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Engineer Quality Assurance

Location:
Clarksburg, MD
Posted:
February 11, 2012

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Name: Peter E. Magnaye

Address: ***** ******** ****, **********, **, 20871

Home: 301-***-****

Mobile: 301-***-****

Email: *****.*******@*****.***

Summary:

Global-view technology executive with strong background in global development issues. Thought leader and change agent grounded with over 16 years of hands-on experience in all facets of information technology – strategy, business alignment, architecture, project management, development, engineering and production support. Proven track record in implementing technology solutions that result in a paradigm shift in the status quo including “disruptive” technologies that change the way people work. Successfully define and implement technology strategy at the enterprise and industry levels. Business to technology alignment expertise. Strong record of success in designing and engineering effective and efficient software and infrastructure solutions to meet business requirements. Experience in large-scale electronic commerce systems development, integration and support. Vendor and contract management experience. Ability to lead team, prioritize tasks and manage multiple technology projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment. Program and project leadership experience in highly complex, technical projects and initiatives. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Exposure to implications and trade-offs in developing and maintaining a “freemium” online platform.

Professional Experience:

Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc (Washington, DC), October 2008 - present

Chief Information Officer

Developed the technology vision and strategy, enabling the Microfinance Information Exchange, Inc. (MIX) to further its vital role in the microfinance world. Rationalized and united all technology initiatives across the company. Worked with the rest of the executive team to align the core business operations, technology and communications initiatives to further the company’s mission and respond to the needs of our constituents. Implemented and evolved technology resourcing strategy that delivered on robust solutions at a cost-sustainable model. Continually responded to market needs with relevance and innovation. Completely re-architected, re-designed and implemented the next-generation MIX platform -incorporating the most effective and efficient technologies to serve the current and emerging needs of the microfinance industry. Experience in developing and maintaining automated end-to-end value stream and workflow systems. Designed and developed award-winning technology solution.

FINRA (Rockville, MD), February 2008 – September 2008

Director – Engineering and Operations

Developed the technology infrastructure strategy and roadmap based on emerging needs to application teams. Coordinate and orchestrate the work of multiple teams and individuals to execute on the technology infrastructure strategy. Manage enterprise services to include authentication and authorization, document management services, reporting services, web infrastructure services, etc. Plan and manage technology roadmaps. Introduce new processes to improve the provisioning and service fulfillment functions. Direct technical troubleshooting efforts to coordinate the activities of technology vendors and internal teams. Develop capabilities for technology infrastructure architecture, engineering and operations. Mentor and coach staff and performance improvement feedback.

Fannie Mae (Washington, DC), September 2006 – February 2008

Information Systems Architect

Worked with stakeholders, both leadership and subject matter experts, to build a holistic view of the organization's strategy, processes, information, and information technology assets and used this knowledge to ensure that the business and technology are in alignment. Ensured direct linkages between the business mission, strategy, and processes of an organization to the overall technology strategy. Documented the current state enterprise architecture and the target state enterprise architecture to discover capability gaps. Communicated the gaps between the current and target states and recommended action plans to narrow this gap. Led a Lean Six Sigma project on the end-to-end application registration process that will document the current state process and develop improvements opportunities in close collaboration with process suppliers, process service providers and process customers.

Fannie Mae (Washington, DC), August 2001 – August 2006

Senior Engineer

Designed and implemented the strategy for the enterprise-wide roll-out and adoption of a new, cutting-edge web application delivery framework. Worked with vendors to ensure that Fannie Mae requirements are included in future product enhancements. Led team to determine gaps between SOX requirements and current implementation. Architect solutions to address gaps in infrastructure software. Provide infrastructure engineering and support services to internal application teams. Develop policies, procedures, and standards for installing and configuring web-based applications for Fannie Mae's Internet, intranet and extranet environments. Developed the enterprise application server strategy. Technical assessment of other application servers for use in Fannie Mae. Coordinate activities of infrastructure teams to deliver on application requirements. Provide production support including troubleshooting, problem analysis, and root cause. Recommend short-term and long-term solutions to address application issues. Process and product engineering responsibilities to ensure that BEA WebLogic application server and Sun ONE web server can be deployed in Fannie Mae according to existing standards.

BEA Systems, Inc. (San Jose, CA), January 2000 to August 2001

Senior Consultant

Provide consulting services to current and prospective clients on the use of BEA Systems' e-commerce enabling technologies. Conduct architecture assessments of clients' current environments to determine the feasibility of integrating/building internet/web solutions using the latest web technologies. J2EE chitecture design and implementation. Provide technical support and solutions to clients experiencing technical problems related to the installation and configuration of BEA Systems' software products. Produce deliverables that meet the engagement budget and schedule to satisfy client requirements. Provide training to current and prospective users of BEA Systems' software.

Bell Atlantic (Silver Spring, MD) - August 1998 to January 2000

Systems Engineer

Led Y2K compliance for mission-critical applications.Provide 24 X 7 support of distributed production systems (UNIX and Windows) to ensure that these systems are highly available. These systems “house” mission-critical Bell Atlantic applications that were used for phone number provisioning, service-level monitoring and geographic mapping of new housing developments. Root cause analysis and corrective action

implementation. Monitor proposed changes for the environment, including attending change control review and task plan review meetings. Member of the distributed operations change control approval committee. Document and maintain technical procedures to remain compliant with ISO9002 requirements. Train operations staff on existing and new technical procedures.

PSINet, Inc. (Herndon, VA), - May 1998 to August 1998

Network Operations Lead

Assist in the start-up operations of new Data Center. Responsible for monitoring clients’ servers in the “web farm” to ensure high availability. Provide technical operational support to the World Cup 1998 web site (16 HP-UX servers, load balancing architecture). Routine system administration tasks on to include creating user accounts, daily back-ups, and security audits and kernel configuration. Documentation of Data Center operations and technical procedures. Developed an online operations log with MS Access as the back-end.

Association of American Medical Colleges (Washington, DC) – July 1995 – May 1998

Client and Technical Support Manager

Overall management of the ERAS HelpDesk – provided technical support to constituents. Supervision and training of six (6) ERAS HelpDesk Specialists. System architecture design, planning and implementation. Design training curriculum and implement it during end-user hands-on training sessions. Software engineering, development and testing of the five major ERAS software products. System administration of the UNIX-based ERAS PostOffice server. Devise and implement new systems to improve current operations. Capacity planning. Software testing and quality assurance. Communicate with external software developers on software design and solutions to software limitations.

Education/ Awards:

* M.S. Information and Telecommunication Systems (GPA – 3.98) Johns Hopkins University, May 2006

* B.S. in Business Administration, University of the Philippines, March 1987

* Graduate Certificate, Information Security Management Johns Hopkins University, May 2006

* Black Belt Training, Lean Six Sigma

* Information Management Innovative Solution Award, 2011

* Best SaaS/Cloud Implementation, Pervasive Software, 2010

* Top Spot Award, Fannie Mae, 2003 & 2004

* Chairman’s Award Nominee, Fannie Mae, 2002

* Outstanding Performance Award, BEA Systems, Inc., 2000

* Spirit of Excellence award, Association of American Medical Colleges, 1996

* Family Selection & Partner Committee, Habitat for Humanity

Keywords:

Cloud Computing (SaaS, PaaS and IaaS); Search Engine Optimization; CRM (Salesforce.com); Open Source (Drupal, LAMP, noSQL, CouchDB); Strategic Planning; Project Management; Software Development; Infrastructure Engineering and Operations; Information Security; TOGAF; Sarbanes-Oxley 404; Lean Six Sigma; COBIT; ITIL; J2EE; Vendor selection and management; Enterprise Architecture; Budget Planning and Control



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