7 support for VistA systems, specifically for the computing and storage hardware, operating systems, computing/database framework software, and networking for the VistA platforms; performed emergency restoration of services, trouble-shooting and resolution of critical errors, analysis and resolution of performance problems, analysis and resolution of connectivity problems, trouble-shooting of interfaced instruments and other external systems, fixing messaging queues, flows, and connections, and emergency support of installations and upgrades. Emergency and routine restoration of data at the storage level, database level, and file level, for VistA systems in the SEREG. Coordinated and performed many complex system and data center upgrades and conversions/migrations at many VAMCs in the SEREG, including database conversions and architecture conversions. Installed, configured, upgraded, monitored, and maintained WAN hardware and circuit connections for SEREG, including on-site Regional Information System Center (ISC) and remote online assistance for similar work required at VAMC sites; work included trouble-shooting of circuit and device issues on Cisco networking gear, adding and changing WAN circuits (including physical cabling), and security and access changes to support new policies and new application load types. Tested and documented technology upgrades and implementation for national distribution and use as installation guides.

• Provided team lead and consultation roles for the installation, configuration, diagnosis, and problem resolution for PCs, terminals, terminal servers, printers, and communications.• Provided team lead and consultation roles for the installation, diagnosis, and problem resolution of communication cabling throughout hospital, including the installation of fiber optic cabling, VAMC LAN (based on unshielded twisted pair cabling), WAN circuit cabling, and multiplexor systems.• Provided team lead and consultation roles for computer operations of VAX/VMS hospital computer systems, including backups, monitoring, and trouble-shooting problems with computer jobs and users.• Assisted with the installation, upgrade, and major reconfigurations of VAX/VMS hospital computer systems.• Trained new Computer Technicians.• Analyzed and corrected data integrity problems with VA Decentralized Hospital Computer Program (DHCP) files and VMS files.• Analyzed and corrected communication issues with VA DHCP, including remote system connections for HL7, DHCP Mailman, Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) WAN circuits, and VAMC LAN.• Created and provided ad-hoc reports from DHCP.• Installed VA DHCP Kernel software upgrades.• Wrote utility programs for operations, monitoring, diagnosis, maintenance, trouble-ticket, inventory, and hardware location/mapping solutions using a combination of VMS script (Digital Command Language), DSM, VA DHCP FileMan, and VA DHCP Kernel coding.

• Installed, configured, diagnosed, and resolved problems for PCs, terminals, terminal servers, printers, and communications.• Installed, diagnosed, and fixed communication cabling throughout hospital.• Performed computer operations for VAX/VMS hospital computer systems, including backups, monitoring, and trouble-shooting problems with computer jobs and users.• Assisted with the installation, upgrade, and major reconfigurations of VAX/VMS hospital computer systems.

• Developed user utility software.• Taught VAX/VMS courses for staff.• Performed system security checks.• Evaluated software.• Authored VAX/VMS documentation – User’s Guide and hand-outs.• Specific examples of work include:Formed and taught 10-session tutorial courses for staff, creating and supplying all material.Helped write a complete VAX/VMS User’s Guide.Wrote utility programs for use on VAX/VMS systems.

• Provided computer systems support and user support for University of Florida’s main student computer system.• Specific examples of work include:Drop-in consulting desk for VAX/VMS, IBM JCL, IBM VM/CMS, BITNET, InterNet, DECNET, PC, and MacIntosh systems/networks.Software evaluation, testing, and modification.Online consulting for users of VAX/VMS systems (“hotline” account).Software support for specific student needs and problems.

• Lead Computer Operator for printer, terminal, and consulting facilities at University of Florida’s main student computer system.• Specific examples of work include:Coordination and operation of remote printer and terminal facilities, including main facility, for VAX/VMS and IBM JES2 systems.Consulting for VAX/VMS and IBM JCL systems.Assisting evaluation, training, and supervision of Computer Operators.Trouble-shooting problems with printers and terminals.Updating information and procedures for employees and students.

• Computer Operator and Trainer for printer, terminal, and consulting facilities at University of Florida’s main student computer system, and for UF’s PC lab facilities.• Specific examples of work include:Operation of remote printer and terminal facilities for VAX/VMS and IBM JES2 systems.Consulting for VAX/VMS systems, IBM JCL systems, and PCs/Macs.Training new Computer Operators and PC Lab Operators.Trouble-shooting problems with printers, terminals, and PCs.Operating/supervising PC labs with IBM and MacIntosh systems.