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Checkpoint Partners is a leading management consulting firm that directs clients towards a higher return on investments for their strategic IT initiatives. We are a strategic management consulting company that works with executive and senior management to reshape and fortify governance. Our focus is Governance for leading technology initiatives such as•Cloud Computing & Virtualization•Service Orientation•Strategic and Tactical Roadmaps•Data and Process Governance •Organization DevelopmentOur ROI Governance Model is a 360-degree business approach to people, process, policies and performance. We believe that the key to a solid return on investment in IT initiatives is solid governance.

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Serving as an Executive “Advisor”; for C-Class Executives in the Northeast; Responsible for initializing discussions along proven methodologies, client models, and key recommendations. Working closely with various thought leaders, executives and CTO’s in the Software and Service space. Leveraging well known models and best practices to enhance Corporate Strategy, Operations, Lifecycle Management and Enterprise Technologies

Greater Boston Area

AREAS DISCUSSED • Fundamentals of SOA • Have we been here before? • The business case and SOA value proposition • Characteristics of Services• Planning and running SOA projects.• Critical architectural artifacts• Calculating the ROI of SOA• Funding SOA initiatives• Measuring SOA maturity• Building the SOA infrastructure• Data integration and SOA• SOA & legacy• Addressing security issues • Managing services • Service mediation • Creating the SOA Metamodel• Building the service model • Creating the SOA metamodel • SOA foundation: Model-driven architecture • Leveraging service contracts• Building a governance framework. • The context of corporate governance• Corporate, IT, and SOA governance relationships• The Service-Oriented Business Application (SOBA)• SOBAs and Enterprise Mashups• Managing the SOA lifecycle• Project management for SOA

Boston,Ma

•Interview the Executives around the current challenges in there organizational structures, funding, ownership and development processes. •Conducted a number of all day workshops with Directors, Sr. Managers, Architects to identify current gaps in the Strategic and Operational Models. •Illustrate the impact of the current gaps against their current models to the Executives and Sr. Managers•Advise a group of Executives and Sr. Managers around the custom Governance model that will be required to improve their organizational structures, funding, ownership and development processes.

FAA/SWIM –Direct and Lead the Executives at FAA through key management and requirement business methodologies that were designed to aid them in aligning there Corporate Governance strategies along the value proposition of Service Orientation. FAA/AVS – Design a Corporate Governance Model and Lead the Executives at FAA along the defined Governance Model leveraging industry thought leaders, RFI and RFP requests, additional vendors and researchers for a multi-billion dollar high-profile initiative. Coordinated closely with the SWIM Thought Leaders, Executive Committee, Business Analyst, Project Managers and Enterprise Architects.NAVY/CANES/SPAWARS - Aid the Executives at the NAVY through a remodeling of their business methodologies, requirements gathering, and execution methodologies. that aid them in aligning there Corporate Governance strategies along the value proposition of Service Orientation.

Overview: Contracted to served as Executive Strategist and Practice Director for SunGard Higher Education. SunGard provides solutions, strategic consulting, and technology management to colleges and universities around the world. More than 1,600 institutions, and the learners they serve, rely on our broad portfolio of products and services to fulfill the possibility and promise of educationProjects: Build, Lead and Design an off the ground Services Practices Team for SungardHE using a $30 million high-profile Northeastern University Integration Project, UDC (Unified Digital Campus). Coordinated closely with the CTOs, Executive Committees, Business Analysts, Project Managers, Developers, and Enterprise Architects. Build, Lead and Execute a three-five year Business and Technical Roadmap to generate solutions and future services offerings along Northeastern’s stable of 140+ applications, with focuses on business alignment, cost savings, increased reuse and future business application development. Successfully balanced a 15M budget integrated 30 ERP applications, primarily involving financial and student advancement programs, into a single, agile system within the first 9 months. Aligned Northeastern’s IT strategy with its business vision and academic objectives.

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