Jimmy L. Rowe

6000 Inslee Road Dublin, OH 43016 (614) 657-1718 jimmy.rowe@gmail.com

 

Summary

 

·      Designed and Strategized Partner Connectivity Gateway infrastructure consisting of several communications tools as well as XML/EDI translation, document handling, and B2B connectivity.  Enabled business to reduce staffing costs for customer sales/service by 50%. Also reduced costs of transporting/storing data from $6M a month to $60K.

·      Lead initiation of reporting policies/procedures and warehousing/mining of call center statistical data saving the company $135,000/year in IT labor costs.

·      Coordinated successful deliverables of many projects simultaneously, including staffing plans, work schedules, budgets, and time lines.

 

Technologies

 

Application Integration Tools

            TIBCO Integration Tools (BusinessWorks, BusinessConnect, Various adapters, Enterprise JMS Server, Integration Manager), Peregrine Connect-IT, Ascential Datastage, Informatica, Microsoft Integration Services, IBM MQ Series, Sterling Connect: Direct

 

Business Solution Software

Sterling Connect:Enterprise, Sterling Gentran Integration Server, Cyclone Interchange, Siteminder Policy Server, SunOne Directory Server, Peoplesoft Internet Architecture, Mercury BAC, ITG/PPM, and CCM, HP ServiceCenter Administration, 

 

Infrastructure Applications

            SunOne Directory Server, Siteminder Policy Server, Microsoft IIS, BEA Weblogic Portal Server,

 

Software Development Software/Languages

Java, J2EE, IBM Websphere Studio, Eclipse, BEA WebLogic, Rational ClearCase, Subversion, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (VB, ASP), PERL, Unix/Windows scripting, SQL, UML, XML, HTML,

           

Database Applications

            Oracle 8i/9i/10g, SQL Server 2000/2005, Informix, Sybase, FoxPro, MS Access

 

Operating Systems

            UNIX (Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, SCO), Windows, Red Hat Linux, Mac OS, MVS/TSO

 

 

Experience

 

Application Architect/Technical Lead                                                                 6/2004 to present

Limited Brands                                                   

 

·      Technical lead for many projects involving EAI solution architecture/design/implementation using TIBCO products with budgets from $1M to $100M.

 

·      Architected/Implemented single sign-on framework using CA Siteminder Policy Server, SunOne LDAP, and Microsoft Active Directory.

 

·      Member of Architecture Review and Governance Board.

 

·      Lead technical project teams from 5 to 50 individuals across many technical areas.

 

 

Technical Architect/Project Manager                                                                    12/2000 to 3/2004

Ingram Micro Inc.                                               

 

·      Technical project lead for several e-Commerce projects including implementation of B2B processes using Tibco Business Works and Tibco Rendezvous/EMS.

 

·      Designed and Developed SOA using SOAP/XML for conversion of legacy RPC-based ordering and other supply chain transactions (pricing and availability, invoicing, shipment notices), reducing partner deployment time by 40% and support resource need by 30%.

 

·      Implemented Cyclone Interchange into environment and converted over 160 partners from cost-based communication to Cyclone EDIINT communication.

 

 

 

Manager Call Center Systems Engineering                                                       1/1999 to 12/2000

Interactive Teleservices Corporation                                                                                                        

 

·      Managed call-center-systems support team as well as training and staffing of on-site as well as centrally located support personnel.

 

·      Engineered the design and implementation of call center systems architecture. Innovated sales verifications processing by steering technical team through integration of digital recording software (Tantacomm Systems DART) into call center environment, resulting in $500,000 annual savings.

 

 

Business Analyst/Project Manager                                                                1/1998 to 12/1998

GC Services LLP                                                                                                                                 

 

·      Analysis and development of specialized reporting processes for management of collections operations.

 

·      Pioneered reconstruction of call center operations strategy by leading migration of collection accounts to an automated-dialing system, increasing the contact rates region-wide by 1000%.

 

 

Education

 

MBA Franklin University (expected completion December 2008)

B.B.A, Management Information Systems. Marshall University,1997

ITIL Foundations Certification (2006)                                                             

Tibco certified training in Business Works, Business Connect, Hawk, Rendezvous, Enterprise JMS. (2003)

Java Certified Programmer (2004)

Over 1,000 hours of technical training and project management courses through Element K and NetG learning systems.