Senior member of an architecture team involved in leading 15 development teams in creating an advanced B2B AI SaaS Knowledge Platform Primary responsibility was in leading a Semantic API design effort - A semantic interoperability layer that transforms Stardog graph database nodes and edges into REST resources and relations using JSON-LD as the primary representation media type. This was an event driven micro service architecture built on top of a graph based Semantic Data Platform in an AWS environment.Guided development teams in microservice and event design in an event driven architectureLed Domain Driven Design effort to develop a Ubiquitous Language at the business product domain level. Worked toward defining Bounded Contexts, Domains and SubdomainsCreated a REST API Style Guide to standardize the "look and feel" of the entire API inventory and authored rules for Spectral linting to confirm adherence to standardsLed several efforts in resource oriented analysis and design to support an "API as a first class citizen" design approach and determining proper resource abstraction levels to support multi-industry verticals. Authored Architectural Guidance Documents focused on REST, Linked Data and Web API standardsDeveloped POCs to demonstrate profile driven payload shaping using Jolt.net and hypermedia driven Angular client and ASP.Net Core service interactions using hypermedia controlsDeveloped a multi-abstraction level System Landscape Diagram using the C4 modeling approach to serve as an all-in-one communication mechanism to business and technical audiences alikeIntroduced Backstage.io as an internal developer portal to improve developer experience and efficiency. Created a Tech Radar that documented the inventory and life cycle of Platforms & Operations, Languages & Frameworks, Tools and Methods & Patterns#apiarchitect #semanticweb #rest #ddd #linkeddata #rdf #knowledgegraph #semanticlayer #modeling #api

Recruited into this long time Microsoft department to help change its culture, development techniques, development languages and architecture. Held the primary role of API and domain Architect and also developer, Agile coach and Event Storming coordinator as the situation dictated.Designed and authored an API suite deployed to AWS to act as a single point of entry allowing business analysts to map any incoming JSON payload, transform it into a JSON or CSV payload and route the payload to various internal product APIs hosted in private AZsLed external facing API design for Thomson Reuter’s ONESOURCE Income Tax flagship product that encompasses 250+ unique endpoints and 400+ functionsLed an initiative to expose API's to external customers across all of Thomson Reuter's ONESOURCE products. This included evaluating internal endpoints for externalization suitability, creating a customized OAuth2 token handling library, creating developer portal content and creating API development guidelines and standards. Continuously giving a series of presentations in person and over WebEx to 190+ members of worldwide development and leadership teams covering TR’s API program, API design, lifecycle and DDD development techniques.Led seven teams that designed and authored a REST HAL(hypermedia driven) shared API layer on a multi-year project written in .Net Core that is the next generation of Thomson Reuter's ONESOURCE Income Tax product. Worked with Java, Apache Kafka, Apache Storm, Couchbase and HBase as part of a series of POCs to spearhead TR-TA's approach to Big Data.Lead a strategic project to design and develop a technique to leverage a tax and accounting ontology to classify metadata for disparate data sources.

Worked through Protech Solutions on a contract-to-hire agreement with Thomson Reuters.

Assigned to multiple projects to conduct predictive analysis of Business Charters and Business Requirements to gauge the level of involvement required by the Mortgage, Heloc and Insurance Architecture team at Bank of America. Consulted with project teams to provide primary and alternative architectural designs for Java/Spring based systems. Created solution architecture definitions to align business requirements to enterprise and solution level requirements deemed to be architecturally significant.

Key Technologies Java, Spring, ExtJS, Restlet, JSON, Groovy, Oracle, SQL Server, MySQL, Maven 2, Bamboo Contributed as a developer on a natural language querying application written in ExtJS and Java/Spring. Coordinated communication and activities between all of Semantra's software development teams, product owner, the professional services team and the quality assurance team of this natural language querying startup company. Planned, represented and reported product development progress to the C-Level management team on a weekly basis, helped to manage recruiting and hiring for the software development group and provided input in these areas to the quality assurance group. Led primary agile activities including release and iteration planning, iteration execution and retrospectives.

Key TechnologiesJava, C#, Domain Driven Design, Spring Framework, JRuby, Rails, Hibernate, DB2, SQL Server, SOA, Maven 2, BambooRecruited to change this Fortune 500 company's culture, development methodology, design techniques and create a strategy to modernize the systems that support the Loan Administration business. Became a senior member of a newly formed Office of Architecture created to define Enterprise level Reference Architectures, install an Enterprise Asset Reuse Program and reduce the company's technology footprint. Designed and developed a Java/Spring based event driven system to handle payments and billing for Pay Option Arms loans.

Key Technologies Java, SAP, Struts, Weblogic, DB2, SQL Server, SAP DB, Ant, Cruise ControlOne of the founding members of this consulting firms Java practice. Worked with the Managing Partners to provide leadership and direction to the practice. Established several of the largest accounts as the manager of the sales team and lead consultant leading to the practice's two most profitable quarters. As a Principal Consultant, provided architectural and development services specializing in Java, OO design and Agile practices.