Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-**** OVERVIEW

I am a seasoned & well-rounded technologist and a dynamic & result-oriented technology leader with more than 17 years of progressive Professional Services experience delivering ECM, Portal and custom J2EE solutions using Oracle Fusion Middleware, Oracle PaaS, Oracle IAAS, AWS and MS Azure technologies.

SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE AND EXPERIENCE

§ A dynamic, result oriented Techno Functional Sr. Solutions Architect / Lead with over 18 years of proven experience in delivering enterprise solutions using Oracle FMW, PaaS and J2EE based technologies

§ 10+ years of experience with management of multiple customer projects (15+) with activities including weekly project reviews & project plan updates, capacity management, customer engagement management, weekly status meetings, stakeholder meetings etc.

§ Extensive experience with Oracle PaaS offerings including Database Cloud, Content and Experience Cloud, Java Cloud & Process Cloud

§ Expert with Oracle WebCenter Content and related OFMW technologies

§ Extensive experience in Design, installation/configuration and administration of 12c and 11g versions of OFMW products including WLS, WCC (DAM, Records, Capture, Forms etc.)

§ Extensive experience with enterprise migrations and transition from on-prem to cloud

§ Extensive experience with content migration of structured and unstructured content including, metadata, security, retention policies, freezes, renditions etc.

§ Expert in Configuring and customizing WCC including metadata, security, RM File Plan, workflows, Oracle Text Search, SES, etc.

§ Expert in integration of WCC with third party application using REST, RIDC and SOAP

§ 10+ years of experience with portal implementations specializing in ECM aspects of portals

§ 10+ years of experience with designing product customization (ADF and Non-ADF, Spring etc.)

§ 5+ years of experience building solutions using AWS, Microsoft Azure

§ 15+ years of experience with gathering requirements, scoping and management, effort estimation

§ 10+ years of experience in working with business stakeholders to understand current systems, requirements and documentation / management using tools like SharePoint, TFS, JIRA/Confluence, excel etc.

§ 10+ years of experience working with business/IT stakeholders and project managers to manage scope, effort and delivery

§ Extensive experience (10+ years) building and managing teams. Managed up to 15 direct reports. Time-sheet reviews, 30 on 30s, weekly team meetings, weekly individual meetings, development goals, performance reviews, training plans, capacity management etc.

§ Extensive experience (10+ years) with presale and sales including Information gathering, demos, estimates, proposals, presentations, RFIs, RFPs, etc.

§ Excellent communication skills and have ability to work, manage and motivate the team

§ 10+ years of experience in co-coordinating work with on-shore, near-shore and off-shore development centers

FUNCTIONAL & TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Architecture,

Infrastructure &

Sizing

Architecture design including hardware, software license sizing, Logical & Physical architecture including PaaS & IaaS components, AWS, Azure, Google and other cloud platforms.

Expert

Installation and

Configuration

Software Installation & baseline implementation Expert Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-**** Cloud Technologies Requirements/analysis, design and development/implementation of cloud based and hybrid solutions using Oracle PaaS, IaaS, AWS and Azure Expert

ECM & Records

Management

Requirements/analysis, design & implementation/development of metadata & profiles, search, security, product customization, RM File Plan, integrations using J2EE, REST and SOAP

Expert

Web Content

Management &

Portal Integration

Requirements/analysis, design & implementation of WCM solutions to support portals and third-party applications using Portal and SiteStudio Expert

Content Conversion

& Migration

Design, planning and execution of conversion/migration using and custom migration tools/utilities

Expert

Project

Management

Methodologies

Agile and traditions waterfall using tools like MS TFS, Jira, Confluence, MS Project (intermediate), SharePoint etc.

Expert

Integration - Design Definition, design and QA of customizations using J2EE & SOAP Expert Third Party Systems

Integration - J2EE

development

I have lost his Java development skills overt time. I am thorough with design concepts and manage some development needed for WebCenter Content customizations etc.

Interm

ediate

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

I started my career as a J2EE developer and worked on a few custom portal and e-commerce projects before deciding to pursue Oracle WebCenter Content (then Stellent). I have worked on numerous big and small implementations (UCM, RM, DAM, BPM, Product customization etc.), development (Portal integration, Site Studio, third party integrations etc.) and enterprise migration (Content, metadata, security, integrations, workflow etc.) projects using the Oracle Fusion Middleware & Oracle PaaS & IaaS technologies, AWS, Azure, and Google cloud hybrid architectures. The table below shows an estimate of projects I have delivered using the aforementioned t Project Type Count

Oracle Cloud Offerings (DCS, IaaS & PaaS) 10+

Enterprise Content Management 30+

Records Management 30+

Web Content Management & Portals 30+

Content Conversion & Enterprise Migration 30+

Third Party System Integration & Migration 20+

Digital Asset Management

Product Customization

30+

30+

Some of my recent mentionable customer engagements include the following: Dell EMC: Enterprise migration from Documentum to OFMW and Oracle CEC The customer had decided to sunset the enterprise wide Documentum implement and move to OFMW. They decided to choose us for our expertise in OFMW and enterprise migrations from various ECM platforms to OFMW and PaaS. The first project entailed enterprise wide implementation of OFM/WebCenter Content, SOA and Content & Experience Cloud. Migration of 18+ applications from Documentum to WebCenter, CEC and SOA. for AP Invoice Automation. Migration of some third-party applications using APIs and Webservices. (REST, SOAP). As a result of successful implementation, the customer had decided to award us another large project (scope and complexity) to replace Adobe CQ5 with OFMW and additional support engagements. I delivered both of those with my team. Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-**** Roles Played: Sr Technical Architect, Sr Solutions Architect, Tech Lead, Director Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Lead the pre-sales effort to win the deal. Deeply involved in activities like requirements gathering to understand the customer needs, license sizing, hardware sizing etc. Developed conceptual architecture, high level architecture, license requirements, consulting scope, high level plan, effort estimate and proposal development and delivery etc.

• Lead the end to end delivery of the project including requirements, high level design, project planning/management, detailed design, QA (DIT, SIT, Training, UAT, Performance Testing), content migration, Transition/Go Live and Production Support

• Drove requirements gathering and verification meetings with C Level sponsors, LOB end users, liaisons, project implementation teams, technical experts (Architects, DBAs, Oracle Support, network engineers etc.). Most meetings would have a functional expert, a technical expert and a project management resource from my team. I would usually play the role of either the technical or functional expert. MS TFS was used manage requirements

• Drove the design activities to deliver a 150+ page Detailed Technical Design Document deliverable including metadata model, Search, Security, migration utilities, migration plan, transformation plan, cutover plan, product customizations, Integrations (PeopleSoft, Drop Box), Records Management File Plan (retention policies, periods, freezes/holds, RM security, Reports, functional changes etc.)

• Drove day to day activities for a team of 5 – 10 resources using Agile methodology (Stories, sprints etc.) using MS TFS

• Content Migration: 20+ Million content revisions migrated from Documentum to OFMW with the associated metadata, security, retention periods, freezes, reports etc. using the TekStream Content Loader

• Partnered with the Project Manager to develop a detailed project plan and update it on a weekly basis. Developed an ability to accurately report project progress, financials on a weekly basis

• Helped develop a training plan including updated training materials for Administrator and End User trainings

• Delivered a complex implementation in partnership with the customer’s teams with timely & accurate reporting and expectation management. Successful delivery resulted into more business CFA: ECM Strategy

A long time Oracle customer, CFA have been using WebCenter for their Portal and WCM/ECM needs. They had then decided to expand the use WebCenter in a standardized ECM capacity across the board. CFA had decided to award us the work to conduct an enterprise wide analysis and create a strategy to implement an enterprise wide roll out. I have had the privilege of working on few more engagements with the customer prior to this engagement over the last 8 years. Roles Played: Sr Solutions Architect, Tech Lead, Director Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Lead the pre-sales effort to win the deal. Deeply involved in activities like requirements gathering to understand the customer needs, license sizing, hardware sizing etc. Developed conceptual architecture, high level architecture, license requirements, consulting scope, high level plan, effort estimate and proposal development and delivery etc. Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-****

• Lead the end to end delivery of the project including requirements, high level design, project planning/management, detailed design, QA (DIT, SIT, Training, UAT, Performance Testing, Go Live and Production Support

• Drove requirements gathering and verification meetings with C Level sponsors, LOB end users, liaisons, project implementation teams, technical experts (Architects, DBAs, Oracle Support, network engineers etc.). Most meetings would have a functional expert, a technical expert and a project management resource from my team. I would usually play the role of either the technical or functional expert. MS TFS was used manage requirements

• Drove the design activities to deliver a 100+ page Detailed Technical Design Document deliverable including metadata model, Search, Security, migration utilities, migration plan, transformation plan, cutover plan, product customizations, Integrations (PeopleSoft, Drop Box), Records Management File Plan (retention policies, periods, freezes/holds, RM security, Reports, functional changes etc.)

• Drove day to day activities for a team of 3 – 6 resources using Agile methodology (Stories, sprints etc.) using JIRA & Confluence

• Partnered with the Project Manager to develop a detailed project plan and update it on a weekly basis. Developed an ability to accurately report project progress, financials on a weekly basis GPC: Employee Portal

The customer had decided to sunset two obsolete portals and replace them with a brand-new portal on brand new infrastructure using OFMW. They decided to choose us for our expertise in OFMW and enterprise migrations from various Portal & ECM platforms to OFMW and PaaS. The first project entailed enterprise wide implementation of OFM/WebCenter Content, SOA and CEC. Migration of 18+ applications from Documentum to WebCenter, CEC and SOA. for AP Invoice Automation. Migration of some third-party applications using APIs and Webservices. (REST, SOAP). As a result of successful implementation, the customer had decided to award follow on development and support / managed services /engagements.

Roles Played: Sr Technical Architect, Sr Solutions Architect, Director Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Participated in the pre-sales effort to win the deal. Deeply involved in activities like requirements gathering to understand the customer needs, hardware sizing etc.

• Participated in the end to end delivery of the project including requirements, high level design, project planning/management, detailed design, QA (DIT, SIT, Training, UAT, Performance Testing), Go Live and Production Support

• Participated in requirements gathering and verification meetings with C Level sponsors, LOB end users, liaisons, project implementation teams, technical experts (Architects, DBAs, Oracle Support, network engineers etc.). Most meetings would have a functional expert, a technical expert and a project management resource from my team. I would usually play the role of either the technical or functional expert. JIRA and Confluence were used to manage requirements.

• Participated in design activities to deliver a 140+ page Detailed Technical Design Document deliverable including Architecture decisions (on-prem vs IaaS, cloud Identity storage, multilingual, content security, Mobility, Search, Logical Architecture, Physical Architecture, performance tuning, product customizations, Integrations, Records Management File Plan (retention policies, periods, freezes/holds, RM security, Reports, functional changes etc.)

• Partnered with the Project Manager to develop a detailed project plan and update it on a weekly basis. Developed an ability to accurately report project progress, financials on a weekly basis Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-****

• Content Migration: 2+ Million content revisions migrated from Documentum to OFMW with the associated metadata, security, retention periods, freezes, reports etc. using the TekStream Content Loader

• Helped develop a training plan including updated training materials for Administrator and End User trainings

• Delivered a complex implementation in partnership with the customer’s teams with timely & accurate reporting and expectation management. Successful delivery resulted into more business LoL: Oracle IPM 11g to OFMW Upgrade and Migration

A long time Oracle customer, LoL have been using WebCenter Imaging and SOA for their ECM and AP Invoice Automation needs. Their current platform was reaching end of support and arose the need to setup brand new platform with OFMW, WebCenter and SOA. They decided to choose us for our expertise in OFMW and enterprise migrations from various ECM platforms to OFMW and PaaS. The first project entailed enterprise wide implementation of OFM/WebCenter Content, SOA and CEC. Migration of all existing applications from IPM and URM/UCM to WebCenter, CEC and SOA. for AP Invoice Automation. Migration of some third-party applications using APIs and Webservices. (REST, SOAP). As a result of successful implementation, the customer had decided to award follow on support engagements

Roles Played: Sr Technical Architect, Sr Solutions Architect, Tech Lead, Director Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Lead the pre-sales effort to win the deal. Deeply involved in activities like requirements gathering to understand the customer needs, hardware sizing, high level architecture etc.

• Drove the end to end delivery of the project including requirements, high level design, project planning/management, detailed design, QA (DIT, SIT, Training, UAT, Performance Testing), Content Migration, Transition/Go Live and Production Support.

• Drove the requirements gathering and verification meetings with C Level sponsors, LOB end users, liaisons, project implementation teams, technical experts (Architects, DBAs, Oracle Support, network engineers etc.). Most meetings would have a functional expert, a technical expert and a project management resource from my team. I would usually play the role of either the technical or functional expert. JIRA and Confluence were used to manage requirements.

• Drove the design activities to deliver a 100+ page Detailed Technical Design Document deliverable including Architecture decisions (on-prem vs IaaS, cloud Identity storage, multilingual, content security, Mobility, Search, Logical Architecture, Physical Architecture, performance tuning, product customizations, Integrations, Records Management File Plan (retention policies, periods, freezes/holds, RM security, Reports, functional changes etc.)

• Partnered with the Project Manager to develop a detailed project plan and update it on a weekly basis. Developed an ability to accurately report project progress, financials on a weekly basis

• Partnered with the Project Manager to drive the day to day activities for a team of 3 - 6 resources using Agile methodology (Stories, sprints etc.) using JIRA and Confluence.

• Content Migration: 22+ Million content revisions migrated from Legacy Oracle IPM to OFMW with the associated metadata, security, retention periods, freezes, reports etc. using the TekStream Content Loader.

• Delivered a complex implementation in partnership with the customer’s teams with timely & accurate reporting and expectation management. Successful delivery resulted into more business. Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-**** CSX Railways: Enterprise Migration from Oracle URM to OFMW & SOA A long time Oracle URM 11g customer, CSX have been using Oracle UCM, URM, IPM and SOA for their ECM and AP Invoice Automation needs. Their current platform had run out of life due to performance issues (too-complex security, thousands of AD groups, too many folders, slow search etc.) and high maintenance costs. They engaged us to normalize the enterprise wide security, normalize the folder structure and setup a brand-new platform with the normalized models, migrate existing applications to the new platform and migrate content to the new platform. Roles Played: Sr Technical Architect, Sr Solutions Architect, Tech Lead, Director Responsibilities & Deliverables:

• Lead the pre-sales effort to win the deal. Deeply involved in activities like requirements gathering to understand the customer needs, hardware sizing, high level architecture etc.

• Drove the end to end delivery of the project including requirements, high level design, project planning/management, detailed design, QA (DIT, SIT, Training, UAT, Performance Testing), Content Migration, Transition/Go Live and Production Support

• Drove the requirements gathering and verification meetings with C Level sponsors, LOB end users, liaisons, project implementation teams, technical experts (Architects, DBAs, Oracle Support, network engineers etc.). Most meetings would have a functional expert, a technical expert and a project management resource from my team. I would usually play the role of either the technical or functional expert. JIRA and Confluence were used to manage requirements

• Drove the design activities to deliver a 150+ page Detailed Technical Design Document deliverable including Architecture decisions (on-prem vs IaaS, cloud Identity storage, multilingual, content security, Mobility, Search, Logical Architecture, Physical Architecture, performance tuning, product customizations, Integrations, Records Management File Plan (retention policies, periods, freezes/holds, RM security, Reports, functional changes etc.)

• Partnered with the Project Manager to develop a detailed project plan and update it on a weekly basis. Developed an ability to accurately report project progress, financials on a weekly basis

• Partnered with the Project Manager to drive the day to day activities for a team of 4 - 10 resources using Agile methodology (Stories, sprints etc.) using JIRA and Confluence

• Content Migration: 19+ Million content revisions migrated from Legacy Oracle UCM/URM to OFMW, WebCenter Records with the associated metadata, security, retention periods, freezes, reports etc. using the TekStream Content Loader

• Delivered a complex implementation in partnership with the customer’s teams with timely & accurate reporting and expectation management. Successful delivery resulted into more business NOTEWORTHY INFORMATION

Development &

Management of

Consulting Services

practice

I was amongst the first 10 to join a previous organization. Helped build a successful ECM Consulting practice. Some of my key achievements included:

• Helped develop delivery best practices

• Helped develop templates for project documentation like, requirements, HLD, TDD, Physical Architecture, Logical Architecture, project plans, QA plans, test cases, test scripts, delivery reports, enterprise content migration plan (Structured & unstructured content, metadata, security, workflows, workflow history, audit history, DAM renditions etc.), content Sid Desai adcicl@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Services Leader - Senior ECM & Cloud Specialist 404-***-**** migration reports & dashboards, training guides, project transition documents etc.

• Help develop and standardize delivery processes

• Helped standardize team management activities: Project stand ups, internal team meetings, 30 on 30s, employee development plan, quarterly and annual performance reviews, training plan etc. Enterprise Architecture I have designed and delivered on-prem, cloud and hybrid architectures for several Fortune 500 customers usually delivering 50–100 page deliverables including the following:

• Detailed requirements

• High Level Design: Logical Architecture, hardware, software, sizing, network, database etc.

• Technical Detailed Designs (ports, IP addresses, Firewalls, App Server config, Web Server config, Database designs etc.) and associated documentation

Enterprise Migrations Proven expertise in migrating legacy repositories from FileNet, SharePoint, AS/400, Documentum, local repositories, databases to OFMW & PaaS based hybrid solutions.

Multiple multi-million item content migration including structured & unstructured content, metadata, security, workflows, workflow history, audit history, DAM renditions etc.

Developed proven solutions for enterprise migration of content between repositories and OFMW & CEC. These solutions have been used to migrate 300+ million content items across separate customer implementations Templatized User training and transition plans

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATION HISTORY

Advanced Diploma in Computer Applications IBM Education, India 2000 B. Com (Accounting) Maharaja Sayajirao University, India 1998 Oracle Content & Experience Cloud Associate Oracle University WebCenter Implementation Specialist Oracle University J2EE, J2EE GUI, J2EE Non-GUI Brainbench

CCNA2.0

Sun Solaris System Administrator

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Self-employed Personal/Family medical Sabbatical 2019-2019 TekStream Solutions LLC Director, Content Management Consulting 2011-2018 Enterpulse/Idhasoft, Inc. Director, Content Management Practice 2008-2011 GCI/Collabera, Inc. Senior Developer - Practice Lead 2006-2008 Siemens India Ltd Team Lead 2004-2006

Karrox Technologies Ltd Trainer/Center Head - Senior Developer 2000-2004

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