•As an Oracle Platinum Business Partner responsible for the execution of the engagement model for delivery of Oracle consulting and training services across the entire U.S.Achievements:•Manages a 24 x7 Hyperion managed services contract for Sun Trust Bank that consists of both onshore and offshore teams (Hyderabad, India). Services cover the enterprise implementation and administration of Oracle Enterprise Product Management suite of tools (HPCM, Essbase, Financial Reporting and SmartView). Services also include the migration and transformation from existing commodity systems (Exadata) to Oracle engineered systems (Exalytics) in order to reduce overall operating costs. •Managed a team of BIAS consultants onsite in Pittsburgh, PA that successfully implemented a 1.8 million dollar Oracle Financials EBS upgrade from 12.0.6 to 12.2.4 (Finance/Accounting, Supply Chain, and HR) for Bechtel Marine Propulsion Corporation/Bechtel Plant Machinery Inc. Bechtel is the EBS host for the U.S. Department of Energy/Naval Reactor Labs. There are over 500 concurrent users of EBS and an overall user base over 6000. •Managed a team of BIAS consultants that successfully implemented a 1.4 million dollar JD Edwards Enterprise One ERP upgrade for Pinal County Arizona.•Managed a program of multi-million (+3M) dollar Oracle Infrastructure/Cloud implementation engagements for public sector clients including the Army Corp of Engineers, First Data Federal.•Managed a team of BIAS consultants that successfully implemented a high performance infrastructure for the Port Authority of NY/NJ to run the Port’s SAP applications. Primary and Disaster recovery infrastructure utilized SPARC Servers, Oracle Data Guard, and Sun Geo Cluster. The Port Authority NY/NJ is the world’s second largest port.Awards:100% Award Club Winner 2015•Award given to consultants who consistently provide 100% billable time to clients

•Managed a team of Salient consultants utilizing Scrum that designed, developed and administered the Secure Web Fingerprint Transmission (SWFT) system for the U.S. Department of Defense DoD. SWFT is a fully accredited (DIACAP/ATO) biometric store and forward system utilizing PKI access that is used by all cleared industry contractors to submit electronic fingerprints and demographic information for employee applicants who require an investigation by the Office of Personnel Management for a personnel security clearance. •Provided strategic input to DoD Division Directors to support future business and IT models that will support the DoD enterprise wide use of SWFT.•Managed an 11 million dollar public safety program with the Metro Nashville Police Department (MNPD) and the Traffic Violations Bureau (TVB) that included multiple subcontractors. Responsible for the overall delivery of a Microsoft SharePoint Portal based Advanced Integrated Content Management System (booking and incident reporting) that supports 1600+ MNPD officers/staff and a custom Traffic Violations system that supports traffic court judges and TVB operations staff.Achievements/Awards:•Responsible for winning five consecutive one year contract options on the SWFT program with a total contract value of over 8 million dollars. Work performed included both Operations & Maintenance and Software Enhancements. •Received an Excellence in Service award from the DoD as SWFT was the first of the four Personnel Security Assurances systems to successfully complete an interagency transfer from the Defense Security Service to the Defense Manpower Data Center. •Leveraged the SWFT program’s project management best practices to contribute to Salient’s re-certification of the coveted IS0 9001 accreditation.

•As an IBM Rational Premier Business Partner, responsible for the execution of the engagement model for delivery of IBM Rational consulting and training services for the southeast. Provided pre and post-sales support for customers that needed to understand Rational Software solutions in order to implement and deploy them. •Generated 500K year in additional sales for new and add-on engagements by demonstrating Salient’s technical proficiency, identifying and recommending Salient’s technical solutions, and determining sound technical solutions for client business challenges.•Responsible for managing 12 consultants and providing customer facing consulting and training. Responsible for hiring and professional development of consultants for the southeast region. •Delivered training and enablement along with expert technical consulting at both state/local and commercial accounts. Training included courses in software development (RUP and Requirements Management with Use Cases) and tool usage (Rational Method Composer, and Rational RequisitePro).Achievements:GA Dept. of Transportation•Implemented an IBM Rational tools and process solution with the GA Department of Transportation (GDOT) that integrated with their existing SDLC. Demonstrated immediate ROI through a successful six month pilot on GDOT’s traffic light replacement system project. Equifax•Integrated an IBM Rational tools and process solution with Equifax’s Global Internet Solutions (GIS) Group to support the goals and vision set by the President of GIS. Speaking Events:Presenter Rational Software Developers Conference-2008 (Orlando, FL)Presentation: From the Requirements Trenches: What To Do When It Isn't Like It Was In The Book

•Provided project management consulting services to AT&T Wireless for Java application development for billing systems and business intelligence (Business Objects) projects. •Provided project management consulting services to Cox Communications for Java application development associated with a new telephone number porting application. •Participated in strategic planning sessions with AT&T/Cox senior management to define features and scope for product release roadmap.

•Lead Project Manager for Java application development.•Through corporate acquisitions, responsible for successfully re-engineering multiple standalone telephony products into a Java portal solution within a one year period. •Mentored both onshore and offshore team members on the use of Rational Unified Process as this was the enterprise software development methodology adopted.•Managed high performing CMMI Level 5 appraised development and test teams. Managed both onshore and offshore (Bangalore, India).

•Provided process improvement consulting services for the E&Y Tax Technical Services Division. Worked with Director of Systems Analysis to architect and implement a software development framework utilizing Agile and Iterative software best practices. •Successfully implemented process improvement best practices on multiple projects while demonstrating immediate ROI by reducing release deployment time by 30% and reducing software bugs by over 40%.

•Founding member of the southeast practice; created and articulated the vision and strategic direction of the southeast practice manager to the team; helped consultants translate strategic goals into tactical objectives. Generated 4 million in revenues within the first two years of the practice opening.•As a IBM Rational Gold Partner and Microsoft Gold Partner, responsible for the execution of the engagement model for delivery of IBM Rational and Microsoft consulting and training services for the southeast as well as providing pre-sales support. Achievements:Retirement Systems of Alabama Pension ModernizationManaged the full SDLC implementation of the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA) pension plan modernization project (1.7 Million) for the State of Alabama. Modernization efforts included the transformation from legacy databases to Microsoft SQL Server and re-architecture using the .Net framework and BizTalk. Managed a team of Applied Information Sciences consultants who were responsible for both development and mentoring the RSA teams on Rational Unified Process and Microsoft .Net development techniques.State of Georgia Online Driver's License RenewalManaged a highly successful joint development effort with Rational Software Corporation, Georgia Technology Authority and the Department of Motor Vehicle Safety to implement GA’s online Driver’s License Renewal application which was also the State of GA first portal based application. The solution was successfully deployed in nine months to meet a mandate set by the Governor of GA to address increased cost associated with opening additional DMVS posts to service the increasing number of state residents.

Professional IT Business System Analyst and Rational Unified Process/Tools Consultant. Specialized in the modernization efforts of large enterprise systems converting from legacy databases to Microsoft SQL Server and re-writing applications in .Net. Awards:Microsoft Gold Partner of Year 2000Rational Gold Partner of the Year 2001Achievements:NEBF Pension Plan ModernizationResponsible for the successful implementation of all project requirements utilizing Rational tools and process. Modernization included migration from legacy mainframe to MS SQL Server and re-architecture using .Net framework. Upon successful deployment of the project, system transaction processing increased an average of 100% with some areas achieving over 300%. The NEBF is the third largest Taft-Hartley Pension Plan in the U.S and serves over 535,000 participants and over 8000 contributing employers.Baltimore Gas & Electric (BG&E) Meter Management ModernizationResponsible for the successful implementation of all project requirements utilizing Rational tools and process. Existing capital equipment legacy systems were ineffectively communicating with billing systems resulting in millions of dollars in lost revenue. Modernization efforts included the replacement of BG&E capital equipment system with a Microsoft .Net based solution along with the implementation of middleware to accurately communicate with billing systems. Upon successful deployment there was a 25% increase in revenue that had been previously lost due to system inefficiencies.Avendra Enterprise Software Development ProcessCreated an enterprise software development process for Avendra who is the largest professional supply chain, hotel purchasing and hospitality procurement services company in North America.Consulted with the CIO and IT Director to tailor/implement the Rational Unified Process to support the enterprise. Managed a team of AIS consultants that configured the Rational Tools to support the process.

•Responsible for all SDLC activities associated with Retail Retirement system enhancements. •Provided Tier 2 production support for both Retail Retirement and Retail Account Services.•Provided key financial data for Fund Managers/Sr. Executives used to report quarterly/yearly numbers to Wall Street.

•Series 6 and 63 license registered.•Subject matter expert in various types of retirements plans including SEP-IRAs, SIMPLE, Money Purchase Pension Plans, Profit Sharing Plans and 401(k)s.•Processed various transactions for retirement plans including new account setups, contributions, exchanges, redemptions, and transfers.•Mentored/trained junior staff on retirement plan subject matter and processing guidelines.•Established small business retirement plans for walk-in clients at MD Investor Centers.