PLATFORM ARCHITECT, HEALTHCARE INCUBATION LAB (HIL) Summary A driven technology professional software architecture development background passion Agile methodologies. I enjoy designing developing platforms consisting web applications services help businesses innovate stay competitive. Accomplishments Over 8 years experience architecting developing data-intensive web-based applications services expert level proficiency middle tier Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) functional proficiency data presentation tiers Experienced designing developing horizontally scalable, secure reliable multi-tenant web applications delivered SaaS model Proven success working dynamic startups well medium large organizations Adept navigating technical non-technical challenges use excellent communication skills, creativity practical knowledge Experience collaborating cross-functional agile teams include Product Development, Product Owners, Quality Assurance DevOps Proven record collaborating internal external (e.g. customers, vendors, partners regulatory entities) team members Experience 01/2015 Current Platform Architect, Healthcare Incubation Lab (HIL) Company Name － City State Premera Blue Cross not-for-profit healthcare insurance provider state Washington, USA. The Healthcare Incubation Lab internal startup backed funded Premera Blue Cross. As Center Excellence (CoE), HIL tasked exploring developing new opportunities intersection Healthcare, Insurance Technology. It small team using LEAN agile practices focus businesses major pain points. My role team hands-on Platform Solution Application Architect I regularly explore evaluate new technologies, design solutions develop proof concepts (POCs). Led collaborated enterprise solution delivery teams phases – ideation iterative delivery Collaborated design development API platform enabling delivery teams rapidly exchange data external EMRs (Electronic Medical Records) well internal line business applications Provided guidance current technology landscape advised management purchasing third party products engaging external vendors Architected, integrated managed Okta IDaaS (Identity Access Management Service) enabling web applications web services follow consistent patterns integrating external internal identity providers, allowing teams rapidly build deploy line business apps Performed security code reviews web application security testing penetration testing identify remedy possible exploits vulnerabilities thus strengthening organization's security posture Integrated open source commercial security penetration tools Burp Suite OWASP's ZAP (Zed Attack Proxy) continuous integration delivery pipeline automatically systematically test successful deployments common web exploits 04/2014 01/2015 Solution Architect, Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy Company Name － City State The Enterprise Architecture IT Strategy team Premera designs systems solutions built used Premera Blue Cross subsidiaries. My role team Project Architect, essentially hands-on solution architect. Collaborated design development telephony analytics solution built using complex orchestration web services target customers specialized care management, allowed Premera reduce healthcare costs significantly improving healthcare outcomes As internal technology consultant specializing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), helped various teams adopt current software engineering industry standards practices resulting higher code reuse reduced delivery times Participated core workgroup tasked developing templates high level detailed design documents used Architecture team well individual delivery teams follow consistent standard within Premera Worked closely program managers, project managers, solution architects, enterprise architects management define milestones ensure high level low level plans aligned throughout entirety project, improved project success rate Assisted various delivery teams adopting Agile Scrum Kanban practices improve customer satisfaction reduce delivery time 01/2013 04/2014 Application Architect, Research Development Company Name － City State PriceMetrix SaaS startup based financial district Toronto, Ontario, Canada. PriceMetrix processes vast amounts transaction-level data provides business intelligence solutions retail brokerages, commercial investment banks US Canada. The Research Development team PriceMetrix designed developed BI analytics SaaS applications used financial advisors throughout North America daily basis. As Application Architect, I responsible designing developing unified SaaS platform hosting web applications services. Led development new flagship SaaS platform deliver business intelligence analytics large North American financial institutions, resulted 30% annual revenue increase organization Developed highly available, mission critical web application high quality user experience used 35,000 financial advisors daily basis resulted 30% annual revenue increase firm Designed implemented SSO (Single-Sign-On) functionality PriceMetrix web applications platform, using SAML 2.0 (Security Assertion Markup Language) protocol tokens, Microsoft ADFS 2.0 (Active Directory Federation Services), WIF (Windows Identity Foundation) STS (Secure Token Services) support multitude clients disparate authentication systems Conducted daily standups technology business teams large retail wealth-management brokerages customize integrate PriceMetrix analytics applications within proprietary order management systems dashboards 04/2010 01/2013 Software Developer, Research Development Company Name － City State Developed data services core platform replace stored procedures functions, enabled customer facing web applications services orchestrate complex functionality without rewriting business logic reducing solution development times 100% (an average 4 months vs 8 months prior) Built custom solutions interface existing legacy systems new applications provide seamless rich experience clients minimizing pains using legacy systems Ported data warehouse various data marts database projects, enabling development team fully automate deployment databases use source control manage database schema, reducing build deployment times 85% 09/2009 04/2010 Enterprise Application Developer, Information Systems Company Name － City State OACCAC not-for-profit shared technology services organization supports Ontario's Community Care Access Centres (CCACs) located Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Created delivered high quality software IT services group, resulted promotion Enterprise Applications Group within 1st year joining company Developed complex AJAX web-parts, user custom controls large healthcare applications: CHRIS (Client Health Related Information System) HPG (Health Partner Gateway) Helped setup deploy CruiseControl (a continuous integration/deployment tool) reduce build deploy times 70% 09/2008 09/2009 Software Developer, IT Services Company Name － City State Developed improved applications used IT Services team working closely network server specialists. Assisted design development OACCAC's public website (www.ccac-ont.ca), websites 14 client CCACs, complex content management system non-technical users. Developed improved applications used IT Services team working closely network server specialists Assisted design development OACCAC's public website (www.ccac-ont.ca), websites 14 client CCACs, complex content management system non-technical users Integrated Operations Configuration Management Database (CMDB) Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) poll critical performance indicators servers; whenever certain indicator reached predetermined threshold, automated alert generated sent Infrastructure operations teams via email instant messaging, allowing pre-empt system failures outages Education Jun. 2009 Bachelor Engineering Systems Computer Engineering (B.Eng), Honours Program University Guelph － City State Canada Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) v3 Training Jan. 2010 The Open Group Architecture Framework TOGAF 9 Level 1 Training Oct. 2014 Skills .NET, ASP.NET, Active Directory, Agile, AJAX, API, Architect, automate, BI, business intelligence, Cascading Style Sheets, excellent communication, ca, Computer Engineering, Configuration Management, consultant, content management, creativity, CSS, Client, clients, customer satisfaction, data warehouse, databases, Database, delivery, designing, Eclipse, Electronic Medical Records, email, financial, focus, Forms, functional, Gateway, HTML, IIS, Information Systems, Information Technology, Insurance, IT Strategy, ITIL, Java, Javascript, Linux, logic, Mac, messaging, Access, C#, exchange, Windows, Modeling, MVC, Enterprise, network, Object Oriented Programming, Oct, Operating Systems, order management, processes, Product Development, profit, promotion, Proxy, purchasing, quality, Quality Assurance, Research, retail, Scrum, servers, Scripting, software engineering, SQL, SQL Server, telephony, T-SQL, UML, Visual Studio, wealth-management, web applications, website, websites