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Azure Cloud Solution Architect
MicrosoftAzure Cloud Solution Architect
Jan. 2017Greater Salt Lake City AreaDrive the deployment of customer workloads into Azure by providing deployment guidance, supporting development of the customers’ cloud adoption model, and providing appropriate recommendations to overcome blockers.
Hybrid Cloud Technical Sales Solution Architect
IBMHybrid Cloud Technical Sales Solution Architect
Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2017Advise customers on topology, integration, and design of Hybrid Cloud Solutions in the IBM portfolio. Work closely with both Business and IT in determining solution requirements. Demonstrate solution feasibility by leading proof-of-concept efforts as a project manager. Architect on premise and cloud initiatives requiring special consideration regarding security, geography and sensitive data. Understand use cases and identify solutions for all industries including Banking/Financial Services, Retail, Healthcare, Entertainment/Media, Insurance, Auto, Government, and Non-Profit. As a technical leader on the sales team I drive IBM revenue through in-depth, complex demonstrations, technical evaluations and proof-of-concepts. I provide deep technical, business and leadership skills to customers around implementing and maintaining advanced solutions. I maintain high customer satisfaction through crisis management, problem escalation and mediation. My core competencies are SOA technologies, business process management and improvement, and business rule management systems.
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GE Money-
Jan. 2007 - Dec. 2008
Senior Engineer
LDS ChurchSenior Engineer
Jan. 2005 - Dec. 2007Successful lead engineer with project management experience. Architected and maintain more than 30 Application Server clusters on AIX/Unix platforms. Created repeatable Application Server deployment patterns. Implemented enterprise performance monitoring and trending software. Planned and performed several application platform migrations. Contribute to system stability through troubleshooting of both infrastructure and application issues.
Middleware Administrator
Idaho PowerMiddleware Administrator
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2005Application Server, Web Server, Messaging administration
Middleware Administrator
Financial FusionMiddleware Administrator
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2004J2EE Application Server administration.
Application Developer
ConAgra FoodsApplication Developer
Jan. 2004 - Dec. 2004Microsoft ASP development.
Contractor
RapidigmContractor
Jan. 2003 - Dec. 2004Provided contracting services to several companies such as Idaho Power, ConAgra Foods, and Financial Fusion/Sybase. Mentored and led Middleware teams in system administration and J2EE development. Installed, configured, maintained and tuned middleware software environments. Designed and developed ASP and Portal applications. Taught administrative and development courses. Managed production environments for high end enterprise banking applications.
J2EE Application Developer
Sirius Computer SolutionsJ2EE Application Developer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2003Designed and implemented Java/J2EE web applications. Mentored and instructed client developers in Java, project management, and development tools. Taught middleware administration courses as an authorized and certified IBM instructor. Performed troubleshooting and debugging. Responsible for installation, configuration, deployment and administration of middleware software. Supported sales representatives with pre-sales efforts as a technical advisor with customers.
Application Developer
Symatrix TechnologyApplication Developer
Jan. 2000 - Dec. 2002Designed and implemented Java/J2EE web applications. Mentored and instructed client developers in Java, project management, and development tools. Taught middleware administration courses as an authorized and certified IBM instructor. Performed troubleshooting and debugging. Responsible for installation, configuration, deployment and administration of middleware software. Supported sales representatives with pre-sales efforts as a technical advisor with customers.
Application Developer
Strategic Technology GroupApplication Developer
Jan. 1998 - Dec. 1999Lotus Notes development

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