Steve Hudson

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Architecting Tomorrow, Today:Orchestrating Excellence in Architecture and Leadership through Model-Driven Methods and No-Code/Low-Code Mastery for Streamlined Software Development. @ LearningMate
New York, NY
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Greater Orlando, United States, United States
About Steve Hudson

As a seasoned practitioner with over three decades in Software Development and a track record of establishing Enterprise Architecture functions, I offer invaluable expertise to organizations that recognize the pivotal role of architecture methods in achieving business strategies and fostering a high-performing solution delivery capability.I've shaped progressive Enterprise and Solution Architecture capabilities for major business-critical initiatives at companies like Disney Parks & Resorts, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Universal Parks & Resorts, and Hilton Grand Vacations. As a consultant, I played a key role in shaping architecture practices for teams at Lowes and Wyndham Vacation Ownership. My roles have spanned Lead Architect, Director, and partner in a boutique architecture consulting firm, where I led a thriving organization with $3.3M in annual revenue before acquisition.My approach involves synthesizing industry Enterprise Architecture Frameworks like TOGAF and Zachman into a bespoke practice tailored for the organization. Embracing standards such as UML, ERD, and BPMN, I craft architectural artifacts that are consistent, complete, high-quality, and unambiguous – embodying the practical application of architecture theory, philosophy, and standards.Recognizing the importance of Conceptual, Logical, and Physical abstraction levels, each addressing the 6 interrogatories – WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, HOW, and WHY – I delineate distinct architectural disciplines. Business and Solution Architecture are Conceptual and Logical abstraction layers, while Application, Data, and Infrastructure Architecture serve as Physical abstractions. This framework underscores the integration of process and information with business strategy.To cultivate an effective architecture capability, I initiate by crafting the Vision, Mission, and Strategy, establishing the organizational "North Star." I define processes and methodologies, documenting standards, principles, guidelines, patterns, best practices, and training materials for governance, ensuring consistency, repeatability, and scalability. Additionally, I create communications collateral to elucidate architecture products and services to executive leadership and across IT and Business organizations.

Steve Hudson's Current Company Details
LearningMate

Learningmate

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Architecting Tomorrow, Today:Orchestrating Excellence in Architecture and Leadership through Model-Driven Methods and No-Code/Low-Code Mastery for Streamlined Software Development.
New York, NY
Website:
learningmate.com
Employees:
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Steve Hudson Work Experience Details
  • Learningmate
    Principal Architect
    Learningmate May 2024 - Present
    Princeton, New Jersey, Us
    As a Principal Architect at LearningMate, I play a pivotal role in designing and implementing innovative solutions for our clients. In this capacity, I serve as the key communicator with clients, responsible for maintaining and enhancing client relationships, and representing the company in various capacities.My responsibilities include:+ Lead the architectural design and development of complex solutions to meet client requirements.+ Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment of solutions with business goals and technical requirements.+ Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and growth.+ Evaluate emerging technologies and trends to drive innovation and improve solution offerings.+ Serve as the primary point of contact for client communication, managing expectations and ensuring timely delivery of high-quality solutions.+ Act as a trusted advisor to clients, offering insights and recommendations to optimize their technology investments.+ Represent LearningMate in client meetings, workshops, and conferences, showcasing LearningMate's expertise and capabilities.+ Collaborate with sales and business development teams to identify opportunities for expanding client relationships and driving revenue growth.
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  • Celeratus Llc
    Unqork Product Architect
    Celeratus Llc Jul 2023 - Present
    Leveraging my extensive architectural expertise and leadership, I've committed to developing innovative architecture tools to transform the No-Code solution development landscape. In the realm of No-Code solutions, a significant amount of development time is often devoted to analyzing modules and configurations for understanding, debugging, and performance enhancement. These tools aim to revolutionize this process by automating laborious tasks, sparing developers from repetitive and potentially error-prone efforts. The outcome is a substantial reduction in the time invested, promoting a more efficient and streamlined approach to No-Code solution development.
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  • Hilton Grand Vacations
    Director Of Enterprise Architecture
    Hilton Grand Vacations Apr 2021 - Jul 2023
    Orlando, Fl, Us
    As the leader of as many as fifteen architects comprised of employees, contractors, and consultants, I oversaw assignments across many strategic business initiatives.  I instituted the principles of visibility, repeatability, and scalability in how the team operated.  I then standardized architectural processes by implementing them in ADO as Kanban Boards, Dashboards, and Sprints. I also used BPMN, UML, and OpenAPI to standardize methods and artifacts produced to support program planning and software development.The primary mission of the Enterprise Architecture Team was to transition the Business away from an amorphic platform of disparate poly-monolithic systems that have redundant capabilities, information, and business processes.  I applied a phased roadmap approach that incrementally moved toward a future state event-driven architecture designed to be highly adaptive and composable.  This vision included the notion of loosely coupled, highly cohesive, narrowly focused, reusable Microservices and Micro UIs that are independently deployable.My core tenets for the team were separating functional business from non-functional technical concerns, and working collectively and collaboratively with Product Management and Development teams, and that architectural artifacts must be managed as first class knowledge assets and placed under version control. Creating logical models to describe the functional and structural aspects of solution architectures was the heart of the practice, then using those models to produce OpenAPI service specifications and data models. Reference architectures and standards addressed the non-functional aspects of constructing those solutions as cross-project artifacts.
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  • Capco
    Unqork Solution Architect
    Capco Nov 2020 - Apr 2021
    London, Uk, Gb
    I was assigned to work on projects with Unqork, a no-code product company, following an intensive boot camp. As a solution architect, I contributed to two projects, the first being a Case Management application for NassauRe, an insurance company. This project faced challenges due to inadequate documentation and high turnover. To address these issues, I introduced modeling techniques using PlantUML, visualizing the application's information model and component architecture, including integration with 3rd-party systems.The second project involved building an application for the federal COVID Rent Relief program. This application was designed to allow the configuration of regulatory rules for each state and county. Despite the success of these projects, I chose not to continue beyond the contract term as I sought to avoid a long-term contractor role.
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  • Universal Parks & Resorts
    Enterprise Solutions Architect
    Universal Parks & Resorts Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
    Orlando, Florida, Us
    I established formal Enterprise and Solution Architecture processes for Universal's parks and resorts, implementing them using Confluence and no-cost modeling tools like Plant UML. These tools facilitated easy navigation of the entire architecture through graphical artifacts, including Use Case Models, Component Models, Sequence Diagrams, and Class Diagrams, along with Wiki pages describing architectural strategies and service interfaces.The Class Diagrams were part of an Ontology practice that developed a repository of enterprise patterns expressed as business-facing Information Models. This repository served as a business vocabulary for expressing strategy, rules, and requirements, and it was leveraged to generate a sophisticated OpenAPI RESTful service-oriented architecture. This approach brought clarity to business intent and streamlined solution design, development, and testing by creating reusable artifacts, reducing errors, and enhancing solution quality.As the leader of the Solution Architecture Review Board (SARB), I oversaw a core governance process for architectural deliverables and facilitated collaboration across the enterprise. The SARB served as a forum for stakeholders throughout the Solution Life Cycle, including Product Owners, Business Analysts, PMO, Architects, Designers, Lead Developers, and QA. Meetings covered various reviews, such as Use Cases, Component Architecture, Information Models, Use Case Realizations, API Designs, and Software Demonstrations.I successfully persuaded the Senior Leadership Steering Committee to establish an Enterprise Ontology team, spanning business areas and technology teams. They appointed me to lead this team, aiming to create a unified representation of business concepts and terminology through enterprise-wide business information and capability models. These models were utilized to identify and articulate project opportunities, jump-starting selected projects approved by the PMO.
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  • Nascent Blue
    Partner / Lead Architect
    Nascent Blue Jan 2011 - Oct 2017
    Teamed up with four PwC experts to establish Nascent Blue, a boutique Enterprise Architecture consulting and Business Software Development company. We delivered architecture consulting to major corporations like Lowes and Wyndham Vacation Ownership, along with custom software development for mid-tier companies. Personally contributed to generating $3.3M in annual revenue before our acquisition and partnership with a key mid-tier client.In addition to consulting with larger clients, I spearheaded a five-member team, overseeing the delivery of the company's software practice to mid-tier businesses. My primary role involved collaborating with clients to pinpoint organizational improvement opportunities through software applications. I led the elicitation of detailed requirements and crafted Solution Designs using highly reusable modular components and a robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).See related history for more details.
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  • Wyndham Vacation Ownership
    Business & Enterprise Architect
    Wyndham Vacation Ownership Mar 2013 - Dec 2016
    Orlando, Fl, Us
    Conducted a thorough assessment of a strategic, business-critical platform under development for three years. Translated physical layer data artifacts into conceptual and logical models for the Office of Architecture, pinpointing core issues with the data architecture. Provided recommendations to address significant risks in their current state design and crafted a comprehensive guidance document for remediation and prevention. This document also served as a foundation for seeding their Master Data Management and Business Intelligence practices.Shifted into a position reporting to the Vice President of Business Development and Integration, collaborating with business leaders to implement a model-based business architecture discipline. This approach aimed to establish a cohesive and integrated perspective of their operations, achieving several key objectives:• Enhancing strategic thinking and planning before high-cost initiatives• Attaining unparalleled readiness and completeness at the outset of high-cost projects• Eliminating significant pain points and reducing the cost of project execution• Ensuring alignment across departments on core concepts and processes• Identifying opportunities to streamline and simplify processes throughout their operations
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  • Various Mid-Tier Companies
    Business Development / Project Leader
    Various Mid-Tier Companies Jan 2012 - Dec 2016
    Led a team of five that implemented the company's software delivery practice for mid-tier firms. Mainly responsible for collaborating with clients to pinpoint organizational improvement opportunities using software applications. Facilitated the elicitation of detailed requirements and crafted Solution Designs employing highly reusable modular component-based architectures and a robust Service Oriented Architecture (SOA).
  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Enterprise Architect
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Feb 2012 - May 2013
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Enhanced the existing Enterprise Architecture to elevate it to a higher standard. Building on the initial EA engagement, instituted highly formal and rigorous modeling practices. Systematically developed Conceptual domain models and integrated them seamlessly into Logical domain models aligned with their Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Delivered a comprehensive guidebook outlining best practices, methods, and techniques for Solution Architects collaborating with Portfolio and Enterprise Architects. The practice achieved an integrated approach, merging Information, Process, and Service Oriented Architecture disciplines to eliminate redundancy and overlap in the architecture process within the SDLC.
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  • Lowe'S Companies, Inc.
    Lead Enterprise Architect
    Lowe'S Companies, Inc. Jan 2011 - Dec 2011
    Mooresville, Nc, Us
    Instituted a holistic architecture practice within the Enterprise Solution Architecture organization, encompassing the formalization of a meta-model, standard views (diagrams), and documentation standards.• Spearheaded the establishment of Lowe’s Enterprise Architecture practice• Led an 8-member team of Portfolio Architects to define current state architecture models• Worked closely with the Information Architect leader to advocate for canonical models in enterprise integration• Collaborated with the EA management team to craft a comprehensive architectural meta-model• Partnered with Lowe’s business strategy team to formalize the IT component of their strategy
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  • Pricewaterhousecoopers - Service Delivery Center (Pwc Sdc)
    Director Of Enterprise Architecture
    Pricewaterhousecoopers - Service Delivery Center (Pwc Sdc) Oct 2006 - Jan 2011
    ., Oo
    Pioneered a robust Enterprise Architecture practice, serving as a strategic framework that systematically aligns business objectives with IT initiatives within the organization. In this capacity, I oversaw a team of 25+ architects and 50+ designers, guiding them to produce comprehensive specifications for an offshore development team tasked with constructing PwC's business applications.Within this Enterprise Architecture practice:• Utilized a simplified EA Framework: Implemented a structured approach to document both the current state and target state architecture of the organization. This framework facilitated a holistic understanding of the enterprise's structure, processes, systems, and technologies.• Introduced Value Chain Analysis: Integrated Value Chain Analysis as a crucial component of the EA discipline to encourage horizontal thinking. This strategic analysis helped identify opportunities for optimizing business processes and enhancing overall value delivery.• Developed enterprise canonical data models: Formulated standardized data models that served as a common reference for data definitions, fostering consistency, reuse, and adherence to Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) principles.• Applied formal modeling disciplines: Integrated formal modeling disciplines into the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), ensuring that architecture methods were seamlessly embedded throughout the development process. This approach enhanced the alignment of IT solutions with business goals and improved the overall effectiveness of project delivery.
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  • Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
    Principal Enterprise Architect
    Walt Disney Parks & Resorts Jan 2004 - Sep 2006
    Us
    Revamped the Application Architecture team into a high-performing, value-driven organization through the implementation of architectural and engineering disciplines, including Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Model Driven Architecture (MDA).• Conducted an architectural audit of a $300M IT program to pinpoint excessive cost overruns and subpar deliverable quality from the outsourcing vendor. Implemented quality assurance measures, such as static code analysis and design reviews, into the recurring build cycle.• As the lead architect, supervised the redesign of the Central Reservation System ($30M) using SOA principles.• Led the team responsible for designing and developing the Pricing component of the Central Reservation System ($5M / 50K hours / 1.5M lines of code). Demonstrated the efficacy of formal Solution Design and a technology Reference Architecture in accelerating delivery and reducing costs by 50%, while experiencing one-third the defect rate compared to other teams.• Collaborated closely with the Strategic Pricing business unit to establish strategic capabilities for the Pricing module. Created a Solution Design incorporating configurable packaging and promotional pricing capabilities.• Initiated and led the centralized SOA strategy team, tasked with defining core services for reuse in all future business systems, encompassing applications like Special Events and Honeymoon registry.
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  • Millennium Enterprise Technology Architects Inc
    Lead Architect
    Millennium Enterprise Technology Architects Inc May 1998 - Jan 2004
    Mississippi State Income Tax System (Jan 2001 – Jan 2004)-------------------------------------------------------------Established the software engineering approach (UML modeling, analysis guides, reference architecture and design guides) and oversaw the design and development of the State Income Tax Collections solution using JEE technology to process ~$6B in revenue. The project was staffed with 50+ managers and developers, with a budget of ~$50M.Enterprise Information Integration: Sprint Worldwide Headquarters (Jun 2000 – Jan 2001)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Responsible for preparing all architecture artifacts and authoring design, developer, and user guides for building solutions using CORBA technologies.Delta Airlines (May 1998 – February 1999)------------------------------------------Developed an enterprise-scale security architecture integrated PKI into a CORBA platform to facilitate secured integration among business-critical systems. Established methodology for identifying security access based on solution modeling methodology.
  • Fusion Systems Group
    Principal Consultant
    Fusion Systems Group Apr 1995 - May 1998
    Tokyo, Tokyo, Jp
    Principal Consultant, April 1995 – May 1998----------------------------------------------+ Enterprise Trading Architecture Inception: Freddie Mac (Jan-Feb)+ Real-Time CORBA Architecture: Lockheed Martin (Nov-Dec)+ CORBA Architecture and Infrastructure: BankBoston (Oct-Dec)+ Java/CORBA Architecture: Federal Reserve (Jul-Sept)Senior Consultant, February 1996 - June 1997-----------------------------------------------+ Java/CORBA Architecture: Freddie Mac (Feb-Jun)+ CORBA/Infinity Integration: Enron (Dec - Jan)+ CORBA/DCE Integration for Enhancing Utilization of DCE: Freddie Mac (Dec)+ CORBA-Based Real-Time Executive Architecture: Hughes Corporation (Aug - Nov)+ Commercial Loan Architecture: Chase Manhattan (Mar - July)Consultant, April 1995 - February 1996----------------------------------------+ Call-Center Architecture: Marriott Vacation Club International (Nov - Feb)+ FBI Fingerprinting Application With DCE/Encina: Lockheed Martin+ Telecommunications Billing System: CBIS/Convergis
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  • American Automobile Assoc
    Senior System Analyst / Developer
    American Automobile Assoc Jul 1992 - Apr 1995
  • Harris Corporation
    Software Engineer
    Harris Corporation Jan 1990 - Jul 1992
    Melbourne, Florida, Us
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Steve Hudson Education Details

  • University Of Central Florida
    University Of Central Florida
    Computer Science

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Steve Hudson attended University Of Central Florida.

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