Seeking a Senior Systems Engineering consulting assignment in San Francisco.
William J. Ziebell
Vast experience identifying, researching, and analyzing emerging technologies complements substantial background building business plans, request for proposal and architectural design. Exceptional project management skills, extensive experience in assessing project requirements as well as assembling and managing key resources. Proven ability to mentor team members to improve overall team competency. A sampling of accomplishments includes:
* Strategic design and deployment of a global TCP/IP network and systems infrastructure comprised of 14 locations and 1500+ systems.
* Lead architect of global Intranet comprised of Asia, North America, and Europe for a top five financial institution. Intranet platform consisted of 200 developer workstations supporting six platforms, global client runtime, and server build specifications utilized by 100+ IIS servers.
* Developed and integrated Intranet knowledge management software for a leading UK-based telecommunications company, which was implemented to split their digital assets of 1,000,000+ files to facilitate a £8,000,000,000 corporate divestiture.
* Post 9/11, responsible for rebuilding a boutique money-manager's real-time trading systems and infrastructure.
* Authored a 217-page USPTO application for the Broadband Network Security and Authorization Business Process Model and Apparatus.
TECHNOLOGIES
Programming Languages: Delphi, JAVA, C, C++, C#, FORTRAN, COBOL, Visual Basic, JavaScript, VB Script, Perl, SQL (e.g., PL/SQL, etc.), Access, Paradox, DBASE, Lotus Notes, D/HTML, ASP, JSP, Empower
Architectural Design: The UML 2.0, Enterprise Architect, Use Case, Activity, Communication, Sequence, and Component Diagramming
OS: WIN32, LINUX (Debian, SUSE, Redhat), Embedded (Ubicom, VxWorks), MAC
CROSS PLATFORM - TCP/IP (e.g., IPSec, and PKI)
DBMS: MSSQL, Oracle (PL/SQL), SYBASE, and Informix
Services/Daemons: IIS, Site Server, Index Server, SMS, Netscape Enterprise Server, IPlanet, Apache, Lotus Notes, SNA, MSMQ, LDAP, MTS, TCP/IP (e.g., PKI and IPSec), , Services, CGI, NetFilter, IPsec-Tools
API or Technology: GUI, Shell, PDH, DDK, Messaging, ISAPI, TCP/IP (e.g., Sockets, IPsec, IKE, PKI)
Formats: EDI, XML, and Propriety
Applications: Microsoft Office, Project and Visio, and Adobe
Networking: TCP/IP (e.g., IPsec and PKI) Internet X.509 Public Key Infrastructure Certificate and CRL Profile, Security Architecture for the Internet Protocol, and The Internet Key Exchange (IKE)
EXPERIENCE
President/CEO, UbiquityNet, Inc., Portland, OR 12/02 - Present
Founded UbiquityNet, Inc., a technology company that develops and sells innovative security products to broadband Internet service providers. UbiquityNet's RockIt(tm) products mandate, automate and manage network security and authorization for a broadband customer's host devices connected to a RockItRouter(tm) broadband modems, resulting in security for the customer's host devices, their WLAN/LAN network and access to the Internet broadband provider network.
* Led all elements of the product design, development, and manufacturing process.
* Initiated all business development opportunities; negotiated strategic alliance with key service providers.
* Built the business and financial plan for structuring the business model and securing Angel funding from investors.
President/CEO, NewLogica, Inc., New York, NY 3/00 - 6/01
Founded NewLogica Technology, Inc., a company that built and sold knowledge management software to Fortune 500 firms, enabling clients to capitalize on their information systems as knowledge assets.
* Designed and developed knowledge management application.
Senior Systems Engineer, Euro Brokers, Inc., New York, NY 7/01 - 4/02
Developed and supported Tradesoft trading system and infrastructure.
* Developed Windows 2000 software for Tradesoft trading system integration with back office financial clearing systems; designed and developed a Windows 2000 service application to monitor trading systems.
* Post 9/11, responsible for rebuilding real-time trading systems and infrastructure.
Applications Analyst, Shearman & Sterling, New York, NY 10/95 - 7/97
Managed firm-wide projects and resources, including teams of developers, DBAs, information architects, graphic designers, consulting firms, and vendors.
* Oversaw the development of a multi-tiered Litigation Templates application for the firm's Litigation Support group.
* Directed the firm's Windows desktop migration; managed the Novell migration to Windows.
* Strategic development and deployment of a global TCP/IP network and systems infrastructure comprised of 14 locations worldwide.
SELECTED CONSULTING ENGAGEMENTS
Senior Systems Architect, Provider Advantage NW Inc., Beaverton, OR 8/04 - 3/05
Architect of the Provider Advantage's flagship product, VeriLink health care system to increase system transaction capacity from 100K+ transactions/month to 10M+ transactions/month.
* Developed system features and class prototypes: serialization, main memory database, compression, and encryption.
* Led research and development conversations to design system architecture.
* The UML 2.0 use case, analysis, activity, and sequence diagramming.
Senior Systems Engineer, Argent Mortgage Company, LLC, Irvine, CA 8/04 - 3/05
* Redesigned Argent's credit system; developed Windows service application, which processed EDI credit requests and responses.
* Drafted and developed a Windows service application as an interface between Xerox image system and the mortgage processing system using SOAP web services.
Senior Technical Project Manager & Intranet Architect, Cable & Wireless, UK, London, UK 9/99 - 3/00
Originated and integrated Intranet knowledge management software, a product with a primary purpose to split the company's digital assets to facilitate a £8,000,000,000 corporate divestiture.
* Assembled and managed project team of developers, DBAs, information architects, graphic designers, trainers, and administrators.
* Assumed the role of the architect who developed and implemented the project plan for the company's Intranet.
* Worked with KPMG to manage the project and the expectations of the client.
Senior Technical Project Manager & Extranet Architect, Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, CA 7/99 - 9/99
* Facilitated design and development of Silicon Valley Bank's Extranet.
* Built and managed project team of developers, DBAs, information architects, graphic designers, and trainers.
* Developed and executed the project plan for the Silicon Valley Bank's Extranet.
Senior Systems Architect & Engineer, Goldman, Sachs & Co., New York, NY 2/98 - 6/99
Strategic development and deployment of a global Intranet comprised of Asia, North America, and Europe for the company's Asset Management division.
* Designed and implemented the server infrastructure used to support the Asset Management Funds Trading Extranet.
* Engineered developer workstation build, back end services (e.g., IIS) build, developer tool set and client run-time (e.g., C++, VB, and JAVA).
* Conducted research and development; evaluated Web technologies and development tools.
* Served as lead systems engineer (level-four support) for developer workstations as well as the Asset Management division resource and domain servers. Provided level-three support to system administrative staff and help desk.
Senior Systems Engineer, Salomon Brothers, Inc., New York, NY 8/97 - 1/98
* Performed systems migration and level-three technical support for the firm's Equity Research department.
* Engineered the Windows and Exchange migrations; offered Mobile system support for equity research analysts.
* Provided level-three support to system administrative staff and help desk.
Applications Analyst, Schwann Publications, Santa Fe, NM 1/94 - 4/95
* Developed Publication Editing application.
Applications Analyst, Defined Fitness, Albuquerque, NM 3/93 - 5/95
* Engineered Gym Membership application.
EDUCATION
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico
BA Economics
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