Founder and Principal Architect Resume Example

Indiana Farm Bureau Insurance is a multi-line insurance company with more than $400 million in annual written premiums. It offers insurance in the state of Indiana and its subsidiaries provides insurance for the rest of United States

As the Enterprise Architect

• E-Business Frameworks: Developed Processes, Frameworks, Templates, SDLC and Best Practices for NET and Java application development which helped reduce development time by 20%.
• AIS (Application Infrastructure Services): Lead a matrix team consisting of members from Server,Networking, Security and E-Business. Developed infrastructure architecture for hosting web based applications.Installed and Maintained WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment 5.x.
• APG (Architectural Planning Group): Project manager and primary lead for an initiative to recommend new technologies and products for Farm Bureau IT. Performed technology/tools evaluation and software technical proof of concepts. Interacted with Research Analysts (Gartner) to get feedbacks on softwares, products and IT trends.
• United Home Life (http://www.unitedhomelife.com): Primary architect for Java/WebSphere based external portal for independent agents selling Life insurance polices on behalf of IFBI. This application replaced a manual system replaced a manual system and now allows approximately 10,000 registered agents to view policy status, execute quotes, download forms, view commissions. This application reduced inquiry calls by 60% and improved internal efficiencies by 30%. This application used the E-Business framework and is deployed in the AIS infrastructure.
• Membership System: Application Architect and mentor for the .NET based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) application that manages 275,000 Farm Bureau Incorporated Members. Based on the EBusiness .NET framework, features include managing members profiles, events management, and correspondence management. Replaced desktop based system and integrates with the Insurance companies CRM system through Web Services.
• Mainframe Integration: Explored and prototyped various mainframe integration techniques to web-enable mainframe based applications.
• Portal and Content Management Strategy: Exploring the use of Share Point Services for Intranet and internal collaboration. Exploring the use of Websphere Portal for external E-Services Customer Portal.
• Installed and architected Business Objects XI (release 1 and 2) on .Net and Java (WebSphere) environment.Explored extending Business Objects resources through Web Services.
• Primary technical liaison with vendor, working with vendor to shape product direction and understand how their product can bring business benefit to company. Worked with major vendors including IBM, Microsoft and CSC.
• Developed relationships with key users and stakeholders to facilitate coordination and communication.
• Technical design authority on multiple projects and provided technical leadership to project teams and stakeholders.
• Software/Hardware: Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, Z/OS, WebSphere Application Server( 5.x, 6.x ),J2EE, Visual Studio 2003 and 2005, SharePoint Services, Business Objects XI, Microsoft Project, SQL Server 2000, DB2 7.2, HATS, CTG, XML,JNDI, LDAP, Enterprise Architect (UML tool), Web Services.

ISG (Internet Service Group) provides web-hosting infrastructure, consultancy and support for most internet based software development at Eli Lilly and Company. Infrastructure includes hosting and supporting Java based applications in IBM WebSphere environment. ISG maintains more than 100 servers running Windows NT/2000 or Sun Solaris. ISG hosts more than 1200 internal/external applications (Java, Coldfusion) for Lilly and its affiliates.

As an Infrastructure Consultant involved in the following:

• Administration, Maintenance, Configuration of Application Servers (WebSphere 3.5, 4.0), Web Servers (IBM HTTP Server, Iplanet), Load Balancers (BiG IP), Proxies (Net Cache), Portal Servers (Plumtree) .
• Participated in developing strategies, guideline and process to introduce Java as an Enterprise Development tool at Lilly.
• Design and Development of Java/WebSphere based utilities to automate ISG support and process.
• Migration of Java applications from WebSphere 3.5 to WebSphere 4.0.
• Provide consultancy and support services to ISG customers.
• Software/Hardware: Windows 2000/NT/XP , Unix (5.7, 5.8), Linux (RedHat 7.3), JAVA, JSP, JDBC,SERVLETS, XML,JNDI, LDAP, EJB, SQL, ORACLE, IBM WebSphere (3.5.x , 4.0.), VAJ 4.0, WSAD 4.0, Documentum, Plumtree Portal, Web Services.

As a Technology Consultant worked on the following projects

PointGlobal.com Inc. 

PointGlobal is a Business-to-Business E-Commerce exchange, which matches Buyers and Suppliers of Engineered products. It has a fully functional website where Buyers can post RFQ's (Request for Quotes) and Suppliers can Bid on the matched RFQ's.

As a Consultant involved in the following:

• Responsible for the development of the website. Played a multi-faceted role as designer, developer and tester.
• Translating business requirements to application models.
• Developed bulk of the Java, JSP, JDBC based programs to make the website functional.
• Application support and maintenance.
• Software/Hardware: Windows NT Workstations. JAVA, JSP, JDBC, SQL, ORACLE, UML, Visual Café.

RCI (http://www.rci.com) 

GPN (Global Points Network) is a new architecture being developed at RCI to web enable services to RCI members and affiliates. Front-end employs JAVA based technologies and the back end process is done using Cobol/CICS/DB2 on IBM mainframes.

As a Consultant involved in the following:

• Involved in Specification analysis, Program development.
• Coordinate functionality between front-end and back-end systems.
• Code Debugging, Creating Test plans, Unit and String testing, Quality Assurance.
• Software/Hardware: Windows NT Workstations, IBM Mainframe, JAVA, DB2, SQL, COBOL.

Product Development at SearchSoft Inc, (http://www.searchsoft.net) 

As a Consultant involved in the following:

• Analysis and Design of modules to enhance the value of the product.
• Product development and enhancement using Java, Servlets, and JDBC.
• Bug collecting, regression testing and code walk through.
• Software/Hardware: PC, Windows NT Workstations, JAVA, SERVLETS, JDBC, SQL, HTML.

SallieMae (http://www.salliemae.com) 

As a Consultant for the EAGLE II (Effective Administration of Guaranteed Loans for Education) project, involved in the following:

• Design, Development and Testing using Application Development Workbench (ADW now called KEYS),
• Cobol II, IDMS, JCL, Sequential Files and Xpediter.
• Effectively worked on the conversion of older EAGLE I system to the new EAGLE II system.
• Successfully implemented a module for the EAGLE II system. Responsibilities included Specification Analysis, Coding, Consolidation, Unit and String Testing, Staging, creating Production JCL and final Implementation.
• Worked on the Design and Construction of more than 20 processes and reports.
• Software/hardware: AMDHAL 5995 MVS/ESA , COMPAQ PC. APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Michigan Consolidated Gas Company (http://www.michcon.com) 

As a Consultant for the Customer Information System (CIS) involved in the following:

• Program Development which involved user interaction, coding, testing & implementation of new programs using DB2 / VSAM / SQL/CICS in the IBM 3090 environment.
• Module Enhancement and Testing. This involved analyzing, recoding and testing already existing programs so as to meet the new specification and functionality.
• Also involved in creating reports for the Calling Center. These reports are mostly used for Surveys to determine Customer satisfaction and trends.
• Worked on more than 15 programs and reports.
• Software/Hardware: IBM 3090, COMPAQ XL 575, COBOL II, DB2, VSAM, JCL.

Nevada State Welfare Department 

As an Analyst / Programmer for the NOMADS (Nevada Operations of Multi Automated Data System) project involved in the following:

• Program Development and Coding. Development involved lot of interaction with the Client in order to resolve issues and make the specification as clear as possible.
• Walk through, Preparation of Test plan and Test Cases.
• Testing, Debugging and Rework. Testing was done on the CSP code and the generated COBOL code.
• Preparation of String Test Plan and Test Cases, String testing.
• Worked on more than 20 On-line and Batch programs.
• Software/Hardware: IBM 3090, AT 486, DB2, SQL, CICS, CSP, COBOL II.

Oregon State Welfare Department 

As an Analyst / Programmer for the CSEAS (Child Support Enforcement Automated System), involved in the following:

• Involved in the Development (using ADW Design & Construction Workstations) of modules like Case Management, Enforcement, and Establishment. Development included Specification Analysis, Coding, developing SQL's, and Code generation (using ADWs Code Generator).
• Testing and Debugging. This involved first Testing/Debugging in the workstation using CICS & XDB and then uploading the code to Mainframe for System and Integration test.
• Was actively a part of the Quality Assurances team, Batch Architecture team, ADW Consolidation team and the Mainframe testing team.
• Worked on more than 25 On-line and Batch programs.
• Software/Hardware: IBM 3090, AT 486, DB2, SQL, CICS, ADW (KEY) , COBOL II.