Enterprise Architect / AWS Cloud Economist

Anthony Gomes

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SUMMARY

Experienced enterprise architect and technical leader with a proven track record in application modernization, IT transformation, IT cost management, vendor management, and all aspects of system development life cycle. Supported clients across the globe in diverse industries, both private and public sectors.

Application Modernization / IT Transformation

IT Governance and Technology Policy

Data Center to AWS Migration

Business and Application Architecture

IT (AWS) Cost Management

Data Architecture (Normalization)

Time and Cost Estimation (Staffing)

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)/Micro Service

Product/Tool Evaluation and Selection

SDLC (System Development Life Cycle)

Mentoring and Coaching

Agile Development Methodology

Multi-Supplier Model / Vendor Management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The College Board (EdTech) 2014–2025

Cloud Economist/Enterprise Architect

Chaired Enterprise Architecture (EA) governance

Developed business capability model and aligned IT assets with the business reference architecture to identify and eliminate low value assets

Defined asset life cycle and managed enterprise asset repository (Mega, LeanIX). Identified and eliminated low-value (business fitness; technical debt) applications and tools, resulting in significant savings in licensing fees

Managed AWS costs across 400+ accounts

Analyze RDS, EC2, Elastic IP, S3 buckets, EBS volumes, CloudWatch, and CloudTrail usage to identify underutilized or unutilized AWS resources, optimizing them for cost efficiency.

Developed and ran AWS FinOps practice, savings over millions of dollars annually

Negotiated Enterprise Discount Program with AWS resulted in millions of dollars in savings

Supported data center migration to AWS Cloud

According to the AWS Technical Support Manager, the College Board’s AWS environment is the most cost-efficient in the EdTech industry.

General Dynamics Information Technology, Health & Civilian Solutions 2013–2014

Software Architect

Led an application modernization initiative, defining the SOA-based target architecture and modernization roadmap for a federal client.

Evaluated vendors and tools to establish a technology reference model (TRM).

EDS / HP Enterprise Services (Formerly EDS), U.S. Public Sector 1986 –2012

Enterprise Architect U.S State and Local Government Division

Supported both federal and state government clients across all phases of the SDLC.

Assisted financial institutions with regulatory compliance (SEC, FINRA) using Autonomy tools (an HP company) for enterprise search, email/IM archiving, backup, early case analysis, and legal hold.

Modernized taxation system for a state government based on an Oracle COTS solution, the Enhanced Tax Management System (ETM), using J2EE and WebSphere

Technical Director (Apps Modernization practice)

Reviewed and signed off on all the proposed technical solutions

Managed a legacy application modernization initiative for a federal agency, porting COBOL applications from Unisys to UNIX to reduce operational costs. Led a team of 20, including both employees and contractors, and oversaw external vendors.

Defined the multi-year IT Modernization roadmap using the Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (FEAF). Led a team of four architects.

Developed Business Domain model and Technology Reference Model (TRM) for the organization

Lead Architect (São Paulo, Brazil)

Led a team of five architects to define a multi-year application modernization roadmap for General Motors-Brazil utilizing an EA framework similar to TOGAF/Zachman.

Developed time and cost estimates for the implementation phases

Lead Technologist (United Kingdom)

Developed organizational technology policy

Provided day-to-day technical leadership for an organization with over 800 staff

Mentored 15+ architect with architecture driven solutioning

Regional Chief Architect for eCommerce Practice

Led numerous application modernization engagements (all aspects of SDLC; from sales to delivery) in the eCommerce/Internet space, generating millions of dollars in new business for EDS.

Utilized EDS' RightStep methodology (Zachman, TOGAF) for architectural assessments for a client in the automobile industry, resulting in a multi-year contract for EDS.

Solution architect for a long-term healthcare insurance company, securing multi-million-dollar business for EDS. Migrating mainframe applications to a distributed Unix platform

Developed an order-entry system on a J2EE platform (WebLogic/Oracle/Unix/C++) for a major global pharmaceutical company

Established an architecture practice in Melbourne, Australia and coached and mentored local architects

Lead Architect for Telecom Practice

Supported telecom companies globally in Business Support Systems (BSS), including order management, customer care, and billing systems

Supported telecom companies globally in Business Support Systems (BSS), including order management, customer care, and billing, generating millions in new business

Developed an interactive TV app for a broadcasting company on a J2EE/Unix/C++ platform (WebSphere), enabling viewers to order music albums via their TV remote/set-top box.

Designed and implemented an enterprise-level workflow (BPM) to integrate cross-domain business processes for a large telecommunication client. Worked closely with the office of PMO to coordinate deliverables.

Architected a customer care platform to manage telecommunication bundled orders for residential customers using a C++/Oracle/Tuxedo/Unix solution

Designed and developed an order management platform for local phone services using a CORBA-based solution (C++/Oracle DBMS/UNIX).

Project manager for a development team. Developed a real-time interface between a Unix-based order entry system and AS-400 based billing systems using Oracle Transparent Gateway (C/Oracle/Unix)

Led a strategic telecommunications project in Sydney, Australia, delivering a job dispatching system in record time while managing a team of 20 employees and contractors.

Implemented Oracle HR (COTS) solution for a telecommunication company

Migrated multiple applications from COBOL/VSAM to COBOL/DB2 for a telecommunication client

Worked as a data modeler and DBA in multiple projects. Developed both logical and physical data models

CERTIFICATIONS

Certified ScrumMaster (Member: 000253971)

TOGAF 9 (Certification Number: 115096)

EDUCATION

MS, Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

BS, Computer and Information Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ

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