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An analytical, self-motivated, and team-oriented individual with extensive experience providing strategic advice and leadership in IT management and Architecture. - Over 35 years of experience, including roles as Senior Software Developer/ Architect, Solutions Architect, Senior Developer, and Team Lead (among others). Strong background in Open Source, Linux, Predictive Modelling, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, AI, SDLC/ Agile, and Enterprise Solutions Architecture. - Proficient communication, liaising, and leadership abilities (both working independently and as part of teams). Proven ability to establish a positive rapport with clients, reports, colleagues, superiors, and other professionals. - Advanced user of specialized software, applications, and languages, including: Programming Languages/ API’s/ Libraries, Software Packages, Communications/ Networking/ Encryption, DB/ Que/ Streams/ Micro Services, and Web Technologies.Certifications, Training, and Professional Development • Oracle DB, Oracle Forms, Oracle PL/ SQL, FOCUS- Information Builders, NCIpher HSMTechnical Proficiency • Programming Languages, APIs, Libraries and Software• Java, J2EE, JavaScript, Angular, Node.JS, Hibernate, Spring Boot, Maven, Gradle, .Net Frameworks, Python, Perl, Ruby, COBOL, PHP, Smarty, CodeIgniter, Zend, Ruby on Rails, Grails, Mono, R, C/C++, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), MVVM, MS Office Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, Eclipse, JBuilder, JetBrains Tools Suite Net Beans, Visual Studio, Erwin, Rational Rose Suite, Jira, Confluence, BitBucket, SVN, Jenkins, JFrog, Solr, Lucene• Machine Learning / Methodologies• Stanford NLP, WordNet, TensorFlow, TOGAF, SOLID, Zachman, Agile, • Communications/ Networking/ Encryption• TCP/IP, IPX, UDP, ICMP, DNS, Samba, MD5, Kerberos, SSL, PAM, LDAP, WEB Services, Active Directory, Postfix, Sendmail, Exim, Qmail, CICS, BackOffice, Beowulf, LHA, Firewalls, IPCHAINS/ IPTABLES, Certificate Authorities, SAML, OAuth• DB/ Queue, Streams, Services• H2, MongDb, MeMSQL, Oracle, MS SQL Server, DB2, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, MongoDb, Artemis, Apollo, MSMQ, MQ Series, Kafka.• Web Technologies / Cloud Infra-Structure• JBoss, WebSphere, WebLogic, Oracle AS, .NET Web Services, Micro Service, ESB, Tomcat, SpringBoot,, NGINX, Apache, IIS, FTP, VMWare ESX, AWS, Azure, ProxMox Virtualization, Model View Controller (MVC).