Chris
J Albertson
McKinney, TX
chris@chrisalbertson.com – www.chrisalbertson.com
214.810.6271
Summary
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Over 10 years of architectural experience
implementing technology for business solutions to a wide variety of companies
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Strong SOA architecture experience with multiple
frameworks including BizTalk 2009/2010, SSIS, TIBCO, Oracle, IBM WebSphere, Software
AG WebMethods, SUN ICANN, and SeeBeyond (e*gate)
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Strong leadership skills working with Executive
Management, Technical Architects and Business End-Users working through change
management and new technology deployments.
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Mentored organizations through multiple projects
working through complete SDLC for small to large business entities
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Excellent Data Modeling and Project Management skills
Languages: ANSI
SQL, JAVA, PERL, PHP, BASH Shell, MONK/LISP, FLOW, PL/SQL, Pascal, C#
Database: Oracle9i/10g,
Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005/2008(R2)
Operating Sys: Windows
(Server and Desktop), Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian, Embedded), AIX
Data
Modeling: ERwin, PowerDesigner, SQL Power
Architect,
Embarcadero Data Architect (with Repository and Enterprise Data
Dictionary)
Integration Tools: Microsoft
BizTalk 2009/2010 with Business Rules Engine
Microsoft BizTalk ESB Toolkit 2.1
Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services
(SSIS) 2008R2
WebSphere: Process Server, WSRR, WID,
WAS, Process Modeler
Oracle SOA: Enterprise Service Bus, Web Services Manager
TIBCO: Business Connect, Business Works,
iProcess, Business Studio
WebMethods: Broker, Trading Networks
SeeBeyond/SUN ICAN, e*Gate
SOA Repository
Solutions: HP
SOA Systinet (Registry and Repository)
Logic Library: LogiDex (SOA Repository)
WebSphere Registry and Repository
MediaWiki with Semantic MediaWiki add-in
Certifications:
WebSphere Process Server Administration 2007
WebSphere Integration Developer (BI111/112) 2007
e*Gate Basic/Advanced Certified 2000
Checkpoint & Sonicwall Firewall Administrator Certification 1999
SIBRIDGE
Consulting, Dallas, TX 8/04-present
Senior Enterprise Architect,
Technology Adoption and Integration
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Lead client Service Oriented Architecture adoption
through standards and patterns analysis
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Lead, Design and Implement Integration and Enterprise
Service Bus solutions
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Prioritize and lead projects from business analysis
through implementation
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Enterprise Data Modeling
(Entity Modeling, Logical/Physical Modeling, etc.)
CLIENT
Helmerich and
Payne, Inc. , Tulsa, OK 5/11-Present
Principal Integration
Architect – Enterprise Architecture
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Responsible for BizTalk Enterprise Architecture
adoption and implementation standards
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Mentor and Train all integration development staff
for BizTalk and general integration best practices
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Review, Mentor and Approve integration design
specification documentation.
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Create enterprise best practices for General
Integration and BizTalk implementation. Review with Enterprise Architecture
organization for approval and adoption.
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Design and Implement enterprise exception handling
framework for formalized systems integration.
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Responsible for BizTalk 2010 environmental
(Development, Test, Production) configuration and implementation.
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Present formal Integration Architecture standards
to Enterprise Architecture management and team. Business benefits as well as technical
are always presented as enterprise goals.
CLIENT
Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Tulsa, OK 1/10-5/11
Data Architect –
Data Management
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Designed and Implemented many Enterprise Data
Warehouse integration processes in SSIS 2008R2. 3-4 million transactions per
day.
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Responsible for historical data load and migration
into new Enterprise Data Warehouse. Over 1 billion records/transactions.
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Responsible for the design and execution of a large
Data Mart consolidation effort. This included as-is data flow analysis
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Mined data flow logic from many legacy technologies
including Oracle PL/SQL, Bourne Shell Scripts, MS SQL Stored Procedures, C++
and PERL.
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Lead interactions with business stakeholders to
ensure proper rule accuracy for the consolidation effort.
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Modeled data warehouse and data mart structures
using Embarcadero Data Architect
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Designed the Enterprise Data Dictionary implemented
in the Embarcadero Repository server
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Provided data architectural guidance to various
DTAG teams and projects to ensure alignment with long term DTAG vision
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Responsible for the introduction of IBM InfoSphere
Discovery data analysis toolset which is used for ongoing data quality
assurance.
CLIENT
Dollar Thrifty
Automotive Group, Tulsa, OK 2/09-12/09
SOA Architect –
Enterprise Architecture
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Designed the initial SOA governance policy
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Designed and piloted a customer SOA Development
Lifecycle
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Trained and mentored staff on the principles and
best practices of SOA
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Designed a SOA technology reference model used to
guide the implementation of supporting systems.
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Implemented the SOA Governance Policy using HP SOA
Systinet
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Integrated HP SOA Systinet Repository with DTAG
Active Directory. Supplied configuration details to HP development for product
improvement.
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Selected, architected and implemented an enterprise
installation of Microsoft BizTalk 2009
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Trained and mentored Microsoft BizTalk development
staff. Cross-trained .NET developers into BizTalk orchestration developers.
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Lead a pilot SOA project which was implemented
using Microsoft BizTalk 2009
CLIENT
City of Charlotte ,
Charlotte, NC 6/08-12/08
Enterprise Architect - Office of the CIO
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Performed a city-wide SOA readiness assessment
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Created a roadmap of the SOA adoption plan. (Ideal
“to-be” SOA state over time with functionality milestones)
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Created a roadmap of the SOA adoption in relation
to existing and planned projects throughout the city
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Established enterprise architect role in the Office
of the CIO
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Created City SOA Standards, lead organizational
understanding and gained approval through various City of Charlotte approval boards.
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Created an integration architecture reference model
for the City
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Reviewed high-profile RFP’s issued by the city to
ensure the request followed Enterprise Architecture goals and standards set
forth by the Office of the CIO.
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Reviewed various product implementation
professional services contracts for the city to ensure implementation follows
OCIO standards and goals.
CLIENT
Health Markets, North Richland Hills, TX 2/08-6/08
Enterprise Architecture Team
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Analyze and improve application development process
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Implemented initial pilot of SOA Development
Process
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Produced a tangible example of how SOA design
principles reduce development time and increase business delivery accuracy.
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Highlighted gaps/issues in the current SDLC Process
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Managed and mentored client enterprise architect
resources during this process
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Implemented initial pilot of TIBCO (Business Works)
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Executed the SOA design into the TIBCO product.
This produced an execution layer more closely correlated to the business
process of the requirements.
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Managed development resources during the effort.
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Created and evangelized methodology for service
identification and classification
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Advised client management of short and long term
tasks needed within the Enterprise Architecture space.
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This included prioritizing, resource allocation,
etc.
CLIENT
Yellow Roadway
Worldwide, Overland Park, KS 6/06-1/08
IT Architecture
Team
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Guided the architecture team through SOA toolset
evaluation, purchase and adoption
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Included initial product analysis, on-site
demonstration scenarios, evaluation criteria, toolset customer interviews, and
findings recommendation presentation.
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Selected the IBM SOA Suite over the Oracle SOA
Suite
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Oversaw the training, prototyping and best
practices design of the IBM Products for YRC.
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Created the best practices and methodology of SOA
service repository configuration and governance management
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Logic Library: Logidex
§ Used for Design
Time
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WSRR
§ Used for Runtime
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Sat on the governance committee over canonical data
set administration
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This committee worked toward a single definition of
common business entities, from concept to technical definition
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The committee participated in X12 standards board.
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Designed and implemented an ESB document exchange
“hub” in a new major version of WebMethods. (Used Trading Networks, Broker and
Flow)
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The product was intended to be an abstraction layer
for document exchange between companies acquired in a recent merger.
CLIENT
Securus
Technologies, Addison, TX 8/04-6/06
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Next Gen Product Innovation Infrastructure
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Created standardized, pattern-based enterprise
service bus solution for inter-system message exchange and monitoring. (Used
the SeeBeyond ICAN Product Suite)
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Created a logging and exception handling framework
to be used throughout the company system assets.
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Modeled enterprise business entities, from
conceptual to physical implementations.
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Created searchable database repositories for use in
an external information sales product.
Starpoint
Solutions, Dallas, TX 3/02-8/04
Senior Integration
Consultant
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Designed and implemented integration solutions
using SeeBeyond e*Gate products
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Modeled database solutions to support various
applications
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Analyzed system performance at both the application
level and the database interaction level
CLIENT
TXU, Dallas, TX 3/02-8/04
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Designed and implemented a transaction tracking and
multi-transaction lifecycle tracking system
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This included complete data modeling
responsibilities and the technical leadership of a team of development
resources who participated in the creation of the product.
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Resulted in a business-flow oriented picture of
inter-company, automated communications. Lowered employee staff requirements
which were previously executing this function manually.
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Performance tuned to handle the vast transaction
volume of the deregulated Texas
energy market. (Oracle JDBC batching)
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Participated in the company certification and
ongoing use of CMM level 3 software development standards.
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Designed and implemented a centralized error
handling system within the integration ESB layer of transaction delivery.
Integrated this with Tivoli
for error resolution tracking.
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Provided mentorship and oversight to the developer
community.
Symphion
Consulting, Dallas, TX 8/00-3/02
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E*Gate Integration Consultant, Technology Adoption
and Integration
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Provided integration development and analysis
abilities to clients
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Designed and implemented Enterprise Service Bus
solutions
CLIENT
TXU, Dallas, TX 6/00-3/02
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Analyzed and created automated processes to report
on production transaction performance metrics.
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Helped lights-on support staff debug issues with
production issues.
Nucentrix Broadband Solutions 99-00
Senior
RPG Programmer/Analyst
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Wrote and designed
AS/400 software for many aspects of the company. (Accounting, Service
provisioning rule-sets, Pay-Per-View scheduling, etc)
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Developed and
maintained applications in RPG, CL, DB2
AmeriServ Food Distribution (Formerly
Nebco-Evans) 1996-1999
RPG Programmer/Analyst
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Wrote
software for AS/400 system in many aspects of the company. (Accounting,
Logistics, Warehouse Management)
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Became
a senior windows networking NT engineer. In charge of enterprise desktop
solutions and Windows NT server management.
Gander Mountain 1994-1996
RPG
Programmer
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Programmer on the list
management of the company. This entailed customer targeting, address de-duping,
etc.
B.S., Computer
Science - Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa 1994