Candidates About

Reza Ahrabian

Executive SharePoint Governance chair and Smart Grid SharePoint SME at Duke Energy

Professional Summary:

• Over 9 years of System Analysis, Enterprise Architecture,  Management and Governance
• Over7 years of SharePoint Architecture, Administration and Development, Document Management
• Over 5 years of C# and .Net
• Over 7 years of SQL and MS Access Programming
• Over 5 years of Business process design and management, Custom Workflow experience in SharePoint Designer and Nintex
• Over 2 Years of Project Management.
• Zachman and ITIL
• Solution design and integration
• Experience Building Web Services
• Outstanding Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and analysis skills acquired through numerous project management, managerial and business partnerships
• Exceptional research, problem solving and team skills demonstrated in successful private business collaborations, academic situations and athletic endeavours
• Superior verbal and written communication skills; comfortable with public speaking, Presentations, report-writing and tailoring content to audience need
• Highly developed negotiation skills and business acumen, detail oriented and efficient thinking
• Vast interest and knowledge in Utility Industries, Smart Grid, Financial Markets, Micro and Macro Economics especially in international trade, and monetary economics (impacts of external environment on IT strategy) and Mathematics and Statistics

Technical Summary:

SharePoint Architecture/Admin/Development-Modern Document Management;

Advance knowledge of Collaboration Technologies, Architecture, Farm design and configuration, creating a roadmap, Migration 2003-2007, Migration 2007-2007. 2007-2010 Installation, deployment, Solution Development (Workflows, Forms, Processes, web-parts, Master-pages, features, solutions, templates) Support, Client interactions, Taxonomies, Metadata, Guided navigations, create and manage site collections, SSP. Deployment and implementation of SharePoint 2010 environment

Systems Analysis/Business Analysis:

Requirements definition (Software Requirements Specification/SRS), functional specifications (Detailed Design Specification/DDS), numerous proprietary methods; context, process and output modeling; rapid prototyping/RAD; Lotus Notes

Data Analysis/RDBMS/Database Development:

MS SQL Server 2000-2005, MS ACCESS, ORACLE, SYBASE, Transact SQL, DTS; data analysis, data modeling, data mapping, data definition and naming, System Architect; job scheduling; Automation; security

Languages/Tools:

C#, Visual Studio 2003-2005,  SQL Server 2000-2005, VBA, ASP,.NET, Visual Basic, T-SQL, XML, HTML, MS Access, Crystal Reports, Business Objects, SharePoint Designer,

Project Management:

Full life cycle/SDLC project management using MS Projects; PMI; SCROM, Agile

Industry/Domain Expertise:

Utilities, Financial, HealthCare, Compliance, education, academia, publishing, government, Automobile, Information Technology

Education:

M.E., in Electrical Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

B.Sc., in Computer Science, University of Saskatchewan, Canada 

B.Sc., in Mathematics and Statistics, University of Tabriz                                                  

Professional Experience:

Progress Energy, Raleigh, NC SharePoint Architect                     November 09 – Present

·         Participated in Migration Planning, Analysis, Design, Governance, Infrastructural upgrades, and planning for future projects. 

·         Created policies and procedures utilizing Scrum/Agile and ITIL methodologies.

·         Designed and Created advance workflows using SharePoint Designer and Nintex. 

·         Participated in infrastructural planning; worked with Active Directory and SQL server

·         Performed system trouble shooting, Taxonomies.

·         Worked with policy and governance; NERC-CIP certified.

·         Performed Vertical and Horizontal Project integrations, Dashboards, Reports,

·         Integrated CMS and RMS.

·         Worked with Smart Grid concepts like DR, Telecoms, Residential and Commercial          AMI's, conditional based monitoring and so on.

·         Performed advanced business process creation and automation, dashboards, KPI's.

·         Performed System Health checks, security patches and many deployments and migration projects.

Samueli Institute, Alexandria Virginia    SharePoint Architect       Mar 09 – October 09

·         Performed and deployed SharePoint Farm and Server Topology and portals Design

·         Performed Site Migration and Management,

·         Did Sites Enhancement, customization and reconfiguration,

·         CSS and load balancing   

·         Created Shared Services

·         Advance Workflow creation and deployments,

·         Created Taxonomies, governance, policies

·         Gathered User Requirements,

·         Implemented disaster recovery for system reliability

·         Developed Training Materials

·         Worked directly with the clients

·         Managed the project. Categorization, Access Control, , change control

·         Deployed solutions, Web parts and features

·         Complied with Healthcare and Military standards

Securities & Exchange Commission, DC                                                        Jan 07–April 09 

Microsoft Systems Analyst, SharePoint Architecture

• Architected and Created a SharePoint Migration Pilot to move from SharePoint 2003 to MOSS 2007
• Designed farms and portals, IIS
• Did Performance and Database tuning
• Database support and developments
• Performed Microsoft products engineering and automation,
• Performed financial data analysis, report generation, dashboard creation
• Business objects integration with SharePoint
• Preformed data and process modeling, Categorization, Access Control and change control
• Provided Solutions for SEC Attorneys and departments for their day to day needs, including small to large scale application developments,
• Developed Advanced Customized Web parts and
• Created advanced Workflow, actions and processes
• Created Taxonomies, governance and policy.
• Created CMS and RMS
• Extensive security Compliance

Fannie Mae, Reston, VA        Sr. System/Data /SharePoint Analyst   Oct 06 – Jan 07

·         Perfumed Application development

·         Performed financial data analysis

·         Performed compliance management

·         Implemented Automation and process

·         Enhanced their old SharePoint applications and Data Migration from Lotus notes to SharePoint

          Ministry of Education & Training, Ontario       System Engineer                  Aug 06 – Oct 06

·         Provided Solution for Financial and Union based Transitional Data management System,

·         Implemented and deployed a complex reporting system which aided the Department of Finance and Unions (AMAPCEO, OPSEU) to easily use the data for their applications and analysis.

           Sound Environments, Canada              Sr. Software Engineer                     Dec 05 – Aug 06

·         Designed and developed a content management system

·         Designed and developed an inventory management system

·         Created a centralized portal system.

·         This system would connect to the SQL Server Back- end and Ms Access Management system and mobile handhelds in different job sites

 Caspian Information Systems, Canada        Sr. Software Engineer (PM)    Nov 04 – Dec 05                                                                              

·         Led a team of three

·         Developed a few web-based database applications.

·         Performed analysis on Customer relations, needs and priorities were researched

·         Verified data integrity, Defining and/or implementing access control to the data, Ensuring maximum uptime,

·         Ensured maximum performance given budgetary constraints

·         Helped programmers and engineers to efficiently utilize the database. Performance monitoring, tuning and planning

         University Saskatchewan, Canada           Software Engineer/Analyst           Sep 00 – Apr 04

·         Designed and implemented a large and complex database system to manage the World Trade Organization and International Monetary Fund’s data.

·         Led the project, systems’ design, case studies

·         Performed development, usability, robustness and reliability analysis

         Agriculture Canada & Dept. of Bioresearch Engineering     Programmer      Oct 98 – Dec 99

·         Designed and implemented financial and data analysis software for Agriculture Canada and USASK to optimize the usage of fertilizers by farmers based on the type of animals, their soil condition based on previous years data and their lands area. 

         All Smash Autos Recycling, Canada                   Programmer                        May 97 – Aug 97                                                                                  

·         Designed and implemented Inventory and Layout control of a large recycling firm based on type of the cars and their parts.

        Software & Hardware of Tabriz, Canada      Business Solutions Manager      Aug 95 – Jul 96                                                 

·         Managed the corporation

·         Provided systems and training to educational centers,

·         Assembled computer parts,

·         Promoted sales and did public relations