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Built executive relationships, communicated, and won the DevOps value proposition. Defined scope, provided holistic vision, and developed high level E2E technical architecture. Estimated technology effort, costs, and resourcing. Created the delivery plan, schedule, and budget for the Enterprise level DevOps initiative. Initiated a time to market minimization plan by managing the E2E continuous improvement using a deployment pipeline (business ideation to deployment) to maximize the value stream. Broke down the organizational control mechanisms in place that manage people which aren't applicable to automation. As DevOps crosses many organizational boundaries, communications were tailored to the target audiences while being inclusive of all groups across the DevOps chain. Evangelized, communicated, and trained business, development, and support teams on the benefits, developments, and concerns of DevOps processes, methodologies, and work items. Responsible for the selection and implementation of tools and processes which enable rapid development and deployment of software. Architected, delivered, and operationalized an Enterprise level DevOps delivery platform. Architected continuous integration/delivery pipelines that performed automated quality checks, artifact storage, application deployment, automated regression testing, and provided operational metrics across technology platforms such as Veeva, AWS Cloud Technologies, Custom NodeJS Applications, Informatica, and Databases (Oracle/SQL Server). Managed DevOps team of technical specialists in the development and support of automation pipelines, development teams, ALM tools and platform systems for the Merck Global Human Health Division. Technologies Utilized: Bitbucket/Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactoy, Groovy, Maven, and many more. Soft Skills: Business Development, DevOps Architecture, Delivery Management and Project Management.

Managed Accenture offshore DevOps team of technical specialists in the development and support of automation pipelines, development teams, ALM tools, and platform systems for Fusion project (plan, estimate, manage and monitor their work). Plan, manage scope, set schedule, budget, oversee, and document all aspects of the DevOps service delivery. Execute DevOps backlog management including maintaining backlog items, reviewing and prioritizing items with DevOps steering committee, manage implementation of prioritized items, making sure that deliverables are on time with production quality. Architect, deliver, and operationalize (along with other groups) an enterprise level DevOps delivery platform for Fusion project. Work with teams (Application teams, Tech Arch team etc.) for the selection and implementation of tools and processes which enable rapid development and deployment of software. Architected continuous integration/delivery automations that performed automated quality checks, artifact storage, application deployment, regression testing, and provided operational metrics across technology platforms such as Salesforce, Mulesoft, Angular Portals, Informatica, and Databases (Oracle/SQL Server). Troubleshot automation issues and find practical solutions that move projects forward in a timely manner. Develop and share KPIs to ensure performance is measured against expected business outcomes. Manage operational support functionalities for DevOps release management pipelines which deliver tooling for application development efforts and on-going production operations. Coordinate with EITS teams for changes to EITS platforms to support Fusion DevOps (Jenkins, Oracle RDBMS etc.). Technologies Utilized: Bitbucket/Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, Nexus, Groovy, Maven, and many more. Soft Skills: DevOps Architecture, Delivery Management and Project Management.

On assignment with a major open source software company where I architected, delivered, and operationalized an enterprise level project resource management process. This allowed the client to robustly track resource capacity, utilization, and costing measures. As a cornerstone of the Enterprise Project Management Office, this RM process successfully demonstrates the art of Business Technology Transformation Architecture. Architected a robust Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) data repository solution. Provided leadership and management to the ePMO effort and Resource Management specifically. Developed client processes, functional assets, and informational references & materials. Liaise with client business leaders, project management and client support teams to facilitate the delivery of business processes. Technologies Utilized: Google Drive/Docs/Sheets/Slides, SmartSheet, BlueJeans, Mojo, and Slack. Soft Skills: Business Architecture, Process Architecture and Project Management.

On assignment with a major energy company to provide DevOps Build/Deploy Automation.Architected and delivered a flexible but standardized DevOps methodology and toolset which facilitated a one-click automated application build and deploy mechanism. This saved the client hundreds of man hours and provided an extendable base for further automation. Provided leadership and management to the DevOps automation effort. Developed client DevOps automation framework, functionality, assets, and materials which implemented DevOps automation for 19 applications. Liaise with client application and client support teams to facilitate deliverables and increase understanding of DevOps technologies. Technologies Utilized: IBM UrbanCode, Jenkins, Subversion and Nexus Pro DevOps architectures and technologies. Soft Skills: DevOps Architecture, Solution Architecture and Project Management.

On assignment with an internal Accenture group.Certified Accenture Technology Architect called onto assignments where expertise is needed for RFPs, Solution Blueprints and Technology Architectures. Develop internal company assets that are designed to assist client engagements in developing and deploying technology solutions quickly and efficiently. Liaise with client engagement teams to facilitate deliverables and increase understanding for specific IBM technologies. Provide clarity to Accenture leadership regarding the inclusion of IBM technologies in solutions of client projects. Technologies Utilized: IBM Bluemix, IBM CastIron, IBM UrbanCode, MQ, IBM Integration Bus and Web Services development architectures and technologies. Soft Skills: Solution Architecture, Integration Architecture, Solution Estimating and Staff Planning.

On assignment with the a state government department.Developed and managed project work flows, communication plans, risk management plans and reported on team status. Developed functional design documents and detailed design documents for the ESB projects. Managed interface team members to support the delivery of the complete interface functionality consisting of application end points, web service implementations and ESB message flows. Managed, designed, developed and tested ESB message flows that allow communication between web services. Managed and conducted comprehensive end-to-end solutions testing between federal government systems and NC systems. Achieved implementation deliverables and negotiated through challenges (process and technical) of involved stakeholder communities. Technologies Utilized: ESB, IBM Message Broker and Web Services development architectures and technologies (WebSphere Message Broker Toolkit, SoapUI, WSDL and ESQL). Soft Skills: Development Staff Management, Stakeholder Management, IT Project Management and Product Support.

Continually evolve and modernize the application suite utilized by the various GSK call centers. Recommend long term direction in architecture, technology methodologies, processes, conventions and skills. Architected and implemented solutions for requirements that maximize automation, availability and compliance. Managed project teams whose members consist of other internal GSK organizations and/or external GSK partners. Developed and managed project plan timelines, work flows, statements of work, communication plans, risk management plans and reported on team progress. Technologies Utilized: JEE, SOA and Web Services development architectures and technologies (WebSphere, Java Servlets, MVC, JSP and XSLT) from Windows DNA that consisted of ASP development (DHTML, JavaScript, and VBScript) and object architectures including (MTS, DCOM, OCX, DLL...). Soft Skills: Stakeholder Management, IT Project Management, Product Analysis, Product Direction, Product Deployment, Product Support, Education and Technical Interviewing.

Provided technical expertise on usages of technology for educational purposes and assisted in establishing a 5 year technology plan for the school.

Architected the Enterprise Services Portal (ESP R1) utilizing Windows DNA. This system enhanced MCI WorldCom’s ability to monitor and diagnose their customer network operations in North America. Managed, developed and implemented the 3-tier architectures web and application servers. Designed the database server interface for this solution.