IT Consultant

J. Michael Confoy 703-***-****

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Enterprise Architect/IT Engineer

Summary

Solution-oriented IT Consultant focusing on Enterprise and Service-Oriented Architectures with 12 years’ experience as a key strategic contributor to IT Executives .

Leader in the use and implementation of new technology such as WebSphere Portal and Service-Oriented Architecture.

Presented SOA white papers and presentations to build business cases and provide knowledge transfer to technical leadership and management.

Developed and implemented SOA training for all IBM Global Technology Services world-wide IT Architects.

Specialist in integrating enterprise business systems and the introduction of new systems into existing enterprise architectures.

A history of meeting or exceeding all deliverable dates, budgets and requirements.

Technical Qualifications

Programming Languages: C, C++, Java, EJB’s, J2EE, SQL, PL/SQL

Technical Skills: Certified IBM IT Architect, Web Content Management, Portals, SOA, Enterprise Architecture, Linux (CentOS & Ubuntu), Oracle VM Virtual Box, PostgreSQL, Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Git, JSON,Wireshark, Certified Instructor IBM Global Services Method, IBM Global Services Method Exponent, UML, Relational Data Modeling, Object Oriented Analysis and Design, TOGAF, ArchiMate, WebSphere, WebSphere Portal, DB2, Domino, Notes, Jive, MQ Series, Sharepoint,Apache Camel, CXF and Active MQ, WOS2's Carbon SOA open source suite, ArchiMate, TOGAF, Sparx Enterprise Architect, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Professional Experience

StealthPath Inc., Reston, va

Integration/Application Engineer (2018-2019), Responsible for StealthShield end to end integration testing for sales demos and customer deployment by producing a realistic production environment. StealthShield provides IOT node security by stopping any communication that does not meet IP and protocol requirements; communication with the correct protocol is inspected in the message content based on the protocol's standard. Developed multiple JSON files for parsing various messages based on the protocol (e.g., DHCP, RTP, RTCP). Migrated and tested StealthShield's front-end from Ubuntu to CentOS. Researched all standards-based protocols for possible inclusion in StealthShield. Responsible for establishing and maintaining business partner relationships with IBM, Splunk, Red Hat and Vmware.

Freelance Architect

Enterprise Architect (2015-2018), Enterprise Architect at Raymond James Financial Services in Reston, VA. Define the enterprise architecture, present costs and plan and designing and implementing the solution to allow remote office printing and a collaborative document management system with internal and remote access. Design and implementation methods used TOGAF 9.1 and customized Archimate 2.0 diagrams to document final deliverables. The architecture includes deployment of a VPN and Firewall along with servers and all supporting software. The document management system is the Box, a cloud based system being deployed throughout Raymond James. Final deliverables for the document management will include user documentation and live training to the end users.

University of Maryland University College, adelphi, md

Enterprise Application Architect (2012), Defined and Modeled UMUC Enterprise Architecture using Sparx's Enterprise Architect tool based on a combination of TOGAF, ArchiMate, SOAML and UML.

Delivered SOA governance work products including Service Life-cycle Process Model and Service Version Control standard in order to deliver SOA solution architecture.

Delivered logical services designs and TOGAF Architectural Building Blocks as part of the Enterprise Architecture for delivery to the solution architecture team to create detailed services designs and TOGAF Solution Building Blocks.

oThese were derived by modeling business functions, business processes, application services, application functions and application data objects.

American Red cross, ashburn, VA

Enterprise SOA Architect (2012), Defined architecture for newly developed Volunteer Management System (cloud based) to implement web services interfaces with: SABA Learning Management System (Cloud Based), Red Cross Internet site (to be cloud based) and Red Cross Intranet leveraging Microsoft's BizTalk ESB.

Member of the Red Cross Enterprise Architecture team defining the standards and enterprise architecture for the Red Cross. Delivered a standard architecture design document for use across all of the Red Cross based on TOGAF 9.1 and ArchiMate 2.0 using the Sparx Enterprise Architecture tool for the Volunteer Management System.

oThe standard architecture design document included business process and function model, application architecture model and gap analysis with published enterprise architecture.

MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA

Lead information systems engineer (2011), Enterprise Architect and advisor for Veterans Administration RAMS project to centralize all VA research applications from local VA sites to a centralized solution.

Conducted a technical assessment of the IRS MEDS system’s application architecture for migration from a department system to a centralized IRS system as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. Technical assessment was delivered on-time, under budget, and met client’s expectations.

Dovel Technologies, McLean, VA

Senior SOA Architect (2010 – 2011), Senior Service-Oriented Architect on Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) SWIM project (www.faa.gov/nextgen/swim) reporting directly to the FAA SWIM Technical Lead for SOA Governance and Enterprise Information Management (EIM) using SOA technology based on Apache Open Source including CXF Java Framework, Camel, and ActiveMQ.

Accomplished 100% of delivery goals and time tables for all assigned work products.

Technical leader for SWIM Governance team for delivery of all necessary work products for implementation of large-scale SOA.

Developed business case for the SOA COE, by delivering white papers, and presentations to SWIM technical leaders for feedback and approval. Approved business case allowed staffing and scheduling for the SOA COE to be included in the SWIM project plan.

oCreated SWIM SOA COE structure, process and responsibilities.

Defined and implemented the SOA Center of Excellence (COE) and services registry and repository.

Co-led the creation and review of all SWIM Governance policies and standards.

Developed EIM plan for SOA-based information exchanges with other Federal customers leveraging NIEM/MIEM/UCore models along with Wx and AIXM as standards based on working with the Naval Research Laboratory.

IBM

Executive I/T Architect (1997 – 2009)

IBM Global Technology Services (GTS), Middleware Services, Responsible for developing GTS technical offerings built on configured, cross-IBM intellectual capital, existing and newly developed assets such as architectural work products such as reference architectures, component models and operational architectures.

Developed and delivered training for SOA and content and delivery process for all GTS architects world-wide.

Led initial development of wireless mobility solutions by leveraging assets developed by IBM in the UK and with Fiberlink mobile device management products (www.fiberlink.com).IBM Software Group (SWG), Global e-Business Transformation, Architecture, Process and Technology Team

IBM Software Group (SWG), Global e-Business Transformation, Architecture, Process and Technology Team

Enterprise Architect for SWG Web Presence (www.ibm.com/software), Support (www.ibm.com/support) and internal software sales websites. Lead architect for SWG Customer Facing Web Content Management architecture spanning multiple business divisions in IBM.

Lead a core team of 14 architects representing all SWG brands and an extended team in the hundreds including sponsoring executives to define common web content management architecture by achieving buy-in for the final solution by agreeing on a common business process model and developing a common Software Product Index.

Co-developed business plan that led to over $1 million investment to integrate the Software Product Index meta-data database with SWG’s websites through standards-based XML interfaces in order to migrate to a common Web Content Management System.

Led the development of an SOA road map for SWG which was delivered to SWG executives and the IBM CIO organization for strategic budgeting and prioritization of projects.

Presented WebSphere Portal and Collaboration at IBM Research’s Collaboration Conference.

IBM Software Services for Lotus, Technical Strategy & Enablement Team

Lead Portal architect for Americas. One of four architects responsible for developing and executing Lotus Services' Technical Strategy and Enablement initiatives. Technical adviser for e-Workplaces and e-Learning practice areas.

Lead architect for technical sales and delivery on strategic accounts (DuPont, Navy FCU Portal Roadmap, MasterCard, Hertz, Discovery Channel, and UPS).

Co-developed and led initial WebSphere Portal Boot-camp for consultant enablement which increased the success of WebSphere Portal engagements. WebSphere Portal Boot-camp was used to train all Lotus Services’ consultants and provided the framework for future Lotus software product boot-camps.

Delivered WebSphere Portal presentations at IBM DevLive, The WebSphere Portal Technical Symposium, Lotusphere, and Notes/Web Best Practices Conference.

IBM Software Services for Lotus, Lead Architect, e-Workplace Practice

Lead Architect for new practice. Developed and maintained relationships with the Lotus Development Labs to assure early consultant enablement, access to development management and architects for customer deployment issues and as a mechanism for providing development customer feedback.

Delivered the technical definition of Lotus Services Americas’ WebSphere Portal Offerings which led to increased number of portal engagements sold.

Senior architect for DuPont B2B Portal – first successful deployment of a WebSphere B2B portal

Lotus Professional Services, Lotus Software

Owned technical oversight of concurrent projects along with services sales support. Project highlights include:

Bank of Montreal – Knowledge Management Architectural Framework and a high-level design of an object-oriented, application framework. Provided customer technical vision that led to the sale of a $286K engagement

IBM Content Management System - Workflow system to manage the publication and removal of web content from customer websites, IBM PC Division websites and other IBM websites across the globe.

IBM PartnerInfo - Lead architect for two releases of, a Notes and web portal for all IBM marketing and sales content delivered to IBM Sales and Business Partners. Multi-million dollar system was deployed in 10 languages (including four double-byte languages) for world-wide access.

Education

University of Massachusetts, MBA in MIS. Emphasis: Management Information Systems, Organizational Behavior

University of Michigan, Master of Science in Engineering. Emphasis: Naval Architecture, Computer-aided Design and Manufacturing, Structures

Texas A&M University, Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Ocean Engineering

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