Brandon Satrom

Current

President at IASA Austin
Chief Architect at Thought Ascent, Inc.
Short Fiction Writer and Novelist at BrandonSatrom.com

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Past

Enterprise Technology Architect at Compassion International
Sr. Software Developer at Compassion International
Owner at SB Consulting

Sr. Web Developer at SYSCO Corporation
Technical Consultant at BSI Consulting
Programmer at Wallace Construction

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Education

Baylor University - Hankamer School of Business

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Connections

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Brandon Satrom’s Summary

Technology visionary with ten years of experience delivering software, solutions, architecture and strategy to organizations of all sizes. Experienced in enterprise-scale architectures and distributed systems running on the Microsoft platform, specifically SharePoint, C#, BizTalk, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Communication Foundation and SQL Server. Skilled in the development and deployment of Line of Business and Third-Party applications along with the integration of these systems with other key technologies and applications. Well-versed in business and technology strategic planning and visioning, as well as best practices for driving business vision and direction to execution via the selection of key technology projects and investments.

Brandon Satrom’s Specialties:

Enterprise Architecture, .Net solutions development and architecture (C#, BizTalk, WF, WCF, SQL Server, Windows Server), Web development and architecture (ASP.NET, ASP.NET MVC), LOB system development (MOSS, CRM), User Experience design, organizational Redesign, business technology strategy

Brandon Satrom’s Experience

President

IASA Austin

(Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2009 — Present (6 months)
Chief Architect

Thought Ascent, Inc.

(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 2008 — Present (1 year 3 months)

Lead and collaborate on architecture, design and development across a variety of client engagements. Led architecture, design and development for high-volume, high-processing workflow solutions based on WCF and WF in .NET 3.5. Constructed RESTful WCF services in .NET 3.5. Led architecture, design and development for a high-traffic Mobile website based on ASP.NET MVC 1.0.

Speaker/ Presenter on Windows Workflow Foundation at the Rocky Mountain Tech Trifecta, February 2009.
Short Fiction Writer and Novelist

BrandonSatrom.com

(Writing and Editing industry)

November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
Enterprise Technology Architect

Compassion International

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

June 2006 — October 2008 (2 years 5 months)

Provide architectural vision and leadership, both at an enterprise level and through engagement with individual project teams. Deliver future-state architecture definition, technology roadmaps and execution guidance. Work closely with IT Leadership and Compassion executives to understand business vision and strategy and to communicate steps IT must take to support those strategies. Provide architectural leadership to software architects and development leads via mentoring, consulting, guidance and project engagement. Develop key technology guidance and patterns to ensure consistent interpretation of future state models. Assist the Chief Architect in EA group establishment and organizational restructure. Provide emerging technology research, analysis and recommendations.
Sr. Software Developer

Compassion International

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)

December 2004 — June 2006 (1 year 7 months)

Architect and lead developer on a small- and mid-sized projects team supporting the public web presence and related applications. Responsibilities included requirements, design and architectural direction for projects based on customer need and enterprise-level standards, principles and direction. Served as an internal champion for a drive towards Information Architecture and User Experience design practices, which included the development of a new interaction design process and feedback stage with project customers and product owners.
Owner

SB Consulting

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2003 — 2005 (2 years )

Founded a consulting business to provide several small and medium-sized businesses with affordable consulting services and software solutions. Provided ASP and .NET project management, development, and site management/support for a small industrial chemical supplier based in Texas. Provided a SQL Server Reporting Services solution to a financials company. Provided guidance and consulting on a complete site evaluation and redesign based on Information Architecture and User Experience/Interaction principles to a team of web designers and developers at a large polling organization.
Sr. Web Developer

SYSCO Corporation

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SYY; Food & Beverages industry)

February 2003 — November 2004 (1 year 10 months)

Member of five-person Web Development team responsible for the external web and internal intranet presence of a Fortune 500 company. Worked on a variety of application development projects to support public facing sites and internal departments. Led team effort to create a uniform set of coding standards for all .NET application development within SYSCO IT. Developed common data access layer and data services for internal ASP.NET web applications using C#, ADO.NET, XML and SOAP 1.1. Developed common error handling and logging components for .NET applications using C#, ADO.NET and SQL Server 2000. Led discovery, application architecture and implementation efforts for several internal ASP 3.0 and .NET applications. Led a process discovery and improvement engagement for the supply chain division of the organization.
Technical Consultant

BSI Consulting

(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

July 2000 — February 2003 (2 years 8 months)
Programmer

Wallace Construction

(Construction industry)

January 1999 — May 2000 (1 year 5 months)

Designed and developed an automated time tracking and reporting application for a large construction company. Performed application installation, user acceptance testing and training. Prototyped a migration of the system database from Access to SQL Server. Created system integration points with other applications. Environment was Visual Basic 5/6, Access, SQL Server 6.5 and Crystal Reports.