Enterprise Architect Digital Transformation

Ronald A Barr

*** ****** **** ***** ************, GA 30215

770-***-**** ******@*****.***

Strategic Business Operations Consultant & Digital Transformation Executive

Leverage 25+ years of executive consulting experience in strategic business optimization, organizational transformation, and technology & innovation management to help enterprise leaders achieve competitive advantage through data driven business solutions

Core Value Proposition: Translating executive mandates into actionable strategic roadmaps that deliver measurable business outcomes through data quality improvement, cross-functional collaboration, risk management, and LEAN operational excellence.

Strategic Roadmap Development

Executive Mandate Alignment

Project Cost Management/Budget

Mentoring / Coaching

Enterprise/Cloud Architecture

Performance Optimization

TOGAF –Digital Transformation

Vendor/Supplier Management

Innovation Framework Dev.mj

Business Value Quantification

Executive Presentation Skills

Project Risk Management

Professional Experience

Ethio-American Insurance Company / Commercial Vehicle Underwriting Insurance IT Systems Atlanta Georgia

Principal Enterprise Architect –Process Automation July 2022 – Present Project managed adoption of enhanced insurance policy/claims processing /reporting automation ERP system. Used C-suite leadership objectives to enterprise architecture framework to align staff, IT contractors, and 3rd party insurance policy administration platform vendor for coordinated service delivery. Operation risk management via removal of ‘single points of failure’ via hybrid premise/cloud-based solution. State insurance regulator IT audit & Payment Card Industry (PCIDSS) security architecture & PII data handling compliance. Result: More effective Workflow automation and policy holder self-service/mobile payments, reducing staff handling of inbound calls.

US Air Force Research Lab - Lean Scaled Architects Wright-Patterson AFB- Dayton OH (Remote)

Senior Advisor - Sept 2022 – Oct 2023 US military IT contractor to USAFRL ‘Digital Capabilities Directorate (DCD) - Provided LEAN, Value-delivery strategy & design services for TOGAF enterprise architecture-based processes & data architecture transformation. Client team engagement manager utilizing SAFe/ Agile Value centered Project Mgt Practice training to USAFRL staff & contractors. Data Architecture refinement in support of ‘Enterprise Data Mart’ – API based, data repository with a high-quality data catalogue (data lineage, tagging and Qa/Qc processes). Enterprise Architecture meta-model and process/data decomposition – EA/ ITIL /Service capabilities modeling.

WSP, Inc / Atlanta Aviation Associates, Inc (Joint Venture)/ Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport Atlanta Georgia

Director, IT Infrastructure & Project Management – August 2017 – June 2022 Airport DGM Executive Mandate: improve ‘organizational efficiency’ within Planning & Development group & IT ‘Special Systems’ stakeholders on within ATLNext airport capital improvement program: Via improved data quality & ‘findability’ improvement for cross-discipline stakeholders of airport facilities, assets, with value added indexing in the domain-specific format required for various disciplines. Identified need for improved ‘information exchange requirements’ between cross-functional stakeholders in all phases of the building management lifecycle – using a ‘common data repository’ and standard information governance and Qa/Qc best practices.

(WSP con’t)

Improve ‘as-built’ data repository throughout the facility life cycle, across multiple AECO (architecture engineering construction owner) disciplines. Plan supported improved decision support for capital investments, situational awareness for first responders and improved ‘findability’/field mobile access of information for a distributed set of stakeholders – among various agencies. Developed recommended cloud-based ‘building/asset information repository’ as the central point for facility/asset information ‘ontology’, information modeling, data capture (IoT), geospatial visualizations, mobile/field-force information access and change management. Digital Twin as the aspirational enterprise information integration strategy. Design validated by AEC software industry for alignment with their cloud/API based industry transformation (File Sharing -> cloud hosted models)

Argyle International Airport / St Vincent Airport Authority St Vincent & The Grenadines

Senior IT Practice Consultant / IT Infrastructure Project Manager – December 2016 – August 2017 Served as Technical Program Manager for St. Vincent Airport Authority: bridge between the Taiwanese IT infrastructure installers and the SVG long term airport IT operational & IT security needs. Lead airport IT infrastructure integration, security/operations policies, and configuration management for the newly constructed airport. Lead technical point of contact for telecom service providers /ISP/ equipment vendors and airport customs & border protection information service provider relationships & coordination. (Gov’t of Canada & SITA). Developed job descriptions, employment finalist lists and technical interviews for airport IT staff. At project completion - Facilitated handover of IT operations from construction project stakeholders to permanent IT staff.

AT&T Business Services – Enterprise Wireless, Security & IP Data Networking Solutions Atlanta, GA

Enterprise Architect/ Professional Services Consultant May 1995 – Nov 2016 Emerging services professional services practice - team engagement leader & solution architect. Lead for extended engagements with ‘Retail Chain & Transportation industry clients: Aligned executive leadership’s goal for business transformation via technological enablers – applied AT&T professional services engagement practices for: mobility automated customer/operations data capture & analytics organizational change management. Development & implementation of transformation timeline & budgetary plan, delivered to client executives and functional area directors. Provided Tier-3 solutions architect, security & technological transformation strategy support for various ‘named accounts’ in Georgia & Alabama

City Of Atlanta, Department Of Aviation – Sr Business Analyst – Information Systems Atlanta, GA

Facilities Management System Automation – Sept 1991 – April 1995 IT infrastructure & desktop support manager for technical support and facilities management system support staff. Mayor’s ‘Employee Of Excellence’ 1995 award winner - Department Of Aviation

Education, Certifications & Memberships

Bachelor Of Science: Management Information Science – University of Pittsburgh 1990 Pittsburgh, PA

Minor: Economics

TOGAF 9.2 (I & II) Certified – Enterprise Architecture Practice - 2022 - Present

Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) - LEAN /Agile PM - Product Owner / Agile Project Manager- 2023 – Present

CISSP – Certified Information Systems Security Professional – Security Practice - 2007 – 2023

Cloud FiOS – Certified Cloud Financial OPS Practitioner (Cost Control & Risk Management) 2019 – 2023

AWS Certified Architect-Associate – Cloud Computing Architectural best practices 2017 – 2021

(Education, Certification & Memberships con’t)

Digital Twin Consortium (Member) 2022- Present

DAMA Association (Enterprise Data Architecture Management - Member) 2018 – Present

Project Management Institute – Atlanta Chapter (Member) 2018 – Present

President, University Of Pittsburgh African American Alumni Council – Atlanta Affiliate - Present

Applied Solutions

Architectural (Conceptual) Building Blocks & Solution Elements

Document Automation Workflow

Workflow Automation software

Document Management Sys.

Enterprise Index & Search

OCR Routing

Network Attached Storage

Email – MS 365

Sender Policy Framework (SPF)

Public Cloud Services

Online Object Storage

Identity / Access Management

Virtualization / Containerization

PCI Compliant Financial Systems

PCI Security Assessment

Security Policy

Internal Systems & Data Handling

Internet / Firewall Security Policy

Vulnerability / Gap Analysis

Security Monitoring & Logging

PKI Certificates

SAFe Project Engagement

TOGAF-Based Digital Transformation Strategy

Executive Mandate

Business Requirements

Data Requirements

Application Systems Req.

IT Infrastructure Req.

Agile – Value Delivery Cadence

ITIL-based Service Management

Data Architecture / Catalog

EA Modeling Tools & Practice

Modeling Quality Standards

Data Architecture

Data Catalog

Data Classification

Data Modeling

Data Integration

Data Governance Practices

Data Mart

API Service Management

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