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Hartford, Connecticut Area

Lead architect for the implementation of HortonWorks HDP Big Data platform for the ingestion, mapping and analytical processing of medical claim data. Redesigned existing processes written in C#/SqlServer/SAS and converted/migrated into Python/HDFS/Hive/Spark based technologies achieving up to 10x improvement in performance and $/TB.Assessed the enterprise architecture of the software solutions with a focus on scalability, throughput and overall performance. Identified solutions to… Show more Lead architect for the implementation of HortonWorks HDP Big Data platform for the ingestion, mapping and analytical processing of medical claim data. Redesigned existing processes written in C#/SqlServer/SAS and converted/migrated into Python/HDFS/Hive/Spark based technologies achieving up to 10x improvement in performance and $/TB.Assessed the enterprise architecture of the software solutions with a focus on scalability, throughput and overall performance. Identified solutions to expand capability to address larger client databases and improve computing economics for business growth. Show less

Waltham, Ma

Managed a team of 20 engineers both on and off shore in the design, development, and support of 2 McKesson SaaS based products; Risk Manager and Compliance Reporter. Managed to retain the team through a layoff and through multiple organizational restructurings. Successfully delivered multiple major releases, on time, on budget with very high quality and customer satisfaction.Drove software architectural decision making across the Population Health product suite of Population… Show more Managed a team of 20 engineers both on and off shore in the design, development, and support of 2 McKesson SaaS based products; Risk Manager and Compliance Reporter. Managed to retain the team through a layoff and through multiple organizational restructurings. Successfully delivered multiple major releases, on time, on budget with very high quality and customer satisfaction.Drove software architectural decision making across the Population Health product suite of Population Management, Care/Case Management, Risk Management and HEDIS Compliance Reporting. Drove solutions to achieve maximum processing speed and throughput in order to achieve required scaling for business growth, operational efficiency for improved ROI and automated data quality verification for customer satisfaction. Established optimal integration strategies with other McKesson software solutions and 3rd party services. Technical planning for migrating SaaS solutions to the Microsoft Azure platform. Show less

Waltham, Ma

Bedford, Nh

Reporting to the CIO, responsibility for planning, design, implementation and management of the Enterprise Architecture with a focus on data and application architectures to ensure alignment with the business strategy. Maintains accountability for establishing the 3 year vision for application and database architectures, strategies and championing efforts to reach that vision. Develop project proposals, designs and migration plans and provide oversight on such projects for adherence to the… Show more Reporting to the CIO, responsibility for planning, design, implementation and management of the Enterprise Architecture with a focus on data and application architectures to ensure alignment with the business strategy. Maintains accountability for establishing the 3 year vision for application and database architectures, strategies and championing efforts to reach that vision. Develop project proposals, designs and migration plans and provide oversight on such projects for adherence to the overall goals and objectives. Implement tools, guidelines, principles, policies, best practices. Show less

Responsible for the design, development, implementation and support of applications servicing internal call center health coaching and patient/physician/payor facing portals for US and International markets. Managing a development team of 65 software professionals.

Developed enterprise-wide visions, plans and project proposals in support of current and future business strategy in regards to optimization of scalability and ROI via application of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Rules (BRE) and Business Process Management (BPM) technologies, architectures and related processes. Reporting to the CTO, performed vendor and technology assessments, developed integration strategies and designs with business partners and assessed system readiness and… Show more Developed enterprise-wide visions, plans and project proposals in support of current and future business strategy in regards to optimization of scalability and ROI via application of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Rules (BRE) and Business Process Management (BPM) technologies, architectures and related processes. Reporting to the CTO, performed vendor and technology assessments, developed integration strategies and designs with business partners and assessed system readiness and scalability for in-house developed applications. Show less

Technical oversight on 30+ customer implementations of PRPC software product. Customers were mostly in the Financial and Health Care sectors including Citi, HSBC, TD, ING, Wachovia, Amex, John Hancock, Hanover Insurance, various BCBS, RxSolutions, GHC, Kaiser, and Amgen. Developed and delivered service offerings for performance & design reviews (internal and paid service), performance & tuning, sizing of computer systems, training and course development on performance and system… Show more Technical oversight on 30+ customer implementations of PRPC software product. Customers were mostly in the Financial and Health Care sectors including Citi, HSBC, TD, ING, Wachovia, Amex, John Hancock, Hanover Insurance, various BCBS, RxSolutions, GHC, Kaiser, and Amgen. Developed and delivered service offerings for performance & design reviews (internal and paid service), performance & tuning, sizing of computer systems, training and course development on performance and system administration topics. Presented best practices and latest product features regarding design and monitoring for optimum performance and scalability at the annual PegaWorld conferences. Show less

Responsible for the design and development of custom solutions for clients of Fair Isaac Blaze Advisor rules software products.

Architect of custom solutions for implementation of RulesPower BPM RETE OPS/J business rules software. Work directly with clients in the specification of rule sets, custom Java based applications and project management of full life cycle implementation of the product and custom application solutions. Developed custom code, various product add-ons, sample applications and documentation. Developed product training materials and delivered training classes to customers. Additional… Show more Architect of custom solutions for implementation of RulesPower BPM RETE OPS/J business rules software. Work directly with clients in the specification of rule sets, custom Java based applications and project management of full life cycle implementation of the product and custom application solutions. Developed custom code, various product add-ons, sample applications and documentation. Developed product training materials and delivered training classes to customers. Additional responsibilities: product management, product support, QA, release integration and management, pre-sales engineering support, performance benchmarking. Show less

Project/Program manager for large IT initiatives ($1mm +) in 401k recordkeeping systems including both the customer facing web front-end and back end batch processing. Managed a group of 12 software engineers and business analysts. Developed functional requirement documents, project plans, and monitored execution to the project plan. Weekly status reporting to IT and business management. Coordinated the activities of JAD, architecture and design, applications development, SQA and… Show more Project/Program manager for large IT initiatives ($1mm +) in 401k recordkeeping systems including both the customer facing web front-end and back end batch processing. Managed a group of 12 software engineers and business analysts. Developed functional requirement documents, project plans, and monitored execution to the project plan. Weekly status reporting to IT and business management. Coordinated the activities of JAD, architecture and design, applications development, SQA and implementation. Show less

Assisted in the integration and support of the Persumma 401k recordkeeping system into their operations. Performed technical and user training on the use of the system. Researched and provided design and technical solutions to the most difficult system issues.

Recruited to assume leadership role in rapid development and deployment of unique online 401(k) product for MassMutual Financial Group / Nextera joint venture start-up. Appointed to core 8–person start-up unit 6 months prior to company’s inception to establish technical development team, install and integrate core software application, and design and develop key features of company’s innovative 401(k) product. Manage group of 8 developers, 6 business systems analysts and 2 database… Show more Recruited to assume leadership role in rapid development and deployment of unique online 401(k) product for MassMutual Financial Group / Nextera joint venture start-up. Appointed to core 8–person start-up unit 6 months prior to company’s inception to establish technical development team, install and integrate core software application, and design and develop key features of company’s innovative 401(k) product. Manage group of 8 developers, 6 business systems analysts and 2 database administrators. Responsible for requirements, design, development and production support for 401(k) recordkeeping applications. Work closely with peer groups of B2B development, Web development, QA and Network/Operations.Key accomplishments:• Successfully deployed application in 4 months; launched regular upgrades in 2 month intervals.• Recruited and led team of 16 professionals that included 8 developers, 6 business systems analysts and 2 DBAs.• Refactored key structures of database to accommodate streamlined business model.• Designed, developed and deployed billing and collections system in 3 months.• Established business analyst team and instituted business processes for requirements definition and project execution.• Defined and implemented daily automated build process.• Redesigned highly complex 401(k) system functions to make them near-100% self-service (e.g. withdrawals, loan payments, vesting).• Improved performance in high volume and large transactions, increasing system capacity more than 4-fold.• Accomplished all initiatives ahead of schedule and under budget. • Led design and development of technological innovations that contributed to and received widespread media coverage, including CNN, CNBC, Fortune, New York Times, Wall Street & Technology, others. Show less

Led design, development and software architecture initiatives for management and technology consulting firm

Led design, development and software architecture initiatives for management and technology consulting firm.

Held a number of roles ranging from software engineering, project leader, development manager and product manager.Designed and developed major portions of the manufacturing applications suite including Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Warehousing and Product Costing products. Developed database conversion programs. Developed rule-based expert systems (system capacity requirements, product configurator and personnel benefits knowledge base).… Show more Held a number of roles ranging from software engineering, project leader, development manager and product manager.Designed and developed major portions of the manufacturing applications suite including Materials Requirement Planning (MRP), Master Production Scheduling (MPS), Warehousing and Product Costing products. Developed database conversion programs. Developed rule-based expert systems (system capacity requirements, product configurator and personnel benefits knowledge base). Advised management and trained development groups in practical uses of expert systems in product development.Led design, development and software architecture initiatives for management and technology consulting firm. Show less

Managed design, development and delivery of 2 major product releases consisting of 9 integrated manufacturing and financial applications and 2 million lines of code. Supervised 5 project teams of 30 software engineers. Directed functional design and oversaw detail design process. Recruited and oriented 10 new engineers, including 2 project leaders. Negotiated and managed joint development efforts with customers. Implemented productivity improvements. Represented Cullinet at annual user… Show more Managed design, development and delivery of 2 major product releases consisting of 9 integrated manufacturing and financial applications and 2 million lines of code. Supervised 5 project teams of 30 software engineers. Directed functional design and oversaw detail design process. Recruited and oriented 10 new engineers, including 2 project leaders. Negotiated and managed joint development efforts with customers. Implemented productivity improvements. Represented Cullinet at annual user group meetings. Established internal technical training program. Show less

Mba, Information Systems

Bs Ba, Accounting, Management, Computer Science