Leveraging IT Frameworks to Pick the Right Tools and Solutions to Enterprise Challenges

Strategic Business and IT Planning Global Team Building and Leadership IT Platform, Technology and Framework Selection Project Management (PMP) Technology Roadmap Development Product Build or Buy Decisioning Outcome Selling

Product R&D, Launch and Management TOGAF Certified Architect Process Improvement and Frameworks Mentoring, Coaching and Training Cloud and Mobile Application Strategies Finance, Capital and P&L Management Solution Design and Service Delivery

Providing Strategic Direction and Leadership in Global Environments

GE Transportation, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                           2016 – 2017

GE Transportation is a $5B transportation and minding digital solutions company with 10,000 employees,

PRESALES ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS ARCHITECT

Brought on to provide technical and business expertise critical to driving sales of digital solutions, including Positive Train Control (PTC) to multimillion-dollar enterprises, Class 1 Railroads and Sea Ports. Served as trusted advisor and strategic liaison between customers’ C-suite, Executives, Directors, and IT with GE’s Sales, Product Management, Project Management and IT functions.

• Providing Thought Leadership: Created and realized the vision for a PTC Analytics Product and development of customer-centric solutions for automated inspections, real time telemetry of remote moving assets and port/yard logistics. Chaired the GE Transportation Architects Roundtable.
• Enhancing the Visibility of the Company and its Products: Published several very well received internal whitepapers and external sales collateral documents on Positive Train Control (PTC), Real time train data acquisition, onboard networks and onboard security.
• Improving Logistics Security: Served as focal point for cybersecurity initiatives for GE Transportation customers. Secured $3M security implementation deal for onboard systems at North American Class 1 Railroad.

Norfolk Southern, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                              2009 – 2011

Norfolk Southern is a $24B national freight transportation company with 30,000 employees.

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Retained in a consulting capacity working under the auspices of TEKsystems Inc. Drove development and implementation of a strategy for managing all new mobile computing assets for an industry-critical project.

• Providing Strategic Leadership Leveraging the Latest Advances in Technology: Developed corporate strategy for implementing cloud solutions, mobile application development, and mobile device management. Developed solution strategies for Positive Train Control (PTC) that mandates constant safety control of trains moving around the country in the event of operator failure.
• Architecting Strategic Initiatives Scalable to the Enterprise: Developed architectural designs for medium projects to multibillion-dollar programs focused on extending silo solutions to the full enterprise. Developed architectural frameworks, templates and standards for Enterprise Architecture team.
• Promoting Accountability for the Success of IT: Designed and implemented the first IT Departmental Performance Metrics program. Designed reference architectures, data models, patterns and SOA designs modeling the real-time state of the railroad using the TIBCO suite.

Niche Video Media LLC, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                               2012 – 2016

Niche Video Media is an internet start-up Video Content Delivery Management company.

CHIEF CUSTOMER OFFICER | CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER

Cofounded the company. Provided early leadership in the design and implementation of a viable product, as well as business and marketing strategies required to drive sales.

• Providing Strategic Leadership that Ensures Viability and Drives Growth: Developed and implemented the company’s Product Roadmap, Technology Roadmap, Market Messaging, Research and Development, Customer Relations and Product Sales Strategy. Crafted business plan and secured initial angel investment to fund operations for more than a year.
• Driving Growth: Grew the paying customer base 1,800% in six months with an aggressive targeted online marketing campaign.
• Improving the Customer Experience on a Global Basis: Effectively managed on and offshore User Experience, R&D and Marketing teams, and vendors supporting customers in 10 countries and 5 continents, while serving as the primary interface between the customer and the company.

Home Expo Gallery LLC, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                               2008 – 2012

Home Expo Gallery is a $7M commercial real estate company.

CHIEF INFORMATION OFFICER

Brought on to create an attractive “homegrown” website replacing an ineffective third-party website. Managed all technical infrastructure and internal staff: network, hardware, software, VoIP. Responsibly managed the IT P&L.

• Empowering Ownership to Play a Strategic Role: Freed owners to focus on growing the company’s customer base, as well as its top and bottom line by managing all websites, blogs, marketing materials, SEO and print/online ad campaigns. Created interfaces with several external web service vendors.
• Driving Change that Dramatically Improves Performance: Created website and marketing campaign that generated an 8x revenue increase and achieved $6M in listing value contracts within six weeks after launch, while replacing a site that had not delivered a single lead for two years.
• Providing Strategic Leadership that Drives Global Expansion: Partnered with owners to redesign the business plan for international operations.

D&H Distributing, Harrisburg, PA                                                                                                                                           2008 – 2009

D&H Distributing is a $4B National Consumer Goods Distribution Company.

ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT

Conducted data analysis and modeling. Dramatically improved the quality and capabilities of databases utilized to cost-effectively determine price points for all products distributed by the company. Enhanced database standards and procedures, while transforming current databases into ones compatible with full n-tier separation of logic.

• Improving Database Performance, Integrity, Availability and Reliability: Evaluated and integrated tools for improving productivity of developers. Continually enhanced Java-based in-memory database supporting tens-of-millions of complex, dynamic pricing calculations per day. Proactively trained and mentored developers in database management techniques.

Earthlink, Atlanta, GA                                                                                                                                                              2004 – 2008

Earthlink was a $1B National Internet Company.

PRINCIPAL (ENTERPRISE) ARCHITECT, 2006 – 2008

Promoted to provide virtual leadership and direction to a group of four architects across organizational boundaries, while mentoring a global team of >80 developers and leading the efforts of the Triage and Diagnosis Specialists comprising a portion of the company’s System Outage Emergency Response team.

• Providing Exemplary Team Leadership and Project Management: Served as ‘Virtual’ team lead of a Business Analysis group. Managed design and development phases of SDLC Process Improvement projects across a department of 110 people, seven languages and three database types. Led Municipal Wi-Fi OSS project from concept to launch in only six months. Implemented entire new application, and several new system and vendor integrations.
• Planning Strategically: Partnered with the Business Unit Product Managers on roadmap development and implementation planning.
• Optimizing Transaction Processing: Architected and designed critical application components, major systems, and integrations of Java and Progress systems that scale to tens of millions of business transactions per day on ~3 terabyte databases.

STAFF ARCHITECT, MIS, 2004 – 2006

Joined the company and served as its first formal architect committed to improving the performance of the development organization. Served as a Change Agent bringing order to chaos. Drove creation and adoption of standards and best practices by the development organization.

• Improving the Customer Experience through Systems Integration: Integrated business (OSS) systems for sales, billing, rating, mediation, fulfillment and provisioning, with infrastructure systems (call flow, AAA, Radius) to provide real-time interaction on systems scaled to handle six million customers and tens-of-millions of logins/authentications per day.
• Setting the Foundation for a High-Performance Development Organization: Developed and enforced coding standards, while introducing new tools and technologies that optimized development performance.
• Bringing New Products to Market: Planned and directed the development and launch of two VoIP products, integrating OSS systems with voice infrastructure systems. Guided the efforts of >80 professionals that launched both products ahead of aggressive schedules.

CAREER NOTES

Early career success as Computer Programmer, US Army; Branch Development Manager, Software Solutions Unlimited; Senior Developer | Development Lead, Washington Schools Information Processing; Senior Developer | Team Lead, Advanced Technology Labs; Senior Developer | Database Administrator, Medtronic Physio-Control, and as President | Founder, Techsmiths Inc.

Education, Certifications and Professional Development

Executive MBA, Georgia State University (3.96 GPA, 2012) BSIT with honors, University of Phoenix (4.0 GPA, 2009)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS), SQLServer 2008 implementation, 6/2010 | The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF 8 Certified), 5/2009 | Sun Certified Java Programmer (SCJP), 4/2008 | Six Sigma Green Belt, Villanova University, 12/2007 | Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification, 12/2007 – 12/2014 | Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) 1.2, August 2007 | Toastmasters Advanced Communicator Bronze and Advanced Leader Bronze, 2006 – 2007 | Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) ITSM Practitioner Certification, 2006 | Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL); Foundation Certification, 2005