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Certified SOA ArchitectCertified SOA Analyst

Steven L Mather
Tampa, FL
813-426-4965
steven@steven-mather.com

Professional Summary
With over 28 years in the IT industry at all levels, Steven Mather has repeatedly demonstrated strong architectural, technical, management, and executive level skill. With over seventeen years in leadership positions, he has managed the full development life cycle of in-house, retail, federal, civil, and commercial projects. His experience includes over eighteen years in architectural roles, sixteen years in object oriented design and development, and nine years integrating products and applications for mergers and acquisitions, technological advancements, and business process diversification scenarios. His industry functional experience as a Financial, Telephony, Logistics, Federal & DoD, Marketing, and Energy. He continually stays abreast of technology and standards trends and advancements. He is seeking positions that will allow him to continue being a leading business and enterprise asset in the efforts to define, develop, and deliver technical solutions that support and enhance core business lines and models.

Skill Set Summary

  • Certified SOA Architect
  • Certified SOA Analyst
  • Enterprise Integration Architecture, EAI
  • Business Analysis and Development
  • Project Planning, RFP  RFQ Development
  • Project Management
  • Requirements Analysis and Design
  • Process Development / Business Intelligence
  • Product and Service Selection and Acquisition
  • Internet Development and E-Commerce
  • Technical Training and Writing
  • Enterprise Broker & Messaging Technologies
  • Distributed Computing

 Work History (Summary)

Work History (Detailed)

04/07 – Present

Senior Architect  / Technical Expert

Conda Consulting Corp.

In-House development and Establishment of SOA Competencies
Lead architect in the company directive to move toward a center of SOA competencies for multiple purposes. This included the creation of in-house strategies and best practices in SOA. Responsible for managing the development of creating business services exposing reusable processes for locating and tracking during the hiring process for consultants and full time personnel to fulfill customers’ needs for experienced resources. Provide SOA consultation for clients in adopting strategic principles and concepts along with tactical implementation and best practices with SOA analysis, design, and implementation. Experience with Intalio BPMS, JFire, XFlow, WSDL, XSL/XSD, XSLT, XQuery, XPath, SOAP, JBoss, Java, J2EE, Visio. Limited experience with Oracle SOA Suite 11g.

Manage the design and development of mass emailing service. Levels of service required the successful mailing of multi-millions of HTML based emails with a managed but high send rate and successful delivery rate. Manage a team of 3+ in the full iterative process of requirements, design, and development. Solution required a scalable infrastructure that allowed us to add servers and new IP addresses and manage the processing of emails across the scalable platform. Developed with C#, MS Visual Studio, Visio, and third party libraries.

06/00 – 06/04

Principal / Senior Architecture Specialist / Technical Expert Surgery

Computer Science Corp (CSC)

FEDERAL RFP/RFQ Proposal Development (DoD)
Engaged as the lead architect for the development of the technical integration solution the associated proposal section response for the ERP implementation of financial modules of the Oracle eBusiness Suites introducing the DoD to using commercial COTS and commercial business processes. My task was the design and TCO of the technical infrastructure. The proposal had a potential $500m price tag.
Lead Integration Managing Architect for a Major DoD Logistics project for the US AMC (DoD)
Engaged as the managing and lead architect for the integration division of LMP (Logistics Modernization Program) the largest implementation of SAP, to date, in the world for the DoD and AMC. I lead a team of 50+ architects and developers located in different geographical locations. The engagement consisted of replacing, as transparently as possible, 30 year old legacy systems for each Army Logistical Command under one system. Original estimates of the interface effort were over 350,000 man-hours. I was brought in to reduce that number and deliver the solution. The effort was reduced to less than 100,000 man-hours. The entire solution required over 400 interfaces to 70+ partners, many as old as the original legacy. Total daily transaction counts averaged 200,000 with a surge potential of a factor of 4 during war time situations and monthly and fiscal closeouts. The nature of the project was that it was seriously behind schedule when I was placed and the time to develop the architecture, implement, and test interfaces was unusually tight. I defined and lead the implementation of a service based architecture using SeeBeyond’s 4.5.2 e*Gate EAI Product served on Sun UNIX servers. Requirements demanded a batch to transaction paradigm and vice versa and a percentage of NRT. Connectivity technologies required included SAP (BAPI, RFC, ALE), FTP, CICS, MQSeries, TCP/IP, SNA LU6.2, File and single transaction transmissions using XML. The project was successfully deployed and has put the AMC logistical capabilities years ahead of any other nation. I represented the project along with the program director in several industry periodicals emphasizing the tremendous success of such a complicated endeavor.
FEDERAL RFP/RFQ Proposal Development (DoD)
Designated as the lead architect for the system integration solution of a large $1.2 billion DoD HR ERP implementation of PeopleSoft. My task was the design and TOC of the EAI infrastructure. My assignment was switched to managing a failing DoD integration effort that was more critical to CSC.
Lead Architect and Product Selection Manager (NASA)
Led a team of 6+ in the procurement of an EAI solution of the NASA IFMP initiative. The IFMP initiative required the integration of core functions across ten autonomous NASA centers. Responsibilities required determining customer integration needs, and to develop and implement an extensive federal procurement process to select a combination of EAI tools. The environment needing to be addressed was primarily OS/390, AdaBase/Natural, and a new installation of SAP Core Financials. The process required complex RFP, scoring models, proof of concept activities. Initially 12 vendors responded to the RFP. After reviewing and scoring the, first down select was limited to IBM, Microsoft BizTalk, Mercator, SeeBeyond, CrossWorlds, and WebMethods. A Secondary down select was performed from more in depth analysis to three vendors, and finally a single vendor was awarded the procurement. Due to the civil and federal nature of this selection the process was extremely rigorous and lasted quite some time. After my assignment was complete I followed the success of the integration team on site using my recommendations for integration and a distributed services architecture.
Commercial RFP/RFQ Proposal Development (Bechtel)
Engaged as the Project Director for the development of a web based HR system for global hiring and associated HR functions for Bechtel, the largest contractor in the world. I joined the team very late, 2 weeks prior to proposal deadline. The project was not awarded.
Financial Community Web Portal
Chief Architect in the design and development of a financial portal offering community, personalization, service integration, education, and storefront. The project was a personal effort and the site was acquired. Responsibilities included full technical and content decision authority, design, and assisting in implementation. Implementation was done using IIS4.0 on a clustered NT platform. Technologies employed are as follows but not limited to ASP, MS SQL Server 7.0, COM Services developed in VB and C#, and Java utilizing LDAP, MTS, MS Site Server and Commerce Server, and a variety of third party products.
Feasibility Study for Web Credit Card Processing Application
Architectural Consultant and technical expert in assisting an architectural study and recommendation for the development of an e-business for a large credit card processing corporation. The requirement was to determine the initial scope, required services, interfaces, and required resources to develop a Websphere 3.0 solution and EJB technology.


11/98 – 02/00

Architect/Consultant

Conda Consulting Corp.

Senior Architect / SBC (Southwestern Bell Communications)
Engaged as a senior architect on an enterprise re-tooling proof of concept project. The primary direction is the adoption of EJB and J2EE to develop an enterprise infrastructure for a variety of B2B services. Duties require full life-cycle management of the entire project, product selection, technological direction, and leading a development team. Products currently being used: VisualAge for Java, Websphere 3.0, WebLogic, Javalin, DB2, and Various IONA products. Also performed rigorous evaluations of Vitria BusinessWare and SonicMQ.
Chief Architect and Development Lead / CMS Energy – Messenger Project
Engaged as the chief architect and development lead building the Capacity Management System as required by FERC and GISB standards. The main business driver and industry requirement was to meet all standards and be accessible via the Internet and popular 4.0 browsers. CMS currently had an in-house system in place available through Telnet and V-100 protocol. The system front end was replaced using Jade 4.x by Vision Soft, a Java based Application Server using a CORBA transport (Visigenic) and advanced business rule technology. The Application Server was hosted on an NT Cluster persisting to Sybase dB’s on an HP backend. Duties required full life-cycle management of the entire project, product selection, technological direction, and leading a development team of 15+. Strong adherence to the RUP process using Rational products; Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, SoDa. All project milestones have been met or exceeded and looks to be ready for production by projected date of11/1/99.
Lecturer and Trainer / Conda Consulting
Gave numerous training classes and lectures to the sales staff on successful strategies for finding and dealing with hiring managers and client sponsors Additionally I taught the basic understanding of the various technologies that the sales staff would be recruiting for.

02/96 – 11/98

Architect/Consultant

Insight Technology Group

Manager of Architectural Compliance and Technical QA / Norwest Financial - Project Genesis
Acting as the Manager for the Architectural Compliance team and Technical Quality Assurance. The direction of this team was to provide a total and project wide quality assurance of process of the architecture. This included but was not exclusive to architectural compliance, correctness testing of the development process and artifacts of this 200 million-dollar project. The project was an enterprise wide replacement for the Norwest Financial Consumer Loan applications system for both in-house and affiliates. Directed (25+) technical test resources and process engineers. Duties required process definition in the areas of standards, testing, and architectural compliance in addition to providing architectural guidance in the development of infrastructure. Project was multi-tier utilizing VB front ends with DCOM/CORBA wrappers using Bea M3 as the middleware with a C++ distributed back end on NT clusters. Process was oriented with RUP. Tools employed; Rational Rose 4.0, VC++, VB, BEA M3, Pure Coverage, Bounds Checker, Neuron Elements, Persistence, McCabe, WinRunner.
Chief Architect and Project Manager / Ameritech
Architect and lead the development of GSMS (Global Service Management System), an Internet based set of applications for service subscription management of Ameritech's AIN (Advanced Intelligent Network) Services as part of an effort to gain TA96 un-bundling compliance. Led an OO development team (10+) and a business modeling team (6+). The business intent of the system allows customers and providers to manage their subscriptions and service orders independently. Heavy emphasis was placed on abstracting services and element managers allowing for rapid changes, new services, and additional AIN systems. The system design is an nth tier Client/Server architecture of distributed business and object services developed as Java services, and C++ Services using CORBA and IIOP. Client connections consisted of Java Applets connecting through a secure extranet network segment, and internal Service Order systems using CORBA based adapters. GSMS was primarily developed with Java Services with the exception of C++ based services that wrap third party Ericsson and Lucent Element Adapters on Solaris and HPUX systems. The core infrastructure used Object Store OSJI 1.x, Visibroker for Java/C++ (switched from OrbixWeb 2.x), SSL 2.0. OOAD managed using the Insight Advantage process, Rational Rose 4.0, UML. Project management utilized Project Gateway (Lotus Notes App.), MS Project, and MS Source Safe. Awarded a Patent and certification of approval from Ameritch for this effort.
Senior Architect (Infrastructure & Programming Models) ISSC / Liberty Mutual
Leading role in defining and implementing several layers of architecture and frameworks for an enterprise wide application suite with an estimated nationwide user base of over 6000. Developed overall programming and logical model for creating distributed business services, scenarios, and objects. Led a development team (10+) responsible for the infrastructure and frameworks providing base services and messaging for application development on HPUX 9.x. Messaging models based on publish and subscribe, and broadcast. The framework completely wrapped and made the use of Encina++ and DCE transparent from application programmers. The framework also abstracted the use of mainframe and peer-to-peer communications through the use of PPC gateways, DDCS, DPL and MQ Series. Lead and mentor the analysis, modeling, and creation of public interfaces to external third party and legacy systems such as workflow, rules engine, publishing, IMS database access. Tools: Rational Rose 3.0 & 4.0, Tools++, CSet, Visual C++, Encina++, DCE.
Senior Infrastructure Architect / Southwestern Bell OTRC
Member of a small highly skilled team of architects developing a companywide infrastructure for distributed object development. The core architectural vision was vertical based on CORBA as a standard for compliance. Development of multi-tier architecture relying on thin clients with distributed workflows and business objects. Tested and used a variety of CORBA compliant products (Orbix, ExperSoft, NEO, OrbeLine, Black Widow) for language and ORB interoperability and the level of services provided. The development of the COS frameworks including Naming, Life Cycle, Collections, Persistence, and Concurrency as C++ and Java prototypes. Provided recommendations and decisions on vendors and products. Secondary attention paid to the evolving OLE /DCOM, and ActiveX architecture and its viability. Tool set: MSVC++, Cafe, Tools++, STL, ObjectStore, NT 4.0, RPC, CORBA, Sockets, HTML, Java.
03/95-02/96 Architect / Project Lead / OO Mentor.
ADIA / Citicorp WWSS
Provided architectural vision and guidance to a Latin America securities division with a wide range of new requirements and legacy systems. Designed and implemented object based client server tracking system for international electronic financial messages. Analysis and design produced using OMT w/Paradigm Plus. Implementation produced on a Windows NT platform using Visual C++ ObjectStore, and custom OCX components. Led and mentored groups of SME’s through the development of use case scenarios for BPR and requirements gathering. Designed and led a team (12+) in the implementation of a Securities Dividend Administration application for Latin American markets. Primary architecture was two-tiered using OO designs and implemented using the native Delphi API and Interbase SQL server. Designed a C++ CORBA compliant object model and framework for reconciliation of financial data. Development of a web based customer query system using CGI and SQL data servers. Applied SEI standards were for quality assurance.

05/94-03/95

Architect/Consultant

Beechwood Data Systems Inc.

GTE IC Markets Test Bed / GTE Data Services
Design lead of a large distributed processing telephony project for ACCESS ordering. Analysis and design was based on a hybrid OO methodology based predominantly on OMT and Jacobson using a moderate iterative approach and Paradigm Plus as the CASE tool. Lead a group of subject matter experts (20+) in requirements gathering, BPR, and identifying candidate classes. Responsibilities required administrative, management, and technical skills. The technical lead over the Windows development team (12+) of OCV a client/server application for ACCESS ordering. Responsibilities included acting as the hands-on lead and mentor of a development team implementing a design (Booch methodology) using Visual C++ and Poets OODB to provide a front end to UNIX servers utilizing distributed processing. The effort required level 2 compliance with SEI.


02/93-05/94

Senior Architect/Project Management

Qualitative Marketing Systems Inc.

In House and Retail Application Development
Responsible for the in-house and retail product development including the technological direction of the company. Managed (6+) and lead the design and development of several software applications for the direct mail industry. Development of a high capacity, high-speed query application on a NT/Win32s platform using Visual C++, zApp, and Objectstore 2.0. The project required the conversion of over 200Gb of DMV and census RDB information into an OODB schema that could fit on one CD-ROM (650Mb) including a variety of indices. This application was designed using a hybrid of the OMT methodology. Development of a client/server Market Analysis Response system for a commercial group with over 12 million direct mail customers. The project was developed using Visual C++, Zinc API, and Codebase 5.0 accessing legacy xBase data files. Development of algorithms that processed files containing multiple names/same field in a variety of formats. The application identified the individual names and assigned gender to each with a 93% accuracy rate. The application was designed using MS Visual basic and ODBC drivers. Other responsibilities included the development of technical and sales material of retail applications.

11/91-01/93

Consultant & Project Management

CAN Inc.

In House Application Development
Contracted to design and coordinate a team (8+) effort of the automation of a multi-site hospital admission assistance program. Project required a three-tier client/server application on a Novel LAN network with multiple off-site nodes. Successfully implemented and delivered a tested system using remote communication packages (TCP/IP) and developed using Windows SDK’s, Visual C++ (MFC), ODBC drivers, and FoxPro data files. The analysis and design was produced using OMT. Responsibilities included analysis, design, test planning and implementation, management, project planning, and purchasing.

01/83-11/91

Consultant

Individual Private Contracts/Positions

Requirements Analysis / Lead Developer / GTE of Florida
Lead designer and developer of a government agency Service Order Contract System deployed on a DOS/3Com LAN platform using Clipper 5.01 and C to develop the application. Required in-depth analysis of current legacy system and requirements gathering from installed legacy clients. This project was on a considerably tight time-line and was completed successfully.
Requirements Analysis / Lead Developer / GTE Government Services
Responsible for a team effort (6+) demanding the complete revision of an existing Job/Inventory/Materials tracking system. The applications were redesigned and required working closely with the user base to develop an acceptable product. This product was developed with C++ and an RDBS on a Novel LAN.
Senior Analyst / Developer / Technical Writer / Sarasota County, FL
Development and documentation of a countywide set of programming standards including design and user interface requirements. Standards developed were based on IBM SAA guidelines. Won and maintained preferred vendor for PC based software development for two consecutive years. Development of applications for tracking, control, and distribution of animal license tags, and development of the Emergency Management inventory tracking system used to manage the distribution and tracking of vital equipment throughout the county. Products were developed with MS C on a DOS/Novel platform accessing xBase files.
Technical Writer / Harris Semi-Conductor/ Melbourne, FL
Solely responsible for the design and development of a user manual, reference manual, quick reference tri-fold, and keyboard templates for a specialized PC multi-user product. The documentation was done using Ventura, Pagemaker, Word Perfect and a variety of DTP peripherals.
Senior Analyst / Developer / SBS Inc.
Responsible for the support and enhancement of an existing PC multi-user POS retail system. The application was developed and maintained with Microsoft C utilizing bTrieve file functions and an assortment of peripherals: bar code readers, cash draws, register printers, etc.
Technical Writer / GTE Data Services
Responsible for the development of the USOC user manual which was a portion of a 10,000-page user and reference set for CABS, a telephony billing system for ACCESS customers.
Programmer Analyst / Marketing / Training PMA Computers - Clearwater, FL
Responsible for the support and enhancement of an existing medical billing and office manager retail application. Participated in a team effort converting an existing system written in BASIC to an upgraded version written in Clipper, Lattice C and supporting Assembler libraries. Duties also required the development of sales and support documentation.
Programmer Analyst Tampa Bay Regional Planning Council
Responsible for the design and development of a demographic data base query application. This application handled the input of census demographic information that was used for queries and output to a mapping application. Application was developed in Lattice C and interfaced with ATLAS GIS Mapping software.

Education

Certficate of Excellence