Founder / Principal SOA Architect at XWebServices, Inc.
Greater Los Angeles Area
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- Founder / Principal SOA Architect at XWebServices, Inc.
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- SOA Consultant at SCAN Health Plan
- SOA Architect at The First American Corporation
- SOA Consultant at Alliance Payment Technologies, Inc.
- SOA Architect - Internet Based Systems at First Data Corporation
- SOA Architect at AFX
- Principal Architect at ArtfulStyle.com
- Software Engineer at HomeStore, Inc.
- Lead Technical Consultant at IXL, Inc.
- Internet Developer at Genesis 2000
- Logistics Manager at United States Marine Corps
- Education
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- University of Maryland University College
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Cristian Sturek’s Summary
Founder and Principal SOA Architect of XWebServices, Inc., a boutique SOA Consulting firm based in Los Angeles. Have over 12 years Enterprise Architecture (EA) experience primarily in the Financial Services and Health Care fields.
Developed SOA principles and best practices that guide planning, development, integration and management of application infrastructures. Successfully architected AND implemented Service Oriented Architectures for companies such as:
- First Data Corporation – formerly a Fortune 500 company now privately owned, a leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for businesses worldwide
- Alliance Payment Technologies – an ACH Gateway provider, with numerous banks and financial institutions in the United States as its clients
- SCAN Health Plan – a "Medicare Advantage" HMO based in Southern California, one of the original four Social HMOs in the United States
- First American Corporation – a Fortune 200 company, America's largest provider of business information and real estate related services
Also held technical leadership positions at AFX, a medical billing solutions provider, Artful Style, an online art gallery, Realtor.com, the largest provider of real estate listings in the United States, IXL Inc. and Genesis 2000. Served in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged.
Strongly believes that all SOA Architects should have a strong understanding of the enterprise from the business perspective. Expertise is in Financial Services (EFT, Transaction Processing, Accounting, Risk Management, Loss Prevention), Healthcare, E-Commerce, Real Estate, Mortgage Banking and CRM. Areas of technical expertise include Enterprise SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), Composite Applications, SOA Governance, Web Services / SOAP, XML, Microsoft SQL Server (VLDBs), Microsoft BizTalk Server, .NET and IBM iSeries.
Cristian Sturek’s Specialties:
Enterprise SOA (Service Oriented Architecture); ESB (Enterprise Service Bus); Composite Applications; SOA Governance; Web Services / SOAP; XML; Microsoft SQL Server; Microsoft BizTalk Server; .NET; IBM iSeries / AS 400; MC 400; Financial Industry - EFT, Transaction Processing, Accounting, Risk Management, Loss Prevention; HealthCare - HIPAA: ERA, Claims, Eligibility, Benefit; ECommerce; Real Estate; Mortgage Banking; Sales - CRM, Lead Management.
Cristian Sturek’s Experience
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Founder / Principal SOA Architect
XWebServices, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — Present (9 years 2 months)
XWebServices, Inc. is a boutique SOA Consulting firm based in Los Angeles, California. Focusing primarily on Financial Services, Insurance and HealthCare, our SOA Architects and Consultants have successfully architected AND implemented service oriented architectures for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as small and medium sized businesses. Additional SOA Services provided by the company include SOA Training, vendor agnostic consulting, implementing and hosting of Enterprise Services Bus (ESB), SOA Governance and SOA Testing solutions and XML/SOAP/REST Web Services based composite application development and hosting. We also publish and maintain SOAHub.com, a portal dedicated to the advancement of Service Oriented Architecture.
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SOA Consultant
SCAN Health Plan
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2007 — May 2008 (1 year 2 months)
Provided SOA Consulting and Training for this Healthcare provider. Created a SOA Roadmap for the company's IBM iSeries / AS 400 MC400 system and managed the implementation of the first SOA Pilot projects - exposing Business Processes as XML/SOAP based Web Services in .NET. Also created a pilot Microsoft BizTalk Server EDI solution.
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SOA Architect
The First American Corporation
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FAF; Real Estate industry)
May 2005 — April 2008 (3 years)
Provided SOA Architecture guidance, SQL Server architecture/design and .NET Web Services expertise for this Fortune 200 company. Implemented an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and exposed numerous Business Processes via XML/SOAP based Web Services. Served as Offshore Project Coordinator for a team of developers in Romania that implemented services based Solutions.
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SOA Consultant
Alliance Payment Technologies, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Financial Services industry)
March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year)
SOA Consultant for the company's 2.0 version of the ACH Gateway. Architected and implemented the large database required to house the gateway data. Provided guidance in designing, implementing and leveraging the NACHA format to expose the gateway's business processes as services.
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SOA Architect - Internet Based Systems
First Data Corporation
(Public Company; NYSE:FDC; Financial Services industry)
January 2001 — March 2005 (4 years 3 months)
SOA Architect behind Cardservice International's now dominant Internet presence: MyAgentOffice.com - an enterprise level ISO/Merchant Level Salespeople (MLS) CRM, Financial Reporting, ECommerce, and Content Management application, MyMerchantOffice.com - a credit card transaction processing reporting application for the company's entire merchant account base and Partner Merchant Online Application - a rules based account boarding application for the company's referral partners.
Managed a team that:
- exposed numerous services for accepting Merchant Account applicants from Agents/Partners
- consumed various services on the Visa/MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, etc. platforms for finalizing the setup of those accounts
- exposed large amounts of data (1/2 million credit card transactions a day) as services to different applications for reporting/loss prevention purposes -
SOA Architect
AFX
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
April 2003 — September 2003 (6 months)
SOA Architect for the company's Microsoft BizTalk Server/HIPAA Accelerator based enterprise level medical claims (remittance advice) handling and reporting solution.
Managed a team that:
- leveraged Microsoft BizTalk server to parse medical claim files
- stored the data in a very large database (partitioned views)
- exposed data via numerous services to different client applications -
Principal Architect
ArtfulStyle.com
(Privately Held; Luxury Goods & Jewelry industry)
May 2000 — December 2000 (8 months)
Architected and managed the company’s highly scalable, robust, enterprise level B2B-B2C ECommerce / CRM web application.
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Software Engineer
HomeStore, Inc.
(Public Company; NASD:HOMS; Real Estate industry)
December 1999 — August 2000 (9 months)
Architected the "Personal Planner", Realtor.com’s Personalization and Membership (P&M) module for over one million user accounts at the time. Also architected the Online Forums/Message Boards for the HomeStore.com portal.
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Lead Technical Consultant
IXL, Inc.
(Public Company; Internet industry)
June 1999 — December 1999 (7 months)
Architected the first version of EPloids.com, a popular online auction for children. Implemented new ECommerce features to FinishLine.com, a premier athletic wear web application. Performed maintenance on HotTopic,com, a heavily trafficked ECommerce web application. Technical liaison for the discovery phase of ECandy.com.
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Internet Developer
Genesis 2000
(Privately Held; Real Estate industry)
November 1998 — June 1999 (8 months)
Architected the technical support websites for the Genesis 2000 Mortgage Loan Origination Software and Genesis 2000 WebBuilder. Also architected a custom, web managed advertisement system for the company's Real Estate portal.
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Logistics Manager
United States Marine Corps
(Military industry)
December 1994 — November 1998 (4 years)
Key player in the office’s transition from Lotus SmartSuite to Microsoft Office. Architected a Training Record Tracking database and several spreadsheets, translating into mass reduction of man-hours and quick, efficient statistical information. Maintained inventory for over $1,000,000 in weapons and military equipment and over 100 Marines' training records.
Cristian Sturek’s Education
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University of Maryland University College
BS, Information Systems Management
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Cristian Sturek’s Interests:
My family, SOA, Web Services, football (Washington Redskins), soccer (Romania), Lost, ER, Heroes, Battlestar Galactica
Cristian Sturek’s Groups:
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Worldwide SOA Professionals member
Cristian Sturek’s Honors:
Facilitated "KEYS TO SOA IMPLEMENTATION - Essentials of SOA Implementation: A Complete Guide", a 2 day SOA Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (May, 2008)
Presented "Successfully Migrating Your Financial Services Enterprise to a Service Oriented Architecture" at UNI's Service-Oriented Architecture Regional Conference - Singapore
Presented "Utilizing SOA as a Business Process Management Tool for Project-based Implementation" at IQPC's 2nd Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services Best Practices
Certification Magazine Interview - SOA: It’s Not Just for the Fortune 500
http://www.certmag.com/articles/templates/CM_COMM_DesDev_article.asp?articleid=1248&zoneid=144
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