Steven D Wright
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28 years hands-on experience in all aspects of the Information Technology.
S UMMARY
Skilled in Data Architecture, Data Warehousing, Transaction Processing,
Knowledge Representation, Ontology, Metadata Repositories, Enterprise
Integration, Performance Tuning, Storage Systems, Project Management,
Methodologies, Requirements Analysis, UML, XML, Executive Information
Systems, B2B Marketplaces, Business Intelligence.
S OFTWARE Oracle (15yrs), IBM DB2, SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, DB/Studio, ERwin (15yrs),
XML Schema, UML, Rational XDE, Rational Rose, Together Command Center, Java,
Visual Studio, .NET, C#, Visual Basic, C, COBOL (5yrs), FORTRAN (5yrs), PL/1,
PostScript, and several assemblers, LDAP, Sun Identity Server, SQL, JDBC, SQLJ,
Paradox, Forest & Trees, CaliberRM, Crystal Reports, Documentum, OpenText, eRoom,
Lotus Notes, UNIX, Windows, TSO, DOS/VM, TCP/IP, MS Office VBA, Access,
Project, Groupware, PM and CASE tools. Familiar with: Application Express (APEX),
EJB, Magic, Pascal, LISP, APL, Forth, dBase, R:Base, QBE, Focus, Informix, DBArtisan,
FOCAL, EDX, PAL III, BL/1, S, ViewPoint, CASE 2000, ALGOL, PL/M, OLE, DDE,
DMTF, WBEM, SMARTS, CIM, ACORD, HL7.
O BJECTIVE Lead Design & Delivery role in Enterprise Data Architecture & Modeling, Data
Warehousing, Database Tuning, Integrated Supply Chains, Knowledge Management or
Medical Informatics. Full-time, or long-term part-time DBA Maintenance Contract.
A SSOCIATIONS Mensa.
E XPERIENCE
Genalytics, Andover, MA
5/23/05 -
present
Lead Data Architect & DBA
Responsible for several multi-terabyte databases of every person in the U.S. using genetic algorithms for
predictive analytics & target marketing. Logical & physical schema design, selection & configuration of storage
arrays, recovery & upgrades, and database & application performance tuning. Built Metadata Repository.
Tools: Oracle 9i & 10g ASM, XDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Statspack, Java Stored Procedures, Application
Express (APEX), Regular Expression & Advanced Analytic SQL Functions, CASS, DPV, MDM.
Knowledge Management, Bradford, MA
8/12/02
5/22/05
Free Agent Contractor, Senior Data Architect, Chief Knowledge Officer
See
Gun-for-hire providing Data Architecture Design, Implementation & Tuning Services in short-to-long term
contracts
contracts. Contract history to follow
below
McKesson Health Solutions, Newton, MA
contract
11/29/04
Lead Data Architect
- 4/8/05
Technical Team Lead for the development of an Ontology & Information Model covering the Medical Services
domain, including semantics, classification taxonomy & speech acts. Ontology used to generate first -pass UML
models, Web Services XML Schemas, Canonical Data Model, Semantic Web (OWL), Repository Metadata,
ETL & BI Metadata, and Sarbanes-Oxley PO2 requirements.
Lead Data Architect for the design of McKesson s Heath Data Repository unifying medical data across
applications, services and enterprises. System based on agile meta-model driven by Metadata Repository.
Tools involved: Prot g, ER/Studio, OWL, HL7 RIM, Ascential, SOA, Oracle10g, SQL Server, BPEL4WS.
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Phoenix Wealth Management, Hartford, CT
contract
10/18/04-
Enterprise Data Architect
11/12/04
Provided independent analysis of the impact and level of effort required to replace Policy Administration
System. Studied 31 impacted interfaces for level of ETL effort. Suggested technical architecture for batch and
real-time interfaces employing Service Oriented Architecture.
Provided the level of effort needed for the creation of a Canonical Data Model representing a fusion of
AdminServer DB, the ACORD Standard and Phoenix data requirements. Provided the level of effort needed
and technical architecture for an Operational Data Store.
Tools involved: ERwin, ACORD Standard, AdminServer, SeeBeyond, Cognos, SOA, DB2, SQL Server,
Software AG Tamino.
Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, MA
contract
4/1/04-
Enterprise Data Architect
10/1/04
Designing Enterprise Schema for Digital Publishing applications across 8 Divisions leading an EAI effort.
Documented current and future technology stacks. Integrated schema spans relational, content management and
XML stores and technology. Taxonomies, educational content life -cycles, knowledge representation, student
assessment, and psychometrics. Positioning company for the advent of the W3C Semantic Web.
Initiated and led an evaluation of tools to extend and scale Adobe InDesign & InCopy Creative Suite to
enterprise levels. Technologies: XMP, Woodwing SmartConnector, K -4, PlanSystem3, EMC Documentum.
Performed an internal audit of the company s Information Architecture in accordance with the Sarbanes -Oxley
Act using IT Governance Institute's Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (CobiT PO2).
Tools used: Documentum, Oracle 9i, SQL Server, Prot g, ERwin, KLEEN, Turbo XML, XMP, Brio,
VB.NET, C#, eclipse.
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Boston, MA
contract
12/1/03-
Sr. Data Architect
2/29/04
Responsible for LDAP schema & DIT design for the security migration from Netegrity s SiteMinder to Sun s
Identity Server on Directory Server. Created UML class diagrams of LDAP meta -schema, IETF RFC
objectClasses, Identity Server objectClasses, and Blue Cross objectClasses and DIT structure and relationships.
JPMorgan/American Century, Kansas City, MO
contract
7/8/03-
Software & Data Architect
9/25/03
Responsible for delivering the plans of a Data Center separation and move from the software and database
reengineering perspective. Total assets of $7.5 billion in various controlled funds. Reengineering must prepare
for 900% increase in scale and transfer from CA Advantage Gen to J2EE.
Coded proof-of-concept that SQL reengineering can prevent CPU upgrade, saving $1 -2 million.
Tools used: CA Advantage Gen (TI IEF, Cool:Gen), IBM DB2 UDB, ER/Studio, COBOL, WebSphere.
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TJX (TJMaxx, Home Goods, Marshalls), Westborough, MA
contract
6/4/03-
Database Tuning Expert
7/3/03
Brought in to solve extreme problems related to scalability and concurrency. By the third day instituted
adjustments that increased performance of a key query by 2,526% and improved performance of many other
database commands. By end of month every SQL command was reduced to sub -second execution. Typical
performance improvement was over 1,000% per query. Eliminated severe deadlocking issues.
Before moving on to next assignment provided client with a 25 -page document detailing lessons learned and
plans for further tuning of the database and recommendations for reengineering their application.
Tools used: IBM DB2 UDB v7.2, Lawson Accounts Payable, CA AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler.
Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), NYC & Buffalo, New York 14203
contract
8/12/02-
Data Warehousing Architect
4/14/03
Design and built a Financial Data Warehouse for Federal Regulatory Reporting and analysis of North American
Operations including the Caymans, Mexico, Canada, etc. (HSBC is the world s second largest bank.) Designed
to incorporate 43 separate transactional systems. This is N. America s first major data warehouse. Staging,
Historic ODS, Data Warehouse, and Regulatory Data Mart; federated configuration.
Design and built a Metadata Repository & custom-ETL facility for over 5,000 user-driven Business Rules.
Contract was extended 3 times beyond the initial design phase so I could drive the development and tuning
phases and 5-year design perspective. System was delivered on-time and per specifications.
Tools used: CA AllFusion ERwin Data Modeler, IBM DB2 UDB v7.2, DB2 Information Catalog, ETI*Extract,
Business Objects, FRS FiRE, Hyperion Enterprise, OS/390, RS6000, AIX, Unix script. Hierarchy bridge table
for organizational and historic transitive closure.
OneSource Information Services, 300 Baker Ave., Concord, Massachusetts
9/17/01-
5/17/02
Lead Information Architect
Information Architect, Compiled all schemas across the company, and designed the meta -models for new
metadata-driven software environment. Became familiar with ADO.NET s unique meta -model for
heterogeneous access over many data sources feeding disconnected DataSets. Designed Content Repository
employing entity-attribute-value triples and tuned the database for subsecond performance.
Team Lead, Led a team in the design of the compan y s new Data Dictionary and Content Repository with ETL
and taxonomic integration. Tools used: Visual Studio, Microsoft .Net Framework, C#, XML, UML, Visio,
Rational XDE, Erwin, Oracle8i, SQL Server 2000.
NaviSite, 400 Minuteman Rd., Andover, Massachusetts
2/26/01-
7/31/01
Chief Software Architect
Information Architect, Drove the design patterns and schema of new intellectual property for an Operations
Support System (OSS) with SNMP monitoring and automated application provisioning under variable demand
in a shared, dynamically scalable, high availability architecture. C#, .NET, ER/Studio, DBArtisan, SQL Server,
CISCO.
Enterprise Schema, Event Correlation & Workflow Architect, Researched A.I. algorithms used in root-
cause fault analysis, and technologies used in emergency workflow and workforce management over 3,000
servers. Evaluated reuse vs. build vs. buy decisions. Directed company towards adoption of Distributed
Management Task Force (DMTF) Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) and the Common Information
Model (CIM) standards and technologies. Selected product with integrated auto-discovery of network topology
(layers 2,3,4), monitor deployment, root-cause & impact analysis.
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Perot Systems Corp.; Time LLC, 101 Main St., Cambridge Massachusetts
5/12/97-
1/9/01
Perot acquired Nets Inc team in a bid against IBM
Systems Integration Advisor (Technical Director level)
Information/Data Architect, Responsible for the technical solution for the management, storage, access,
navigation, movement, and transformation of data. Created the ER schema & UML domain model & d ata layer
of several major multimillion-dollar digital marketplaces, including W.W.Grainger and PNC Bank. ERwin,
Rose, Oracle.
Labs Technologist, Conceived, developed & benchmarked new technology prototypes for next generation
intellectual property. Specifically focused on models employing dynamic metadata, supply-chain workflows,
legacy integration, and contractual relations. Oracle9i AS.
Labs Eval Leader, Led team evaluations of commercial products for corporate standards. Led 9 -SWE, 9-
month evaluation of UML modeling tools: Rational Rose, Together, SA2001, GDPro, Platinum Plus, Visio,
StructureBuilder.
B2B Strategic Advisor, Projected the topology of the emerging EC marketplace. Researched and solved issues
dealing with metadata, ontology & epistemology. Made presentations to Gardner Group, Seybold, META
Group, and Forrester. META Group stated my design was 6 months ahead of all other B2Bs.
Nets Inc., Five Cambridge Center, Cambridge Massachusetts (acquired by Perot Systems)
1/1/97-
5/9/97
Founded by Jim Manzi (from Lotus) as world s leading B2B provider
Principal Systems Architect/Information Architecture
Enterprise Data Architect, Crafted Data Model for representation & navigation of complex manufacturer
product data & commerce artifacts across all industries under a unified ontology, semantics, taxonomy &
structural representation. ERwin, Rational Rose, Oracle, Informix, EDI.
Information Architect, Responsible for the product selection, policy & design methodologies of all data
repositories and flows.
Ideon Group (acquired by CUC, now Cendant), 10450 S.W. Nimbus Rd., Portland, Oregon
4/95-
11/96 Director of Software Engineering
Data Warehouse & Executive Information System, Designed & implemented EIS and Data Warehouse.
Lawson Financials, Unix, Oracle, ODBC, MS-Query, OLE, Excel, VBA, Pivot tables.
WebMaster, Inter&Intranet, Netscape Enterprise Server, HP -UX, T1, Java, MS VJ++
Enterprise Data Architect, Credit Card Security Services, ERwin, Oracle.
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AT&T, 8000 Baymeadows Way, Jacksonville, Florida
4/85-4/95
Data Warehousing Manager, Conceived, promoted, designed, implemented and managed many of AT&T s
primary data warehouses and multi-terabyte data stores tracking AT&T s campaign against MCI & Sprint.
Coordinated multi-gigabyte data flows through multiple mainframe, PBX, mini, SMP and PC platforms.
Selected, trained & led knowledgeworker teams across US & Canada. Extensive database tuning and protocol
stack architecting. Unix script, Oracle, SQL*Net, TCP/IP, LanManager, Windows, DDE, OLA, VBA.
Value Added Market Intelligence System: Strategic AT&T Data Warehouse to produce statistical analysis
and graphs of distribution & time -series utilization for major 800 number customers. Warehouse held full
geographics, demographics & psychographics of everyone in the United Sates. Coordinated implementation
between Bell Laboratories and AT&T. Full responsi bility for code maintenance & operation. Pyramid RISC
SMP, Unix. Code is written in C & S-Plus, korn shell, yacc, lex, ifs, Unix B-trees, ttu, SCCS, Writers
Workbench (tbl, nroff, troff, etc.) and PostScript.
AT&T Market Research: Designed and implemented a market research system and Data Warehouse and
numerous other Data Warehouses across the U.S. AT&T also sold my Data Warehouse solution to the second
largest telephony company in Canada.
Executive Information System: Design & implemented four generations of EIS for the President and VPs.
Employed touch-screen neo-ISDN telephony, Balanced ScoreCard integration to all strategic systems. On e EIS
system managed a massive reengineering project. Design was used as the basis for the system that won AT&T
the Malcom Baldrige Quality Award.
Information Center: Led department that established methods, policies, practices and procedures related th e
use of Personal Computers at AT&T. Coordinated operation of team supporting hundreds of PCs and networks.
Set PC policies & standards and supervised all PC purchase orders. Designated top -echelon support for problem
resolution of systems involving PCs.
Government Services: Participated in the design of a statewide network for Electronic Funds Transfer of
government services. SmartCards, CAT scanners, ATMs.
WB&TS, 25 Columbia Heights, Brooklyn, New York; Wallkill, N.Y.
1978-
1985
End User Services: Responsible for international PC & LAN product selection.
Application Generator, Senior System Designer: Designed 4GL application generator & DBMS for use in
Foreign Branches. Description: bootstrapped from OO threaded interpretive kernel to extensible Logo-like
language. Non-procedural visual specifications are interactively mapped to an object datastore via Jackson JSD
methodology. In retrospect, it s very much like today s Oracle10g APEX.
Fourth Generation Services: Trained and supervised manageme nt in the construction of the following systems:
Accounting, Purchasing, Receiving, Inventory, Personnel; and tracking of Labor, Vehicles, Equipment, Food &
Utilities. Created MRP for the Computer Manufacturing department.
Magazine Distribution System, Chief Programmer: Headed a chief programming team in the development of
order & distribution system, using COBOL, EDL, MTM & ISAM on IBM S/1.
Systems Analyst/Designer: Pioneered use of Structured Analysis & Design methodologies. Proposed interim
change in manual operations resulting in over 40% reduction of accounting workload and 20% improvement in
accuracy.
Advanced Computing, Orange Park, Florida
1975-
1978
Corporate Secretary & Treasurer: family owned service bureau. Serviced of all CPAs in Jacksonville, Fla.
Manager of Payroll Services: Responsible for maintenance, operation and security of Fortran payroll program
and clients. Monitor tax laws across 13 states.
Manager of Application Services: Created client applications using RAD. PR1ME BL/1 4GL. Revised
programs and trained users in company changeover from computer service bureau to time -share services.
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