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Work directly with Ab Initio customers conceptualizing and implementing solutions for Data Governance and Metadata Management based on Ab Initio products, specifically the Metadata Hub. Expert in designing and developing data lineage solutions, Metadata Management and Data Governance processes. Leader in applied use of Artificial Intelligence for Metadata and Data Governance capabilities. Over 15 years experience in the domain, specifically with Ab Initio Metadata Hub, GDE, EME, Co>Operating System, and myriad, exotic sources of metadata in a range of industries and customer environments.

Southlake, Texas, Us

Consultant for solution and product architecture, design and development. Led design and development of a real-time message broker for a VOIP switching system to integrate with third-party voice-prompted services. Led an RFP for a major Internet Service Provider in Dallas for development of a comprehensive order management, provisioning, monitoring, and trouble resolution system. Led and designed complete solution, including architecture, specification and development of a insurance quoting solution for a major insurance provider, over a team of 10 mixed onshore and offshore resources.

Senior Enterprise Architect over Web, Intranet/Extranet, e-Commerce applications architecture, estimation and application blueprints. Designed and created a novel integrated Enterprise Development Process Portal solution for managing the portfolio of projects in the IT pipeline throughout their life-cycle, providing party accountability, status tracking and reporting for execution, cost estimation, process cost accrual, and generalized multidimensional reporting across the IT project portfolio from birth to delivery. Received 3 patents for elements of the portal design.

Scottsdale, Arizona, Us

Developed supply chain planner product and in-development Java products. C++, Java programming. Designed and delivered a database object code generation solution using standard Java relational database interfaces (JDBC) and extracted database metadata.

Developed real-time capacity allocation and schedule planning systems and yield management solutions for the French National Railway in Paris, France. Led project to design and develop "de novo" rail fare pricing system for Amtrak, by extracting business processes and requirements through a thorough business-process-reengineering exercise conducted directly with Amtrak fare-calculation practitioners. Reduced fare planning compute cycle from 4-6 weeks using batch mainframe jobs and printouts to 10 minutes using a custom-designed user interface over a relational database and custom designed rail-network-based-fare-calculation rule engine.

Irving, Texas, Us

Developed real-time call processing software for digital switching system. Developed call processing features for a digital telephone switching system. Developed software tools. Performed independent R&D on next-generation tools and requirements modeling software. Developed prototype graphical design and code generation solutions in C, C++ and X-windows.