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Skytech Management
Apr 2024 - Present
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Providing strategic advisory services that align enterprise plans with business goals & IT architecture to deliver business transformation initiatives with emerging technologies.
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SkyTech Management
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Providing strategic advisory services that align enterprise plans with business goals & IT architecture to deliver business transformation initiatives with emerging technologies.
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Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States, United States
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John Williford previously worked as CxO at Skytech Management and Senior Enterprise Architect at Association Of American Medical Colleges (Aamc). John Williford holds Enterprise Architecture from Penn State University.
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Innovative executive providing strategic & technical advisory services for public, private and startup venture organizations. Trusted advisor to CxOs to align strategies, portfolios, IT architecture, budgets and resources to business goals. Guiding CxOs to leverage business transformation initiatives and emerging technologies to respond to rapidly changing market conditions and trends. Managed premier partner relationships with Oracle, IBM, AWS, SRA, BearingPoint to leverage multiple platforms, technologies and software architecture including client-server, multi-tier, SOA, Web, Software as a Service (SaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), Cloud Computing, Web 2.0 and social networking solutions, ranging from local to global reach. Extensive on-shore and off shore software research and development teams including acquisition, establishment, management, integration and development, managing 250+ employee R&D units in multiple geographical locations in Europe, USA, Asia and Mexico. Selected Accomplishments:✓ Led international SaaS Start-up to expand into 9 countries. Built: team, PMO, SalesForce, 8 business lines, cloud platform and software. Went from void to first customer revenue in 12 weeks.✓ Provided strategic leadership and technical guidance to implement world’s largest ERP program - an integrated Army personnel and pay system (IPPS-A) for 1.6 million personnel.✓ Led $300M+ infrastructure architectural transformation for BCBS health care from legacy application framework to a SOA Portal based architecture.✓ Architected $200M+ application and infrastructure service offerings to provide SaaS cloud based Shared Services and Enterprise Service Desk for 10 NASA centers.✓ Led 250+ member public sector Applications Architecture organization delivering 14% YOY revenue growth via advisory services, solution delivery and creating service offerings for Civil, Defense/Intel, Homeland Security and Foreign Affairs clients.DoD Top Secret Clearance
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Skytech Management
27 roles · 38 years
John Williford work experience
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Senior Enterprise Architect
2021 - Mar 2024
Cxo
Skytech Management
Providing IT advisory services for planning, architecting, and roadmap guidance to deliver mission critical innovative solutions that leverage industry leading Cloud, SaaS, Data Mobile, and Security service offerings. Collaborating with business and IT leadership to facilitate business and IT alignment with strategic plans, best practices, and IT.
2020 - 2021
~1 yr
Senior Enterprise Architect | Digital Transformation And Modernization
✓ Lead efforts to understand local federal opportunities and drive digital strategies and platforms to support growth. ✓ Lead customer assessments to expertly combine market and user research, to define product strategy and roadmap guidance.✓ Collaborate with business lines to align the Modernization and Digital Transformation Product & Platform Roadmap. ✓.
2019 - 2020
~1 yr
Cxo
Skytech Management
Expertise:Incubating Start-Ups, Business Turnarounds, Strategic Planning, Business/IT Transformation, Emerging Technologies, Portfolio Management, IT Governance, Organizational Assessment, Proposal Strategies & Solution Alignment, SaaS, IaaS, Mobile, SOA, Social Media, BI, DW, Visual Analytics.Selected Accomplishments:✓ Provided strategic leadership and.
1994 - 2019
~25 yrs
Strategic Planning & Architecture Advisor
✓ Provided strategic and technical guidance to modernize the pre-production architecture and IT services delivery model supporting the DoD Pentagon, the Joint Services Provider (JSP), and National Capital Region tenants.✓ Created Concept of Operations leveraging the DoD Enterprise IT Service Domains use of key technologies to deliver integrated IT services.
2015 - 2018
~3 yrs
Strategic Advisor
✓ Aligned Business and IT strategies to create integrated planning, investment, and program initiatives to deliver key international foreign assistance services for US interests.✓ Defined anytime - anywhere mobile capabilities for international foreign services to request critical services for humanitarian and economic assistance to developing countries.✓.
2016 - 2017
~1 yr
Chief Technology Officer
Archaio
✓ Led Start-up/Turnaround to create scalable architecture platform and SaaS mobile apps. ✓ Created Strategic Business Plan, and developed IT Modernization Roadmap.✓ Implemented SalesForce for lead generation, sales and client engagement processes.✓ Developed Technical, Marketing and Social Media white papers and collateral.✓ Architected SaaS and IaaS AWS.
2014 - 2015
~1 yr
Chief Technology Architect
✓ Provided architectural guidance to consolidate IT services for 10 NASA data centers utilizing ServiceNow configuration management database (CMDB).✓ Provided guidance to implement automated IT services and provide insight to incidents, infrastructure changes and service ability. ✓ Updated business and technology infrastructure models to reflect future.
2014 - 2014
Public Sector Director Of Information Technology
✓ Led 250+ member Applications Architecture organization for definition, solution delivery and oversight of service offerings for Civil, HealthCare, Defense/Intel and Homeland Security. ✓ Developed relationships with public sector executives to understand the challenges within their agency portfolios and discuss proposed solution offerings.✓ Served as.
2013 - 2014
~1 yr
Vice President
✓ Provided strategic leadership and technical guidance to implement world's largest ERP HCM project- Army Personnel and Pay System (IPPS-A) for 1.6 million Active, Reserve, and National Guard personnel based on Oracle's PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 solution.✓ Managed premier partner relationships with Oracle and IBM to leverage delivered branded E-Business suite.
2012 - 2013
~1 yr
Executive Program Director / Chief Architect
✓ Led strategic management and technical guidance to implement the world’s largest ERP project - an integrated Army personnel and pay system (IPPS-A) for 1.6 million personnel. ✓ Managed program functions including COTR contract negotiations, CDRL deliverable management, vendor management and budget processes.✓ Leveraged PEO/EIS Oracle Enterprise licenses.
2012 - 2013
~1 yr
Chief Innovation Officer
✓ Provided department wide program management business transformation guidance. ✓ Led IT Center’s business transformation project to integrate PMO, Enterprise Architecture, Security, and Capital Planning & Investment Control (CPIC) program processes. ✓ Aligned CIO's Information Technology Center initiatives with DOL's business operation plans.✓.
2011 - 2012
~1 yr
Cxo Strategic Advisor / Chief Architect
✓ Provided strategic thought leadership to C-Level executives engaged in Enterprise Architecture and Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) programs. ✓ Aligned technology roadmap transformation with Agency business operation plans to incorporate technologies, best practices, standards and tools to eliminate redundant systems. ✓ Analyzed technology.
2009 - 2011
~2 yrs
Portfolio Manager / Chief Technology Architect
✓ Led $400 million SOA Portal based architectural transformation across 4 business lines.✓ Managed enterprise-wide Infrastructure Portfolio modernization initiative. ✓ Consulted with PMO to ensure Phase Gate deliverables met corporate governance approval. ✓ Presented VP business line approval of enterprise SOA strategy and service offerings.✓ Collaborated.
2007 - 2009
~2 yrs
Program Manager / Chief Architect
✓ Led DFAS Payroll Conversion Project team recognized with Gold Medallion Award in 2006. ✓ Led 40+ team to architect HCM upgrade and integration with DFAS Payroll system.✓ Managed transition planning to migrate HCM application to HR Line of Business COE. ✓ Established process & reporting metrics that assessed customer SLA satisfaction. ✓ Ensured services.
2005 - 2007
~2 yrs
Program Manager / Chief Enterprise Architect
✓ Led 70+ matrixed team to integrate HCM, Financials, Revenue Mgmt., and CRM modules.✓ Coordinated Office of Technology activities for SW/HW acquisition and production rollout.✓ Facilitated architectural design decisions and subsequent integration fit/gap issues. ✓ Led patch implementation for HCM application and PeopleTools. ✓ Produced Cost Benefit.
2003 - 2005
~2 yrs
Chief Technology Architect
✓ Provided advisory services to integrate PeopleSoft HCM with Supply Chain module. ✓ Developed risk management plan to mitigate program risks on major federal contract. ✓ Realigned architectural approach to correct integration deficiencies and leverage scaliabiliy. ✓ Recommended Project Management Office oversight to institute best practices and metrics.
2002 - 2003
~1 yr
Strategic Technology Advisor
✓ Provided Modernization program guidance for Office of Strategic Management and Planning.✓ Aligned SAP Financials project with enterprise architecture across 35 field office locations. ✓ Updated architectural roadmap for legacy applications transition to new architecture.
2001 - 2002
~1 yr
Strategic Advisor
✓ Provided IT advisory services for federal courts IT transformation. ✓ Produced Cost Benefits Analysis for infrastructure modernization.✓ Collaborated with executives to produce strategy and roadmap to leverage new architecture. ✓ Realigned contract staff and collaborated with Oracle to deliver recommended approach.✓ Provided best practices guidance for.
2000 - 2001
~1 yr
Strategic Advisor
✓ Led strategy and IT transformation approach to integrate 4 diverse operating companies.✓ Architected integration of HCM, Front Office Staffing and CRM with Data Warehouse.✓ Led outsourcing selection process.
1999 - 2000
~1 yr
Solution Architect
✓ Developed upgrade strategy and implementation plan for HCM & Payroll modules.✓ Developed project plans and resource planning for 30+ resources across multiple projects.✓ Developed future state business process models.
1998 - 1999
~1 yr
Senior Information Architect
✓ Engineered secure and trusted IT environment, data quality, availability, and interoperability. ✓ Produced innovative enterprise infrastructure, improved integration and operational efficiencies.✓ Enhanced quality of Business Line data and its consumption across the enterprise. ✓ Updated architecture for administrative systems and improved data.
1997 - 1998
~1 yr
Chief Technology Architect
✓ Collaborated with CIO to plan IT migration from Baltimore to Chicago.✓ Developed strategies, white papers and conducted executive presentations.✓ Mapped production systems to facilitate migration to new facility. ✓ Architected solution to include enterprise wide corporate repository and data warehouse.
1995 - 1997
~2 yrs
Enterprise Data Architect
✓ Created federal government's 1st Data Warehouse to support Congressional data request. ✓ Developed agency briefings and presentations to demonstrate enterprise warehouse capabilities.✓ Collaborated with Execs to identify data sources from HUD disparate databases and applications.✓ Analyzed data using Cognos’ PowerPlay & Impromptu.✓ Transformed and loaded.
1994 - 1995
~1 yr
Program Director
✓ Led technical delivery of PeopleSoft Human Resources application.✓ Architected mainframe application conversion into client server based architecture. ✓ Developed strategies for testing, training and application security. ✓ Designed Enterprise interface integration with PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft Financials.
1992 - 1994
~2 yrs
Solutions Architect
✓ Assigned on various client engagements: Baltimore Gas&Electric, Johns Hopkins APL, HHS. ✓ Performed data and process modeling for various business areas using Zachman modeling.✓ Created data models, process models to support application creation. ✓ Collaborated with Execs to obtain business requirements and authoritative data sources.✓ Extracted.
1988 - 1992
~4 yrs
3 education records
John Williford education
Enterprise Architecture
Penn State University
Bachelor Of Science, Business Administration
Thomas Edison State University
Information Systems Management
University Of Maryland Baltimore County
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John Williford works for SkyTech Management.
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John Williford is listed as Providing strategic advisory services that align enterprise plans with business goals & IT architecture to deliver business transformation initiatives with emerging technologies. at SkyTech Management.
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John Williford is based in Washington DC-Baltimore Area, United States, United States while working with SkyTech Management.
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John Williford has worked for Skytech Management, Association Of American Medical Colleges (Aamc), Saic, United States Department Of Defense, and Usaid.
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