Richard Cass Email & Phone Number

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Architect within the corporate CTO Office consulting on and integrated with End User Technologies within the enterprise.Portfolio of responsibility includes:
• Platform/end-point technologies (desktops, notebooks, peripherals, thin clients, VDI, user software, utilities, system management, etc.)
• Collaboration portfolio (asynchronous tools, synchronous tools, collaboration utilities, A/V deployments, telephony, Azure and AWS deployments, etc.)
• Establishment and refinement of architectural best practices for the firm
• Use and championing of Agile and Waterfall methodologies for project execution
• Investigation and design of cloud technologies covering XaaS portfolio (PaaS, SaaS and Iaas)

Durham, North Carolina

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Consulting engagement with a major global investment bank’s collaboration and platform teams with a focus on Product Management, Architecture, Program Management, and Engineering disciplines
• Performed business process analysis and redesigns
• Executed program diagnostic analysis to identify successes and gaps resulting in the creation of supporting action plans
• Created product roadmaps and associated taxonomies including development of North Star goals and priority setting
• Provided Agile practice and project management consulting
• Designed and implemented automated application and system processes in support of Window-10 migration requirements

Boston, MA

» Oversee worldwide enterprise selection/end-user platform deployment for a diverse computing product portfolio» Conduct research to evaluate, select, and deploy RFP and RFI support platforms and software; deliver solutions with no technology refresh interruptions for user community» Drive Agile transformation of platform engineering team » Develop.

Boston, MA

» Led world-wide enterprise selection and deployment of employee collaboration tools for a portfolio of software collaboration tools and interactive communications» Conducted performance testing, security assessments, and capacity planning» Developed high-availability, DR, and platform designs/architecture

Boston, MA

» Managed over a dozen senior engineers and technologists worldwide; oversaw research, architecture, engineering, and deployment of enterprise-wide collaboration solutions» Drove development and deployment of a diverse portfolio, including document collaboration/team spaces, IM clients, web collaboration, video, and enterprise search solutions

Boston, MA

» Designed unified collaboration, email, Web 2.0, and social software applications, as well as tools for virtualization, testing environments, and cloud computing» Represented and evangelized portfolio to enterprise IT governance board and interfaced with business unit users and the development community

Boston, MA

» Served as architectural lead/consultant for technology issues related to systems platform, environment layer application stacks for a variety of computing components/devices» Deployed complex solutions, comprehensive time synchronization, enterprise file redesign, and formulation of new, more comprehensive services/architectures» Orchestrated revision of.

Boston, MA

» Led a small, high-performance work team of senior architects and engineers to develop server technology, automation, and management solutions » Consulted on-site infrastructure design and deployment on- and off-shore application infrastructure» Interfaced with internal customers and external vendors; gave presentations on complex technology topics to.

Boston, MA

» Managed a high-performance architecture team of 15 seasoned architects responsible for all aspects of retail infrastructure at supported locations (15K seats)» Published design recommendations for platforms and solution deployment tailored to application requirements

Boston, MA

» Project managed technical initiatives, including selection/deployment of a secure single sign-on solution, hardware evaluations, and technical consulting for retail» Supported/made recommendations concerning the development of key technologies, including NT, NetWare, NDS, and utility programs

» Lead for development and architecture activities in support of worldwide sales force and marketing staff» Developed transaction and data capture systems using traditional distributed system technology, client server technology, hybrid PC/VAX technology, and web based systems» Built and designed comprehensive sales activity reporting systemwith both push.

» Led technical and management responsibilities for key components of domestic sales force and order processing systems» Directly responsible for management of Customer Reference file and associated staff of 25 individuals that maintained corporate customer repository Responsibilities included budgeting, technical coding, presentations to executive.

» Lead technical IT resource for Corporate Events group (DECworld, etc.) registration, and housing systems» Responsibilities included all system facets of registration, housing, and guest services for attendees of sponsored corporate events across the world» Systems development was handled by off-shore resources based on pre-defined specifications and.

» Principle/lead technical resource for corporate data warehouse containing all data from DEC's worldwide sales activity, including all phases of sales pipeline (prospects, bookings, backlog, invoices, service)» Data was pulled from multiple worldwide sources and then redistributed to end users or other IT groups via custom portal applications».

» Served as the senior programming resource for the design, development, and support of a comprehensive database/DSS application for analysis and decision making, specifically for the management and administrative function of the US Area Software Services organization» Polled multiple disparate data sources to assemble a consistent database of all contract.

» Responsible for programming and analysis tasks in support of US based personnel community, including report creation/generation, data synchronization between systems, transaction systems support and maintenance, and systems design and deployment» Primary platforms included DECsystem 10/20 running TOPS10-20 O/S and PDP 11 running RSTS » Languages used.

Bs, Human Factors Engineering Psychology

High School Diploma