Candidates About

 

Dick Woods

·         Over 20 years of hands-on, customer-facing experience in a Global delivery environment, with proven ability to deliver exceptional results, critical business requirements for high profile clients.

·         Enterprise Architect -  Cloud / Integration Architect - Stakeholder approachable with high level solutions presentations, proselytizing a winning solution, the problem set. Architectural Roadmap Definition / Recommendations, Tool Evaluation,   

·         Solutions & Design Architect; Research and development new technologies & planned acceptance

·         implementation of data through middleware to data warehouses and production or reporting environments, XaaS, IaaS, SaaS. PAAS Cloud - Platform As a Service, (Anything, Infrastructure, Software, Platform as a Service) Agile  ROM estimations, Azure, Cloud A-WAS-RackSpace-Cloudera, Hue, Oozie, Sqoop, Ambari, Ranger, Atlas, Kafka, Storm, Hive, Pig, MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Accumulo, Spark Plume, HBase, Zookeeper-, WS02, Bitnami-SaaS–PaaS–Solutions, Training programmers & users.

·         Data migration to Cloud.wso2, Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Cloudera, Rackspace, AWS - BIG - DATA. Mulesoft, HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI.

·         Tools; MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Spark or Storm and Python, Scala, AWS ,

 

MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS

 

Enterprise Architect   State of California Part time / Evening On going  April -2017 - on going

·         EA Overview document & Document detailing the existing PRD and SOS ITD systems environment

·         EA Framework document   & Domain Architecture Detail document

·         Document detailing the feasibility of integrating the proposed enterprise architecture

·         Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) document for PRD systems

·         Change and Release Management document  & EA Three (3)-year Roadmap

·         Presentation of completed and approved Enterprise Architecture Framework and Enterprise Architecture Three (3)-year Roadmap

·         Unanticipated Tasks (Not to exceed 30% of the total of the deliverables above)

 

Consultant  Enterprise MDM Architect  - UTA, Arlington Texas               Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

DevOps IBM Representative Stabilization & Migration of DataManager to DataStage

·         Stabilization & Migration phase - MDM- Tool Evaluation Role: University of Texas Arlington - needed their DataManager Ver 7 server to be migrated to the latest IBM DataStage server to ensure that support can be continued and the work of the college can proceed on a day to day basis..

·         Work: Exported the data catalog from the Ver 7 system and imported it into a Ver 10 Infosphere DataManager, and Ver 11 Infosphere Initiate system for migration purposes, 

·         Linux Stack, Then Windows Server Stack, Created the stable platform for migration to DataStage Ver 11.x in phase 2 of the project on Linux and on Windows 20012 R2. Day to day work, verifying workflows, SQL code and business rules, data base integrity, database scalability, database migration. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

·         Delivered,  Wrapped up the project for the college and turn it over to production support

 

Consultant - OKAYA @ TCS, Woodland Hills CA                                                      May 2016 – Sep 2016

Lead Enterprise Infrastructure DevOps Architect MDM Informatica (Contract)

·         Inception program phase: Designed USA wide - scaled enterprise level of Hardware and Software architecture for the Heart of the company software replacement.

·         Work: Linux Stack, Performed due diligence with pre requisites, tuning, scalability, and all hardware and software configurations. Mulesoft Middleware, MongoDB/NoSQL database architecture, Oracle, Informatica,  Tools Informatica Console, Irwin, Cloud Foundry 

·         Led and trained a team to fully support the work long after have left the project.  Designed and Implemented a FMW 11g SOA HA and OSB HA, BPEL, OER, OHS, BAM, AIA, environments on Weblogic Server. Oracle ADF, Enterprise Service Buss ESB, DataPower, IIB, Mulesoft, WebLogic, Oracle,   PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

·         Delivered: Created perfect Very Large system design and tuning documents HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols. Working with Mulesoft B2B from and to external vendors, Enterprise Architecture design and expectations covered sizing, DR, for Connectors (JMS, FTP, SFTP, JDBC), Factored cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. RabitMQ AMQP connectors into the design,  

Environment: JIRA and JIRA Agile Management, Irwin, Oracle ATG, Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Database, Mulesoft EBS, WebLogic Jboss, IBM WebSphere portal and MQSeries ESB & IIB products, SELinux. Linux Shell and Ruby Scripting POC, Cloud,

 

Consul-Enterprise MDM Architect  Phoenix Staffing / Avnet, Phoenix      Dec 2015 – Mar 2016

Lead DevOps MDM Master Data Management  Architect  Pre Production phase: DevOps, Global delivery environment, Troubleshot, Designed, Promoted high level solutions for multi-Tier Master Data Management Requirements. Performed Technical Requirements Gathering for burn down of scrum related problems encountered.

·         Work: Linux / Java Stack Provided day to day support and solutions for (Linux) Development, Test, Quality Control,

·         Production-QA, and Production platforms of: Big-Data Informatica MDM – Master Data Management on a WebSphere 8.5.5 application server platform, (APM/NPM, Application & Network Performance

·         Delivered: Designed integrated solutions for Informatica on IBM WebSphere and Oracle Weblogic, and Oracle ADF platforms.  PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration, The Product MDM from Informatica was a second generation product which in its infancy was not designed for modern production standards for Linux.

 

Infinite Solutions / Xerox, Sacramento, CA                                         Aug 2015 – Dec 2015

Enterprise Architect DevOps Azure Cloud Design and Estimating, Cloud / Integration Architect  MDM and Data Integration Architecture

·         Responsibilities: Inception program phase: Created Vision documents for the creation of managed services for the health care industry. 

·         Work: Linux Stack  Designed high level architectural solutions for managing design documentation across different time periods and different versions of their products.

·         Created Enterprise Architecture Components from low to high level to enable Architects to use Cut & Paste design adhering to the basic Enterprise wide restrictions.

·         Delivered: Designed a MapReduce solution where important data management solutions could be moved to the Oracle ADF, PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,  cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI.Azure and AWS - BIG - DATA cloud, with Sub-flows, Irwin Data Modeling, MongoDB/NoSQL database architecture, Wrote Enterprise Architect advisory consultant documentation to enable their management to gauge the direction in which to direct efforts of teams.

 

Caesars HQ Las Vegas, NV                                                                         March 3- August -2015

Integration Architect DevOps Integration Design Engineer MDM and Integration Technology

My contribution was Kiosk knowledge in how they were integrated and managed from servers, managing the configuration changes from location. Some DevOps Architecture designed, implemented PAAS Platform As a Service  Oracle ADF, Used Muelsoft, WS02, Geronimo Suite, DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, OFAC – Verisign Search

 

Las Vegas Sands-Venetian, Las Vegas, NV                                       Dec 2012 – Feb 2015

Perm - Lead Integration Architect DevOps Azure Cloud for BI, Cloud / Integration Architect: Global delivery environment Design Engineer - Inception program phase through Production:  In the PMO office decided the SDLC and SLA for the LVS area Enterprise Architecture standards.

Work: Windows Server Stack then Linux Stack Designed Tibco middleware solutions, Adapters to Salesforce and others,  and provided technical integration expertise for applicable projects. Middleware Java Spring Programming, Data Security programming. Oracle ADF, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI.TIBCO Business Works, TIBCO EMS, TIBCO Designer  daily design, implementation, deployment, maintenance

·         DevOps, Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters.

·         Conducted PAAS Platform As a Service, POCs in AWS - BIG - DATA, Rackspace, black/green DEV/Test regions. Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Oracle ADF and Oracle Databases

·         Worked with domestic and offshore teams to test and promote code to stage and production regions.

·         Delivered: Created high performance Portal systems with de-coupled connectivity, easy maintainability, extensible through dynamic resources, easily configured with the Tibco development suite. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

Environment:  JIRA and JIRA Agile Management, Linux and SELinux,  Irwin Data Modeling,  ArcGIS WebAdaapter with Tibco,  ArcGIS ArcMap and Arc Server, AWS - BIG - DATA Cloud, Rackspace Cloud, MQSeries analysis & Programming, MQSeries FTE File Transfer Edition, IBM iSeries integration to Tibco, (APM/NPM, Application & Network Performance Management), 

 

TEKsystems/Disney Burbank, CA                                                                   01 - 2012 to 02 - 2012

Integration Architect Open Source DevOps SME (Contract)

·         Responsibilities:  Performed POC's DevOps supported and new website analysis for new website scalability non Cloudera based Cloud repository, and products delivery for The Walt Disney Company.

·         Work: Linux Stack Worked with Puppet and Ruby scripting to access the content and to provision and populate complete working clusters of application and content managing servers. Heavy streaming of content to web servers for consumption. Tested Puppet labs. Managed clustered sites for per-production and then production roll-out. Worked with Puppet and Ruby scripting to manage the content for testing and implementation. cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI.  PAAS Platform As a Service  Data Security for customer applications.

·         Delivered: Successfully implemented a new POC website and the upgrade to a production website. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

Environment: Cloudera, Hue, Oozie, Sqoop, Ambari, Ranger, Atlas, Kafka, Storm, Hive, Pig, MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Accumulo, Spark Plume, HBase, Zookeeper-Red-Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Puppet labs, Ruby on Wails, POS, Windows server, Windows workstation.

 

Consultant Open Logix for HSBC Bank, Memphis, TN                                           Feb 2011 – Dec 2011

Integration  Architect (Contract)

Responsibilities:   Inception program phase through Production: DevOps Architecture & Design Consultant for primarily IBM sourced middleware projects at HSBC Bank.  Performed a full range of services from analysis and design to implementation and production roll-out.

·         Work: Worked with the application Identity API programming Interfaces and Adapters. Consulted with business principals and technology leaders to determine the phased roll-out of the IBM WebSphere product suites and planned according. Used DB2/UDB, Oracle. Procedures for middleware Java Spring programming and PKI/RSA security applied to messaging. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

·         Delivered: Success was measured by the customer’s adoption of IBM middleware into production. Delivery of the financial product suit (FICO) operating from WebSphere portal enabled the customer to retire programs costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Environment:     Mainframe platform IBM WebSphere, Otracle Identity Management, AIX IBM WebSphere portal, AIX IBM Message Broker and affiliated products. N cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. Mainframe, AIX, Windows Server, OFAC – Verisign Search

 

Contract - E-Team for Farmers Insurance, Los Angeles, CA                                Jun 2010 – Jan Integration Architect  MDM and Integration Technologies

Responsibilities:   Inception program phase through Production DevOps Architecture Supporting: Held responsibility for overseeing the upgrading of the middleware infrastructure for Farmers Insurance. Created high performance Portal systems with de-coupled connectivity, easy maintainability, extensible through dynamic resources, easily configured with the WebSphere development suite. With UML and Data Flow diagrams created Use Cases required to conduct PAAS Platform As a Service POC's Using the WebSphere Portal API created SOAP, Rest Web Services for connect requirements to COTS applications. and Oracle Insurance Applications and Database

·         Work: DevOps Linux Stack, Windows Stack, Mainframe, Sun UNIX,  Managed and worked with domestic and offshore development teams performing project design and delivery. Used Mulesoft Middleware, Enterprise Service Buss ESB,  Oracle ADF, Big-Data DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, DB, Worked with Health Plans and Services Enterprise USA for Farmers Insurance.

·         Delivered: Successfully delivered into production or another environment upgraded code and operating system., PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration, DR, for Connectors (JMS, FTP, SFTP, JDBC), HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols. Factored RabitMQ AMQP connectors into the design,  Estimated profits measured in the millions of dollars in spreading newly advanced applications over updated equipment clusters.

Environment:   Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Fusion OSB, Oracle ATG, Oracle Weblogic, Oracle Database 8 to 11,  Irwin Data Modeling. ArcGIS WebAdaapter with WebSphere, ArcGIS ArcMap and Arc Server, All platform IBM WebSphere and WebSphere portal, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products, IBM InfoSphere-MDM, Mainframe, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server, Mobile interface Web-services

 

Contract - DNJS – LLC for Non Profit Companies, Torrance, CA                          Mar 2009 – Apr 2010

Integration Architect DevOps Team Leader of Applications

Responsibilities:   Customer facing role testing Cloud Based AWS - Big - Data.& MongoDB/NoSQL database architecture,

·         Mulesoft MQSeries Adapter, Mulesoft  EDI – SOA for small business and performing project solutions management and technical architecture designs for non-profit programs.

·         Work: DevOps Linux Stack and Windows Server Stack PAAS Platform As a Service  Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters. used HADOOP MapReduce, Pig, Hive, Spark or Storm and Python, Scala for a client in the public service sector providiung services to state supported programs.

·         Delivered  PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration, SQL to Cloudera migration: an Cloudera, Hue, Oozie, Sqoop, Ambari, Ranger, Atlas, Kafka, Storm, Hive, Pig, MapReduce, HDFS, HBase, Accumulo, Spark Plume, HBase, Zookeeper- cloud database with call center, Inventory,

Environment:  All Apache suites products for small business, Mulesoft, WS02, Geronimo Suite, Red-Hat Linux, SUSE Linux, Ubuntu Linux, Debian Linux, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. POS, Windows Server, Windows workstation.

 

MQ Software, Torrance, CA                                                                                Dec 2008 – Mar 2009

Applications Integration SOA Architect (Contract)

Responsibilities: Inception program phase: Customer-facing role as lead SOA service orientated architecture analysts at Toyota. Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters.

·         Technologies: All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server.

·         Work: Performed project management duties for troubled programs and provided daily support of the IBM WebSphere suite. Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Installed Oracle SOA Suite 11g, OSB, OSR, OER for the Bug fix environment. Used DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server.

·         Delivered: Designed IBM MQ software suite solutions and presented them to management and project teams. Technology was accepted and delivered as a new complete Webservice, satisfying design goals. PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration

 

Perm - IBM Ais Portal Solutions Company, Los Angeles, CA              May 2006 – Sep 2007

Associate Partner:    Responsibilities: SOA Project Delivery Manager, Global delivery environment, led teams on shore and off shore - Inception program phase through Production: Customer-facing role managing teams of IBM portals architects, programmers, sales management team assigned to build the public sector. Led customer teams to a wide range of solutions utilizing Key Stakeholder knowledge creating adaptable scalable architecture for Enterprises spanning all states in the complete USA.

·         Work: Created Standards based SDLC's with GANNT risk assessment for the new projects. With UML and Data Flow diagrams created Use Cases required to conduct POC's Using the Portal API created SOAP, Rest Web Services for connect requirements to COTS applications.

·         DevOps Linux Stack, Windows Stack, Mainframe, Sun UNIX,  Created high performance Portal systems with de-coupled connectivity, easy maintainability, extensible through dynamic resources, easily configured with the WebSphere development suite. Enterprise Service Buss ESB, HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols. Worked with Health Plans and Services Enterprise USA for Blue Cross Blue Shield.

·         Delivered: Re-introduced the IBM portal team to customers who had become disenchanted with the services.  Security enhanced Java middleware programming and portal programming

Environment:   All platform IBM WebSphere portal and work-flow products, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products,  ArcGIS WebAdaapter with WebSphere with ArcMap and Arc Server, Big-Data IBM InfoSphere-MDM, , PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. Oracle ADF Application Developer Framework, Oracle Weblogic, Oracle OSB, Oracle Fusion, Oracle Database, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols.

 

Perm - Perficient, San Francisco, CA                                                                Feb 2006 – Apr 2006

Practice Manager – Middleware Integration Consultant Associate

Responsibilities: Inception program phase through Production: Oversaw project requirements gathering for complete environments be designed, scaled, tested, and placed into production.

·         Led customer and Perficient’s teams, evaluating the customers’ requirements and producing a viable path to implement the latest IBM solutions into their businesses. Created Standards based SDLC's with GANNT risk assessment for the new projects.

·         Work: With UML and Data Flow diagrams created Use Cases required to conduct POC's Using the Portal API created SOAP, Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Rest Web Services for connect requirements to COTS applications. Data Power, IIB, OSV, EBS, Data Security, Java Spring Portal and Middleware Programming.

·         Delivered: Designed and implemented four SOA environments which successfully deployed the required enterprise resource management system. Team closed several contracts, resulting in hundreds of thousands of dollar profit that year.

Environment:   All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products, Big-Data IBM InfoSphere-MDM, Oracle ADF Application Developer Framework, Oracle Jdeveloper, (PeopleSoft, Financial, and CRM) Oracle 11, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, , PCI  Compliance,, (PKI/RSA) Integration, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols. Linux, POS, Windows Server, Used DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server

 

Perm - Nissan HQ, Torrance, CA                                                                                   Mar 2004 – Dec 2005

Middleware Integration Manager  Inception program phase through Production: Global delivery environment, Auto / Connected Car Managed the Vitrea centered middleware department’s migration to the IBM WebSphere suite.

·         Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters. Led management teams to the correct evaluation of the new product line while maintain support of the present technology.

·         Work: Created PMO office SDLC's and SLA's for the expected migrations clearly displaying the advantages of the new technology. Oracle ADF, Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Created Data Mapping and Mediation's using the WebSphere suite

·         Delivered: Success was measured by new projects/programs adopting the WebSphere suite and the decline of Vitrea resources which were almost impossible to find., with world wide , PCI  Compliance, (PKI/RSA) Integration,

Environment:   All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products, Oracle ADF Application Developer Framework, Oracle Jdeveloper, (PeopleSoft, Financial, and CRM) Oracle 8 - 11, mainframe, iSeries, AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server, Used Big-Data DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server

 

Contract - IBM/Walmart, Bentonville, AR                                                         Feb 2002 – Dec 2003

Applications Integration Architect

Responsibilities:  MQ Architect & Work-flow – Production Phase: Management and technical team member in a customer-facing role as middleware architect representing IBM to Walt-Mart.

·         Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters.

·         Work: DevOps Created Business Architecture Use Cases, SLA's, Scability & Fail-over, World Wide Messaging Infrastructure with AIX servers performance tuned for Data and Messaging.

·         Used DataPower IIB, Enterprise Service Buss ESB, Big-Data DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server. Data Security, Java Spring Portal and Middleware Programming.

·         Delivered: Successfully adopted the plan rolled out technology supporting the company’s worldwide expansion efforts and enhanced profits through improved business communications within the worldwide empire. with world wide , PCI  Compliance, MQSecure (PKI/RSA) Integration,

 

Perm - Candle Corporation, El Segundo, CA                                                 Jun 2000 – Sep 2001

West Coast SOA Architect

Responsibilities:  Inception program phase through Production: Customer-facing sales & implementation role for clients in natural resources, retail, and the public and private sectors.

·         Conducted discussion with management and technical teams to assess the requirements and to produce a plan with design for the solution.

·         Work: Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters.

·         Worked with Health Plans and Services Enterprise USA for health care providers. Designed scalable solutions for all comparable platforms IBM-WEBSPHERE suite of products and Candle suite of products operated on.

·         Delivered: Presented, sold, and successfully implemented a customized middleware integration design and project plan which resulted in several million dollars in profits.

Environment:   All platform IBM MQSeries, PCI  Compliance, MQSecure (PKI/RSA) Integration, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products, IBM InfoSphere-MDM, Oracle Database, Oracle Jdeveloper, (DW, Financial, and CRM), cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. Oracle 8 - 10

 

Perm - Commerce Quest, Tampa, FL                                                                Nov 1998 – Apr 2000

Middleware ETL & EDI Architect

Responsibilities:  Inception program phase through Production DevOps Architecture & Design: Global delivery environment. Served as West Coast product line representative to clients in natural resources, retail, and the public and private sectors.

·         Work: Worked with the application API programming Interfaces and Adapters, Health-care Clients managing claims work-flow-based solutions. Banking, Energy, Government, Retail.

·         Delivered: Success was the delivery of designs/plans suiting the customer requirements.

Environment:   All platform IBM MQSeries, all platform Commerce Quest DataPower products, Oracle Database, Oracle Jdeveloper, (DW, Financial, and CRM) Oracle 8 - 10,  HealthCare HL7 and EDI associated protocols.  mainframe, iSeries, cryptography, SSL, IAM, PKI. AIX, Solaris, HPUX, Linux, POS, Windows Server, Used DB2/UDB, Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server

 

Industry Exposure:

·         Retail Industry [Gap, Smucker’s, Avnet].

·         Financial Industry [Bank America, Fed, Wells Fargo, First Horizon Bank, Green Dot].

·         Energy [BP Amoco, Enron, Pacific Gas and Electric Company].

·         Gaming [Sands Venetion, Ceasars]

·         Automotive Industry [Nissan, Toyota].

·         Health Care [State of North Carolina, California, Kaiser, IBM Tristate Initiative, OSB-Enova Health-care).

·         Insurance Industry [Farmers, Trans America, Blue Cross Blue Shield, and others]

·         Communication [Bell South, Hughes, Novel, SCO, Sprint].

·         Aerospace Electrical [American Airlines, Northrop, Boeing, Aerospace corp, Hughes, TRW, NetJets]

·         Open Source Industry [Avnet, IBM, Disney, DnJs, Farmers, JS&JS, TEKsystems].

 

EDUCATION/TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

Attended the University of Phoenix On-Line for a BA in IT Programming in Progress 12/2006 – 12/2009

United States Navy: Honorable Discharge Electronic Technician Radar One year 1972</