Mahesh Vandi Chalil		                     			
Phone  [Send email to request phone number] 62-0529H, (508) 740-0863 M                 
IBM Certified SOA Specialist [100%], Sun Certified Enterprise Architect [85%],
Harvard University Extension School Graduate [3.86]
Irvine, CA 92656		                   	             	            			 
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OBJECTIVE		To achieve the position of a Technical Solution Architect or Tech
Lead which may require hands-on development.
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY		Highly Skilled Solution/Enterprise Architect and Senior Developer with
around 12 years of professional experience leading technical teams in the design
and development of J2EE applications, providing consulting on the adoption and
definition of a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) strategy to optimize IT
operations and achieve business agility, including:

·	As a member of the State Street Office of Enterprise Architecture team,
defined and managed the technology standards
·    Very familiar with different SOA Governance Frameworks and best practices
of SOA Governance
·	Designed J2EE framework components and security solutions for intranet and
internet web applications
·    Designed and built applications in the Web 2.0 style by easily composing
and pulling together preexisting assets using dynamic scripting languages and
simple REST principles by using Websphere sMashup.
·	Routinely utilized Project Management skills, including: Project planning,
task estimation, resource allocation and risk analysis/mitigation
·    Responsible for developing system specifications; designing overall system
architecture; leading prototype coding, testing and documentation efforts;
transfer of product to software development/QC and innovating ongoing
product/project enhancements and support tools
Proactively came up with many applications to speed up production support, day
to day operations, server resource monitoring etc 
Always took the initiative in mentoring teams of developers to bring them upto
the latest technology skills
·    Analyzing end user needs, tracking industry and technology trends,
designing features specifications, leading development team efforts per approved
specs, proof-of-concept performance tuning and enhancements to ensure efficient
process integration and database access
·	Communication, planning and organizational skills – Demonstrated capability to
document system specifications, designs, proposed test cases, and integration
requirements. Proven ability to manage time allocation and team resources to meet
critical deadlines. 
·	Architected and designed security solutions for highly transacted J2EE
Applications using Netegrity Site Minder, Sun One Web Server, Websphere and
Weblogic Application Server. 
·     Excellent troubleshooting and problem resolution skills
·	Extensive experience with multiple programming technologies, including IBM
WebSphere Message Broker, Java, XML/XSLT/WSDL, Perl, SOAP
Extensive experience using Hibernate, Spring, AJAX-[Custom and DOJO] and Struts
frameworks. Also with JUnit, Log4J and ANT frameworks. Recently used Apache POI
framework for document conversion. 
·    Hands-on experience developing message-oriented integration solutions using
Websphere MQ, JMS and Web Services
·    Strong knowledge of WebSphere Application Server, Data power, WebSphere
Services Registry and Repository (WSRR), WS-Security, SAML and various web
services standards
·    Key technology experience in areas such as J2EE, .NET, XML Web Services,
SOA
·    Expertise in Object Oriented Analysis, Design / Development Methodologies,
Java and J2EE Core Design Patterns, Use Cases, Sequence Diagram and Class
Diagrams using UML with Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio
·    Experienced with Sun One Directory Server, IBM Secureway Directory Service
(LDAP ) and Microsoft Active Directory
·    Expertise in Rational Clearcase and CVS Source Control Management 
·    Automatic Build Management of J2EE Projects using ANT. 
·    Excellent knowledge in migration from Websphere 3.5/4.0 to Websphere 5.0
and 6.1
·    Good knowledge and experience in Extreme Programming (XP), Expertise in
JUnit.
·    Experience includes OS390 Mainframe, JCL, COBOL, VSAM, CICS, and C++/C
development.
·    Expertise in Oracle 10g RAC, 9i, 8i and DB2 7.x
Administration and configuration expertise in Websphere Studio Application
Developer 4.0.x,5.0 and Websphere Application Server 3.5.x,4.0.x and 5.0 (Windows
NT, Linux, AS400)
·    Excellent team player and self-motivated and able to work independently
when required
EDUCATION

2008	Harvard University Extension School
	Masters of Liberal Arts in Information Technology - Information Systems
Management 
	(Deans List – 3.86 GPA) 

1996	College of Engineering, Trivandrum, India
	Bachelor of Engineering - Applied Electronics Engineering 

CERTIFICATIONS

·	IBM Certified –SOA Specialist 
·    Sun Certified -J2EE Enterprise Architect (SCEA)
·	IBM Certified -Enterprise Developer/J2EE Architect/Solution Developer
·    IBM Certified -Analysis and Design with UML - Solution
Developer/Specialist
·    IBM Certified Enterprise Connectivity using J2EE
·    IBM Certified -DB2-User 7.1 and 
·    IBM Certified -DB2-DBA 7.1
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Application Server Administrator & Solution
Developer v5.0 
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Portal for Multiplatform v4.1 Solution Developer
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Studio Application Developer v5.0 Specialist
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Studio Application Developer v4.0.3 Specialist
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Application Server Administrator & Solution
Developer v40AE 
·    IBM Certified -Websphere Application Server Specialist - Solution Developer
v3.5AE
·	Sun Certified Web Component Developer (SCWD) 
·     Sun Certified Java Programmer V1. 2 (SCJP)

TECHNICAL
SUMMARY

Operating Systems: AIX 5.3, Windows 95/98/2000/NT, Sun Solaris 7, LINUX, OS9000,
AS400

Security: Netegrity Site Minder 5.6/6.0, Web Agent

Directory Server: Sun One Directory Server 6.0, Microsoft Active Directory 

LANGUAGES/APIS: J2EE 1.4/1.x (Webservices, EJB1.x, 2.0, 3.0[Feature Pack], JNDI,
JMS, RMI-IIOP, JTA, JDBC, Servlets, JSP), Java, SOAP, WSDL, Log4J, JUnit, XML,
pureXML, XSLT, XPath, XQuery, C++/C, SQL, PL/SQL, IDL, PERL

Techniques: SOA, Web 2.0, Design Patterns (GOF, J2EE Design Patterns)
 
Development Methodologies: Waterfall Model, RUP, and Agile Methodologies such as
XP, Websphere sMashup

Queuing Systems: Weblogic JMS, Websphere MQ 5.2, 5.3, 6.0

EIS: FileNet Document and Imaging System, Content Management On Demand, MQ
Series 5.2, 5.3, 6.0

Frameworks: JSF 1.x, DOJO, Apache-Struts 2.0, 1.1 and 1.0.X, Apache Axis, Log4J,
JUnit, Ewebeditpro, Hibernate 3.x, Spring Framework 2.x, AJAX Frameworks - Custom
Developed and DOJO, Apache POI, Stripes 1.5

Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, Rational Architect, Visio 

RDBMS: Oracle 10g RAC, 9i, 8i/7.x, MS SQL Server7/2000, DB2 7.1.x, MySql, MS
Access

ETL:	IBM Data Stage, IBM Information Server

Mainframe: ES9000, MVS, VSAM, JCL AND CICS

TOOLS/IDEs: Rational Application Developer 7.x, Websphere DataStudio, Weblogic
Workshop 8.1, Websphere Studio Application Developer 4.x,5.x, Websphere Commerce
Suite5.x, Visual Age for Java, JBuilder3.5 

Source Control Management: Clearcase, Visual Sourcesafe6.x, CVS, SVN

Middleware: IBM Websphere ESB 6.1, IBM WebSphere3.x, 4.x, 5.1, 6.1, BEA WebLogic
Application Server 8.1, IBM Websphere Portal Server 4.1.x, 6.x, JRun, Tomcat
EXPERIENCE

Feb 2006 – 	State Street Corporation
Dec 2008	AVP – Enterprise Reconciliation System - Solution Architect 
	
	Projects: PLM Reconciliation, TLM Webconnect, Office of Enteprise Architecture
·	Technical advisor for an enterprise level reconciliation projects – from
requirements, use cases to implementation and adoption. 
·     Started and lead an informal group of Solution Architects for cross
functional solution architects to discuss design best practices and share
knowledge.
·     Participated in an initiative to transform the IT division into a Services
based model, using SOA principles
·     Contributed to Office of Enterprise Architecture to set standards and best
practices
·	As a Solution Architect, design J2EE framework components and security
solution for PLM, a modular reconciliation product for the enhancement and
support of post trade operations.
·     Develop project plans and task estimations.
·     Analyze and mitigate project risks
·     Learn and evaluate SOA governance strategy with third party vendors
including IBM, Amberpoint and Software AG.
·     Develop a variety of framework components, including: security
architecture, request processing, display framework, batch job engine, workflow
processing engine and exception/logger/property manager framework
·     Designed Web Services to integrate with Password Matrix systems
·     Proposed and performed Websphere 5.1 to 6.1 migration for PLM application
[to go from JDK 1.4 to JDK 1.5 and J2EE 1.3 to 1.4 for performance improvement
and features] and contributed to Oracle 10g migration from Oracle 9i by helping
team to understand the internal architecture of Oracle RAC
·     Utilize Websphere MQ Messaging for asynchronous integration
·     Facilitate team meetings to review codes and analyze system performance.
·     Technical advisor to Siteminder support team, Websphere application server
team, and other application teams as needed

Environment: Websphere Application Server 5.1, 6.1, Websphere ESB, Netegrity
Site Minder 6.0, Sun One Directory Server 5.2, IBM Http Web Server 6.0, AIX 5.3,
Windows XP, Sun Solaris, Rational Application Developer 7.0.0.6, Rational Rose,
Oracle 9i, 10g RAC, J2EE 1.4, Websphere MQ 6.0, Struts 1.2, IBM CMOD, Datastage
-ETL, JDK 1.5, JUnit, Ant, Log4J

April 2004 – 	Deloitte Consulting		
Feb 2006	Framework Architect

	Project: AOC/V3 Case Management System
·	Architected the V3 application using J2EE for the California Court System.
·     Guided the development team to utilize the proper coding standards, and
best practices. 
·     Designed and developed the security solution using Netegrity Siteminder
and integrated with V3 Application
·     Designed and assisted implementing Web Services to integrate with EIS
using Apache Axis framework.
·     Customized Struts MVC framework to use with V3 Application and Security
Model
·     Designed and developed components to integrate with Sun One Directory
server for User Profile and Role management
·     Configured Weblogic Workshop with good development environment settings
·     Well known as Troubleshooting expert to any J2EE and Weblogic related
issues.

Environment: Weblogic Application Server 8.1 SP2, Netegrity Site Minder 6.0, Sun
One Directory Server 5.2, iPlanet Web Server 6.0, Windows XP, Sun Solaris,
Weblogic Workshop 8.1, Rational Rose, Oracle 9i, J2EE 1.3, Weblogic JMS, Struts
1.1, FileNet, Apache Axis 1.2, Servlets 2.3, JSP 1.2, Java 1.4, JUnit, Ant,
JDBC2.0, Log4J

October 2003 – 	Wellpoint Health Care
April 2004	Tech Lead/Architect
	
	Project: BCBS Medical and Dental Application Re-engineering
·	Guided the development team to utilize the best architecture, proper settings
in development environment and coding standards
·     Refactored and redesigned existing Architecture, dveloped a new logging
and exception frameworks using Log4J at the enterprise level
·     Persistence framework using DAO Pattern.
·     Led the team for unit test using JUnit and to follow some of the best
practices of Extreme Programming
·     Perform code reviews, performance analysis and propose changes for
performance and throughput improvement 

Environment: Websphere Application Server 4.x, Netegrity Site Minder 5.x,
iPlanet Web Server 5.x, Windows XP, Sun Solaris, Websphere Studio Application
Developer 4.x, Oracle 9i, J2EE 1.3, JMS, Struts 1.1

April 2003 – 	ADP
October 2003	J2EE Architect
	
	Projects: Client Management, NETS Application
·	Transformed the internal structure of NETS application while preserving the
system’s external behavior.
·     Reengineered NETS into a different technological architecture and
re-designed its user interfaces.
·     Defined scalable and extensible multi-tier J2EE Architecture
·     Leverage T&FS existing infrastructure and security technology ClearTrust.
·	Coordinate with Project Manager in creating SRS and SDS documentation.
·     Mentor the team to apply RUP effectively
·     Defined a build Process with ANT using WSAD 5.0
·     Installed, configured and administered IBM Websphere Application Server
5.0 and Websphere Studio Application Developer 5.0

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 5.0.1, IBM OS390, Windows NT/2000,
Websphere Studio Application Developer 5.0.1, Rational XDE 2003, Oracle 9i, J2EE
1.3, JMS, MQ Series 5.3, Servlets 2.3, JSP 1.2, Java 1.3, JUnit, Ant, JDBC2.0,
Cross Access JDBC Driver, Oracle Oci Driver, Toad

August 2002 – 	SSA GT, MA
March 2003	Senior Software Engineer
	
	Project: HR Self-service System
·	Developed J2EE n-tier Architecture Framework using J2EE Specifications.		
·	Installed, configured and administered IBM Websphere Application Server 4.0.2

·     Configured Websphere studio Application Developer with good development
environment settings.
·     Guided the Development team to utilize the proper settings in Development
environment, Coding standards, Classpath settings (Compile and Runtime), High
Performance- Best Practice implementation for J2EE Systems. 
·     Performed code reviews, performance analysis and propose changes for
performance and throughput improvement 
·     Performed Load testing for scalability and availability.

Environment: WebSphere Application Server 4.0.2, Websphere Portal Server 4.x,
IBM Http Server 1.3.19, IBM iSeries/AS400, Windows NT/2000, Websphere Studio
Application Developer 4.0.2, Rational XDE, DB2 7.1, MQSeries 5.2, Visio, UML,
J2EE, MQ Series, JMS, JDBC, XML/XSLT, Loadrunner

September 2000 –	Digitas
August 2002	J2EE Architect / Senior Software Engineer
	
	Projects: Starwood Hotels, FedEx, Bayer, Delta Airlines

	Responsibilities:
·	Utilized MVC Architecture - Service Framework. Java Server Pages (JSP/HTML):
Handling HTML Forms, Using Scripting Elements and Java Beans as the model. 
Designed a scalable, extensible J2EE Architecture using J2EE Patterns and GOF
Patterns.
·	Scoped the project, analyzed business requirements and created design
specifications.
·     Implemented XML transformation service that enabled dynamic personalized
content.
·    Uniform Modeling Language (UML): Analysis and Design Approaches, Use Case,
Sequence Diagram and Class Diagram using Visio.
·     Performed load testing for scalability and availability.
·	Install, configure and administer IBM Websphere 3.5, Content Server3.6.3,
Catalog Server 3.6.3, Content Centre 3.6.3 and Satellite Server 3.6.3 over IBM
Websphere 3.5 and IBM Http Web Server

Environment: J2EE 1.2, JDBC, Java Mail, Oracle 8i, Linux7.x, CICS, MVS,
WebSphere 4.0.2, Websphere Studio 4.0.3, MQ Series, Struts 1.0.2, Log4J 1.1.3,
Xerces 2.0.1, Content Server3.6.3, Catalog Server 3.6.3, Content Center 3.6.3 and
Satellite Server 3.6.3, Windows 2000 and Linux

February 2000 – 	Unique Computing, Framingham, MA
September 2000	Senior Software Engineer 

Environment: Java, Applet, HTML, Oracle 7i, JDBC, Windows 2000/NT, Weblogic

August 1999 –	Legal and General Insurance, UK 
January 2000 	Software Engineer/Technical Consultant

	Project: Insurance Application

Environment: Java, Visua Age for Java 3.0, Servlet, JDBC, Oracle 7.x

February 1999 – 	Transformation Systems, India 
August 1999	Programmer Analyst
	
	Project: US Life Insurance Application

Environment: Java, Servlet, CORBA, JDBC, HTML, SWING, Oracle7.i

February 1998 – 	HCL Consulting, India
February 1999	Software Engineer

	Project: 2-D to 3-D Image Conversion

Environment: JAVA, HTML, IBM CICS gateway, DB2, MVS, ES/9000

November 1996 –	C-DIT, India
January 1998	Software Engineer

Environment: C/C++

TRAINING

Sun - Java One Conference 2007 / Sun - J2EE Design and Architecture 
Professional training in J2EE Designing and Architecting by Sun Micro Systems,
Boston, MA, US
Professional training in IBM Websphere 4.0 Performance Tuning by IBM
Professional training in Web Sphere 5.0 by IBM Web Sphere product development
group and architects, Austin, US
Three months training in IBM Mainframe S/390 ES9000 from ER & DC/IBM, India