Adaptive Mechanics Consulting DARCY MACDONALD. System Architect PROFILE EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS CONSULTING EXPERIENCE

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1 DARCY MACDONALD System Architect PROFILE is a Senior IT Consultant and Systems Architect with 18 years experience in complex systems integration projects and software development. Darcy has a very strong hands-on expertise in enterprise-class Internet technologies and design, analysis and integration of back-end web infrastructure. Most recently, since August 2011, he has been working as a functional architect on a provincial government project to evaluate and select a new solution for the Department Of Social Development. EDUCATION, TRAINING & CERTIFICATIONS Date / Period Course / Diploma Institution / Firm 1994 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Saint Mary s University Computer Science CONSULTING EXPERIENCE Integrated Housing Solution Client Name New Brunswick Department Of Social Development Employee's Role Functional Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Develop a solution architecture and high level system design for the initial release of an integrated social services client management platform. Define the functional decomposition of a solution designed to integrate several different social programs onto a single platform, integrating legacy delivery (back office) systems with the newly designed components of a Client intake (front office) system. Defined a business delivery framework model to define the high level Page 1 / 10

2 business requirements. Led a team of three analysts to define the complete set of detailed functional requirements for the new system. Completed a functional architecture for the new system, with a complete functional decomposition (by subsystem). Developed a framework for a wireframe design of the new system and led a team of analysts to complete wireframes for 60+ system components. Designed and maintained a conceptual and logical data model for the new system. Produced an options analysis of nine different systems/frameworks as potential components of the overall solution. Oracle Financials, COBOL, SQL Server, Microsoft.NET Web Services, SharePoint Integrated Case Management (ICM) Client Name Nova Scotia Department Of Community Services Employee's Role Functional Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Build and extend the functionality of a case management system to deliver social services programs with the provincial government. The work involved converting multiple legacy systems into a single.net application for integrated case and client management. Design and Integration of several different social services programs into an existing case management system. Produced system architecture deliverables for system components integrating case management with financial services and data analysis back ends. Designed and implemented legacy data conversion solutions for different source systems running custom VMS applications. Designed an XML web services middleware solution to transfer data between SAP financials. Worked with business users to define complete functional requirements through use case modeling and rapid prototyping of screen designs. Designed and maintained a complete physical data model for several phases of software development. Page 2 / 10

3 Defined test cases and overall test plans for new system components. SAP - including FI and FSCML loans module, Attunity ETL Tools,.NET Web Services, Oracle 10 and SQL, SharePoint Spielo Client Name Multiple clients Employee's Role Functional Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Four consecutive integration projects to customize an existing gaming control software solution for individual clients operating in different international jurisdictions. Define business and software requirements for the company s primary gaming system product. With a challenge of different and sometimes conflicting requirements, these had to be met in product extensions and kept isolated from the core solution. Defined business and software requirements from analysis of industry guidelines and regulatory documents in different gaming jurisdictions. Created functional flows and documented use case models in Rational Software Modeler. Reverse engineered legacy system components to identify gaps and reusable components within the new functional model. Interpreted functional requirements into high level technical design specifications for the development team. Produced and refined detailed GUI design specifications. Defined test cases and overall test plans for new system components. Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (C#), Rational Software Modeler, Rational Software Architect, Eclipse modeling framework, Gaming Standards Associations protocols (ProSys, G2S, S2S) CGI Client Name Multiple clients Employee's Role Systems Architect Project Timeline From to Page 3 / 10

4 Project Description The Americo project was to build a web front end to process new business applications from partners and customers on the public website. This was a highly technical project involving a screen scraping implementation, using Jacada to enter data into a legacy back end system and a single sign on solution for multiple incoming partner systems. The Maritime Life work consisted of two projects. The first was development of an Enterprise platform for web content management using Vignette StoryServer for corporate intranet and internet sites. The second was development of a web front end system to process group insurance claims from partners and clients and integrate with a legacy adjudication system on the back end. System Architect on multiple projects to leverage an insurance company s legacy mainframe systems onto the web using.net server infrastructure. Coordinated architecture standards across five separate screen-scraping projects. Produced physical and conceptual models for implementation across all projects, including use-case models describing user requirements (modeled in UML). Designed data entities from relationship models through to physical data implementations in SQL Server. Conducted analysis and planned the implementation of configuration management processes across all projects, and served as team lead postimplementation. Responsible for technical analysis of initial user requirements during project planning, across multiple projects. Microsoft Studio.NET (VB & ASP), Vignette V6 & V7, IIS, SQL Server 2000, Visual Source Safe, WebLoad, Jacada Integration Server, Windows Servers Internet Systems Strategy Client Name Maritime Life Assurance Company Employee's Role Technical Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Integration of multiple internal systems to a single sign-on solution using Oblix Netpoint. Page 4 / 10

5 As Technical Architect, worked to coordinate and plan infrastructure changes and implementations for the company s Internet systems strategy. This involved process and configuration revision on multiple systems in order to meet corporate internal network security standards. Conducted sizing and performance testing to determine appropriate web architectures. Worked to coordinate and plan all work deliverables between the software development projects and the internal IT support groups. Implemented management processes around the use of several server environments within several different project groups. Responsible for integrating several web applications with an Enterprise single sign-on solution (Oblix Netpoint). Visual Basic.NET, ASP.NET, ASP, Windows Servers, COM+, IIS, SQL Server 2000, Visual Source Safe, WebLoad, Oblix Netpoint, Commerce Server OnX Enterprise Solutions Client Name Multiple Clients Employee's Role Technical Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Design systems infrastructure for several OnX clients using Vignette Content Management Server. Design development and production systems infrastructure for clients, including the Bank of Nova Scotia and Daimler Chrysler Canada. Consulted with clients to architect and size all project systems. Conducted knowledge transfer sessions and coaching for junior personnel. Planned and executed a server performance analysis of several heavily loaded web application environments. Served as a third-line technical resource for critical production support issues. AIX, HACMP, Thunderstone TEXIS, C/C++ TCL, UNIX shell, SQL Server, DB/2, Vignette StoryServer Integrated Billing System Client Name Aliant Page 5 / 10

6 Employee's Role Technical Analyst Project Timeline From to Project Description Delivery of a complete integrated billing system using ISP infrastructure. This included both development of a billing engine and integration with the ISP services for provisioning and billing: , usenet news, dialup authentication, and self registration. Design and build of an outsourcing system for customer management and systems provisioning infrastructure for Internet Service Providers, primarily using Portal Infranet. Accomplishments included: Designed and built test and integration systems that mirrored production ISP equipment. Served as a senior technical analyst to support a 50 person development team in 8 different subsystems of development. Primarily responsible for architecture and design of provisioning and usage collection subsystems, including building interfaces to LDAP, RADIUS, Apache, Netscape Enterprise, and Post.Office , Designed and wrote extensive deployment scripts and custom interfaces for several applications in Allaire Jrun (an enterprise Java application server). Conducted technology workshop sessions for systems analysts and developers. Wrote and maintained project development and infrastructure coding & design standards. Preside RADIUS, Post.Office , Purify, Allaire JRun, Netscape web server, DNS, Apache, LDAP, Crystal Reports, SQL Server, Oracle, Solaris, BSD, Linux Content Management System Client Name Multiple clients of RGB Group Canada Corp. Employee's Role System Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Content management based consulting engagements for clients looking to build large content based sites that generate advertising revenue. Clients included: ivillage.com, Vicus.com, and The Children's Television Workshop (Sesame Street). Page 6 / 10

7 Responsible for high-end Internet content delivery, E-CRM web sites, and web businesses. Performed system architecture planning, system administration, infrastructure standards development, functional analysis, and operational process design. Vignette StoryServer, Allaire Cold Fusion, Allaire Spectra, Netscape web server, Linux, Apache, Microsoft IIS, ASP, Visual Basic, Oracle, SQL Server, Solaris, Windows NT/2000 Page 7 / 10

8 CareerBeacon.com Web Site Client Name CareerBeacon Employee's Role System Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Design and build the first generation of the popular careerbeacon.com website using Allaire Spectra. Architected and designed the technical infrastructure for a complete end-to-end ebusiness solution built on Allaire Spectra and various web and database technologies. iplanet 4.12 LDAP, Network Security, Cold Fusion, Solaris, Allaire Spectra, Active Server Pages. Capacity Planning, Perl, Shell Scripting, Apache, IIS, Oracle, SQL Server, Windows NT Wireless Dispatch System Client Name ServiceMaster Employee's Role System Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Build a wireless dispatch system for airline service personnel (food service and cleaning). Functional analysis, design, and capacity planning of the technical infrastructure for a wireless dispatch and forms management application. The system is used by field employees for auditing aircraft maintenance activities. Crystal Reports Enterprise, Wireless Mobitex Messaging, iplanet 4.12 LDAP, Network Security, Oracle, Microsoft IIS, Solaris, Windows 2000 Advanced Server, Shell Scripting Britannica.com Web Site Client Name Britannica Employee's Role Technical Analyst Project Timeline From to Project Description Manage and resolve scalability issues with the website running Vignette Storyserver. Support, management, and capacity planning of 50+ Solaris servers running Vignette StoryServer, Netscape, and Oracle. Accomplishments included: Page 8 / 10

9 Developed and implemented emergency action plans to address serious production issues, Helped guide the operations team to longer term stability through growth plans, Implementation of various monitoring and performance tools, Move site to new hardware platform, while keeping production available. Vignette StoryServer, Perl, TCL, Excalibur RetrievalWare, Radview WebLoad, Netscape web server, Apache, Solaris, Oracle United Airline Loyalty Points Client Name United Airlines Employee's Role Technical Architect Project Timeline From to Project Description Integration of United Airlines web front-end system to the loyalty points reward system (similar to the Aeroplan system). Responsible for a major proof-of-concept architecture phase to design an Enterprise Java integration strategy for Vignette StoryServer, BEA Tuxedo, and BEA WebLogic. Accomplishments included: Architected the middleware piece of the solution and designed the integration layer between the two systems. Rigorous, hands-on development, testing and prototype coding for middleware layers and translation APIs for high-volume transaction-oriented web systems. Oracle, J2EE, HPUX, Vignette StoryServer, Solaris, Netscape Web Server, Apache, Perl, WebLogic, IBM WebSphere, BEA Tuxedo, SSLeay, LDAP DMR Group Inc. Client Name NBTel Employee's Role Technical Analyst Project Timeline From to Project Description Multiple NBTel telephony projects that involved troubleshooting and production support for UNIX systems interfacing with Interactive Voice Response applications. Page 9 / 10

10 As Technical Analyst, helped manage and plan change in the areas of network design and setup of formal application development. As Team Leader of a system management group, managed the activities of a five person team in implementing technical enhancements to a production environment. OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE As Developer, worked on enhancements and new components to a large existing application. This included development of a telephony application in ADSI, C and DirectTalk/6000. As Application Maintenance Programmer/Analyst was responsible for supporting a large client/server application. The application included components in PowerBuilder, MS Access, Sybase, SQR, C, DirectTalk (IVR) and ADSI. Aliant Inc. Job Title Technical Architect Job Duration From to Job Description Plan and guide development and adoption of new software and server based solutions for integrating with existing telephony applications. This included business case development, feasibility studies, and planning services for new services and infrastructure. Accomplishments also included impact assessments, systems architecture, service evolution planning, proof-of-concept testing, and cost studies for business cases. Page 10 / 10