Summary of Qualifications

Over 19 years practitioner experience leading in the design and development of enterprise architectures,
applications, implementation, deployment, and migration plans for a wide variety of companies and
industries. An MBA graduate, who consistently demonstrates the ability to communicate complex
technical solutions to business resources, including high level executives, in a non condescending
manner by bridging the technical and business chasm. The last 5 years consisted of customer relations
and technical presales support in enterprise application integration (EAI), service oriented architecture
(SOA), Java 2 platform enterprise edition (J2EE), WebSphere portfolio, and performance management.
A Ph.D. candidate, completing his dissertation on an aspect of computer security, expected to graduate
in 2005.

Skills
Applications: Microsoft Office, Visio, Microsoft Project, Project Scheduler, Lotus SmartSuite
Architectural: Enterprise architecture planning, design, development, integration, configuration
management (source code control), testing, application development,
methodology development, process flow improvement, infrastructure
reengineering, JAD (joint application development) facilitation, project
management, systems design, right-sizing, multi-tier, legacy integration.
Business: Change management, customer value, managing organizational and operational
systems, entrepreneurial and strategic thinking, managing organizational
behavior, migration planning, organizational change, process
improvement/optimization, six sigma, strategic planning, total quality
management, value based leadership, vision creation.
Computer Languages: C, C++, HTML, Java, JavaScript, Pascal, SOAP, Visual Basic (VB), XML
Development Tools: JBuilder, WSAD (WebSphere Studio Application Developer), Visual Café,
Microsoft Visual Studio/Tools, FrontPage, VisualAge for Java, Rational Rose,
System Architecture, STP (Software Through Pictures), CASE tools, SCCS,
PowerBuilder, .NET
Framework: Enterprise Java Beans (J2EE), Design Patterns, Distributed Computing
Environment (DCE), Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) Web
Services, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), WebSphere (WAS/WBI/MQ)
Industries: Banking, Criminal Justice, Finance, Government (Federal & State), Health Care,
Non Profit, Retail, Telecommunications
Methodologies: Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Microsoft Solution Architecture,
Object Oriented Analysis and Design, Component Based Development,
Client/Server, Attack Tree Analysis
Operating Systems: UNIX, AIX, HP-UX, Linux, SUN Solaris, OS/390, z/OS, Windows NT/2000/XP
RDBMS: Access, dBase, Clipper, QuickSilver, Informix, Sybase, Oracle, UDB, DB2, SQL
Server
Shell Scripts AWK, Bourne, C, DOS, Korn, T

Professional Experience
2004-Present, IBM Corporation, Senior Solution Architect
IBM acquired Candle Corporation in June of 2004. The role assumed at Candle has continued into IBM.

1999-2004, Candle Corporation, Senior Solution Architect

The last five years were spent providing presales support for complex system architecture
recommendations, business development, and project management to the following companies: 21 st
Century Insurance, AFLAC, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida, Bureau of Prisons, Center for Medicaid &
Medicare Services (CMS), Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC), International Finance Corporation
(IFC), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Sallie Mae, Sears, Social Security
Administration (SSA), State of North Carolina, SunTrust, Total Systems (TSYS), US Customs, United
States Department of Agriculture (USDA), Vital Systems, Wal*Mart, and World Bank.

1989-1991, ASCOM/Timeplex, Inc., Network Product Specialist, Systems Analyst, Developer

Supervised diverse teams while developing custom software for Timeplex customers including Union
Carbide, Ford Motor Company, Johnson & Johnson, and Prudential-Bache.

1987-1989, Comtech Systems, Inc., Software Engineer

Designed and developed applications for numerous customers such as GTE information Services
(GTEIS), Conservco, and Lighthouse Motors. Highlighted projects included a master translator engine for
documentation, electronic dental forms processing system, EDI-based system for the exchange of
manufacturing and order data and the production of reports, electronic medical claims clearing system,
and an alarm processing system for a traffic data collection system.

1985-1987, ACE Beauty Company, Incorporated, Analyst Programmer

Sole full time information technology (IT) employee and the managing member of a four person team
responsible for developing an on-line point of sale and inventory tracking system that operated in sixteen
stores and the Company warehouse.
Education and Background
Ph.D., (ABT) Walden University, Applied Management and Decision Science - Information Systems
Management, 4.0 GPA (all but thesis, ABT, expected graduation in 2005)
M.B.A., (1999) Nova Southeastern University, School of Business and Entrepreneurship. Graduate with
Honors
Summer Program, (1997) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Data and Models: Theory and
Computer Practice
B.S., (1996) Nova Southeastern University, Professional Management, Graduated with Honors.
A.S, (1986). Saint Petersburg Junior College, Microcomputer Applications, Graduated with Honors, Phi
Theta Kappa Society
EE, (1983), United States Navy, Aviation Electronics Engineer, S-3A Plane Captain / Trouble-Shooter /
Final Checker, Plane Captain of the Month 1983

Additional Certifications and Training

 IBM Certified On Demand Business Solution Advisor
 IBM Certified e-Business Solution Designer
 IBM Certified e-Business Solution Technologist
 IBM Certified WebSphere MQ Solution Specialist
 IBM Trained J2EE, Java, Java Beans, Java Server Pages, and VisualAge
 IBM Trained WebSphere Application Server
 IBM Trained CICS, z/OS

Publications
2004, Using the Thread Pool Funnel to Optimize WebSphere Application Server Performance,
WebSphere Journal, September, 26-28
2004, Attack Trees: It's a Jungle Out There. WebSphere Journal, February, 12-14.
2003, WebSphere Application Server and Database Performance Tuning, Part II. WebSphere
Developers Journal, June, 16-18.
2003, WebSphere Application Server and Database Performance Tuning, Part I. WebSphere Developers
Journal, May, 28-37.
2002, Best Practices for Better WebSphere Performance. WebSphere Advisor, Nov/Dec, 22-25.
2001, Component-Based Development with MQSeries Workflow. Business Integrator Journal, Summer,
22-26.
2001, Service Oriented Architecture: A Primer. EAI Journal, December, 32-35.

Copyrights
1994 BASE.Coat™, Maintenance coating software.
1992, Medico Mas®, A commercial physicians billing system. (English/Spanish)
1989, MedSoft III©, A commercial physicians billing system. (English/Spanish)

Awards
 National Registers Who’s Who in Executives and Professionals 2005 - 2006 edition
 IBM, Team of the Quarter for Federal CMS project in 4Qtr 2004
 Candle Corporation, Consulting and Services Contributor of the Quarter in 3Qtr 2002
 Candle Corporation, Consulting and Services Contributor of the Quarter in 3Qtr 2000
 Archdiocese of Newark Letter of Commendation from the Secretary of Development in 1998
 GTE IRON MAN award March 1995
 GTE IC Markets Team Award in November 1994.
 Titan Client/Server Technologies, Quest for Quality award December 1993.