FARRID ZEIGHAMI

Irvine, CA ***** acfx0n@r.postjobfree.com 626-***-****

SUMMARY

Accomplished Information Management expert with over 20 years’ experience directing and evolving the business

information architecture for large complex organizations by integrating business strategies, objectives, technology

portfolio, best practices and tools. Strong team builder with a diverse technical and management experience.

Proven ability to promote ideas and gain support for cross organizational initiatives.

SPECIALITIES

Strategic and tactical planning improve business processes

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Enterprise information management expert evolve business information architecture

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Technology management Enterprise Architecture, Enterprise Application Integration, SOA

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Relationship management highly matrixed organizations, vendor management

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Project governance project, program and client management

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Organizational management proven leader & team builder

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Software architecture modeling (e.g., RUP, Agile, UML)

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Southern California Edison – Irwindale, CA 1/2009 – Present

Project / Program Lead

Currently, leading an on shore and off shore team responsible for data cleansing, Master Data Management and

all related application integration and workflow processes. During my tenure at SCE I have:

• Provided architectural leadership on large, complex solution development, system integration and package

based implementations.

• Collaborated with business units and technical teams to determine the requirements needed to support

current and future business needs.

• Organized and led business process and requirements JAD sessions with clients from various business

units.

• Provide customized project management models to ensure effective delivery of program goals.

• Developed functional and technical user requirements and specifications.

• Managed stakeholder alignment and issue resolution using sophisticated executive influence skills

• Developed conceptual and logical systems related hardware or software designs.

• Developed detailed specifications and provided leadership and mentoring to developers, system engineers

and consultants.

• Led the integration and data modeling activities ensuring alignment across architecture disciplines,

including business, information, application, security, and infrastructure.

• Developed key inputs for data standardization and data delivery mechanism.

• Implemented and standardized on internal and external cloud technologies(SaaS, PaaS where and when

possible to reduce the overall deployment and maintenance costs, while ensuring data security.

• Prepared capital, schedule, and human resource estimates.

Toyota Financial Services – Torrance, CA 9/2008 – 12/2008

Enterprise Architect

Provided leadership on requirements elicitation for custom web and packaged applications.

• Led the software design and analysis efforts for the enterprise applications.

Led the development and evolution of architecture standards, guidelines and reference architectures.

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Analyzed and evaluated hardware, software, tools and related processes required to support proposed

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solutions and security standards.

Modeled business and technical process flows based on BPMN modeling notations and associated tools.

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Downey Savings and Loan – Newport Beach, CA 11/2006 – 6/2008

Principal Enterprise Architect

Managed a team of architects and software developers to gather and analyze requirements and develop high

level architecture for enterprise wide initiatives.

• Managed a portfolio of applications ensuring a high quality of service to our clients.

• Developed strategic direction, priorities and needs analysis, as well as designing and facilitating IT based

solutions to meet those needs.

• Designed integration architecture plans for major projects, to automate the end to end business processes.

• Developed high level solution architecture, use cases, functional specifications and logical diagrams.

• Led the design and planning initiatives for the Wire Transfer project.

• Led the design and planning initiatives for the Appraisal Automation system.

• Modeled "AS IS" and "To BE" Process flows in collaboration with the business units.

• Defined semantic message specifications to support B2B data communications.

• Analyzed and evaluated hardware, software, tools and related processes required to support proposed

solutions.

• Prepared capital, schedule, and human resource estimates.

Kaiser Permanente (KPIT – SD&C) – Pasadena, CA 6/2005 11/2006

Senior Solutions Consultant

Partnered with business and IT teams within KP to develop roadmaps and solution architecture for complex

projects, ensuring both quality and cost efficiency.

• Developed SOA based designs to integrate Kaiser’s backend membership systems with Salesforce.com.

• Led the backend integration initiative for a national IVR project.

• Prepared, presented and collaborated on all required deliverables with the solutions project team

• Analyzed and evaluated hardware, software, tools and related processes required to support proposed

solutions.

• Facilitated JAD sessions to elicit "as is" and "to be" business processes.

• Developed high level solution architecture, functional specifications, and logical diagrams.

• Developed alternative design solutions and designed high level network models utilizing Ouellette business

requirements framework.

Experian, INC. – Costa Mesa, CA 7/2001 – 6/2005

Senior Enterprise Architect

Responsible for promotion, coordination and adoption of Enterprise Application Integration (EAI) strategy and

standards within the company.

Implemented an overall technical architecture for the e business processes using EAI software packages by

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WebMethods and IBM MQ, to gain instant access to live data and produce constructive on line reports for

senior management and financial analysts within company

• Designed and managed the development of a large scale scanning and imaging initiative with automated

business processes and backend integration with CRM and ERP systems.

• Managed the entire development life cycle of the B2B/partner connectivity projects as well as its integration

with our internal systems.

• Analyzed technology industry and market trends and determine potential impact upon the enterprise and its

associated infrastructure.

• Analyzed business processes/requirements and generated detailed design specifications.

• Developed ROI models and business cases to help with cost justification and final approval of projects.

• Implemented operational process improvements.

• Coached and mentored team members to excel within their areas of expertise.

• Provided project status and recommendations to executive management.

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Rockwell / CONEXANT SYSTEMS, INC. – Newport Beach, CA 8/1996 6/2001

Manager of Intranet Systems

I managed a team of solutions architects to automate solutions for manufacturing environment.

• Developed detailed architectural designs and provided technical leadership and mentoring for the Intranet

Systems Group, which allowed the group to consistently complete projects on time or ahead of schedule.

• Handled all procurement, staffing, budgetary requirements, and interface with business and operations

groups to ensure project alignment.

• Furnished detailed designs and implemented web sites for internal and external customers using JSP, ASP,

Oracle and MS SQL technologies, resulting in improved communications and successful execution of B2C and

B2E strategies.

• Developed an overall technical architecture for the e business processes and assisted with implementation of

a middleware package (Tibco), to gain instant access to live data and produce constructive reports for senior

management and financial analysts within company.

• Worked with vendors to develop and cultivate new technology vendor relationships and determine those that

best met corporate needs to stay current with ever changing technological developments and to provide

technology planning and direction.

• Planned and coordinated enterprise wide Y2K system and application compliance projects, which resulted in

improved systems performance and zero Y2K related downtime.

• Developed detailed application, server and network plans for global infrastructure to support worldwide

customer base.

EDUCATION

• Master of Science CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Long Beach, CA

Computer Engineering; January 1991

Bachelor of Science CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, Fullerton, CA

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Computer Science, with minor in Math; January 1987

CERTIFICATION

Six Sigma Black Belt University of California, Irvine

June, 2013

PMP Certification University of California, Irvine

In progress

AWARDS

Winner of 2014 Oracle Spatial and Graph Excellence Award for deployment of a very large production

system that harnesses Oracle's enterprise features such as advanced Oracle Spatial data types and models, to

achieve scalability and serving large numbers of internal users.

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