Human Resources Manager

Vance Johnson Phone 586-***-****

***** ****** **** **. ***** – **********@*****.***

Washington, Mi 48094

Information Technology Enterprise Architect -

TOGAF 9 Certified

IT Strategy Development - Legacy Application Modernization

Application Portfolio Rationalization

In depth experience working with stakeholders to implement solutions that accomplish

business goals

Core Competencies

Legacy Transformation/Modernization Application Portfolio Assessment Data Modeling/Profiling

A rchitecture Frameworks Application Development/Integration ERP Migrations

A rchitecture Standards/Governance Application Portfolio Management Architecture Modeling

Professional Experience

Sr. Architect at Venteon/ [Compuware/On-Star March 2013-August 2013

Senior Architect supporting OnStar

• Architecture definition & analysis for OnStar upgrade

o Analyzed business process changes & their impact on OnStar Systems. Documented

system changes with sequence diagrams using Sparx Enterprise Architect

o Analyzed & documented the contents of the Sparx Enterprise Architect repository

o Lead business process analysis sessions.

• Architecture support for Infotainment project

o Analyzed & documented proposed upgrades to the SDK, IHU Emulator & Framework

o Produced architecture documentation of the Infotainment ecosystem

System Architect – MSX International March 2011 – August 2012

System Architect supporting the Ford Motor Company SYNC program.

• Led the assessment and improvement of architecture documentation for the SYNC program with the

goal of developing a enterprise architecture for the SYNC ecosystem.

o Analyzed and assessed the existing SYNC Business Architecture and developed a plan to

build integrated, TOGAF compliant, SYNC Business Architecture documentation.

o Worked with Ford Solution Architects in an assessment of Information System (Data &

Application) Architecture artifacts and built a project plan to deliver complete, current,

Application Architecture documentation.

o Lead a project to rationalize and improve SYNC application integration documentation and

standardize interface specifications.

• Solution Architect supporting several SYNC projects.

o Authored & updated architecture artifacts for new development and enhancement projects.

o Analyzed impact of migration from Oracle Database to SQL Server

o Led SYNC project teams through Ford architecture review processes & procedures

Application Rationalization Architect - Capgemini- August 2010 – Feb. 2011

• Supported Business Development by writing proposals, building executive presentations and

developing project plans for application development, legacy modernization and Application

Portfolio Rationalization projects.

• Worked with Capgemini account executives to increase their awareness of the Application Portfolio

Rationalization offering and help them identify client opportunities.

• I was the solution architect on a team developing a proposal for the implementation a

new unemployment compensation application for the State of Michigan,

System Architect - EDS an HP Company- Oct. 1999 – April. 2010

Chief Architect supporting GMs Global Business Services, which includes all of GMs Financial, Human

Resources, Legal and Communications applications. Operated in a multi-supplier environment, which

required cooperation across company boundaries. Also provided architecture services to AT&T.

• Application Portfolio Assessment

o Led an application assessment and refactoring of the payroll & benefits applications for AT&T, which

resulted in a significant reduction in application complexity. The reduction of cyclomatic complexity reduced

application maintenance expense by over 30%.

o Conducted an assessment of the cost, risk, volatility and business value of GMs financial applications and,

based on the results, refactored a key application resulting in a reduction in CPU usage of over 70%. I used

the TriTune analysis tool to understand where excess CPU cycles were being consumed and identified minor

programming changes that yielded significant improvements.

• Developed and implemented an Architecture Governance Process

o Developed and implemented the process, under the direction of the GM account Chief Technology

Officer. This process addressed all aspects of IT projects (Standards compliance, Requirements, Security,

Infrastructure, Data, Integration, Operations, Testing). I directed the integration of the governance process

into the System Development Life Cycle to ensure that architecture governance checkpoints were passed. The

implementation and evolution of this process resulted in greatly improved quality and reduced cost of

production deployment and ongoing maintenance.

• Legacy Application Modernization

o Planned and defined the data conversion and integration for the implementation of PeopleSoft HRM for

GM.

o Responsible for business rule extraction, conversion design, interface definition, data quality assessment

and test planning activities to implement a J2EE replacement of a legacy mainframe application.

o Led the planning and definition phase of a project to replace a mainframe timekeeping application with a

Java based COTS application

• Proposal Solution Architect

o Provided architecture support for several successful proposals to provide application sustain services for

the Business Services (i.e. Financial, Accounting, Human Resources, Legal, Communications) applications

for GM.

o Solution architect for the development of a successful proposal to provide Business Process Outsourcing

(BPO) and IT support for GM retirement benefits.

• Architecture Modeling.

o Developed and maintained an architecture model of GMs Financial, HR & Corporate Staffs applications

using Casewise Corporate Modeler.

o Led a proof of concept for the migration of the above models to Troux Architect.

• Business Process Modeling.

Developed business process models of GMs compensation management processes using the ARIS tool.

Consultant System Engineer EDS GM Account August 1988 – Oct. 1999

• Technical leader supporting GMs employee benefit applications.

o Provided technical leadership, planning and innovation in the maintenance & enhancement of the

existing benefits application portfolio and the development of new employee benefits applications.

o Designed, developed and implemented applications to meet the business requirements of new employee

benefits and changes to existing benefit plans.

o Established a process to monitor and reduce the complexity of applications resulting in significant

reduction of the cost and risk of application maintenance.

o Initiated a process to analyze mainframe resource usage using the Strobe tool. Used the results of this

analysis to define and implement program modifications that reduced the overall cost of mainframe resources,

for GMs benefit applications by 40%.

Supported the migration of several benefit applications from a mainframe to a UNIX environment

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o Supported the deployment of benefit applications into production.

• Led a Business Information Planning effort for GMs Human Resources

activities.

o Worked with client business & IT leaders to assess the capabilities of the HR IT application portfolio in

supporting the HR business processes. This resulted a strategy, a detailed roadmap and business case for GM

migration to PeopleSoft HRM.

• Technical leader for the plan/design of an integrated employee payment

application.

o Lead the planning and design of an application to integrate the employee payments from several payroll

and benefit applications.

• Technical Leader for Y2K Impact analysis

o Provided technical leadership, consulting and training in the use of the System Vision toolkit for

performing Y2K impact. I was responsible for the analysis and successful remediation of several of GMs

large mainframe applications.

System Engineering Manager EDS Jan. 1985 – August 1988

• Manager of Application Development & Sustain for GM Payroll Applications

o Led a team of 13 System Engineers in the maintenance and development of payroll applications for

GM.

• Technical Leader on the implementation of an HR, Payroll & Benefits for

Northwest Airlines

o Led a team of 15 analyst & programmers in the configuration, conversion, customization and

implementation of the Management Sciences of America (MSA) payroll, HR & Benefits COTS package.

Programmer Analyst GM Dec. 1979 – Dec. 1984

Responsible for the maintenance & enhancement of GMs U.S. Hourly Payroll System

Participated in the evaluation of Payroll & HR Packages.

Certifications:

The Open Group Architecture Framework (TOGAF) 9 - Certified - 2011

Certificate in Data Processing (CDP) from the Institute for the Certification of Computing Professionals

(ICCP) - 1980

Education:

Schoolcraft College - Livonia, MI

Wayne State University - Detroit, MI

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