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New York, Ny, Us

Manage a team of data and system architects and the quality assurance team responsible for solution architecture, data profiling and analysis, data quality and validation. In collaboration with product managers, analysts and engineering teams, we have designed and implemented solutions using Informatica, AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), Oracle Commerce Cloud (OCC), Oracle Supply Chain Management (SCM), Oracle Supply Chain Planning (SCP) and Oracle Product Data Hub (PDH).

Provide analysis, technical guidance, and architecture design for key initiatives at Hachette Book Group. For this engagement, I established the data and integration architecture strategy for the implementation of a new title management system (Firebrand Technologies) in a hybrid cloud/on-premise infrastructure architecture with Azure, Amazon AWS, EC2, DirectConnect and Informatica.

New York, Ny, Us

Established the enterprise application architecture practice at Hachette Book Group, USA and managed the work of data and solution architects. In this role, I created standard documentation templates and documented data flow diagrams, deployment diagrams, application profiles, application and integration inventories, and development standards, and managed data architects and solution architects.

New York, Ny, Us

Directed the development of all web applications and business information systems at Hachette Book Group with onshore and offshore development teams. I defined, documented and deployed new software development process to improve quality through code reviews, automated testing and continuous integration. Launched B2B portal for customers of Hachette Book Group using Python, Django, MongoDB, and Oracle and I lead the technical design and implementation strategy for refactoring legacy applications to use modern designs and best practices.

New York, Ny, Us

Served as the lead solution architect for Python and Django-based web applications.

Transparensee is a fuzzy matching and faceted enterprise search solutions provider serving media and related industries. During my time there, I have worked on projects that provided innovative solutions for media organizations, including: - Next generation classified advertising search application for Atex (Python/Django) - An open source system of JavaScript-powered widgets used to filter and display search resultsThe solutions were built on Amazon AWS with support for automated deployments, and automatic scaling.

Washington, D.C., N.W., Us

Taught Fundamentals of e-Business, e-Commerce, and Introduction to Business.

Provided consulting services in interactive content development and technical communication serving news media, marketing organizations and Web 2.0 start-ups. During this time, I accomplished the following: - Development and consulting projects with meprice.com, The Athens News, Future Systems Consulting, Capstrat. - Content development and strategy consulting services to a wide variety of clients, including The United States Patent and Trademark Office, The North Carolina Community College System and The Samueli Institute.

Washington, Dc, Us

Taught a Python computer programming course that introduced non-technical graduate students to programming using Python.Served as a faculty advisor to a graduate student thesis project that examined the issues surrounding Net Neutrality and its potential impact on the coverage of news.

Raleigh, North Carolina, Us

Introduction to Business. August 2004-August 2005.Business Continuity Planning. June 2004-August 2004. Developed a Business Continuity Planning curriculum for small business as part of a grant administered by the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services and the North Carolina Community College System.

Raleigh, Nc, Us

Directed strategic planning for The News & Observer, managed a department of 20, and coordinated Internet initiatives throughout the company. Under my leadership, newsobserver.com was named the best newspaper online service in its circulation category in 2001 by Editor & Publisher. We also ranked third in the nation in terms of local market penetration, behind Austin and Washington D.C, according to The Media Audit.

Mba, General Management

Bachelor Of Arts, English