Enterprise Architect, SOA Strategy & Implementation Expert, SOA Trainer, Mobile Strategy Advisor
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Managing Director & Chief Architect at Third Screen Labs
- Founder / Principal SOA Architect at XWebServices, Inc.
- Past
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- IT Consultant at TwentyFour6
- IT Consultant at The Camden Group
- 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 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Services firm. Founder, Managing Director & Chief Architect at Third Screen Labs, a mobile strategy and solutions provider. Have over 12 years Enterprise Architecture (EA) experience primarily in the Financial Services, Health Care and eCommerce fields.
Developed SOA principles and best practices that guide planning, development, integration and management of application infrastructures. Successfully architected AND implemented services-based 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
- 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. Honorably discharged in 1998 after 4 years of Active Duty in the United States Marine Corps.
Cristian Sturek’s Specialties:
Enterprise SOA (Service Oriented Architecture), Complex Event Processing (CEP), Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) / Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA Management / SOA Governance / SOA Testing, Web Services / SOAP / REST, XML, Database Architecture / Data Warehouse, Mobile Strategy / Solutions, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server / Windows SharePoint Services, Virtualization, IBM iSeries / AS400, .NET based Composite Applications, Financial Services, Health Care - HIPAA, eCommerce, Sales, CRM
Cristian Sturek’s Experience
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Managing Director & Chief Architect
Third Screen Labs
(Privately Held; Information Technology and Services industry)
May 2009 — Present (3 months)
Provider of best-in-class advisory services, thus empowering clients to respond nimbly to the revolution in mobile computing, achieving first-mover advantage in many cases. Overseeing all IT architecture planning for client engagements.
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Founder / Principal SOA Architect
XWebServices, Inc.
(Information Technology and Services industry)
June 1999 — Present (10 years 2 months)
XWebServices, Inc. is a veteran owned boutique SOA Services firm based in Los Angeles, California. Focusing primarily on Financial Services, Insurance and Health Care, our vendor agnostic SOA Architects and Consultants have successfully architected and implemented services based architectures for numerous Fortune 500 companies as well as small and medium sized businesses. SOA Services provided by the company include:
- SOA Consulting / SOA Training
- Complex Event Processing (CEP) Consulting and Implementations
- Enterprise Services Bus (ESB), SOA Governance and SOA Testing Consulting and Implementations
- XML/SOAP/REST Web Services based Composite Application Development
- Mobile Application Development (including iPhone)
We publish and maintain SOA Hub - Service Oriented Architecture Portal (www.soahub.com), a portal dedicated to the advancement of Service Oriented Architecture. -
IT Consultant
TwentyFour6
(Computer Software industry)
January 2009 — March 2009 (3 months)
Provided software, database and network architecture expertise to this media software company focused on delivering fully interactive ads to mobile phones and GPS units.
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IT Consultant
The Camden Group
(Privately Held; Hospital & Health Care industry)
September 2008 — January 2009 (5 months)
Planned and executed the company's network infrastructure virtualization and migration to a collocation facility allowing for unlimited branch office growth in the future. Installed, configured, customized and successfully deployed Windows SharePoint Services for inter-office and intra-office collaboration.
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SOA Consultant
SCAN Health Plan
(Non-Profit; 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 / AS400 MC400 system and managed the development and implementation of the first SOA Pilot projects - exposing business processes as XML/SOAP based Web Services. Also architected and implemented a pilot Microsoft BizTalk Server EDI solution.
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SOA Architect
The First American Corporation
(Real Estate industry)
May 2005 — April 2008 (3 years)
Provided SOA architecture guidance, MS SQL Server architecture/design and .NET Web Services expertise for this Fortune 200 enterprise. Implemented an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and exposed numerous business processes via XML/SOAP based Web Services. Also took on an Outsourcing Project Coordinator role, leading a software development team in redesigning several internal and external facing applications previously written in ASP, JSP, PHP and ColdFusion.
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SOA Consultant
Alliance Payment Technologies, Inc.
(Financial Services industry)
March 2005 — February 2006 (1 year)
SOA consultant for the company's second generation 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
(Privately Held; Financial Services industry)
January 2001 — March 2005 (4 years 3 months)
Enterprise 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
- 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 and 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
(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
(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 solution.
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Software Engineer
HomeStore, Inc.
(Public Company; HOMS; Internet industry)
December 1999 — August 2000 (9 months)
Architected and implemented the "Personal Planner", Realtor.com's personalization and membership (P&M) module for over one million user accounts at the time. Also architected and implemented the online forums/message boards for the HomeStore.com portal
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Lead Technical Consultant
IXL, Inc.
(Public Company; iixl; Internet industry)
June 1999 — December 1999 (7 months)
Architected the first version of EPloids.com, a popular online auction website for children. Implemented new eCommerce features to FinishLine.com, an athletic wear retailer. Performed software maintenance on HotTopic,com, a clothing retailer. Technical liaison for the discovery phase of ECandy.com.
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Internet Developer
Genesis 2000
(Real Estate industry)
November 1998 — June 1999 (8 months)
Architected and implemented the technical support websites for the Genesis 2000 Mortgage Loan Origination Software and Genesis 2000 WebBuilder. Also developed a custom, web managed advertisement system for the company's Real Estate portal.
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Logistics Manager
United States Marine Corps
(Government Agency; USMC; 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, Asian Studies - Japanese
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Cristian Sturek’s Interests:
SOA, CEP, EDA, Web Services, VLDB, SQL, .NET, BPM, Mobile Applications, iPhone, Internet
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IBM Impact - The Smart SOA™ Conference -
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SOA Hub - Service Oriented Architecture Portal
Cristian Sturek’s Honors:
Information Week (November 17, 2008 Issue): "Open Source SOA Requires Expertise"
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 in Singapore (June, 2006)
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 in Chicago, IL (October 2005)
Certification Magazine Interview (June 2005 Issue): "SOA: It's Not Just for the Fortune 500"
Completed course "2379 Developing and Deploying Microsoft Biztalk Server 2000 Solutions" (May 2002)
Personal
- Native English and Romanian speaker
- Fluent in Japanese
- Honorable Discharge - United States Marine Corps (1994 - 1998)
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