Andrew Michalik
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Senior Technical Manager | Enterprise Architect / Strategist
Accomplished 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. Entrepreneurial in spirit with proven negotiation, influencing and communication skills. Demonstrated superior business judgment and strategic planning based on knowledge, skills and intuition. Excellent program management, project management, organizational agility, and cross-group collaboration capabilities. Remain flexible to changing priorities, open to new ideas while keeping company success firmly in focus. Able to work with technical and non-technical business owners to establish priorities and drive deliverables to completion.
Successful Enterprise Architect / Strategist with proven ability to take complex and difficult business requirements 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 life-cycle: from product definition, to design and development, deployment to go-live, through maintenance and enhancement. A critical thinker with the skills to do the value-added tasks that technology cannot, as well as able to invent, adapt and reinvent every day, in markets that change faster than ever.
Please contact me if you have one of the
following leadership roles:
• A permanent international assignment
(preferably in the European Union)
• A Director level position with a Fortune 1000
company
• A C-Level position with a
non-Fortune 1000 company
Amazon.com
Senior Technical Program Manager and Full Time Employee for Amazon Product Ads, a CPC site monetization program for Web merchants on and off Amazon.com. Coordinate with external teams to ensure that dependencies will be available in production, and available for integration well ahead of deadline. Successfully launched Contextually and Behaviorally Targeted syndicated ads on off-Amazon sites incorporating proprietary optimizations and filtering. Coordinated multiple domestic and international mini-summits to to work through outstanding questions and lock down architectural requirements for high profile deliverables. Worked with internal and external teams to verify and improve the quality of advertisements for optimal coverage and click-through rates. Successfully launched a high throughput low latency Real Time Bidding (RTB) system on additional off-Amazon sites. Typically manage a dozen external teams with multiple projects in-flight to work through outstanding issues, questions and specifications for successful product and feature releases. Scrum Master for a team of fourteen engineers and acting Product Manager during a recent personnel reorganization.
As Senior TPM, keep an innovative multi-generational engineering team firing on all cylinders and lead cross functional development teams from design through delivery. Work closely with software engineers and product managers to get high-quality software products built, tested, and released on time. Leverage critical thinking, analytical, and problem solving skills to collaborate with Product Management, Sales and external groups in remote locations (Edinburgh, United Kingdom; Bangalore, India) to define strategy and requirements. Utilize excellent written and oral communication skills to communicate regularly with senior management on status, risks and change control. Operate as the central point of contact to effectively manage communications, questions, schedules, quality, and progress updates. Coordinate fast-changing moving parts to bring together a successful product while remaining flexible to changing priorities and open to new ideas. Anticipate bottlenecks, provide escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. Identify and manage risks, making sound judgments about quality, and stop or accelerate production at the right time. Work with technical and non-technical business owners to get things done while keeping Amazon's success firmly in focus. (9/10 - Present)
Sony Pictures Entertainment
Contract Enterprise Architect, Strategist and Senior Technical Manager supporting and managing the President of Production Administration, Chairman of Worldwide Marketing and Distribution, four CFO's, twenty+ vendors, ten+ internal groups, and fifteen+ employees. Created and managed Scrum / Waterfall project plans for over 20 enterprise applications. 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. 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. Met target dates to
successfully launch 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
Whitepaper
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)
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 while managing and motivating a startup consisting of 20+ employees, contractors and vendors. 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: 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. See additional clients and testimonials. (6/90 - 8/99) VFEdit website
Vector Information Systems, Inc
Contract Technical Consultant, Architect, Programmer and Engagement Manager for a variety of small and large businesses. Developed software and systems as an individual contributor and managed teams of a dozen employees and contractors with external teams of up to ten additional developers.
Venice Consulting Group
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.
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. (9/01 - 9/02, 6/10 -
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Metropolitan Life Insurance
Contract
System Architect and Technical
Project Manager for a MetLife
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
sites. 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. Analyzed
existing and target technology
roadmap, worked with international
teams and engineering management to
deliver strategic, long-term
execution plans. (11/00 - 9/01)
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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
Delivered 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 SPAC:
Security Pacific Automation Company)
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)
Embedded Hardware & Software Design Engineer
Real-time firmware and embedded processor hardware engineer experienced in VLSI, discrete and gate array design & debug.
Raytheon Electromagnetic Systems Division
Designed and maintained a sophisticated software
upgrade to AEGIS missile defense system for an
embedded real-time processor which controlled
naval electronic countermeasure systems.
Upgraded existing software and supporting
documentation; designed new software for
additional hardware capabilities.
Tektronix CAE Systems Division
Customer
Support Manager for design and debug of
microprocessor-based hardware using logic
analyzers and Unix based development systems.
Managed technical projects, demonstrated
products, prepared and taught training classes,
tested and reported on products and projects for
management.
Micronix Integrated Systems
Reverse
engineered and designed a specialized PC
controller circuit. Designed and laid out CMOS
gate arrays. Converted customer logic into
standard macrocells; simulated and debugged
design using SILOS simulator. Produced final
schematic artwork and bonding diagram for
customer designed package. Hand placed and
routed macrocells; checked layout versus
schematic with ECAD software.
TRW Space Division
Implemented the first
flight-approved microprocessor-based subsystem
for DSP-series satellites. Designed hardware and
software for microprocessor-based spacecraft
subsystems. Defined system architectures and
implementations for project proposals. Designed
system and detailed hardware (Schottky & CMOS)
for a real-time flight unit from initial
proposal through engineering model test.
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
eCommerce, Online Advertising, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunications, Investment Banking and Finance, Aerospace, Defense, Legal, Warehouse Fulfillment, Engineering, Asset Management, Pharmaceutical, Facilities, Insurance.
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