Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect

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Principal Enterprise Architect, MSEE @ Mars
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About Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect

I’m a Technology leader with over 25 years of experience and a track record of aligning business outcomes with innovative solutions, architecting robust information systems, and managing complex technology portfolios. I have a solid background in consulting with customer clients and delivering solutions for unique needs. As an Enterprise Architect (EA), I have:- aligned desired business outcomes to technology-based solutions, so business leaders can achieve their desired technology-enabled capabilities while minimizing risk, cycle time and costs - architecting success through business and technology alignment- provided governance and management of complex technology and business application portfolios by creating processes and repositories fit for the organization, so that the organization achieves an optimal balance between risk, cycle time and IT costs- enableds IT delivery organizations to meet their commitments to the business by rolling up my sleeves and leading architects solving complex technical and organizational issues so that critical projects can be delivered on time with high qualityFour example accomplishments demonstrating my unique breadth:► TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT: I introduced to Walgreens a formal way to document technology and application portfolios, as well as managing the technology standards, use cases, and repository consmmption. I applied a set of numerous application attributes for wholistically managing and rationalizing the business application portfolio.► TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT. Proposed to CTO and executed on a company-first initiative, merging data from ServiceNow CMDB and IT operations vendor to enable enterprise-wide technology mapping to business applications and lifecycle-based application and technology health reporting.► SOLUTION ARCHITECTURE: Primary solution architect to design a $600M proposal of nationwide 2-way radio system, data centers and dispatch centers for North African customer. Scope included mobility, integration platform, data center, networking, security management and ITSM services management.► CUSTOMER CONSULTING: Led workshop with UN World Food Program in Dubai, eliciting needs and creating roadmap of solutions, for customer to migrate from analog two-way radios to smartphone platforms. Secured UN contract for digital radio system in Pakistan, which led to global contract with UN for digital radio systems.I’m currently open to discussing new permanent or contract opportunities in EA.Contact me at mark.gannon.cdsr02@gmail.com

Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect's Current Company Details
Mars

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Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect Work Experience Details
  • Mars
    Enterprise Architect
    Mars Feb 2024 - Present
    Mclean, Virginia, Us
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  • Walgreens
    Principal Enterprise Architect
    Walgreens May 2022 - May 2023
    Deerfield, Il, Us
    The responsibilities of this role are continuations and enhancements of the previous role:Management of the technology portfolio for all of Walgreens. This included keeping current on lifecycle status, technology description, usage rationale, etc. The data being maintained was moved into the ServiceNow (Tokyo) TRM module, plus a custom Lit-based application for a more compelling user experience and using Git pull requests to track new proposals. Most recently been able to merge the ServiceNow cmdb data with that provided by the TCS managed services to affect a mapping of software to business apps to provide recommendations such as software upgrades for critical applications. This has never been achieved previously at Walgreens.I continued to maintain the business application portfolio and roadmaps for all the Walgreens back-office applications. In addition, I created a repository for all the Walgreens business applications (>500), where I defined and facilitated the gathering of data on application attributes which enable a more comprehensive management of the entire Walgreens business applications portfolio, leveraging the work done for Business Services. This was used for planning, cost reduction, consolidation analysis, tech debt remediation, communication of the application landscape, etc. An example was to determine if plans were in place for TIME Eliminate and Migrate applications, and if not, document dependencies for generation and achieving those plansIdentifying critical technologies needed for major solutions and driving enablement of these technologies. Two examples were the use of Snowflake and of PowerBI Import mode, neither of which had an approved pattern for Finance data, which is subject to SOX regulations. Challenges overcome were both in developing the architectural enablers (e.g. SSO, RBAC, usage logging, data egress controls, etc.), as well as buy-in from IT teams such as Infosec, Identity, Privacy, Cloud COE, and SOX compliance.
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  • Walgreens
    Enterprise Architect
    Walgreens Jun 2019 - May 2022
    Deerfield, Il, Us
    Supported the IT group managing the Walgreens back-office applications (Business Services Platform - BSP). I maintained the BSP application portfolio. This included collaboratively creating the application roadmaps, as well as defining and gathering data on new (to Walgreens) application attributes which enable a more comprehensive management of the application portfolio - TIME quadrant, business criticality, cost of operation, business capability model alignment, etc. These were leveraged for proposals on application rationalization, cost reduction and archival needed to retire HR and Finance applications.Worked with business to understand desired new capabilities and participated in the end-to-end RFP to implementation process of solutions for Contract Lifecycle Management, Corporate wide communications, Process Mining.I collaborated with the IT Data and Analytics team to create a reference architecture for Business Services Analytics. I guided Accenture on various projects to create insights from Finance data, HR and payroll data, and Pharmacy fulfillment data. I spearheaded a unified architecture effort, to unify the above and the separate process mining solution. Identified where a small approval council could remove workload from ARB and speed up decisions with a more focused approach. Formed two such Councils – one supporting the Finance business, and one for Microsoft O365 technologies.Member of ARB. Worked with BSP to shepherd 24 proposals through governance (ARB) and to do all the pre-work and cross group collaboration necessary for smooth proposal approvals. Worked with BSP on a 3-in-the-box approach (PMO, Security, EA) to streamline governance.I continued to manage the Technology Portfolio, including a proposal approved by the CTO to revalidate the technology standards, and to leverage the beginning investment in ServiceNow to understand our out of support technologies, and ultimately to map that to the business applications.
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  • Walgreens
    Solutions Architect
    Walgreens Dec 2016 - Jun 2019
    Deerfield, Il, Us
    Technology Solution Architect in Walgreens corporate IT.Responsible for creating a repository of all technology standards and Information Systems architectures in use at Walgreen, creating and managing change processes in these areas. This included shepherding all the technologies through governance. It also included introducing a roadmap methodology to Walgreens which had not been done before. Responsible for driving the development and documentation of select new solutions, by leading multi-team projects in the areas of cloud migration, store technology upgrades, and targeted IT solutions. Responsibility includes technical architecture definition, organizational and operational impact, and financial analysis.Responsible for providing an architectural viewpoint for all proposed projects as part of the annual IT budgeting process.As part of the creation of the first Walgreens Application Portfolio Management (APM) practice, developed roadmaps for roughly 1/3 of the Walgreens applications (a first).Responsible for driving the development and documentation of select new solutions, by leading multi-team projects in the areas of cloud migration, store technology upgrades, and targeted IT solutions. Responsibility includes technical architecture definition, organizational and operational impact, and financial analysis. One example in this area is leveraging my telecom background and analyzing various options for replacing the T1 connections to the stores with broadband. The major considerations were cost and uptime; I showed that redundant connections were required for any T1 replacement to meet store operational requirements.Responsible for documenting roadmap execution dependencies. One such was for the removal of the AS400 computers in the stores – documenting all the AS400 applications, which would be replaced (and when) by various transformation programs, and which required special projects for a replacement application.
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  • Technology Leadership, Consultant, And Solution Architect Roles
    Technology Leader And Innovative Solution Creator | Trusted Customer Advisor And Consultant
    Technology Leadership, Consultant, And Solution Architect Roles Jul 2016 - Dec 2016
    Technology Consultant with broad experience in the advanced architecture and development of modern SaaS applications including microservice / container based cloud platforms for public/private/hybrid deployments, as well as IOT/ Analytics solutions and LTE and WiFi-based mobile wireless networks. Experience was gained as researcher, leader of global advanced architecture research teams, in services organization, and in software product development.Adept at the following• strategies for identifying innovative new solutions • organic solution architecture and software development using user-centric and agile development methodologies• industry regulatory influence and standards development (formal or defacto)Focused on providing technology consulting services in the most advanced aspects of Cloud/SaaS transition/deployments, leading edge mobile wireless networks, and Internet of Things solutions. Doing so by supporting a range of clients seeking specialized technical and business development knowledge and guidance, including private equity firms, technology startups, as well as other consulting firms with international government and enterprise business clients.One customer I was a consultant for is Cloud 9 Infosystems, a small Chicago area firm specializing in helping clients migrate from on-prem solutions to cloud based solutions, and focusing primarily within the Microsoft ecosystem. My main responsibility was in assessing client's readiness on moving to the cloud, and in identifying issues which need to be addressed before a transition to cloud based operations could occur.
  • Motorola Solutions
    Principal Solution Architect
    Motorola Solutions Jul 2014 - Jun 2016
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Solution Architect in Motorola Solutions' Smart Public Safety Solutions organization. Architected key elements of Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC - public safety IoT) for both on-premises and cloud-based approach. Defined and architected key enabling micro-services.• Achieved cost-effective, rapid deployment of custom integration with customer IT systems by defining integration architecture, overall lifecycle services and process for mass customization for on-premises-based approach.• Developed architectural approach using IBM’s Intelligent Operations Center as solution framework, delivering technical solution with potential to greatly reduce organic development effort. • Defined (with team) overall cloud-based architecture - the transition to Cloud and Cloud computing for both Azure and AWS. Delivered approach that leveraged best practices of open source cloud software, resulting in high performance with minimized licensing and software development costs. Included analysis for both IaaS and PaaS• Provided top-line revenue growth and significant software re-use by architecting numerous micro-services (e.g. API gateway identity management, unstructured data Elastic search, data correlation, on-premises proxy, messaging, role-based access control) across numerous groups which are now in development pipeline or shipping. Included work in the following technology areas: REST and RESTful APIs, SOAP, XML, JSON, HTML, Hadoop, Hive, Pig. Set foundation for predictive modeling and predictive analytics• Led team of senior technologists in building application roadmap for Middle East LTE customer. Developed workshop material on roles, possible uses cases, applications and technologies for both dispatch center and mobile devices. Expected result is customer application roadmap resulting in $10M+ in sales.
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  • Motorola Solutions
    Principal Solution Architect
    Motorola Solutions Jul 2009 - Jun 2014
    Chicago, Il, Us
    Advanced Services: built complex, large-scale integrated telecommunications and IT solutions. Served as Trusted Advisor for customers. • Designed and created $600M proposal of nationwide 2-way radio system, data centers and call and dispatch centers for North African customer, as primary solution architect. Responsibility for mobility, integration platform, data center, networking, security management and ITSM services management. • Led workshop with UN World Food Program in Dubai, eliciting needs and creating roadmap of solutions. Secured $1M UN contract for digital radio system in Pakistan, which ultimately led to $10M+ / yr global contract with UN for digital radio systems.• Earned Trusted Advisor role for Port of LA on public safety system and roadmap in integrating video, geo-spatial-based situational awareness, and logging and communication systems. Gained trust and won initial $3M radio system contract, leading to subsequent revenue earned through consulting, development and unique solution deployment.• Solution architect responsible for developing overall solution for Mississippi Telemedicine $200M proposal. Scope included end-to-end application (video and EKG) covering entire state, operating over both LTE and land mobile radio, and defining all required validation and deployment services.• Led public safety / retail workshop on approaches to address organized retail crime, resulting in proposed approach of multi-domain data-sharing.• Directed development of unified communications solutions & customer proposals, including integrating radio systems with IM and emergency notification systems. • Oversaw reference architecture development for video solutions and NG911 solutions. Managed Validation Lab.• Performed key technical and business analysis and developed architectures for JBoss-based services integration platform.• Led definition and development of lifecycle services offerings, adopting consultative solution services approach.
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  • Executive Leadership Alliance International
    Member
    Executive Leadership Alliance International 2016 - 2016
    Arlington Heights, Il, Us
    ELA is a job search work / accountability team, comprised mainly of VPs and C-level executives.
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  • Motorola Applied Research Center
    Fellow Of Techncial Staff
    Motorola Applied Research Center 2007 - Jun 2009
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Developed innovative analytic, big data and video architecture solutions. Acted as IPR development champion.• Developed analytics architectures and applications for mobile enterprise systems, consumer video and public safety systems. Delivered event-driven architecture using Hadoop, subsequently leveraged for RTCC cloud approach.• Led team of technologists in developing key IPR for analytics architectures, namely in multi-domain information sharing, resulting in 6 patent filings and 2 issued patents (to date).• Developed converged video system architectures for video mobility, and led AT&T Labs collaborative research on efficient video content storage and delivery, providing common video reference design and generating additional revenue via new products and solutions.
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  • Motorola Applied Research Center
    Director, Networks And Services Research, And Fellow Of Technical Staff
    Motorola Applied Research Center Jan 1999 - Jun 2007
    Chicago, Illinois, Us
    Led Global Applied Research Labs, with significant business impacting innovation development. Served as global thought leader. Managed 50 researchers globally tasked with developing innovations and product capabilities in distributed systems; IP networking; wireless, IP, and session mobility; network management; fixed mobile convergence, adaptive quality of service, and converged services (between mobile devices, home networks, IPTV and desktop devices). • Drove corporate-wide business adoption of above innovations with estimated commercial value of $200M - $500M.• Led Motorola’s Internet2 collaboration, resulting in deployment of industry’s 1st Access Grid Node (multi-user video conferencing).• Delivered annual technology presentation to CEO and staff on business implications of technology and trends, leading to aligned technology roadmaps across corporation and changes to corporation’s strategy.• Invited to participate in numerous invited speaker panel sessions at industry and government conferences, enhancing Motorola’s global thought leadership in mobility and service convergence.• Led collaborative research with international customers NTT DoCoMo Labs and KDDI Labs, resulting in key insights of future customer direction and in 4G cellular infrastructure contracts.
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Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect Skills

Consulting Workforce Distributed Systems Rf Ibm Technology Planning Tailoring Iptv Shipping Mississippi Vendors Post Sales Situational Awareness Public Safety Telemedicine Cdma Briefings Competitive Analysis Iot Restrictions Data Mapping Adoption Sep Ira Apis Embedded Systems Cross Functional Team Leadership Offerings Police Iden At&t Multi User Pc Science Digital Signal Processors Cellular Communications Desktop Computers Patents Integration Routers Technology Adoption System Architecture It Service Management Ic Data Storage Mobile Enterprise Public Speaking Collaborative Systems Engineering Data Center Ip Networking Crime Networking Consumer Node System Telecommunications Business Services Real Time Customer Experience Consulting Team Management Offering Validation Internet Of Things Engineering Large Scale System Integration Workforce Management Technologists Strategy Internet Protocols Portables Mobile Communications Asset Management Intelligent Agents African Radio Solution Network Architecture Internet Protocol Conferences Centra Documentation Mobile Computing Research Radio Frequency Emerging Technologies Wireless Technologies Instant Messaging Pre Sales Mobile Ip Analysis Jboss Application Server Video Solutions Trusted Advisor Astro Code Division Multiple Access Method Big Data Analytics Kind Retail Motorola Technology Roadmapping Implications Digital Radio Software As A Service Thought Leadership Applications Spatial Databases Communication Home Microwave Privacy Law Customization Operations Workshops Pakistan Data Center Design Adaptive Electrical Engineering Communication Systems Qos Security Management Information Sharing Network Administration Lifecycle Services Pipelines Criminal Justice Service Management Contractual Agreements Wifi Intellectual Property Applied Research Analytics Mobile Devices Servers Cloud Computing Covering Presentations Iowa Spss Wimax Responsibility Emergency Notification Data Sharing Firewalls Distribution International Roadmap Aggregation Interpersonal Leadership Efficient Google Groups Mobiles Product Requirements Proof Of Concept Government Land Mobile Radio Telematics Software Video India Proposal Writing Network Communications Fixed Mobile Convergence Deployed Lte P25 Organized Retail Crime Tokyo Middle East Software Development Wireless Delivery Ekg Unified Communications Logging Architecture Solution Architecture Video Conferencing Prototype Dubai

Mark Gannon, Enterprise Architect Education Details

  • Illinois Institute Of Technology
    Illinois Institute Of Technology
    Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • Iowa State University
    Iowa State University
    Electrical And Electronics Engineering
  • Iowa State University
    Iowa State University
    Electrical Engineering

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