Professional Summary

Software and Systems Architect / Executive Manager / Business Analyst / Strategic Planner with experience setting direction and promoting continuous innovation in the creation of purpose built solutions, systems and products.  Leveraging staged delivery of functions, upgrades, strategic architecture refactoring and supportable complex system integration to create targeted solutions that meet client needs.  Playing a critical role as a liaison between business and technology in many roles I have ensured proper monitoring and control resources in the attainment of objectives. I have overseen both hardware and software development teams helping them to achieve high performance and excellence in product requirement management, innovative development, traceable quality, technical operation, supporting sales and support organizations delivering positive financial results.

A leader and executive manager skilled in strategic operational organization design and development I maintain clear focus on the desired results. Having successfully led in challenging matrixed project environments and collaborations of many business partners uniquely trained me to develop a cooperative but goal oriented style which helps in building strong trust relationships with stakeholders, contractors, business teams, vendors and others in achieving the objectives of each in pursuit of attaining program results. I have equal confidence in executive communications as I do in rallying a workforce to achieve formidable progress in developing a set of products and services to achieve mutually beneficial outcomes. I have managed numerous projects with cross-functional teams to execute organizational change / strategic transformation initiatives and have enabled large domestic and international programs ensuring unprecedented sustainable scalability and availability.

Extending beyond innovative organizational design and development, I have led efforts to perform market analysis, competitive positioning, financial performance measures, product conceptualization / engineering and facilitated executive decision making. My work experiences span research and development through product delivery in manufacturing environments and long term customer support. Quality systems and safety are central and imperatives in my designs. Known for my strong organizational skills, planning and tracking of complex multidisciplinary projects, I place a strong focus on keeping the end goal in mind while maintain progress in day-to-day work.

Adept in Agile and Spiral development strategies, including the use of Kanban and Sprint Task Boards to maintain fully transparent progress tracking, highlight areas of risk, and to document key project decisions, I have extensive experience in the management of risk mitigation and management related to technical programs. I have been successful performing business/requirement analysis, architecture definition and resource utilization for software/system development in different software development lifecycles. My work focuses on business planning, data analysis, process analysis and design, business and functional requirements analysis, use case analysis, testing methodologies, in addition to creating and executing test scenarios.

Certified as an expert in System Engineering, Architecture and Test methodologies through IBM curriculums, I am versed in the stage gate management, SDLC and quality assurance, metrics analysis, methodologies and documentation standards. Having applied numerous project methodologies and processes, I continuously seek technologies and systems to do things in a way that drive greater efficiencies and take advantage of innovations for my customers.

As a part of creating new systems I have also defined the networking and infrastructure required to house the systems. This has included development of mainframe, midframe, and smaller server systems housed in a variety of network environments.  I have provided active planning support for multiple data center migrations paying particular attention to performance testing and proof points for documenting successful initiative completion.  Having applied my focus on system security to network and cloud security through active participation in policy and standards development with NIST.

Educated in Process Engineering and Chemistry at the University of Rhode Island, I served as a Sr. Consultant/ Systems Engineer specializing in Engagement Architecture in IBM’s Global Business Services: Systems Engineering Architecture and Test (SEAT) consulting practice. Applying process and method expertise in techniques, projects driven by Agile, Waterfall Methodology, and Rational Unified Process, supporting complex technology driven systems, I have a proven track record in new business development, transition / transformation / change initiatives, and creation of mission critical programs.