Resume

Darrell L. Hobson
4476 South River Cove
Ellenwood, Georgia 30294
(404) 317-0307
Email Address: Darrell.Hobson@comcast.net

Seeking a permanent position as an Enterprise Architect with an established technological organization with specific opportunities in setting the strategic, technological vision of the company and designing enterprise solutions to satisfy business objectives

Technical Skills

§ OOAD, Client/Server, SOA
§ Design Tools: UML, Rational Software Architect, Rational Rose 2002/2003, XDE
§ Programming Languages: Java, c/c++, Visual Basic, perl
§ Distributed/Internet/ECommerce Technologies: J2EE 1.4, JEE5, WebSphere 3.x/4.x/5.x, WebSphere Portal Server 4.x/5.x, XML, Net.Commerce 3.x, HTML, Apache, IBM HTTP Server, IIS, SOAP, STRUTS 1.1
§ Operating Systems: UNIX (AIX, HPUX, LINUX, SUN O/S), Windows (2K, NT, XP, 2003)
§ Relational Database Management Systems: DB2, Teradata, Oracle, and SQL Server

Professional Training

§ Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML, 2006
§ Six Sigma Blackbelt Training, 2005
§ Six Sigma Greenbelt Training, 2005
§ Introduction to CMMI, 2005
§ Professional Facilitation Skills, 2005
§ Web Services Development Using WebSphere Studio Application Developer V5.0, 2004
§ Developing OO Applications with Java: The Full Life Cycle, 2004
§ Advanced Java Programming with Distributed Objects, 2003
§ EJB Development Using WSAD V 5.x, 2003
§ IBM WebSphere Portal Version 4.x Application Development, 2003
§ Mastering Object-Oriented Analysis and Design with UML, 2003

Professional Experience

Federated Systems Group, Duluth, GA Feb 1999 to Present
§ Solution Architect for FSG’s Architecture Services Group, lead a team of 5 Application Architect in the design of a suite of frameworks and common components to support Federated Department Stores IT infrastructure
§ Process Lead for FSG’s CMMI implementation initiative; responsible for the Technical Solution, Product Integration, and Configuration Management Process Areas; facilitated the Strategic Planning and Creation of FSG’s Enterprise Architecture Group
§ Application Architect for the WebSphere Portal Project (UML, RUP, J2EE 1.4, WebSphere 5.01, WebSphere Portal 5.0)
§ Development Lead for the Location Planning Application Development Project (UML, MS SOAP Toolkit V2.0, Visual Basic 6.0, XML, Teradata)
§ Development Lead for the ECommerce team, responsible for the development of a common set of components for division web sites including http://www.macys.com/ and http://www.bloomingdales.com/ (Rational Rose 2000e, UML, J2EE 1.3, WebSphere 3.x, DB2 6.0, IBM HTTP Server 1.3.6)
§ Development Lead for the ECommerce Host Integration Project, which integrated the mainframe ordering and fulfillment systems with the ecommerce sites (Net.Commerce 3.0, c++, COM, VB)

ALLTEL Information Services, Alpharetta, GA Jan 1997 to Feb 1999
§ Development Lead on the Database Access Layer Integration Project. Lead the design and implementation of the conversion of a customer care and billing system from Sybase to Oracle and separating the data access layer of the application from the business logic layer (C/C++, Oracle, Sybase, HPUX, Windows NT, perl)
§ Development Lead on the 32 Bit Migration Project. Led the design and implementation of the conversion of the client side of a customer care and billing system from a 16 Bit to a 32 Bit platform (C/C++, Oracle, HPUX, Windows NT, perl)
§ Architecture Representative for the HIL Deployment of Virtuoso II. Traveled to Mumbai, India to oversee the installation of the application (C/C++, Oracle, HPUX, Windows NT, perl)
§ Lead for the Architecture Team. Provided technical guidance to team members. Reviewed/approved design and development work of team members. Along with upper management, set the strategic direction of the Architecture Team (C/C++, Oracle, Sybase, HPUX, Windows NT, perl)

Education

Clark Atlanta University
Atlanta, Georgia 30314
MS Degree in Computer Science: 05/97

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi 39406
BS Degree in Computer Science: 05/95