Raymond James Walters
https://www.linkedin.com/in/rjwalters/ 8 Ross Rd
Cell: +1-609-***-**** Burlington, NJ 08016 **********@*******.*** INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY /SHAREPOINT / BUSINESS SYSTEMS Providing SharePoint technology solutions to improve business collaboration and productivity Innovative business technology professional with a proven track record of designing and delivering SharePoint platform solutions, working with business representatives to document and transform business requirements into practical SharePoint solutions; results-driven problem solver with extensive practical experience in requirements definition, analysis, design, architecture, engineering, configuration, operations best practices, migrations and user training, including tactical and strategic planning and execution. SharePoint On Premise Banking Operations Best Practices Consulting SharePoint Online
Microsoft 365
SharePoint Migration
Financial Services,
Pharmaceutical
Governance
Production Support
Programming Practices
Analysis and Design
Project Management
Change Management
Policy Management
Power Apps, Power
Automate, and Power BI
Azure Workflow
Microsoft Office
Tactical/Strategic
Planning
Security Planning
Compliance
SDLC, ITIL
Plainview
SharePoint
Microsoft Project
Team Management
Analysis & Design
Architecture Design
Engineering
Active Directory Best Practices Microsoft Office Configuration Azure Active Directory Communications Governance
Microsoft SQL Executive Presentations
Intranet/Internet/Hybrid
Keyword summary: SharePoint On Premise, SharePoint Online, SharePoint Migrations, SharePoint and Office integration including Access databases, Project Server, Power Platform, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Visio, Edge, Internet Explorer, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Operating Systems, SQL and SharePoint Reporting Services, Architecture, Infrastructure, Engineering, Configuration, Systems Security, Analysis and Design, Project Management, Proposal Development, Executive and Business Presentations, Solution Development. Governance and Compliance; Management of Change, User Education and Training PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Insight Global SharePoint Consulting (Johnson & Johnson) March 2022 to Present
BioPharma Client Divestiture Migration project, On-Prem to Tenant and Tenant to Tenant o SharePoint Sote Collection Analysis to identify divested sites for migration o Identification of Power Platform solutions and solution manifest updates for re-deployment o Site collection migration tools used for site migrations
ShareGate site migration scheduling and creation of audit/traceability reports for migration certification for SharePoint., MS Teams and Planner as well as SkySync for OneDrive
Custom Portal remediation
Fluent Pro for PWA
Apps4Pro for MS Teams Messaging
BitTitan for mail migrations
Microsoft Tenant to Tenant migration toolset
Identify Tenant Parent policy inventory for like-to-like policy configuration for new tenant
Data Governance Management for migration traceability and Audit and Inactive site migration Data Glove LLC/Persistent Systems Modern Works - MCS Microsoft Corp August 2021 to March, 2022
Microsoft 365 Client Support for Modern Workplace solution development requirements RJW Consulting SharePoint Architecture & Engineering May 2021 -August 2021 Ray Walters Page 2 of 6
SharePoint 2019 On Premise and SharePoint Online Hybrid with Pass Through Authentication Engineering Design and implementation, Managed Metadata integration, One Drive Hybrid implementation GP mgt
SharePoint Search Hybrid On-Premise and Tenant
Data Gateway for Power Apps, Power Automate, Flow, Forms & Power BI On-Premise integration
InTune MDM specifications, security policies design and testing
Modern site corporate branding using PnP for theme management and SPFx designs
Teams implementations custom tabs, themes, notifications, apps integration and private channels
Corporate Communication root site implementation and Hub Portal site integrations
Standardized Look and Feel using PowerShell, SharePoint Framework, JSON, Design Manager and themes
Microsoft 365 Tenant Administration and tenant configuration management
SharePoint On Premise to Tenant Migration Tools (ShareGate, Microsoft and AvePoint)
Site Customization and integration using SPFx and solution packaging with App Catalogs
Project Cortex and Syntex document term processing
WAND Technologies Taxonomy & Discover Me Employee Information System tenant
App Store integration for 3rd party products and custom coded solution deployment (Microsoft Graph Change Notifications; App Catalog Management
Project Tracking system using Power Apps and Power Automate
Power Platforms: Power Automate, Power Apps, Power BI TradeWeb (YOH Consulting) SharePoint Architecture & Engineering April 2020 – May 2021
Automated PowerShell solution for SharePoint user credential updates based on user domain migrations
SharePoint 2010/SharePoint 2013 On Premise Migration to On Premise SharePoint 2019 project
Production Continuation of Business, SQL Always On High Availability production architecture, infrastructure and engineering design and implementation
Extensive existing Farm analysis based on implementation complexity of 3rd party farm solutions, K2 integration and App Catalog
Managed Metadata term set and Content Type Hub publishing transition
Migration methodology based on both Content Database Mounts and Content and structure migration using ShareGate
RJW Consulting SharePoint Architecture & Engineering May 2019 - April 2020
SharePoint 2019 On Premise and SharePoint Online Hybrid with Pass Through Authentication Engineering Design and implementation
SharePoint Search Hybrid On Premise and Tenant
Hybrid Managed Metadata Engineering Implementation
Modern site implementation with Corporate Look and Feel using SPFx
Data Gateway Implementation for Power Apps, Power Automate, Flow, Forms & Power BI
InTune MDM specifications, security policies design and testing
Teams implementations for evaluating custom tabs, themes, notifications and apps integration
One Drive Hybrid implementation managed by local policy
Corporate Communication root site implementation and Hub Site integration
Standardized Look and Feel using a combination of PowerShell, SharePoint Framework, JSON, Design Manager and themes
Microsoft 365 Tenant Administration and tenant configuration management
SharePoint On Premise to Tenant Migration Tool testing (ShareGate, Microsoft and AvePoint)
WAND Technologies Taxonomy & Discover Me Employee Information System tenant
App Store integration for 3rd party products and custom coded solution deployment (Microsoft Graph Change Notifications
Project Tracking system prototype using Power Apps and Flow Ray Walters Page 3 of 6
CitiBank SharePoint Architecture & Engineering Lead Sept 2013 - April 2019
SharePoint 2019 Technology Adoption Program
SharePoint 2019 On Premise Hybrid Architecture and Engineering including hybrid Managed Metadata, hybrid Search, Intune integration and MDM design and testing, Data Gateway Integration
SharePoint 2019 On Premise Gateway with Architecture and Engineering for SharePoint Online Tool integration for Power Apps, Power Automate, Forms and Power BI (Desktop & Server
SharePoint 2019 Search Hybrid Architecture and Engineering
SharePoint 2013 multi-farm architecture
On Premise Office Online and Power BI Report servers
Roll Out of SharePoint 2013 (Search, My Sites. Core Services, Business Sector Farms offering with OWA, OOS and Azure Workflow Server at CitiBank regionally (US, EMEA. APAC)
Regional Search Farm implementation with federated search results
SharePoint Certified Automated Build using PowerShell and AutoSPInstaller
Search Farm Monitoring using Microsoft’s Search Dashboard
Managed Metadata term sets for improved search results and site navigation
Access database design and coding for standalone Access-based application
SharePoint metric reporting using Microsoft Access (2010-2019
User Profile Management
SharePoint Designer Master Pages
Architecture and Engineering PowerPivot for SharePoint 2013 integration
SharePoint 2013 Business
SharePoint 2013 farm architecture to support multiple farms
SharePoint 2013 Business Sector Farm Design and Engineering for customized SharePoint Business Services
SQL Always On, High Availability Clusters with Availability Groups for Business Continuity
SharePoint Regional Service farms for WAN-friendly service consumption (300,000+ users)
SharePoint 2010 Decommission planning and management Microsoft SharePoint and Project Server Premier Field Engineer Dec 2011 – Sept 2013
SharePoint/Project 2007 to 2010 Platform Client Migrations (3 separate departmental business units)
SharePoint Project Server Architecture client redesign and migration (23007, 2010)
SharePoint and Project Server Risk Assessment program services
Operations, Engineering and Configurations Support for major Financial Services Client (2200 Hours)
Dedicated Service Engineering Customer Support
Dedicated Premier Support Service Activities
TechniSource, Bridgewater NJ Bristol Myers Squibb SharePoint Consulting Services April 2009 - Dec 2011
Enterprise Search and FAST Search for SharePoint 2010 and search enhancements using fine-tuning of relevance, ranking, promotion, demotion and user context with entity mapping using taxonomy properties for deeper refinements
Search Content sources and scopes re-alignment
FAST for SharePoint 2010 Analysis and Design of Best Bets and Keyword implementations
Enhanced SharePoint 2010 People Search Web Part supporting interests, expertise, skills and responsibilities user properties
Managed Metadata and Term Store custom pick lists
SharePoint Admin Tool Kit 2010 UPRE configuration for replication of SharePoint 2007 extended fields to 2010 infrastructure
SharePoint 2010 server SSA architecture design, infrastructure and engineering configuration analysis for SharePoint 2007 to 2010 migration (SQL Server 2008 R2 SP1, SQL 2008 R2)
SharePoint Documentum Integration engineering
Site Minder-managed sites integration design
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Project Sever 2010 and Portfolio Manager with Analysis Services and Reporting Services integration Installation and configuration
Sharepoint Governance for collaboration services information and training information
Business and Technical Requirements Gap Analysis Services Report
Development of User Education and Training Programs
SharePoint Service Level Agreement support definition & implementation
Provisioning System User Acceptance testing
Certification of Pilot planning, Training & Implementation
Quality Assurance and Production Release Life Cycle Standards
Strategic Analysis and Planning for Business Intelligence
Metadata and Taxonomy requirements for Enterprise-wide search architecture
Analysis, Planning and Design for phased My Site implementation
PlumTree Portal to SharePoint Enterprise Portal transition & migration
MS Project Server 2007 architecture design and engineering
SharePoint, Office, Project Server 2010 beta 2 evaluation
Implementation of SharePoint Collaboration Hub site for user training and reference information Merrill Lynch Collaboration Technologies Architecture and Engineering April 1995 - June 2008
SharePoint SQL Reporting Services production integration for user and production information reporting
Project Server 2007 and Team Foundation server SharePoint production infrastructure integration
Electronic Archiving solution for Team Site Wikis, Blogs and Team Discussions for Compliance, Internal Security and Protection and SEC communications archiving requirements
Access Database Survey System development
MOSS 2007 Architecture & infrastructure design, configuration & engineering Production implementation
Operations Run Book and Operations training
MOSS technology offerings (Excel Services and InfoPath Forms, Business Data Catalog and Project Server 2007 integration
Performance Point Engineering and Implementation
KPI interface reporting
SharePoint Automated Site Ordering & Provisioning Solution
Help Desk Best Practices, Training & Support
Merrill Lynch Investment Management Division’s SharePoint platform migration for Blackrock divestiture
Live Link Document repository material migration to SharePoint 2003
MOSS 2007 Beta program
VISTA CTP Program and Office 2007 TAP Program
Enterprise Content Management Utility Task Force for Web Content & Document Management
Design and Engineering for SharePoint 2003 Portal Server and Windows SharePoint Services infrastructure
Enterprise Collaboration Strategy for the adoption of SharePoint as a firm-wide collaboration platform
Microsoft .Net Platform development standards
Testing, evaluation and recommendations for best practices for transitioning C++ development efforts
Design and implement of SharePoint 2001 Portal Server platform for Merrill Lynch Private Client Division
Corporate-wide Web based Survey System using XML, XSL, XST, ASP and a SQL 2000 backend database
Windows XP, Office XP and Internet Explorer 6.0 Beta Programs
Windows Server and Client Desktop Operating System configuration and standards
Office deployment package engineering
Corporate-wide engineering, configuring and release packaging for Internet Explorer using the IEAK
Merrill Lynch Internal and Web Hosting Windows 2003 standards, configuration and guidelines
Installation packages for IE 5.5 SP1 and Office 2000 for the Merrill Lynch Trusted Global Advisor Financial Advisor platform
Content Management and Deployment infrastructure using Microsoft Content Replication System Ray Walters Page 5 of 6
IIS 5.0 Web Architecture configuration and Web Application Development Standards for the Merrill Lynch and HSBC London Investment Banking partnership
Architecture and engineering of Content Deployment solution for Merrill Lynch Direct authored content
Architecture and engineering design for IIS 4.0 Web Architecture solution for Merrill Lynch Direct
Manager of 5-member engineering team responsible for all web technology architectures, designs and standards
Team member for the NT Domain Architecture and Y2K SP4 transition Implementations for Merrill Lynch Private Client
Engineering configuration standards and documentation for Distributed Order Management System Integration Project, Trusted Global Advisor platform
Architecture, Design, Documentation and implementation of the first Merrill Lynch Product Services Marketing Catalog Intranet Site
Documentum document repository and publishing integration solution
NT 4.0 Domain Architecture, Domain and Backup Domain Controller Infrastructure design and Implementation for the replacement of the NT 3.1 Domain infrastructure
Designed, coded and released first non-Netscape browser solution for the Trusted Global Advisor platform using Visual Basic and SaxWebster browser control.
CAP GEMINI AMERICA Senior Architect, Senior Consultant, Management Consultant April 1984 - April 1995
Analyst Team Lead for a Telecommunications and Network Modeling
Architecture Study for Advanta Corporation for recommendations and management of telephone, fax and network infrastructure to enhance data processing capabilities and restructure costs
Automated Excel data modeling for usage analysis
Cap Gemini Data Processing consultants and Gemini Management Consulting partnership to improve manual and automated systems at Bell Atlantic to reduce product market delivery timelines, manage hardware replacement schedules and enhance and improve project management systems efficiencies and costs
Managed 16-member Bell Atlantic Process Analysis team
Empower Employee Touch Screen Kiosk System to enable employee management of their own HR information
(personal data, benefits elections, employee surveys and job posting information) using integrated and updated Allied Signal mainframe data and reduce HR staffing requirements
Designed, coded and implemented an internal, integrated project management system within the NY branch offices of Cap Gemini America to coordinate targeted marketing strategies, evaluate and plan for consultant resource allocations and provide project performance metrics
Migration Strategy for Cotton States Insurance in Atlanta providing
Lead Team Analyst for a Network Architecture Analysis and analysis and recommendations to reduce infrastructure costs related to telephone, fax, data and network services and resources for business savings and improvements
Designed, documented, coded and delivered a Building and Industrial Construction Contracts System to manage NJ Bell construction contracts
Team Lead and Lead architect and programmer for the NJ Bell Community Billing System, a PC-based telephone ordering system for third-party Centrex telephone system purchasers
Designed, coded and delivered a Direct Mail Channel Management System using a database system for creating and updating a centralized telephone directory system for AT&T UNITED JERSEY BANKS Automated Office System Developer April 1983–March 1984
Designed, coded, documented and delivered a database system to manage a PC-based Corporate Loan Contact Management System, including contact sheets, loan tracking, loan amounts and aging
Office Automation standards, policies and procedures/ Personal Computer hardware and software standards
Evaluation and recommendations for adoption of Compaq computer desktop and portable laptops
Evaluation for adoption of DEC Rainbow desktop computers
Developed, documented and published a Corporate PC Acquisition and Usage Policy Ray Walters Page 6 of 6
Fidelity Union Bancorporation Systems Analyst March 1980- April 1983
Developed, documented and published a Corporate PC Acquisition and Usage Policy statement
Automated the Corporate Lease/Purchase Analysis Spreadsheet system (Osborne PC and SuperCalc) to replace the manual, hand-calculated analysis for the lease versus purchase decision process
Team lead for the Corporate Operations Center Assimilation Team responsible for consolidation of 5 acquired bank operations centers into a single, centralized location / NJ Bell Dimension Telephone System implementation and management.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Data Glove Modern Works - MCS Microsoft Corp August 3032 - present TradeWeb (YOH Consulting) April 2020 -May 2021
RJW Independent Consulting 2019 – 2020
CITIBANK 2013 – 2019
MICROSOFT 2011 – 2013
TECHNISOURCE / Bristol Myers Squibb 2009 – 2011
MERRILL LYNCH 1995 – 2008
CAP GEMINI AMERICA 1984 – 1995
UNITED JERSEY BANK 1983 – 1984
FIDELITY UNION BANK 1980 – 1983
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Microsoft Alumni Association
Member NJ SharePoint Users Group
Member NJ Princeton SharePoint Users Group
Member LinkedIn SharePoint Experts
Member LinkedIn SharePoint Architects
Member LinkedIn Microsoft Technology Professionals Member Merrill Lynch Employees and Alumni
EDUCATION
B.A. in Political Science, Summa cum laude with Honors, DREW UNIVERSITY, 1973 Master’s Degree Program for Public Administration, RIDER COLLEGE, 1975