Tell me about yourself?

I'm an enterprise architect with about eight years of experience driving relationships and helping companies make strategic technology decisions.

• I am a husband and a dad of two college-age daughters.
• I like sports, being outside, and boating.
• Coaching on Agile and TOGAF Standards, migration strategies, backup strategies, and ways to improve existing configurations and environments.
• I believe that an investment in knowledge pays the best dividends, which is why I have certifications such as CSPO, CSM, EACOE, ITIL, PMP, and Certified in Cyber Security (CC).
• I'm excited to work for _________ and put my skills and experience to work, serving my community and making my friends, family, and their children happy.

What are your strengths?

I have been told that I have the ability to take complex problems and break them down into easily digestible explanations so that non-technical and senior leaders can understand.

• I'm a good communicator who values harmony with futuristic thinking.
• I value individualism and analytical thinkers who are self-motivated. I try to focus on and enhance strengths in others. I am a self-starter and leader.
• I'm not afraid to ask difficult questions.
• I have an ability to relate to complex or challenging people, which is critical to getting timely solutions.
• My brain is wired to think about processes and the order of events.

Architecture drawings: A picture is worth a thousand words.

Demand intake: Defining processes.

Coaching on TOGAF and the Architecture Development Method (ADM), focusing on:

• Standardization
• Flexibility
• Cost Optimization

What are your weaknesses?

I'm a storyteller. Being succinct is sometimes a challenge; I need to get to the point immediately and be concise.

Why do you want to work here?

I like the idea of working for a company that serves our community and country, a company that puts smiles on the faces of my family and friends, and the fact that it is local to my home in Florida.

Why should we hire you?

Because I will ultimately save the company thousands, if not millions, of dollars. Regardless of where I focus my attention, I will bring about Standardization, Flexibility, and Cost Optimization (SFC).

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Here in Florida, collaborating with Security, Infrastructure, and EA teams. Possibly coaching Application Architects and PMs on ways to work better together.

What Programming Languages do you have experience with?

COBOL, Pascal, JCL, shell scripting, Lisp, Prolog, PHP, some Perl, Python, and JavaScript.

I think of programming as logical thinking. My brain is wired to think of serialized order of events. I understand programming constructs, variables, data types, condition statements (if-then, while, case), arrays, functions, and exception handling.

What do you want us to know that we did not ask about you EA experiences?

My Enterprise Architect experience comes with 30 years of being in IT. My Enterprise Architect Certification comes from EACOE

I have experience with Elevated Protection classifications of:

• Publicly Accessible Applications (PAA)
• Publicly Accessible infrastructure (PAI)
• High Dollar Payment Applications (HDPA)
• High or Critically rated applications based on application rating criteria
• Assets with a Recovery Time Objective (RTO) =0
• Service Oriented Control (SOC) designated applications
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) designated applications
• R1/C1 and R2/C2 classified facilities

I have experience with Application target dispositions: AKA The five R's

• Retire -An application is no longer needed as the functional focal point
• Refactor - An application is modified to make its code compatible with other internal systems
• ReWrite - An application is written in a different technology stack like from .net to C#
• Re-architect - An applications architecture is fully modified
• Rehost/Replatform - Not options for many but move from on prem VM Ware to Cloud

Tell me about your greatest achievements

• Being selected to speak at Boomi World with AWS in Las Vegas.
• Gold, Silver, and Bronze global recognition awards at BofA for Sanity Testing Framework, teamwork, and SAS integration to Hadoop.