Saurabh Paliwal **** Marathon Terrace Apt. ***

acd1cl@r.postjobfree.com Gaithersburg, MD 20878

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Professional Profile

Highly accomplished senior manager with 17 years of experience in information technology. Expertise includes

Technology Strategy, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Wide Architecture, Business Process

Management (BPM), Operation Decision Management (ODM), Enterprise Mobility Services, Analytics, and

Cloud Computing. Effective communicator providing leadership both strategically and tactically. Trusted advisor

to CIOs, CTOs, and Director level executives with an ability to form strong IT partnerships and relationships.

Proven track record in providing thought leadership and architectural guidance to complex multi-million dollars IT

programs, conducting SOA maturity assessments, and establishing Center of Excellence (CoE) for large

business transformation programs. Extensive experience with various software development methodologies

such as Waterfall, Agile, SCRUM, and RUP. Support sales and partner teams on SOWs, proposals, proposal

reviews, pre-sales opportunities, and risk reviews. Responsible for managing and directing trans-atlantic teams

(based in Brazil, Canada, China, India, and Israel) of up to 50 people. Creator of IBM SOA framework.

Contributing author to IBM’s Cloud Computing Reference Architecture. Inventor of a lean method --based on

Sigmoid (S) curve statistical principle-- to track program schedule and budget. Consulting experience spans a

wide range of industries, such as manufacturing, banking, retail, telecom, life-sciences, public sector, and

federal government.

Experience and Employment

Oct. 2012 – Present: Avnet Technology Solutions (Practice Development/Enterprise Architecture/Pre-Sales)

Aug. 2000 – Oct. 2012: IBM Corporation (Enterprise Architecture/Solution Sales/Program Management)

Jul. 1997 – Aug. 2000: Tata Consultancy Services (System Engineering/Software Quality Assurance)

Chief Architect (November 2012 – Current)

Biomet Signature Operating System (BiometOS), Biomet Corporation, Warsaw IN

• Nationally featured architect manager at Avnet with oversight and leadership responsibilities on multiple

concurrent engagements. Currently Chief Architect for BiometOS project (largest engagement within Avnet

Services) with overarching responsibilities for end to end technical architecture, running quick win pilots, IT

governance, and conducting process discovery workshops with the business. Single-handedly transformed

this account from a short one person advisory engagement to a $5M complex integration engagement. Lead

a team of 30 architects and engineers to create a custom signature guide solution which integrates multiple

vendor solutions from DICOM processing (MRI, X-Ray, CT), segmentation, planning, surgeon approval, and

guide design to manufacturing. The system will allow Biomet to increase volume from 2000 cases/month to

10,000 cases/month, decrease cycle time from 4 weeks to 1 week or less, provide metrics to enable data

driven process improvements - including analytics, alerts, and monthly reporting. The tools and technologies

used on the project are IBM BPM V8.0 (Lombardi Heritage), WebSphere Portal Server V8.0 (JSR 286

portlets) with Dojo Toolkit 1.7, WebSphere Application Server V8.0, Tivoli Directory Server (LDAP) V6.3,

DB2 V10.1, Rational Software Architect (RSA) V8.5.1, Rational Team Concert (RTC - IBM Jazz Platform)

V4.0, Filenet with Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) V1.0, BPMN 2.0, UML, Spring 3.0

MVC Framework, Apache Velocity 1.6, Apache Chemistry 0.9, Java EE 6, EJB 3.1, JPA 2.0, and REST. In

addition to Biomet, current engagement portfolio responsibilities include advising CIO of Sig Sauer in

establishing BPM CoE, and counseling IT Leadership at Costco with their integration architecture roadmap.

Additional internal responsibilities include building new practice areas in high growth markets, strategic

planning, resource acquisition, technical sales, complex architectures, capacity planning, project estimation

and staffing.

Enterprise Architecture Program Manager (May 2012 – October 2012)

Information Technology Application Services (ITAS) Program, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Washington D.C.

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• Technical leader and member of the steering committee for the $40M/Year FDIC ITAS program. Served as

Enterprise Architecture (EA) liaison between FDIC Deputy CIO, EA Board, and larger IBM team. Directed

and managed the modernization of approximately 150 different legacy applications in the ITAS Program

portfolio to support the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. Led various

infrastructure stability improvement projects for scaling middle-tier to meet the demand caused by 2009 U.S.

financial crisis. Provided leadership in delivering and implementing the next generation Web 2.0 based

application development framework using JavaScript, JQuery, Backbone, Underscore, and REST.

Chief Architect (Mar 2011 – April 2012)

IBM Clinical Cloud, Washington D.C.

• Responsible for the vision, strategy, and implementation of a multi-tenant, multi-services based IBM Clinical

Cloud solution. The cloud supports end-to-end clinical research and development from first-in-human to last

regulatory approval. Multitude of responsibilities including promoting solution in the industry, identifying new

market opportunities with sales team, and building pricing models in collaboration with internal strategy

team. Technical responsibilities included directing a globally distributed team of architects to design the

cloud security framework, supervising implementation of highly available portal farm on IBM Smart Cloud

Enterprise (SCE), creating clinical operational data warehouse, and driving the cloud’s integration with

provisioning and metering tools. Technologies used were Tivoli Directory Server (LDAP), Tivoli Access

Manager (TAM), Tivoli Identity Manager (TIM), and Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM), IBM

WebSphere Portal V 7.0, Spring 3.0 MVC framework, JSR 286 portlets, Hibernate 3.2.2, DB2 9.0, Direct

Web Remoting (DWR), and Spring Batch 3.0 (ETL framework).

Lead Architect and Advisor to the CTO (Feb 2008 – Feb 2011)

Unemployment Compensation Modernization Program, Department of Labor and Industry,

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg PA

• Trusted advisor to CTO on $109 million unemployment compensation modernization program for State of

Pennsylvania. My work directly impacted ~100 people on the project and enabled the state to increase the

level of service to the public in support of Tax and Benefits program. Managed application scope and system

development. Advised PMO with budget and staffing. Established program’s SOA CoE and directed SOA

governance, production of UML based design models, business process models, and services discovery

using IBM Service Oriented Architecture and Modeling (SOMA) method. Led focus teams to institute an

effective component integration test procedure and improve defect resolution process, resulting in significant

savings for IBM. Created enterprise security architecture. Implemented a technology framework (Common

Technology Enablers (CTE) Runtime Services), which resulted in savings of approximately $2M in

development cost (CTE is now a global IBM asset and is used on engagements around the world).

Conceptualized a custom entitlement engine for the application. Designed an innovative Inter Portlet

Communication framework for JSR168 portlets. Responsible for SOA solution design using IBM’s

PanDOORA architecture, WebSphere Process Server 6.1.2, BPEL, Human Task, Web Services, EJB, JSR

168 portlets, Corticon Rules Engine 4.1(1.0) - b1039, Hibernate 3.2.2, Common Base Event (CBE),

Aqualogic Portal Server (Oracle WebCenter Portal 10.3.0.1), WebSphere Application Server 6.1.0.27,

Adobe – Central Pro 5.6 and Adobe LiveCycle ES 8.2.

Architect Manager (Jan 2007 – Feb 2008)

4G WiMAX Portal (Xohm), Sprint-Nextel, Herndon VA

• Led a 50 member cross-organization (IBM, Sprint, Amdocs, & Frog Design) team based in U.S and Israel,

and spearheaded the scoping and architectural efforts for Xohm, Sprint-Nextel’s 4G WiMAX Portal Centric

Service Delivery Platform. It is the fastest fully mobile wireless broadband network in the continental US and

supports a variety of innovative revenue generating services such as a virtual digital locker, SAML based

integration with Google and other service providers for communication and collaboration services. My role

was wide-encompassing and went from planning and defining scope to execution. Created reference

service provider portlet implementation for Sprint- Nextel’s business partners. Designed and developed

portal’s logging framework using AspectJ and log4J, and event generation framework using JMX. Introduced

and implemented SCRUM agile development model for rapid assembly and deploy, bringing schedule and

budget in control. Authored detailed design and testing approach documents (Chapters) using SCRUM

methodology for development and testing of portal components. The tools, technologies, and methodology

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used were Rational Software Architect, Java, JMX, JSR168 Portlets, Web Services, XML, XSL/XSLT,

AspectJ, log4J, AJAX, JSON (Java Script Object Notation), DWR (Direct Web Remoting), and Scrum

methodology for agile software development.

Integration Architect (Nov 2005 – Jan 2007)

Point of Sale Modernization, Circuit City Stores Inc, Richmond VA

• Planned enterprise integration efforts for Circuit City Stores Inc. and led off-shore resources at IBM Brazil to

transform company’s point of sale system and other in-store technology. Designed and developed

components of Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) based on SOA/Web Services, WebSphere MQ, and Message

Broker. Supported the project during defect resolution and go live stage. Mentored the offshore team in

Brazil. Enhanced application’s logging by using Aspect Oriented programming with AspectJ. The tools and

technologies used were SOA/Web Services, Java, XML, XSL/XSLT, AspectJ, WebSphere Studio Application

Developer (WSAD - Integration Edition), Rational Software Architect (RSA), WebSphere MQ, WebSphere

Business Integrator (WBI) and DB2.

Project Lead (Mar 2005 – Nov 2005)

Premium Services Infrastructure (PSI), Sprint Corporation, Overland Park KS

• Implemented a solution based on IBM’s Service Provider Delivery Excellence (SPDE) Architecture to

enhance discovery, purchase, and management of premium content for company’s wireless customers,

creating largest mobile portal based digital media vending machine in the world. PSI supports 25 million

users and 200,000 premium content purchases a day. Managed development and application scope.

Designed portlets for sending the content as a gift and telling a friend about content. Designed and

developed a portlet service which encapsulates the business process. Developed layouts for xDIME pages.

Configured and administered portal server. The technology and tools that were used are J2EE, Portlets,

Struts, xDIME, WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 5.1.2, WebSphere Application Server 5.0,

WepSphere Portal Server 5.0.2, and WebSphere Everyplace Mobile Portal (WEMP) 5.0.2.

Project Lead (Feb 2004 – Mar 2005)

Mobile Wireless Portal, Sprint Corporation, Overland Park KS

• Successfully led 3G Mobile Portal project at Sprint, delivering a reference worthy implementation of IBM’s

SPDE (Service Provider Delivery Excellence) architecture. The portal hosts the wireless web landing page

for company’s hand held devices and renders time sensitive, localized and customized content to variety of

devices. Designed and developed data access layer using Hibernate 2.0, content management utility using

Castor data binding framework, and portlets to display weather and dialing codes information. Developed

themes and skins for the portal. The technology, framework, and tools that were used are J2EE, Portlets,

xDIME, Struts, Hibernate, Castor, Oracle, WebSphere Studio Application Developer (WSAD) 5.1.2,

WebSphere Application Server 5.0, WepSphere Portal Server 5.0.2, and WebSphere Everyplace Mobile

Portal (WEMP) 5.0.2.

Onsite Coordinator (Mar 2002 – Jan 2004)

eProcurement Integration, WorldWide Retail Exchange, Alexandria VA

• Implemented eProcurement integration solution for the exchange. The solution enabled the members of the

exchange to do business electronically. Installed WebSphere MQ, WebSphere Business Integrator (WBI),

WebSphere Application Server 3.5, and LDAP Server. Created and Configured WebSphere MQ objects.

Designed, developed, and deployed WBI message flows. Administered WebSphere MQ and WBI.

Developed and executed plan for offshore knowledge transition. Facilitated round the clock support for the

application. The technologies used were WebSphere MQ, WBI, WebSphere Application Server 3.5, Java,

JSPs, Servlets, XML, DB2 and IBM Secure Way Directory Server (LDAP).

Consultant (Jan 2002 - Mar 2002)

CPFR – Syncra Migration, WorldWide Retail Exchange, Alexandria VA

• Facilitated the migration of ‘Collaborative, Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR)’ application

from an i2 product to Syncra XT. Analyzed and mapped data. Developed the programs for data migration.

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Proposed and documented possible approaches for building the application in cluster. Made

recommendation for performance tuning.

Lead Tester (Sept 2001 – Dec 2001)

WWRE EZ Market, WorldWide Retail Exchange, Alexandria VA

• Planned and led functional testing of exchange’s auction application. Developed and customized the

automated test scripts for functional testing using IBM Rational Robot V 2003.

Lead Developer (Dec 2000 – Aug 2001)

Global New Accounts (GNA), American Express, Phoenix AZ

• Implemented web enablement of legacy system used to process application for new credit cards. Designed

the service framework. Developed EJBs to model mainframe transactions. Designed and developed the

caching mechanism. Developed WebSphere MQ connection utility using Java API for MQSeries. Designed

and developed the factory class. Led team of developers. The technology and tools that were used are

Java, EJBs, Servlets, Java Script, XML, WebSphere MQ(MQSeries), WebSphere Application Server 3.5 and

Visual Age for Java 3.5.

Developer (Sep 2000 – Nov 2000)

Shop Amex, American Express, Phoenix AZ

• Performed change impact analysis for a search engine for shop amex application. Developed business

components, request handlers, java beans and JSPs. The tools used were WebSphere Application Server,

Java, JSP, Servlets and XML.

Onsite Coordinator/Project Leader (Dec 1998 – Aug 2000)

Internet Order Management System, GE Plastics, The Netherlands

• Led efforts to implement an Order Management/Execution System. Collected and analyzed requirements.

Developed EJBs, JSPs and Servlets. Developed an order cart using stateful session bean, a stateless

session bean to send copy of order by email, and an entity bean to model customers. Developed a utility to

connect to LDAP and authenticate users. Internationalized the application in five European languages.

Developed a GUI utility to modify user data in LDAP. Developed queries and stored procedures. Interfaced

between the client and development team. The technology and tools user were Java, Servlets, EJBs, JSP,

JavaScript, LDAP, Oracle, Netscape Application Server 4.0, Netscape Enterprise Server, Netscape Directory

Server.

Auditor (Sep 1997 – Nov 1998)

Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG)

Tata Consultancy Services, Mumbai, India

• Audited projects for compliance to quality control process. Conducted Project Management Reviews.

Member of the lead assessment team for Software Engineering Institute’s (SEI’s) Capability Maturity Model

(CMM) Level 5 assessment.

Education

• Bachelor of Engineering (Honors) from National Institute of Technology, Surat, India. (1997)

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