PSA (Public Service Administrator) - Special Projects in the CIO’s Office of DoIT-DHS at State of Illinois
Springfield, Illinois
Enterprise Production Operation Services Manager @ State of Illinois Senior Public Service Administrator Option 3 Springfield, Illinois AreaCloud Architect @ Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS) End to End Cloud Architecture with AWS, Azure and IBM Cloud From January 2017 to December 2019 (3 years) Springfield, Illinois AreaPrincipal Architect / Associate Director @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Noridian...
Enterprise Production Operation Services Manager @ State of Illinois Senior Public Service Administrator Option 3 Springfield, Illinois AreaCloud Architect @ Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS) End to End Cloud Architecture with AWS, Azure and IBM Cloud From January 2017 to December 2019 (3 years) Springfield, Illinois AreaPrincipal Architect / Associate Director @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Noridian - State of Maryland Health Care Exchange - Lead Technical Enterprise Architect / Associate Director - Develop and Implemented an Enterprise Architecture Review Board Process. Established a Development Operation Team to Support Development and Infrastructure / Operation. Assessed Enterprise Integration Layer, Lead team to investigate current implementation, assess source and develop a implementation strategy. From July 2013 to February 2014 (8 months) Linthicum, MDPrinciple Architect / Associate Director @ Cognizant Technology Solutions SAP Consolidation Assessment - Lead Enterprise IT Architect on an assessment project to consolidate four legacy ERP systems into one Enterprise SAP implementation. The result of the assessment saved our client a significant amount of time and money and winning of a 18 million dollar project. From June 2012 to November 2012 (6 months) Chadds Ford, PAPrinciple Architect - Associate Director / Project Manager @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Cognizant Convergent Cloud Group - Enterprise IT Architect consultant for an array of programs and project across various companies within various industries. Lead development team to design, test and implement enterprise solution using Internet, Virtualization, Public / Private Cloud and Mobile Technologies. From August 2011 to June 2012 (11 months) Chatam, ILChaplain's Assistant @ US Army Serviced in Desert Shield and Desert Storm From July 1989 to October 1993 (4 years 4 months) Presidental Ceremonial Guard @ US Navy Performed Ceremonies at Arlington Nation Cemetery, US Pentagon and The Whitehouse From July 1985 to July 1989 (4 years 1 month) Associate Director / Enterprise Architect @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Using Amazon Web Services designed, implemented and migrated 18 of RAI’s Branded Web Sites to AWS. This lowed RAI Web Site Hosting cost. As part of the migration a SOA Service Oriented Architecture was created using Web Methods. The allowed the 18 Branded Web Sites to communicate with external services providers• Designed and implemented 18 Branded Web Sites using AWS AMI RHEL, with LAMP and DRUPAL.• Enterprise Service Bus Using Web Methods• Data Warehouse using AWS RDS.• Designed and Implemented a RAI Virtual Private Cloud (VPC)• Implemented Splunk using Splunk Cloud Services From April 2008 to January 2017 (8 years 10 months) Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina AreaPrinciple Architect / Associate Director @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Blueshield of California - Lead for the Technical Engineering Team, In my role as an Enterprise Architect / Lead Engineer, I am responsible for working with, development and support engineers to resolve architecture and technical issues across the enterprise. I work with the business to help design, develop and implement solution that meet Blueshield's business goals and objectives. From March 2013 to July 2013 (5 months) San Francisco, CAPrinciple Architect @ Cognizant Technology Solutions Lowes Services Platform Program - In the role of Lead Engineer and Lead Architect lead a Team that developed an in-store Mobile Platform Proof of Concept that lead to the Roll-Out of 42000 in-store iPhoneInstrumental in creating an Enterprise Architecture PracticeLead the Development and Implementation of an Innovation Lab From August 2008 to July 2011 (3 years) Charlotte, North Carolina AreaChief IT Architect @ Brigham Young University - Idaho Chief IT Architect for the School From September 2006 to April 2008 (1 year 8 months) Enterprise IT Architect @ IBM Software and Infrastructure Architect on Various Projects while at IBM with the following companiesNiSource - Infrastructure and Application Architecture Assessment.Allstate Insurance Inc - Designed, Developed and Deployed Document Management PortalHonda of America Project - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Application and Infrastructure for Websphere Application ServerSprint PCS - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Application and Infrastructure for sprint.comNew York State DMV - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Infrastructure for Emissions Testing EquipmentBowne - Infrastructure and Application Architecture Assessment.McDonalds - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Application and Infrastructure for the McDonalds Point of Sales SystemHospital Corp of America - Infrastructure and Application Architecture Assessment.Food Lion - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Application and Infrastructure for Big Data and Data Ware House SystemState of Michigan - Infrastructure and Application Architecture Assessment.RJ Reynolds - Designed, Developed and Deployed, Application and Infrastructure for Corp. Portal From March 2000 to September 2006 (6 years 7 months) Associate Director / Enterprise Architect @ Cognizant Technology Solutions I managed the Technical Engineering, Infrastructure, Application Security Testing Team. During the engagement my role was as an Enterprise Architect, Lead Engineer and Project Manager. My responsible during the engagement at were as follows. Blueprinted and deployed a Hybrid Cloud Solution for Web based / Mobile applications for Application Security Testing. This also included creating an assessment to assess the cost of a bare metal solution, hybrid cloud and a pure cloud solution. The lab allows 3rd party vendors to access the intranet applications to perform Application Security / Penetration Test Assessments. During the engagement I performed hands on task such as Installing and configuring Internet to Intranet VPN, installing Windows 2012 R2 Hypervisor, creating and deploying over 100 Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2008 R2 server VMS. I also create VPN for Site-to-Site connections with Microsoft Azure, creating and configuring over 30 Microsoft Azure VMS. Installed, configured and replicated Microsoft Active Directory from onsite to cloud. Installed and configured Microsoft Service Bus for Windows 1.1. My duty’s as the project manager during this engagement were as follows, interviewed resources based on project demands and requirements, created and managed project / testing plan. Create and reported on testing plan. Managed scope and 3rd Party Vendor tests and testers. Reporting Test results back to upper management. From July 2014 to July 2015 (1 year 1 month) Alpharetta, GAPSA (Public Service Administrator) - Special Projects in the CIO’s Office of DoIT-DHS @ State of Illinois 100 S. Grand Ave E Springfield, Illinois
State of Illinois
Enterprise Production Operation Services Manager
Springfield, Illinois Area
Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc. (LRS)
Cloud Architect
January 2017 to December 2019
Springfield, Illinois Area
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Principal Architect / Associate Director
July 2013 to February 2014
Linthicum, MD
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Principle Architect / Associate Director
June 2012 to November 2012
Chadds Ford, PA
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Principle Architect - Associate Director / Project Manager
August 2011 to June 2012
Chatam, IL
US Army
Chaplain's Assistant
July 1989 to October 1993
US Navy
Presidental Ceremonial Guard
July 1985 to July 1989
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Associate Director / Enterprise Architect
April 2008 to January 2017
Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Principle Architect / Associate Director
March 2013 to July 2013
San Francisco, CA
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Principle Architect
August 2008 to July 2011
Charlotte, North Carolina Area
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Chief IT Architect
September 2006 to April 2008
IBM
Enterprise IT Architect
March 2000 to September 2006
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Associate Director / Enterprise Architect
July 2014 to July 2015
Alpharetta, GA
State of Illinois
PSA (Public Service Administrator) - Special Projects in the CIO’s Office of DoIT-DHS
100 S. Grand Ave E Springfield, Illinois
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