SOA Web 2.0 Architect, Entrepreneur, CTO

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Culver City, CA (11/03– Present) Executive Director of Technology, Domestic TV IT
Led a mid size development and QA team of employees and contractors on the implementation of several Sales, Marketing, and Research applications for the Domestic TV business group. Responsible for all aspects of decision making where it pertains to technology and applications for the line of business. Report directly to the Divisional CIO and work closely on the budgeting and planning process. Responsible for the overall IT budget for the line of business. Developed technology strategies and led implementation efforts to create a more effective Sales Tracking application with on demand capabilities to access complex data such as availability information, ratings information and other data critical to be able to sell TV product and Ad spots. Responsible for the technology due diligence activities for several acquisitions around Ad Sales vendors, and user generated content (video) companies. Budgetary, management and technical responsibilities for a 14 million dollar Sales and Availability system, involving several different departments, a large data mart development and a complete front-end reporting and deal data entry and tracking application. Serving as the PM and Architect for a project to replace the Domestic TV B2B site that serves as a portal for all syndication and PPV marketing and programming content. All SPT customers (station groups, affiliates) connect to this site to get up to date broadcast schedules and formats, marketing content, promotional materials etc. Architecting a solution to integrate Nielsen Ratings information with IMDB product information to allow the Cable Sales team to access competitive information as part of the sales process. Architecting the re-design of the sales, financial and distribution mainframe system to enable the support for new sales models, real-time availability calculations using a data warehouse, and a more integrated workflow/tracking system. Architected and led the efforts to build a Contract Management Process and system for the Creative and Business Affairs teams to manage the lifecycle of new TV product from concept to pilot to development. Working directly with the CIO to build an offshore support team in India using leading vendors. Technical advisor for an enterprise SOA initiative – from requirements, use cases to implementation and adoption. Started and led an informal education “Community of Practice” for cross functional teams to discuss adoption of SOA. Participated in an initiative to transform the IT division into a Services based model, using ITIL principles. Part of a core team to implement the Incident Management, Change Management and Problem Management processes. Member of an enterprise Architecture Working Group that is responsible to make recommendations to a Architecture Governance Board, led by the VP of Architecture. Member of the IT Leadership group, a group of IT thought leaders at Sony Pictures.Member of the Team Innovation Leadership group, that serves as a catalyst for business-it alignment efforts. Architected solutions to expose existing business applications on mobile devices such as the Blackberry. Architected the conversion of several Lotus Notes databases into J2EE applications that integrated with the Portal. Architected several reusable components, across the LOB and the enterprise – ad hoc query, Stellent, etc. Implemented several projects for Sony Pictures Television using WebLogic Portal 8.1. This site is the primary B2C, B2B and B2E application for the Domestic Television business group. Project included Portal development, J2EE application development, and integration with Stellent for content management, Business Objects for report and several databases.
Independent Consulting (05/02 – Present) J2EE and SOA Architect, Project Manager
Founder and CTO of a social network, Web 2.0 platform company focussed on the Film Making process (Pre-Production and Production). Currently the company is in stealth mode. Offshore partner with Bodhtree for a start-up called Popcorn Home Entertainment, that focuses on DVD delivery with Video of Demand services. Responsible for Project Management, Technical Implementation and delivery of the system that will process orders and shipments from the users on a cable box through the delivery of the DVD to the customer. Chief Information and Technology Officer for a social networking start-up. Helped build a social technology based on Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 paradigms; filed provisional patents around security and access. Coordinated and managed an offshore vendor for the development to the Alpha release stage. Managing offshore projects with niche Indian software companies such as Bodhtree and CoreObjects. Authored and edited several books and articles. See list of publications . Helped a financial services firm in India, diversify into IT and establish a WebServicesconsulting organization. Developed initial business plan, and marketing strategy. Secured initial three clients to establish positive cash flow immediately. Worked with InfosysTechnologies Ltd, in Pune, India on a Web Servicesinitiative to develop Web Services awareness. Helped define consulting methodology, sales and marketing methodology and consultant technical awareness programs to develop a Web Services practice. Implemented a BEA WebLogic Portaland BEA WebLogic Integration project for Novartisin Mexico. Was responsible for overall architecture of a BEA deployment, using Portal, Integration and WebLogic Server. Developed several Webflows, input processors and pipelines. Managed teams for the consulting firm and Novartis developers on this project.
Wakesoft Inc., San Francisco, CA (02/03– 10/03) Solutions Engineer (Sales)
Responsible for pre-sales technical support for a J2EE/ Services Oriented Architectureproduct. Involved in preparing presentations, demos, proof of concepts, technical sales material, and sales tools such as ROI, and Architecture Maturity. Worked on proof of concepts on using the the Wakesoft Architecture Platform to deliver service-orientedapplications on BEA WebLogic7.0 and 8.1and IBM WebSphere5.0. Developed competitive differentiation matrices and consulted on refining the value proposition. Helped define requirements for next version of product based on customer feedback and competitive analysis. Responsible for large accounts such as Hartford Insurance, AFG, DoE, Verizon, Dell, Avolent, APL, Federal Reserve Bank, and others.
iRise Inc., San Francisco, CA (05/00 – 05/02) Senior Consultant / Technical Architect
Internal Applications for iRise- Architected various internal applications such as a recruiting application, time and expense application and an ERP application to manage consulting projects and consultants. Developed the technical architecture, and led the development team. Created mobile interfaces to the application, and Web Services wrappers using WebLogic Workshop and Apache AXIS. Worked with BEA Integration (AI, B2B and BPM) and WebLogic Portal. Used a hybrid of RUP and XP and Rational Rose tools for design and implementation on projects. Was responsible for requirements analysis, estimation and responsible for on-time project delivery. Broadband Industry- Architected and developed an e-commerce application to be used to sell different types of self install kits for Cable Modems and DSL. Created an Enterprise J2EE architectureacross numerous IT departments and consulting firms working on several IT projects. Was responsible for the project plan and timeline management. Interacted closely with the client to setup development, QA, and production environments, licensing issues and other administrative functions required for a successful deployment. Entertainment Industry- Delivered a detail proposal and technical architecture for various clients in the Entertainment industry. These proposals ranged from applications for a trading system for the entertainment stock market and a digital asset licensing system for sound and music clips. The technical architecture was based on the use of J2EE technologies and MVC architecture and Struts, to be deployed on WebLogic The proposal included a detailed project plan with risk analysis, testing strategy and a high level functional design. Supply Chain integration / Logistics- - Helped a dot.com company architect a supply chain platform using the J2EE architecture with best-practice design patterns, optimized EJB usage, for deployment on WebLogic. The application integrated with a rules engine and various reporting systems such as Crystal Reports. Used Struts as part of the MVC development framework.
Nextera Interactive, San Francisco, CA (12/99 – 04/00)Engineer / Consultant
Frisbee League Management Site- Developed various algorithms and utilities for managing a Frisbee league. These included complex ordering of players and drafting of teams. Architected a J2EEframework including an XMLexchange layer to be used by other developers to develop a web application for the management of the league. Developed a reusable MVCframeworkwhich resembles what Strutsis today.
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Chicago, IL (06/99 – 12/99)MIS Specialist
Responsible for developing intranet and custom applications for the “Supervision and Regulation” department in order to assist in the supervision and control of various banks that fall under the mid-west district of the FRB. Designed and developed intranet applications in Java, using the SilverStream and WebLogic application server and a MS SQLdatabase. intained the department intranet on a day to day basis using (HTML, JavaScript, DHTML, Photoshop, and Acrobat).
Beloit College, Beloit, WI (08/96 – 05/99)NT 4 Administrator and Teaching Assistant
Managed NT 4 servers operating as file/print/application servers. Initiated UNIX-NT integration. Responsibilities included writing PERLscripts for accounts/directory synchronization and performing day to day administrative tasks such as directory replication, backups, and domain management. Installed FTP and HTTP servers and a UNIXshell. Provided one-on-one as well as group tutoring help to students of introductory and intermediate level in CS and Physics classes in C++, Algorithms, and Digital Systems. Mentored students on Java, C++ pointer manipulation, sorting, searching and graph algorithms, and NPCompleteness.