Enterprise Architect

• May 2020 - Present

Enterprise Architect

• Sep 2018 - Apr 2020

• Partnered with Product development team to design and develop new products in the areas of Wellbeing Management and Consumer Driven Healthcare. Evaluated 3rd party products by participating in the RFP and RFI process and evaluating technology, security and integration capabilities. • Led solutions and data architecture team to create future state solution and data architecture. Architecture covered integration with third parties and ingestion to and consumption from Data Lake. Presented solutions architecture to business and IT stakeholders as well as to vendors. • Partnered with PMO team to develop project plan and budget by getting estimates from IT stakeholders. • Collaborated with API Development, Applications, Data Architecture and Security (Identity and Access Management) teams for detail design of cloud native API, consumption of vendor data, file exchange layout standards and Mobile Authentication solutions for 3rd party integrations. • Facilitated technical discussions and resolved technical issues with various internal IT teams and vendor IT teams during implementation. Show less

Enterprise Architect

• Apr 2018 - Jul 2018

• For a strategic business initiative, identified key business capabilities and products needed for the solution. • Discovered current state business process flows, application and technology architecture. • Performed comparative analysis of available software in the market as well as capabilities of in-house software. Also, investigated related hardware products. • Created future state solution architecture based on research and reference architecture and in collaboration with IT and business leaders. • Lead the implementation of a proof of concept utilizing micro services in Docker containers in IaaS platform (Microsoft Azure), integrating with internal applications. Show less

Enterprise Architect/Program Technical Lead

• Mar 2016 - Mar 2018

• Directed and supported all architectural activities in a cloud migration initiative which resulted in 40% savings in operations and licensing costs. • Facilitated architectures design sessions; developed and documented current state and future state application and integration architecture (real-time, near real-time and batch), utilizing Reference Architecture. • Documented all architectural risks and security concerns, which were later addressed in design. • Collaborated with the Project Management Office to plan, budget and estimate. • Supported application, integration, infrastructure and QA teams during detail design and execution phase (to resolve technical issues). Show less

Enterprise Architect

• Feb 2014 - Feb 2016

• Directed and delivered large and complex IT projects with budgets of $5M+ involving process re-engineering, regulatory compliance, and mobile platform initiatives. • Supported business requirements analysis, development of process flows and use cases. • Led a group of applications, infrastructure, database, data warehouse, security, server, and network architects to design end-to-end solution architecture and technology architecture, utilizing Walgreens Reference Architecture. • Generated Solution Architecture artifacts based on TOGAF model. • Recommended and supported strategies resulting in a 40% reduction in hardware costs. • Partnered with the Project Management Office and technical Subject Matter Experts to develop project plan (scope, schedule, budget, resource needs etc.) and execution of projects. • Presented solutions architectures, budgets, and timelines to the Chief Information Officer, department managers, and IT leaders. Show less

Enterprise Architect

• May 2012 - Dec 2013

• Coordinated and implemented IT projects implementing Affordable Care Act and Medicaid expansion. • Designated as company IT representative to liaise with the federal government, state associations, and third-party solution providers to implement and integrate solutions. • Participated in workshops with business to discover business objectives and opportunities. • Lead the delivery of solution architecture, which contained artifacts (based on TOGAF and ArchiMate) such as business capability map, information asset map, business reference architecture, business-to-technology map, data flow diagrams, conceptual/integration architecture, logical application architecture, and logical infrastructure architecture. • Provided architect reviews of system performances and improved response time 25% through highly scalable architecture and design. • Partnered with the Project Management Office to plan and deliver projects. • Supported application, integration, infrastructure and QA teams during execution of the projects. Show less

Enterprise Architect

• Apr 2008 - May 2012

• Directed the IT governance process, architecture review process, and generated architecture policies and standards. • Developed reference architecture and roadmaps for Web Applications/Portals, Integration/SOA and Application Security. • Performed Proof of Concepts for new products and technologies. • Lead solution design in projects, delivering conceptual solutions architecture, data flow, logical application and infrastructure deployment diagrams. • Supported Joint Application Development (JAD) consultations to discover objectives, analyze vendor products, map Use Cases to products, and promote dialogue with third party solution providers. • Reduced costs 40+% through cost benefit analysis and third-party host implementation. • Streamlined technology platforms and reduced software and hardware licensing costs by 20%. • Contributed to Request for Proposal analysis and vendor assessments. Show less

Enterprise Architect

• Jul 2002 - Mar 2008

• Responsible for enterprise architecture roadmaps and reference architecture for integration, application security, data access. Also, supported SOA and performance. • Participated in the architecture development (TOGAF model) and IT governance process. • Participated in the Technology Review Board (TRB). • Consulted IT clients on business process design, systems development, application architecture, integration architecture, security, and performance. • Reduced software licensing costs 25+% through standardized application platforms and applications integration. • Delivered technical support and training to technical staff and cross-functional teams. Show less

Senior Information Technology Consultant

• Jan 1996 - Jul 2002

Information Technology Consultant

• Aug 1994 - Jan 1996