Enterprise Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Solutions Consultant, Enterprise Solutions Consultant

Implementation of WebSphere Message Broker in an environment heavily reliant on TCP/IP.

Customer required consultation on WebSphere Message Broker with regards to improving TCP/IP
connectivity. Alongside this issues with installations and current developments were resolved
including WebSphere MQ Administration. Issues with deployment were resolved alongside design of
Broker Topology.

Consultancy on WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker on implementation of internal and partner
facing systems.

SME for MQ and IIB on internal projects.
Designing and Implementing FTP(S) solution as an upgrade to current process.
Consultancy on MQ and IIB matters as well as problem solving and support. Implemented procedures for
IIB Upgrade and re-design of partner facing interface.

Consultancy on WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker on implementation of internal systems.

SME for MQ and IIB on internal projects. Consultancy on MQ and IIB incorporating mass file transfer
via FTP and SFTP matters as well as problem solving and support. Projects also required
recommendations on future work. Design and Implemented automated, via scripted process, in
implementing Performance control in IIB to aid BAU teams to make instant changes via command lines
as WebGUI was not implemented.
Management of Environments Security via Keys and Certificates to ensure non relative connectivity
was enforced.
Developed, Tested, Implemented and Oversaw migration of IIB 9 to IIB 10 across 42 environments with
multiple IIB instances. Created initial approach to migration from IIB 10 to IIB 11 (ACE).
Including:
Environment Investigation
Process Creation
Taking of Backups
Implementation
Security
Detachment of Policies
Re-attachment of Policies
Troubleshooting

Controlled deployments of code via Urban Code in multiple (42) environments.

Consultancy on WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker on implementation of internal systems.

Acting as Designer, Architect, Developer and Tester on building from scratch a complete pattern
solution for Pets at Home. Currently working alongside customer in implementing complete migration
from existing BizTalk solution into IBM product suite as per design.

Consultancy on WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker on implementation of internal systems.

Led team in migrating MQ, IIB and WAS to latest supported versions including recompiling of existing
code to run within confines of newer versions. Built environments alongside existing to enable a
quick switchover between them. Dealing with external third parties..

Consultancy on WebSphere MQ and WebSphere Message Broker and IBM WTX on implementation of internal
systems.

Acting as consultant, developer and tester on multiple projects simultaneously as customer was in
middle of major product and application rollout.
Developing multiple interfaces in both IBM IIB and IBM WTX (whichever was appropriate) and internal
architecture solutions on projects whilst working with other design, development and testing teams
to ensure that all projects rolled out on time and with a little impact as possible.
IBM WTX involved generating Schemas, Mappings and Configuration Variables to ensure the overall
solution was efficient and accurate when interfacing with Adapters and Databases (via DID).

Consultancy on Datapower, WebSphere MQ, WebSphere MQMFT and WebSphere Message Broker on
implementation of international systems.
Customer required Datapower support for newly rolling out project along with, WebSphere Message
Broker consultancy.
Alongside this, customer required the build and configuration of multiple WebSphere MQ and MFT
Servers and Clients (40 in all) over a short period of time in order to re-build the Development and
Testing Infrastructure.

Working alongside the architects the servers were configured and tested for functionality over a
period of 3 weeks alongside carrying out support work for other projects.

Upgrade of WebSphere MQ from 6.0.2.3 to 7.0.1.8 across multiple environments, servers and versions.
Provided consultancy on WebSphere Message Broker upgrade from 6.0 to 8.0.0.0 via 6.1.
Managed teams and provided mentoring to new starters on MQ and upgrades via BladeLogic.
Developing scripts for deployment as well as trouble shooting issues on migration including
resolving issues at code level and environment level & co-ordinating with IBM on PMR issues.

Onsite client consultancy and training around new installation of WebSphere MQ.

Danone - France January 2012 - June 2012

Key tasks were as follows:
Designing, developing & supporting Message Broker flows for a key roll out in Brazil. Designed flows
from specifications then developed, unit tested and promoting them to further environments.
Message flows consisted of data to and from a SAP adapter instance and to and from legacy based
systems.
The flows utilised ESQL code as well as message mapping nodes. Interaction with databases and stored
procedures was key as well as using a central set of ESQL files.

Joined an established team in a senior role in order to mentor new members within the Systems
Integration Team. Main tasks were the developing, and designing solutions within the company in a
multi platform/region/application environment.

Was part of the team involved in the migration from V6 to V7 in both MQ and Message Broker.

Error Handling, Database connectivity, Multithreading, Development, Design, were all part of the
work involved.

Joined Erebor as a Technical Consultant in the WMQ and Message Broker arena. Dealing with multiple
clients at the same time involving installations, configuration and support of new and older
installations including the implementation of Message Broker with adapter interfaces including Ariba
and SAP.

Typical tasks included implementation, development and support for a series of customers in the
WebSphere arena. Including a complete upgrade from V5 to V6 of Message Broker in a 3 month period
with a successful problem free Go Live.

Also acted in a pre-sales role with clients defining solutions and advising clients on possible
solutions and actions.

Acted as Project Technical Team Lead for a project in South Africa for a major bank which resulted
in a 5 month start to finish rollout of Workflow, WBI and monitor. The project was implemented on
time and has been running successfully since implementation.

Acting as customer liaison Nathan, installed and developed a complete MQ and WMB across Linux SUZE
9, EPOS and iSeries platforms involving 250 separate locations and multiple, clusters to enable live
data to be entered into the mainframe systems.

In addition to his WBIMB roles Nathan has also taken on development, testing and production support
on several WBISE projects including taking on projects from other companies when they have failed.

Nathan also delivered various training courses to clients and aided clients in developing their own
solutions by mentoring the staff and guiding them in development.

BSkyB

After 6 months on Kraft, Nathan was asked to spearhead the glue: involvement in the BSkyB CRM
project in Edinburgh working with MQ Series and WMQI. Nathan was the lead consultant from glue: on
the project, paving the way for further placements. Within a very limited period of time Nathan
acquainted himself with the procedures at BSkyB and aided in the design, development and testing of
various interfaces between multiple systems involving various applications. Nathan also ran the QA
department for the returning code build developments from the outsourced facility in India, checking
the source code and compatibility and ensure change management was carried out correctly using in
house procedures and the IBM RUP standards to ensure uniformity and deliverables. Subsequently
Nathan was asked to lead the support organization from the MQ Series / WMQI perspective and enable
the BSkyB employees to learn from experience and allow a level of self development with the
integration side of the project.

All documentation was governed to ensure RUP compatibility and all data process diagrams were
created to ensure that all knowledge was carried over via the Visual Modeller suite of IBMs RUP.

As part of the initial role Nathan was involved in developing interfaces with WMQI, JAVA Connectors
with MQ Series and JMS.

The environment was varied and included XP, Windows 2000 and Solaris. With development taking place
on DB2 with production running on Oracle and Solaris.

The support environment was in its infancy and Nathan developed the appropriate team connections and
support organizations as well as writing the documentation on supporting the MQ/WMQI environments.

Nathan joined the company as a trainer for the expanding library of middleware products. In a 3 week
period he learnt the software and was training candidates both internal and external clients. The
training involved extensive use of both NEON's own products as well as IBM's MQSeries products.
Nathan is now main point of contact for IBM software in the EMEA branch of this NASDAQ quoted
company as has trained people from all over the world in our London offices. Nathan has also acted
as a consultant and developer of software and courseware, including troubleshooting products with in
house consultants and IBM's own consultants.

Regular contact between NEON and their banking customers meant that a lot of Nathan's students were
the banks themselves who understood the importance of Middleware but not how it affected their
systems. Nathan trained the students in Middleware and how S.W.I.F.T. and FIX were handled by the
Middleware applications. This allowed them to fully rationalise their in house projects completely.
Once completed with the training Nathan was also involved in implementations on projects and the
recent upgrade of S.W.I.F.T. to ISO15022.

Whilst working on site at projects for the NHS and Nathan was involved in developing Visual Basic
GUIs for existing legacy systems including adapting to green screen applications, screen scraping
and data loading, as well as connectivity to Middleware applications and external apps eg. Web and
secondary legacy systems.

Nathan has also been a driving force behind developing new product courseware and was asked to
create, write and deliver the first worldwide on a new product. He completed this and received rave
reviews. Within this Nathan developed the software required to enable complete compatibility with
existing products and software suites.

Nathan is also the lead contact and trainer worldwide within NEON for MQSI V2 and has not only
delivered the course in the UK but also in Germany and USA. As well as consulting with clients in
Norway at short notice when they had problems, Nathan flew out and helped them sort of their
problems.

With recent changes in staff Nathan has become lead trainer in UK and Europe as well as continuing
his role as a consultant and technical support for all products in the NEON / IBM catalogue
including assistance and consultation on customer sites for extended periods.

Recently Nathan was the first western visitor to the Sybase China office in Beijing to deliver a
week long course to consultants on NEON products and aid them in sales, pre-sales and consultancy.
After this he spent a week in the SyBase Korea office training, and configuring systems to enable
fast deployment of products to customers as well as aiding the consultants there in configuration
and design problems.

Being the sole representative for New Era Of Networks training within Europe, Nathan has taken on
the role of delivery courses internally to all SyBase Europe employees as well as delivery remote
classes via the internet using the Placeware internet application. At the same time Nathan has acted
as main point of contact worldwide within SyBase for New Era Of Network training.

The course catalogue continued with Nathan Learning Ebiz 2000 and Visual Basic to deliver courses
for the Scottish Health Service in their Sky program to enable true integration with the different
regions and beyond.

Nathan has recently self studied for certification in SyBase products including SyBase ASE 12.0 and
12.5 and has delivered the training for these products to clients to a high success.


Logica / Team 121 - SAP R/3 Training Division

The following are some of the projects that Nathan was involved extensively in: -

Glaxo Wellcome - SAP R/3 Implementation (MRPII Project)
SAP R/3 FI/CO Testing & Training Data Consultant

April 1999 - April 2000
Nathan's role was to program and produce AutoTester scripts / outlines for the CO module. The bases
of the outlines were existing test scripts from earlier project phases. In total approximately 50
outlines were required and these were completed ahead of schedule.
Nathan also managed a subsidiary project involving dataloading for all 8 sites involved in the
initial rollout in the UK and multiple sites worldwide on the next phase. This involved acquiring
data requirements and programming AutoTester to input data at various stages for the training. The
numbers involved were large and Nathan managed this on time and accurately.
The entire project at Glaxo Wellcome was the largest single SAP/IT implementation in Europe. At one
point 1,400 people were working on it simultaneously.

Nathan developed CO and CO-PA training documentation to a company generic standard and delivered
courses to internal employees to improve their working knowledge of SAP in the FI and CO modules.

The internal courses covered overview and transactional activities within FI and CO as well as
developing the individual consultants' attitudes towards training end users and improving their
methods. The consultants ranged from raw recruits to semi and fully experienced consultants who had
some or no experience within the training field.

Pipeline and Rail
May 1996 - September 1997