Sr. Program Architect11/2015 to Current
Company Name – City, State
As a strategic advisor to the company's largest enterprise clients, helped reshape client business and technology landscapes through deep understanding of the current-state coupled with idea generation and selling within the organization. Responsible for advising senior leadership on an idea, from technology build/buy decisions to onboarding new staff and partners, and then working with procurement teams and external agencies to negotiate rates and contracts and get the new products/teams on-boarded.
Platform Practice Director01/2015 to 11/2015
Company Name – City, State
Provided thought leadership to sales, delivery and partner teams to deliver customer success. Owned pre-sales activities including RFP review, initial discovery and scoping sessions with potential clients and creation of SOW materials. Worked with clients, vendors and partners to right-size project efforts, including T&E, resource management, vendor management, client growth through identification of new opportunities and upselling services on existing projects. Built relationships with business partners, internal and external. Implemented & supported implementation methodologies on cross-functional engagements to sustain rapid growth within the organization and delivery practice.
Sr. Solution Architect08/2014 to 01/2015
Company Name – City, State
Worked with client executive leadership to understand future-state vision and the business initiatives driving them. Identified process and technology driven solutions to affect business initiatives. Led business process reviews with client stakeholders and architectural review boards for technology teams. Led screening process for clients when introducing new tools and vendors.
Principal Technical Architect08/2012 to 09/2014
Company Name – City, State
Designed streamlined solutions for integrating disparate client systems onto the Salesforce platform leveraging a variety of platform and middleware tools. Supported pre-sales efforts by interpreting complex client requirements and translating them into scalable solutions.
Sr. Software Engineer11/2011 to 08/2012
Company Name – City, State
Led the effort to replace the payment processing solution in a highly-distributed, multi-national point-of-sale system including architecture, development, and recommendations on the final product. Worked with internal customers on to understand process and requirements. Worked with vendors to identify limitations in their products and influence the introduction of new product features within the product as a condition to purchase the product.
Development Manager09/2009 to 11/2011
Company Name – City, State
Responsible for the hiring, onboarding, and development of software developers, system integrators and business analysts focused on delivering payment processing and loyalty solutions. Implemented a release management system with a change analysis documentation component for automating source code audits. Transitioned team to agile development and cut time-to-market by 60%.
Sr. Programmer05/2004 to 09/2009
Company Name – City, State
Integrated partner systems into the Fuel Rewards Network loyalty-marketing host. Integrated point-of-sale systems into payment and loyalty hosts. Developed an architecture and core framework for replacing the company's legacy product using C#. Created distributed security architecture for PCIS compliance and worked with auditors annually to preemptively identify and address potential compliance concerns.
Software Engineer08/2001 to 05/2004
Company Name – City, State
Worked with large-scale manufacturing and distribution clients to create custom RFID solutions to solve strategic business initiatives. Developed embedded and mobile solutions using technologies from Intermec, Symbol, and Alien. Created web portals to support distributed solutions. Integrated solutions into Oracle, SQL Server and DB2 databases.
Co-Founder08/1996 to 05/2001
Company Name – City, State
Owned and operated a technology and financial
consulting services firm, selling and delivering solutions to regional
customers as well as Fortune 500 companies.
