IT Director, Chief Architect, Chief Technology Officer
Resume:
ADEBISI ADEDOKUN
** ********** ****, **** *********, New Jersey 08816
*********@*****.***
QUALIFICATIONS PROFILE
Technically savvy, seasoned and talented professional powered with broad-based experience in project management, architecture and information technology strategy. Possess stellar reputation in leading productive IT departments and technical support programs by implementing effective strategies to optimize business processes, elevate efficiency and improve quality while significantly reducing cost. Excel at delivering simultaneous, large-scale, mission-critical projects within the constraints of scope, quality, time and cost. Known as an empowering manager, adept at leading, motivating and coordinating technical teams to provide innovative technical solutions and ensure total customer satisfaction. Display a keen eye to detail with proven ability to multitask in a fiercely competitive and fast-paced environment.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Software Development Lifecycle Enterprise/Security Architecture Enterprise System Implementation
Business Process Automation Outstanding Customer Relations Technical Support and Troubleshooting
Product Development and Launch Quality Control and Regulatory Compliance Problem Resolution and Decision-Making
Strategic and Tactical Planning Continuous Process Improvement Leadership, Training and Team Building
EDUCATION
EXECUTIVE MBA, GENERAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, Emphasis on Strategy Development and Implementation
~ IE (Instituto de Empresa), Madrid, Spain: 2011
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MANAGEMENT AND SYSTEMS ~ New York University (NYU), New York, NY, USA: 2002
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE ~ University of Lagos, Nigeria: 1988
CERTIFICATIONS
Certified Information Security Manager, CISM | Certified Information Systems Security Professional, CISSP
Open Group Master Certified IT Architect, TOGAF 8 Certified | Certified ITIL Foundation
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT, SECURITY ARCHITECT, CLIENT SOFTWARE ARCHITECT ~ IBM, PISCATAWAY, NJ 2006–PRESENT
Apply dynamic leadership talents to IBM team in developing IT strategy and technology capabilities, as well as in designing various business capabilities solutions that deliver client value for customers and create value for their shareholders. Provide expert oversight to customer and IBM team in selecting, employing and influencing the use of appropriate methodologies and design tools to achieve the desire business and technical results. Work collaboratively with customer in their navigation toward SOA using the best of breeds methodology and best practices. Regularly interface with customers and facilitate executive briefings: internal and external, webinars and seminars on technology and solutions offerings. Convene with customers to develop their enterprise architecture and security architecture strategies and implementation, roadmaps and planning initiatives. Design security solutions that assist customers to address business risk, governance and compliance. Render high level of assistance to customers in designing their SOA vision across IT landscape. Establish profitable relationships with clients, which include Deloitte, KPMG, McKinsey, Ernst & Young, Computer Associates, Infocrossing, SunGard, State of New Jersey and Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shields of New Jersey.
Notable Achievements:
- Drove all efforts to attain quota of over $10M quarterly since 2006, thus contributing to IBM quarterly revenue
- Obtained multiple recognitions and financial awards by displaying exceptional leadership skills as an architect and leader of special projects
- Commended as a strategist and trusted advisor to the IBM team and customers by providing consultative advice on software strategy, planning and architectures
- Built and cultivated long-term quality relationships with clients by ensuring their utmost satisfaction, which subsequently generated repeat buyers and referrals
- Recognized as the “Best Performer” in exceptional work efforts at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey that resulted in $13M revenue to IBM in 3rd quarter of 2010
- Received citation and cash award as a leader for leading a project for identifying new business opportunities in 2011
- Demonstrated keen expertise to ensure innovative and efficient use of business processes, people and technology
SENIOR LEAD ARCHITECT ~ TOYS “R” US, INC., WAYNE, NJ 2001–2006
Pivotal in providing exceptional architecture services to support application development of the company. Instrumental in providing infrastructure support for all web applications developed within Toy “R” Us. Supervised software analysis activities, software design and coding reviews; and ensuring compliance with standards for source code documentation and development environment.
Notable Achievements:
- Presided over the Toys “R” Us architecture team in the successful migration of its legacy applications to web applications using J2EE framework in collaboration with open source frameworks
- Initiated the development and implementation of strategies/best practices for developing web-centric and EJB-centric solutions that solved complex business problems in real time
- Conceptualized and implemented a data confidentiality mechanism using cryptography for securing production databases passwords after a brute force attack was carried out
- Devised a comprehensive information security evaluation for new projects in conjunction with the PMO
- Played a vital role in writing code, testing, debugging, using third-party class libraries and working with version control and configuration management systems
- Masterfully led all initiatives in the translation of high-level specifications for software objects into designs
DIRECTOR, APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT ~ NEXTHOPE CORPORATION, NEWARK, NJ 2000–2001
Directed and coordinated the full development lifecycle from requirements gathering, analysis, design and construction to system testing. Conducted various project management functions and managed a team of architects and developers. Administered resources and corporate budget activities to fund operations and maximize investments. Utilized various open source web frameworks to architect and develop robust and scalable web-centric and EJB-centric applications.
Notable Achievements:
- Oversaw the implementation of various e-commerce systems and technology solutions using J2EE component technologies
- Served as a significant contributor in policies formulation, including security policy and strategy
- Commended for developing standards to enforce the policy and design the contextual security architecture for the organization
- Designed customized systems, addressing business problems in collaboration with customers and domain experts
- Gained distinction as an active participant in developing disaster recovery and business continuity plans for the organization
DIRECTOR, DATABASE SERVICES ~ ZIFF-DAVIS (ZD), INC., NEW YORK, NY 1999–2000
Spearheaded and mentored a team of database administrators and architects supporting the mission-critical Oracle, Sybase and MS SQL server databases on Solaris, Digital Tru64 and Windows operating systems. Demonstrated keen expertise in managing end-to-end technical and solution architecture for data design and modeling, data management, data warehouse and data integration using ETL tools.
Notable Achievements:
- Honored and received cash and “Best Director and Stellar Award” for effectively leading the team in performing a critical database recovery in 1999
- Instituted and implemented security strategy for the databases to ensure data privacy and access control using various security mechanisms both at the operating systems level and database level
- Championed in designing high availability architecture and disaster recovery planning and execution to ensure business continuity
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
Member, Open Group Architect Community | Member, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Member, Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) | Member, (ISC)2
TECHNICAL PROFICIENCY
OPERATING SYSTEMS: UNIX (HP-UX, Tru64, Sun Solaris, AIX), Linux, OS/390, Windows, iOS, Android
LANGUAGES: Java, PHP, C/C++, MS Visual C++, PL/SQL, PowerBuilder, Visual Basic
JAVA TOOL: RAD, Eclipse, JBuilder, Sun One Enterprise, NetBeans
MESSAGING TOOL: WebSphere MQ (MQSeries), JMS, WebSphere Message Broker
SOA TOOL: WebSphere ESB, WebSphere Message Broker, WebSphere Process Server, WebSphere Business Monitor, WebSphere Integration Developer, IBM Business Process Manager
BPM TOOL: WebSphere Business Modeler
MODELING TOOL: UML2, Rational Software Architect, Rational System Architect
APPLICATION SERVER: WebSphere Application Server, JBoss, WebLogic Server, Jonas, Geronimo, GlassFish
WEB FRAMEWORK: Spring, Struts, JSF, Tapestry
PORTAL: WebSphere Portal, Drupal
DATABASES: DB2 UDB, Oracle, Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise, MS SQL Server, MySQL,
ORM TOOL: Hibernate, iBatis, Toplink
HARDWARE: IBM Systems i, p, x, z, Intel-based Servers, HP and Sun Enterprise Servers
ARCHITECTURAL STYLE: SOA, Pipe and Filter, Layered, Implicit Invocation, Client-Server, Web Three-Tier
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