Manager Engineer
Resume:
[pic]Software Services
[pic] Matthew L. Skamser
(Active Top Secret SSBI government security clearance)
**** *. ******* **, ******, AZ 85742
abmk5a@r.postjobfree.com
Technical summary
Took over a struggling project, the Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), an
Air Force ELSG 754th SOA (Services Oriented Architecture) project in
GCSS (Global Combat Support Systems), as the Lead Software Engineer.
Advanced the project from 25 application feeds on approximately 24
servers to 140 application feeds on 46 servers while training and
leading three new Engineers (Nov06-Jan10).
Consultant to various Fortune 100 customers, advising to Middleware
and Services Oriented Architecture (SOA) implementations, emerging
technologies, business strategies and products that would enhance
customer satisfaction, return on investment (ROI) and reduce the
overall server and infrastructure footprint and subsequently reduce
costs.
Solved IBM Account "troubled account status" through intense research
and testing to implement performance-tuning enhancements for our
WebSphere n-tier server environment (Front-end reverse Proxy/HTTP
Server/WAS Plugin/AppServer/IHS/Connection Pooling/DB2) across our
entire server environment leading to a drastic reduction in outages
and a tremendous increase in application throughput. (IBM Bravo
Excellence Award - Dec03). Migrated dedicated server environments (18
servers) for IBM Customer Connect Application from WebSphere V3.5 to
4.0.6, and from 4.0.6 to 5.1 (2nd IBM Bravo Excellence Award - Aug04).
Technical Author and Trainer.
Professional experience
100% Travel Software Consultant for IBM under various Business
Partners from May 2006-January 2010 with proven expertise in Services
Oriented Architecture (SOA), Enterprise Application Integration
(EAI), Business Process Management (BPM), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Design and Implementation, Enterprise Architecture, Metastorm
Integration Manager (PM4Data) and WebSphere Application Server
Administration expert. IBM regular employee from January 2001-August
2005.
IBM Software Consultant through NewGen Technologies
Title: Lead Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)/Service Oriented
Architecture (SOA) Consultant, Air Force - GCSS, Montgomery, AL
Date: 11/06-01/10
Project Description: GCSS (Global Combat Support Systems)
application integration and support
Role: Pre-deployment architecture solutions. Application
installation, configuration, and troubleshooting of various
application data feeds through the Enterprise Service Bus
server/software infrastructure
Accomplishments:
Single-handedly remotely deployed and supported over 120
applications spanning three different geographic locations
(Montgomery, Ogden, Dayton)
GCSS (Global Combat Support Systems) Advisor to Senior
Engineer for DEAMS (Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management
Systems) application, largest Air Force application. Designed
custom solutions to solve problems for immediate deployment needs
including writing custom scripts.
Built 6 environments from the ground up including
WebSphere MQV6, WebSphere MQ Integration Message Broker, PM4Data
(Metastorm Integration Manager), FTP Push Adapter, etc. on various
OS platforms; RHEL (Red Had Enterprise Linux), UNIX-Solaris, and
Windows (22 servers). Total footprint, 50+ servers, including
Tivoli Access Manager and IBM DataPower.
Led major application migration from ESB 2.2 to ESB 3.1
(over 40 applications)
Fully trained three ESB (Enterprise Service Bus) Engineers
in all aspects of our ESB environment
Solutions were architected and implemented to save time
and money such as custom scripts for monitoring processes, queues,
and filesystems as well as running weekly Queue Manager backups and
defining shared installation and support procedures.
Studio B, New York, NY (www.studiob.com)
Title: Technical Author - remote
Date: 06/07-09/07
Role: Create and submit project proposals, create unique content and
architectural graphs to support the goals of the accepted proposal.
Submit, publish, and support specific areas of expertise; UNIX, SOA,
ESB, MQ, Tomcat, Web Application Administration.
Accomplishments:
Authored and published IBM DeveloperWorks articles on the
following: "Install and configure a development Web server in
UNIX" (15Jul08- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/au-dw-au-
webdevserver-i.html), "Expand the Capabilities of your Tomcat Web
Server" (16Sept08- http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/au-dw-au-
expandtomcat-i.html, and "The importance of UNIX in SOA
environments" (05Aug08-
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-unixinsoa/)
IBM Software Consultant (Unity Software Systems, various assignments)
Title: Carey International, Frederick, MD/Washington, D.C.
Date: 08/06-09/06
Accomplishments:
Advised to and implemented Best Practice architectural
solutions in their web server environment.
Designed custom performance tuning tools/procedures
Trained their primary WebSphere resource in advanced
server administration/troubleshooting/performance tuning
techniques.
Title: WorldBank, Washington, D.C.
Date: 7/06
Accomplishments:
Advised Senior IT Manager on suggested architecture and
action plan to proceed with regarding an IBM Proxy server
performance and architectural issue
Title: State Street Bank, Boston, MA
Date: 05/06
Accomplishments:
Designed a solution to tune all aspects of the java heap
performance for WebSphere JVM, V5/V6 for a main securities
production application, one of the largest securities trading
WebSphere applications in the world. This was in response to
production outages due to memory leaks/tuning parameters.
IBM Global Services -- WebSphere Consultant/Web Administrator
Advisory IT Specialist
WebSphere Consultant-Web
Administrator
January
2001 to August 2005
International Business Machines, Inc.
IBM Global Services, Global Web Architecture, Tucson, Arizona
24x7 remote administration including Troubleshooting and
Root Cause analysis on shared and dedicated systems for over 350
different applications in IBM's Service Delivery Center West,
including very high visibility income generating websites and
internal IBM web tools, including; eSupport, ILC, PWSW, ICC, etc.
Primary Deployment Architect for ICC (IBM Customer
Connect), an e-Business portal handling in excess of $2B annually.
Patent application; "WAS 5 Deployment Tool"
Four months dedicated Architecture and Deployment support
of Partnerworld Commerce Servers (IBM Account eBusiness
application): out-of-profile server environment (20+ servers ND,
WTE, IHS, WAS, DB2), $10B annual revenue.
Pioneered WebSphereV4 deployment processes and procedures
for the Global Web Architecture Project Office that are implemented
as standards across all four IBM Global Services SDCs (Service
Delivery Centers).
Designated trainer for WebSphere processes, standards, and
new technologies for cross-site, cross-competency GWA technical
teams in Boulder and Tucson.
Professional certifications
IBM Certified Systems Expert- IBM WebSphere Application
Server V5.0, Multiplatform Administration
IBM Certified Systems Expert- Administration for IBM
WebSphere Application Server Advanced Edition, V4.0
Education
Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ -- BSBA,
Computer Information Systems (cum laude, 3yr degree program)
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