Andrew Michalik
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Enterprise Architect / Strategist | Sr. Technical Manager
Successful Enterprise Architect / Strategist with proven ability to design and deliver large, complex, multi-platform commercial enterprise systems and architect complete solutions encompassing software, hardware and systems. Expert at applying the use of technology to increase ROI and improve business. Experienced through the whole project lifecycle: from product definition, to design and development, deployment to go-live, through maintenance and enhancement. Proven product craft skills utilizing dependency identification, critical path analysis, contingency planning and trade-off analysis between time, quality, and cost.
Seasoned Technical Manager, with strong engineering, analytic and problem-solving skills. A confident and credible mentor and manager of high-performing teams for multiple projects with a multi-generational workforce. Exceptional at establishing credibility with clients and engineering teams in matrix organizations. Entrepreneurial in spirit with proven negotiation, influencing and communication skills. Demonstrated superior business judgment and strategic planning based on knowledge, skills and intuition.
VISI
Contract Technical Architect and Engagement
Manager for multiple clients. Managing the
migration of an internal corporate job site to
ASP.Net 3.5 with an WCF/LInQ to SQL/S3 cloud
back end and a WPF thick client management tool.
Architecting and managing the outsourced
development of a mobile real estate presentation
application (iPad/Android) with a JEE 6 open
source back end. Technologies include .Net 3.5,
Amazon EC2/S3, CentOS 5.x, JBoss 5.x, Hibernate
3.x, HTML 5, JEE 6, LInQ, Spring 3.x, SQL 2008,
WCF, WPF.
(06/10 - Present)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Contract Enterprise Architect and Strategist for over 20 enterprise applications servicing Finance, Marketing, Studio Backlot and Motion Picture Production operations. Created and managed Scrum / Waterfall project plans, drove definition of deliverables, milestones and dependencies for an Integrated Workplace Management (IWMS) Software-As-Service (SAS) applications processing 40,000 work requests per year. Architected, developed and debugged C# / ASP.Net, MS SQL, Oracle and XML interfaces to internal web services for SAP, Archibus, asset management, Crystal / Business Objects executive reporting, security and identity management systems handling 2.5M sq ft in 80 buildings with 200+ reports and billing $100M/yr. Developed and maintained requirements and schedules within an Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) environment; produced statements of work and executive presentations for a diverse set of infrastructure applications including Pinnacle telephone billing, e911 emergency alerts, Nuance automated attendant and Siemens HiPath 5000 XPressions voicemail. Coordinated project release rollouts, assisted in group training classes and managed testing for internal initiatives such as occupancy tracking, royalty distribution, and web-based stores for both internal (Office Art) and external (Sony Online Emporium) client access. Technologies included Adobe Flex, AJAX, C#/VB/ASP.Net, Java/J2EE, MS SQL, Oracle, OSCommerce, PHP / MySQL, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), SAP web services, Tomcat, UNIX/Linux, Windows, WordPress, and XML data feeds.
Specified configuration of web servers, farms, VM Servers, SAN / NAS storage and end-user systems requiring high-bandwidth digital media delivery and high-reliability servers in a clustered environment (ColorWorks / Technicolor Vault and work management, Disaster Recovery, WebLogic Portal, Archibus/AutoCAD, CineShare and CineShare-Plus). Maintained system Visio diagrams, designed scripts and administered a combination of Unix/Linux and Windows servers. Used standard tools (ping, traceroute, etc) and sniffers to debug TCP/IP, UDP, DNS speed and connectivity issues for firewalls, routers and other network related components for servers and applications. Designed and tested integration of web service interfaces and point-to-point connectivity for VLAN isolated vendor / cloud systems, Identity Management, SAP billing, and Active Directory authentication.
Recruited for this Director level position as a "short-term, part-time" contract that continued for 7+ years uninterrupted.
Technical
Architect and Project Manager for a
worldwide single sign-on LDAP
authenticated J2EE WebLogic intranet
Motion Picture Production Portal
application tracking $200M/yr in
global production variances.
Developed Architectural Proof of
Concept, Software Architecture
Document, Use Case Realizations,
Reference Architecture and prototype
system in preparation for a pure
Java to BEA WebLogic Portal
migration. Responsible for meeting
target dates and final product
delivery. Successfully launched
project as international enterprise
software. Technologies included
Borland JBuilder, J2EE 1.3, EJB 2.0,
JSP 1.3, Oracle 8, Hibernate 2.x,
Struts, and WebLogic Server using a
Software Development Framework (SDF)
customized from the Rational Unified
Process (RUP).
Sony Production Portal BEA
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Technical
Project Manager for the launch of a
Sony intranet MS SQL Server based
two-tier rental property warehouse
management system which grew to
handle $31M/yr and seven different
warehouse locations. Determined
logistics, organized internal Sony
IT resources, assisted in
infrastructure planning and
coordinated with vendor
RentalTracker.com.
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Designed, developed and maintained
two client-server MS Access database
applications. The first (Motion
Picture Production Database) tracked
$800 million+ in motion picture
development costs; the second (Wheel
of Fortune Puzzle Database)
tracked and managed 10,000+ show
data entries for the wildly
successful game show.
(6/99 - 9/99, 10/99 - 7/00, 11/02 -
04/10)
VCG / VISI
Architect,
Entrepreneur and Sr. Software
Engineer for the
TekGuard EMail Interceptor, an
anti-spam email server and
consumer-oriented subscription site.
This Simple Mail Transport Protocol
(SMTP) and Post Office Protocol
(POP) email server and service runs
as a C# Microsoft .NET Framework
Application and Web Service on a Win
2003 Advanced Server system with a
SQL 2000 back end. Weighed delivery
priorities against technology gaps
to successfully develop and deliver
30,000+ lines of Microsoft .NET C#
code running as Windows
Client/Server application.
Communicated status and progress to
key stakeholders throughout the
company and served as single point
of contact for all project status
items. Following the lack of market
interest in yet another anti-spam
solution, worked with engineering
and business teams to repurpose the
underlying algorithms as the
Obtanium data aggregator, search
engine and browser with a MySQL back
end. Upgraded to .Net 3.5 during
technology refresh. Technologies:
ADO, IIS, LInQ, MS SQL 2000/2008,
MySQL, TCP/IP asynchronous sockets,
Net Remoting, Threading, WinForms,
WCF, WPF, XML, Outlook Object Model.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance
Contract System Architect and
Technical Project Manager for a
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Business to Consumer financial
information web site. Site permitted
annuity policy holders in 4 states
to register online and view account
information, as well as perform fund
transfers and allocation changes.
Performed system analysis,
architectural design, and managed
personnel within a mixed Scrum /
Waterfall environment to deliver a
high-volume B2C site that supported
multiple brand identities, 24 x 7
availability and mainframe to SQL
data connectivity. Identified
and managed risks, ensured early
adjustment and intervention for
critical path issues to successfully
launch products in consumer internet
sector. Brought back after
completion and later company
acquisition to manage across
corporate boundaries to execute
realistic project plans for transfer
of site to parent company and
network infrastructure.
Technologies: Windows NT, IIS 4, MS
SQL 7, Visual Basic and Cisco
routers.
(MetLife Security First Group, 1/00
- 8/00, 11/00 - 8/01, 11/01 - 3/02)
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Bertelsmann Media Worldwide
Management Technical Consultant for
Bertelsmann warehouse fulfillment
and Enterprise Resource Planning
(ERP) Business to Business web site
designs. Prepared system
architectures, system
specifications, proposals,
estimates, alternatives and cost
analysis for Bertelsmann Enterprise
Resource Planning (ERP)
Business-to-Business internet
product and warehouse fulfillment
for clients such as Microsoft and
Blue Cross / Blue Shield. Involved
analysis of existing and target
technology roadmap, working with
international teams and engineering
management to deliver strategic,
long-term execution plans.
(11/00 - 9/01)
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Voice Information Systems, Inc.
CEO and Founder of successful software consulting and development firm. Designed and implemented award-winning commercial software for editing and managing digital audio plus programming tools to help run voice processing systems. Generated $5M+ in sales with 80%+ market penetration by translating business issues into customer solutions through opportunity identification, requirements development, software development management, delivery, support, and analysis. Products included a graphical audio editor, batch processing tools for digitized sound, an English language text-to-speech engine and a multi-threaded computer telephony hardware driver library. Delivered solutions across multiple vertical markets fulfilling clients' value proposition. Managed and inspired all parties to work towards common goals, including programmers, accountants, distributors, designers; coordinated production of technical documentation, marketing and sales materials. Developed a prototype Voice-Over-IP (VOIP) Internet Telephony real-time streaming audio product using on-the-fly audio compression and low-level Winsock TCP/IP protocols. Designed and implemented products using Visual Basic, C++, C, Windows SDK and 80x86 assembly.
Clients included: AT&T Labs, Domino's Pizza,
Bloomberg News, Boeing, Citibank, Citicorp,
Conde Nast Publications, Delta Airlines, Ernst &
Young, Federal Express, I.R.S., IBM Corporation,
Monsanto Company, Northwest Airlines, Sandia
National Laboratories, Siemens AG, Sprint,
Sprint International, and Westin Hotels &
Resorts.
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(6/90 - 8/99)
VFEdit website
Contract Technical Consultant / Programmer
for a variety of small and large businesses
moving to web enable both internal operations
and end-user products using IIS and ASP. Client
list includes representatives from the banking,
finance, legal and medical industries such as
Sony Pictures, IBM Global Business Services,
Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer Pharmaceutical.
Technologies: ASP, VB Script, JavaScript, CGI,
MS Access, C/C++, J++ and VB applications.
(1989 - 2002)
The Seidler Companies
Created brokerage firm daily
commission tracking and
reporting application suite.
Designed using MS Access for
initial network use and
subsequent conversion to
Intranet access. Performed
system analysis and
architectural design, worked
with internal I.T. personnel for
implementation.
(7/98 - 3/99,
7/01 - 10/02)
Rhone-Poulenc-Rorer Pharmaceutical
Performed high level analysis and management
presentations for the business communications
group to help them determine their Internet and
Intranet needs. Prototyped using NT Active
Server Pages with Internet Information Server
4.0 and Site Server 3.0.
(12/97 - 6/98)
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VisionTel, Inc. Ported a legacy CGI
and JavaScript application to a server-side VB
ActiveX component. Modified the Active Server
Pages to work with the new component and legacy
JavaScript. Developed using VB 5, Internet
Explorer with script debugger and NT Active
Server Pages 3.0.
(10/97 - 11/97)
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CyberMedia, Inc Developed
Windows Dial-up Networking based automated
troubleshooting software that detects and
corrects end-user Internet Service Provider
(ISP) connections problems. Installation support
for Java based web search engine interface using
Microsoft Visual InterDev. Developed using
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 and Visual J++ 1.1.
(3/97 - 8/97)
IBM Global Business Services, formerly
Security Pacific Automation Company (SPAC)
Designed and developed a PC-based
multi-threaded OS/2 graphical interface for a
bank check signature recognition system. Flew
between geographically remote prime contractors
to keep project moving forward and contractors
in communication. Served as lead designer and
traveling technical liaison for prime
contractors; the project was a joint development
effort between IBM (Charlotte, NC) and Security
Pacific (Glendale, CA). Coordinated system
interfaces and data structure designs with other
development groups. Provided status and project
guidelines for corporate management. Trained and
assisted junior team members in C and operating
system programming in PC environment. Programmed
in C under OS/2 Program Manager.
(3/89 -
5/90)
Platforms and Software
OS/Servers: Apache, CentOS, JBoss,
Microsoft Windows 2008, 2003 & XP, Microsoft
Internet Information Server (IIS), Unix/Linux,
WebLogic Server / Portal, SAP Internet
Transaction Server (SAP ITS)
Languages: Active Server Pages ASP.NET,
Adobe Flex, ASP / ASPX, PHP, AJAX, Hibernate,
HTML, JSP, Java, JEE 6, JavaScript, LInQ, .NET
Framework, Spring, Visual Basic, C#, Visual C &
C++, WCF, WPF, XML
Databases: MS Access, MS SQL, MySQL, Oracle,
Sybase
Protocols: ActiveX, Active Data Objects
(ADO), Amazon EC2/S3, COM, Remote Data Services
(RDS), TCP/IP
Tools: Eclipse, JBuilder, PVCS, Visual
SourceSafe, Visual Studio, SAP R/3 Easy Access,
SAP R/3 Business Warehouse, phpBB, OSCommerce,
Windows Install System, WordPress, FrontPage,
DreamWeaver, Firewalls, Routers.
Legacy Hardware
IBM 360/370, IBM 8100, DEC 11/10 & 11/60, DEC Vax & Micro-Vax, Apollo, Intel 80x86, TI 9989, RCA 1802, Zilog Z80, MC68000, TTL (S/LS), CMOS 4000, CMOS Gate Arrays, Futurenet, SILOS
Legacy Software
Windows SDK, OLE, Windows NT, Windows 3.x / 95 / 98, Microsoft Foundation Class (MFC), Computer Telephony Integration (Dialogic, Artisoft Visual Voice), DOS, 80x86 Assembly, APL, Cobol, DEC DG Nova Assembly, Dbase III+, Fortran, Macro-11, PL/1, IBM 370 Assembly, IBM OS, IBM CMS, DEC VMS, DEC RSTS, DEC RSX, Unix, Apollo Aegis
Awards
- CT Magazine Product of
the Year
CT Expo Best of Show
CT Magazine People Of The Year
CT Magazine Product of the Year
TeleConnect Magazine Editors Choice
TRW Fellowship Award
Industries
Media and Entertainment, Telecommunications, Investment Banking and Finance, Facilities, Healthcare, Insurance, Aerospace, Defense, Legal, Warehouse Fulfillment, Engineering, Asset Management
Education | Certifications
MSEE (Computer
Engineering) Univ. of
Southern California, 3.8 GPA
BS Electrical Engineering
Rutgers University, High
Honors
Adobe Flex Certified
BEA WebLogic Portal
Certified