Blane Stuart Land
3970 Julington Creek Road Jacksonville, FL 32223
904.521.3839 blane@blaneland.com
Technical Architect - Senior Project Manager
· Microsoft / Deloitte and Touché trained solutions architect with an extensive background of managing high profile corporate consulting engagements, leading edge technology deployments and enterprise IT integrations.
· Patented in 1993 having integrated three Office 2003 platforms (Outlook, Visio, InfoPath) and two back office (SqlServer, SharePoint) servers into a SOA BPM meta-platform for collaboration, workflow and information visibility.
· Sixteen years corporate IT development and deployments using UNIX, client server, internet, and MetaFrame architectures.
· Pro-active self-motivated, and goal driven. Executive level presence, excellent written communication and group presentation skills.
· Unique ability to understand complex environments quickly, solve technically “impossible” problems and yet communicate issues and resolutions in simple terms to business stake holders.
Work Experience
08/2005 to present –CTO – Global Wealth Technologies
Leveraging R&D and software developed 18 years ago, planned, and developed the Global Wealth platform and trading strategies. The initial effort took 2 years and yielded the first non-timeframe professional FOREX trading platform with more than 20,000 lines of C#. After a final year of AI software development and testing, the current product is ready for funded trading.
08/2001 to 01/2005 – CTO – SofScience Technologies – a MSFT ISV Partner
Contracted by Microsoft to deliver a solution accelerator technology called Business Process Authoring. The Microsoft partnership with SofScience Technologies began with a $500,000 contract with Microsoft Federal to deliver a proof of concept pilot to the FBI Joint Drug Intelligence Group in LA. The pilot was an overwhelming success. The Process Authoring Framework integrates Outlook, Visio, InfoPath and SharePoint into an end to end BPEL driven, Business Process Management Infrastructure. The framework consumes the DOJ XML Standard using a VISIO based workflow modeler. The modeler writes BPEL to control it's Web Service Gateway and with it's "DBA in a box technology" alters the structure of the RDBMS dynamically. The Outlook based web portal exposes role specific workflow options. As workflow e-forms are filled out the Web Service Gateway both generates email & posts all data to the SQLServer RDBMS. No code , no DBA required Business Process Management, the Third Wave (as described by Peter Fingar).
03/98 to 08/2001 – SeniorEngagement Manager – Bright Solutions Consulting – Jacksonville, FL
Contracted to Mortgageflex Systems, Jacksonville, FL.
§ Designed and managed the data conversion of one of the world’s largest mortgage portfolio’s to ORACLE, with assets in $100B range.
§ Developed and implemented 3 real time (PC to COM to MQ series mainframe) interface’s for The Associates 1800 bank users. Ported a proprietary UNIX credit-scoring module to NT, and built the multi-vendor credit bureau interface.
§ Managed development of 1000 user Mercury simulation at Chase Manhattan Testing Tampa
§ Proposed and established an online code specific, code-drawn data dictionary publisher. Proposed and wrote company wide Technical Specification Standards.
11/96 to 1/98 - Manager - Technical Architecture - Deloitte and Touché Consulting – Chicago, IL
As a Manager in the Technical Architecture Group, led both internal and client engagements as follows:
§ Technical lead in the due diligence evaluation of USF&G’s MIS department, during a hostile takeover. Documented and saved client $15M in overstated technology assets.
§ Led the internal evaluation of Office '97 and its potential for use in a corporate wide intranet. Provided business case documentation, systems design specifications, and project guidance for the Recruiting Database Pilot, delivered by standard browsers on the corporate WAN.
§ Led the technical evaluation team through an ERP vendor evaluation process for Rank Video U.S. during a $20M re-engineering project. Managed project plan and produced all vendor questionnaires, process documentation and vendor demo worksheets, prior to meetings with SAP, Oracle, Peoplesoft & J.D.Edwards. Produced Cross Vendor Evaluation Criteria and conducted all team de-briefings. Produced Technical Evaluation Narratives and the final assessment report.
§ For the Franklin Mint developed and implemented an international communications prototype using NT, MS Exchange, IIS3.0, and Outlook '97 to produce a document repository and workflow application operated through the prototype server's extranet. Secured international communication on the internet done with PPTP. The IE4.0 WebTop integration interfaced seamlessly with corporate mainframe, imaging and VB applications. Index Server provided a 'Web' search capability for any type of document within the intranet.
08/94 to 9/96 – Project Manager – Application Architect - Allegiant Physician Services – Atlanta, GA
Managed the development team that wrote and deployed the enterprise budgeting system for this $500M company (8 weeks to production), using a Centura application framework. Designed and implemented a full workflow automation product for the temporary placement of emergency room physicians using the same Centura framework yielding a documented development savings of $800,000 in the first year. In 1999 upgraded the framework and ran nightly conversions to an ORACLE parallel system. Delivered early and under budget and is still in production 12 years later.
03/93 to 08/94 – Lead Programmer Analyst, HBO and Company – Atlanta, GA
Designed and implemented the Corporate Report Distribution System in support of the internal financial system. (500 INFORMIX tables, 1000+ reports) This system automated the financial post processes, scheduling and distribution of all reporting across the national network, with no report code changes. Based on this effort was awarded the first Certified Corporate Improvement in a company wide Continuing Quality Initiative.
10/92 to 03/93 – Programmer Analyst, Cincinnati Bell Information Systems – Orlando, FL
As a senior Informix developer, headed the tax side development of a $10M title plant contract with the state of Arizona. Instructed permanent staff in application design with Informix-4gl. Completed advanced certifications in Informix ESQL/C and 5.0 server.
Education
§ Advanced Certification, Web Positioning, University of South Carolina 1/2000
§ DataJunction Alliance Partner Training 8/1999
§ Extensive CBT Systems training from a personal library of 1200 titles including networking essentials,
MCSE prep, MS front and back office, IIS, ORACLE, Java, J2EE, C++, VB and much more
§ SAP Technical Architecture Training Pittsburgh 8/1997
§ OOA /OOD Workshop - Coad/Yourdon Methodology 11/1996
§ Advanced Certifications for INFORMIX V & ESQL/C Library Functions 3/1993
§ University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL. Special student, Systems Science, September 1983. 2 years
§ Extensive digital hardware design training, Dr. Joseph Dryer Ph.D.EE. May 1980. 3 years
§ Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne, FL. Computer Science, EE June 1974. 2 years
Other Interests: Chi-Gong practitioner.