518 Smithstone Trace

Marietta GA 30067

Cell: 678 357 3661

Fax: 1 530 466 3423

mishj@yahoo.com

 

Michelle Johnston Sollicito

Objective

To further my career as an Ebusiness Technical Architect / Lead Programmer

Experience

1990–2004                              Consultant                                    Various Consultancies

Ebusiness Technical Architect (Paramount Software)           Jul 03 – Current

· Major ISP (Earthlink) –

·     Senior IT and Security Auditor responsible for IT/Security component of Sarbanes Oxley (COBIT) and CISP (Visa) audits.  This involved interviewing personnel at all levels of the business, primarily those working in all areas of IT, auditing the technical architecture and identifying flaws in it (and suggesting solutions), carrying out security scans, reviewing code, operating system parameters and files, and carrying out walkthroughs of many business and IT processes, identifying issues and planning remediation efforts, then monitoring those.  Reporting fortnightly to the Steering Committee, including the CEO of Earthlink (Gary Betty).  (JSP, various Unixes, Windows 2000, ASP, SQL Server, Progress database, Oracle)

· Small software consultancy to the Utilities industry –

·     Ebusiness Architect providing input to the general Ebusiness strategy and direction

·     Involved in technical pre-sales, carrying out technical presentations to customers, writing white papers and articles to aid sales

·     Advised customers on business and technical issues related to Ebusiness

·     Team Lead of Web Development Team

·     Responsible for technical architecture and design of many products – including security, scalability, reliability, transactions for data integrity, personalization

·     Estimates, budgets and light project plans

·     Implemented DSDM/RAD approach to development and project mgt

·     Designed technical architecture, developed/managed development of, tested and implemented a number of applications including a mission critical StormCentral app, a Content Mgt system, a Learning Mgt System and an intranet portal (ASP, SQL Server, VB, Javascript and HTML)

· Leasing/Property Mgt ISP client –

·     Carried out analysis and design of the CRM component of a Leasing/Property Management system and then built the software using DSDM techniques. (ASP, Sql Server, VB, Javascript and HTML)

·     Investigated on and reported on the technical architecture and perceived issues related to scalability, reliability, personalization, localization, EAI etc.

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Ebusiness Consultant (Firebird Services Ltd)                           Oct 00 – Jul 03

· Chief Technical Architect on a team that successfully implemented a large secure, multi-language CRM Portal with personalization/customization features, newsfeeds and alerts for Yahoo!/Merck worth over $1m to Yahoo!

· Managed 20+ programmers, some on-shore, some off-shore

· Responsible for a complex technical and applications architecture design (Iplanet v6, Yahoo!/Tibco Portalbuilder, J2EE, LDAP, HTML, XML, Javascript, Sql Server, Oracle and Unix/NT) including internationalization/localization, personalization, security, reliability/scalability etc.

· Responsible for client liaison on a daily basis (clients from all over the world were involved)

 

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· Overall tech architect of a team that successfully implemented a number of Ebusiness projects for Bovis LendLease (Europe) and TMS, including Bluewater and Touchwood 

· Managed a team of 10+ programmers

· Implemented DSDM methodologies and project management in place of existing SSADM and Prince methodology and project management

· Responsible for estimating and planning, technical design/architecture, client liaison, recruitment

· Responsible for technical architecture, design, trouble-shooting as well as some development work (HTML, ASP, VB, Javascript, Sql Server and Lotus Domino/Notes)

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· Wrote 4 articles on Portals for Informit.com

· Evaluated .Net code generation tool, wrote white papers, technical publicity material etc. for Dot Net Builders (ASP.Net, VB.Net, C#, Sql Server 2000)

· Designed and built web sites (HTML, Javascript, ASP, Sql Server, Access)

· Developed and ran training courses and seminars in Ebusiness

· Developed an Ebusiness book proposal, researched, wrote and published the book

· Developed an Ebusiness course for an MSC in Ecommerce at the CIT Polytechnic in New Zealand

· Carried out a pre-takeover system audit of Total Metering Limited’s system (HTML, Javascript, ASP, CGI, Perl, Sql Server, Java, Apache, IIS). 

· See http://michellejohnston.portatainment.com for samples of work

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Ebusiness Consultant (Synergy International)                       Sept 99 – Sept 00

· Y2K audit of MAF New Zealand’s web sites (Java, CGI/Perl, Apache, IIS, ASP, Sql Server)

· Developed white papers and pre-sales materials for selling Ebusiness services

· Carried out pre-sales work – talking to clients about Ebusiness, carrying out presentations, designing applications architectures etc.

· Team lead/technical architect of two major RUP Ebusiness projects for AMP as part of their Portal  – Eterm, allowing customers to apply for life insurance over the web and Advisers, allowing customers to obtain financial adviser information over the web.  (HTML, Javascript, ASP, VB, Sql Server, IIS).

· Designed technical architecture and developed intranet Portal for Synergy International, which was completely integrated with internal systems (Navision/ChangePoint), had excellent personalization facilities and limited newsfeed facilities.  Used DSDM techniques to manage and develop the intranet (HTML, Javascript, ASP, VB, Sql Server, IIS).

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Ebusiness Consultant (Sainsburys Supermarkets Ltd)        Dec 97 – Aug 99

· Successfully implemented Ebusiness Portal and 4 major Ebusiness PRM systems accessed via that Portal

· Responsible for technical architecture decisions, analysis (liaison with business partners, develop complete understanding of the supply chain / systems etc), design (security issues, data issues etc.) and implementation aspects of these systems (HTML, Javascript, ASP, VB, Sql Server, Oracle, Lotus Domino/Notes)

· Team led 4 developers

· Won a number of awards for systems developed

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IT Consultant (Various Consultancies)                                      Sept 90 – Dec 97

· Mainly applications architecture design/development work

· Worked for major IT consultancies Andersen Consulting (Accenture) Sept 90 – May 93, Cap Gemini (Hoskyns) May 93 – Nov 94 and Schlumberger (Sema) Dec 94 – Jun 95, amongst others

· Many technical skills gained (Oracle, HTML, Javascript, VB, Sybase, Sql Server, Java, JDBC, Servlets, Corba, Unix, C, X/Motif)

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Main Technical skills

HTML                                    7 years+                                                                      Expert

Javascript                              7 years+                                                                      Expert

ASP                                        5 years+                                                                      Expert

VB                                           7 years+                                                                      Expert

Sql Server                              7 years+                                                                      Expert

Java/J2EE/JDBC/JSP           3 years+                                                           Intermediate

Access                                   5 years+                                                           Intermediate

Tibco Portalbuilder              3 mths+                                                            Intermediate

Oracle                                     5 years+                                                           Intermediate

COM/MTS                            2 years+                                                           Intermediate

XML and .Net                       3 mths+                                                                  Beginner

 

Education

1986 – 1990                            City University                                               London, UK

· BSc(Hons) Business Computing Systems

1992 - 1996                             Open University                                Milton Keynes, UK

· BA OU Arts with Literature

1998 - 1999                             Greenwich University                                    London, UK

· MSC Internet Technologies (Incomplete)

 

Certification

2005                                        Brainbench                                                                    ASP

2005                                        Brainbench                                                      VBScript 5.5

2004                                        Brainbench                                             Network Security

2004                                        Brainbench                                           Info Tech Security

2004                                        Brainbench                    ITAA Info Security Awareness

2004                                        Brainbench                                              Internet Security

2003                                        Brainbench                                                                  XML

2003                                        Brainbench                                                               EJB 2.0

2003                                        Brainbench                                                                   J2EE

2003                                        Brainbench                                      Ecommerce Concepts

2003                                        Brainbench                           Ecommerce Implementation

2003                                        Brainbench                                           Object Orientation

2003                                        Brainbench                                             Java 2 Advanced

2003                                        Brainbench                                       Java 2 Fundamentals

2003                                        Brainbench                                       Project Management

2003                                        Brainbench                                                                 Java 1

2003                                        Brainbench                                                          Javascript

2002                                        Brainbench                                            RDBMS concepts

2002                                        Brainbench                                                       MS Access

2002                                        Brainbench                                                          HTML 3.2

1999                                        Microsoft                                                             MCP VB6

1999                                        Microsoft                                               MCP Sql Server 7

1999                                        Microsoft                                                                  MCSD

See my Brainbench certification at http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=255096

Interests

Walking in the countryside, bike-riding, aerobics.  Politics/current affairs, personal development, spirituality.  Socialising.

Referees

 

Lin Hopkins (Earthlink Sarbanes Oxley Program Manager) +1 404 748 7840 ext. 22840 / cell +1 404 822 3902 lin.hopkins@corp.earthlink.net

Susan Gilbert +1 770 270 6502 sgilbert@apogee.net President of Apogee Inc.

Joel Gilbert +1 770 270 6502 joel@apogee.net CEO of Apogee Inc.

John Fredrickson +44 7748 188022    john_fredrickson@yahoo.com Mgr Yahoo! Enterprise Services, Europe

More available on request.