LPL Financial

Senior member of Cloudshadow architecture team responsible for the design and implementation of several large scale enterprise systems.

I have been working as a senior software architect for the last 20 years of my 30 year career in software development. I am passionate about software design and mentoring whoever will listen. I am a 'hands-on' software architect and am of the firm opinion that good design requires writing code on a daily basis.Chances are pretty good that you have directly or indirectly used software that I have written.

Senior member of Deloitte's development team implementing an award winning Unemployment Services system (Quest) for the State of New Mexico.

Senior member of Deloitte's development team implementing an Unemployment Services system (Quest) for the State of Massachusetts.

Client: State of KentuckyWorked with business analysts to refine business requirements and the engineering team to establish development, testing and production environments. Led design sessions, mentoring sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Designed and oversaw the implementation of a web based (ASP.NET) enterprise workflow and content management application suite that integrates generically with line-of-business systems while isolating applications from the chosen workflow process, content management system or entity relational data source.The application architecture implements a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) including a web based (ASP.NET) workflow and content management application which makes use of Model View Presenter (MVP) as a Supervising Controller which consumes a common service interface (façade). A hosting layer consumes the façade and offers services in the form of web services, TCP/IP and net pipes. The remaining layers separate concerns into domain / business layer, orchestration and data access layers. The data access layer makes use of custom providers for the Imaging and Content Management data sources and implements a combination of abstract class factory, singleton and adapter design patterns to decouple the data access from the chosen data source.Technologies used: WPF, WCF, WF, FileNet P8 3.5 (CM, BPM, Web Services) Microsoft .NET Framework 2005, C#, vb.NET, MS Team Foundation Server, MS SQL Server 2005, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, IIS6.

Client: State of LouisianaWorked with business analysts to refine business requirements and the engineering team to establish development, testing and production environments. Led design sessions, mentoring sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Designed a retirement solution working closely with Microsoft architects and Bearingpoint developers as part of the architecture team to meet the needs of public employee retirement organizations. Refactored design (Anti-Patterns) of batch style application tasks to utilize windows services while maximizing reuse of common code using singleton, class-factory, strategy and adapter patterns. Designed and implemented BizTalk orchestration and file interpretation to facilitate communication with financial institutions.The application architecture implements a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) including a web based (ASP.NET) user interface that implements Model View Presenter (MVP) via Microsoft's Composite Application Block (CAB). A hosting layer leverages web services (ASMX) via a common façade.Technologies used were FileNet (Image Services, Content Services, PJAC) Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, vb.NET, Oracle 9i, MS SQL Server 2000, Windows Server 2000/2003, Windows XP, IE6, IIS6, BizTalk 2004/BizTalk 2006, and Web Services.

Client: Qwest, Inc.Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements and the engineering team to establish development, testing and production environments. Led design sessions, mentoring sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Designed and oversaw implementation of enterprise wide document imaging and workflow application to manage client correspondence and returned mail.The application architecture implements an n-tiered including web based services separating the concerns into presentation (using the page controller pattern), domain, business and data access.Technologies used were FileNet (P8, eProcess, Image Services, Content Services, BPM, Web Services, PJAC) Microsoft .NET Framework, C#, vb.NET, Oracle 9i, MS SQL Server 2000, IE6, IIS6 and Web Services.

Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Refactored, performance tested and documented application's data access and re-designed databases to tweak performance and normalize entity relational design flaws. Technologies used were SQL 2000, Oracle 9i, VB.NET, TOAD, SQL Enterprise manager, DTS Packages, T-SQL, VBScript, SAP, Syncrologic, and Peoplesoft.

Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Designed and implemented HIPAA compliance reports using Visual Basic with Access 2000 and Cognos Impromptu in conjunction with Oracle PL/SQL stored procedures.Technologies used were SQL 2000, Oracle 9i, VB.NET, TOAD, SQL Enterprise manager, Cognos, VBScript, HIPAA, Syncrologic, and Peoplesoft.

Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements. Led design sessions, mentoring sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Designed the workflow for consumer loan processing as a key ember of the architecture and project management team.Managed and developed entity relationship designs and database architecture (Oracle 9i, PL/SQL, and SQL2000). Coordinated development efforts to create common business objects for the bank's consumer loan exceptions tracking system.Designed and implemented several n-tiered applications (DNA) and FileNet Visual Workflow work performers (IMS, Panagon, Visual Workflow API).Applications written using Visual Basic 6, VB.NET, Oracle 9i, IBM MQ Series, FileNet Visual Workflow APIs, and Panagon IDM development tools.

Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements. Led design sessions, mentoring sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML).Coordinated development efforts as lead developer and project manager of the PIRS project. Designed and implemented several n-tiered applications for conversion to a paperless workflow system while supporting further development requirements of existing imaging system.Applications designed include: Image Retrieval (using VB, FileNet, and LeadTools), Image Scanning and Indexing: application updates disparate data sources as a single transaction i.e. FileNet, DB2 via IBM MQ Series, SQL Server. (using VB 6.0, MS SQL 7.0, IBM MQ Series 5.1, IDM Desktop 3.1, Sheridan Active Controls), Exception Rescan Workflow (Visual Basic, FileNet Visual Workflow, Panagon IDM 3.1, Lead Tools Controls, TWAIN Scanning Interface, Oracle 8i, MS SQL Server, XML

Worked with business analysts to refine business requirements. Led design sessions and code reviews. Produced extensive architectural and design documentation (UML). Performed business reviews, built business cases and proposed development of software to suit specific business needs.Designed and developed implemented several enterprise wide, client/server and n-tiered applications for various groups throughout the firm. Including a document management application used by over 20 business groups.Applications designed include: Change Management (tracking and notification), Static TCP/IP allocation, Cabling (Moves and Changes), Capital Allocation Planning System, Time Allocation Tracking, Flex Viewer (Document Management and Workflow using FileNet/Panagon and custom components.), Task Management Queue (using MSMQ), Intranet Publisher (Using IIS, ASP, jDoc, VB, MTS, VBScript, JavaScript, FileNet/Panagon), Asset Tracking and Comparison (Intranet application using IIS, ASP, SQL, ADO, ASM x8086 chipset, VB 6.0, chipBASIC, barcode hardware/software and custom hardware) and Trade Support Position Log (Intranet application using IIS, ASP, SQL, and VB 6.0

Debugged and repaired database (MS Access 2.0) and custom I/O software/hardware (Visual Basic 2.0-3.0, serial and parallel I/O, high freq. DAC).; The application is used to import data from a spectrophotometer and a thickness gauge via serial and parallel interfaces, perform business logic and generate statistics and reports based on the stored data.

Planned and implemented back-file conversion of FileMaker Pro Database for Macintosh to MS Access replicating database for distributed sales force. Worked closely with compliance and legal departments during business review, requirements gathering and testing phases of this project

Developed Unix based BackOffice utilities including a custom accounting package integrated with Radius authentication (UNIX, C++) and a custom chat package (UNIX, C++, and TCP/IP socket code).

Developed several POS applications using Visual Basic, Sybase and FileMaker Pro.Developed a proprietary Real Estate marketing tool that parsed MIS feed data and updated a MS SQL Server database with specific information. MS Access was used to generate detailed reports.Responsible for all aspects of application life-cycle for many clients