Managing Director, Enterprise Architecture at ATB Financial
Edmonton, Canada Area
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- Managing Director, Enterprise Architecture at ATB Financial
- Enterprise Architect, Core Transformation Initiative at ATB Financial
- Solutions Architect at ATB Financial
- Author at StudioB
- President at Workgroup Computing, Inc.
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- Member of the Board at eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
- VP / CTO / Sr. Architect / Consultant at eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
- Sr. IT Consultant at Enbridge, Inc.
- Groupware Systems Analyst at Athabasca University
- Partner / Administrator at The Internet Companion (TICNET)
- Internet Consultant at Mainframe Technologies, Inc. (MTI)
- Partner at Educational Computer Systems
- Education
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- Athabasca University
- Athabasca University
- Athabasca University
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Kris Hansen’s Summary
Technology strategist, enterprise architect, SOA evangelist, application and integration architect, solutions and technical architect.
Domain expertise includes: applying SOA patterns to core banking, banking channels and integration, core banking platforms, AML solutions, merger and acquisition analysis and design, legacy systems integration and replacement, core insurance systems integration, human services systems architecture, and airports systems architecture.
Technology skills include Unix (Linux, Solaris, AIX) administration, Java (J2EE) architecture and design, database administration, WAS architecture and administration, large scale transactional systems design performance tuning and troubleshooting, SAP architecture and deployment.
Given a business problem, I enjoy building a strategic solution and helping turn that concept into reality.
Kris Hansen’s Specialties:
My key skill is understanding business and technology and leading the creation of a technology blueprint that aligns to the strategic direction of the organization.
Kris Hansen’s Experience
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Managing Director, Enterprise Architecture
ATB Financial
(Government Agency; Banking industry)
March 2009 — Present (10 months)
Leading the technology architecture team of the CORE transformation program where we are defining a new technology landscape for ATB, moving towards a services oriented architecture and implementing SAP Banking Services.
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Enterprise Architect, Core Transformation Initiative
ATB Financial
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Banking industry)
November 2007 — Present (2 years 2 months)
I am focused on designing a leading edge, agile core banking architecture based on eSOA principles and SAP for Banking
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Solutions Architect
ATB Financial
(Government Agency; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 8 months)
I design IT solutions for a large and growing financial services organization. After understanding and clarifying requirements from the business units I create a technology solution to fulfill those requirements while keeping the enterprise architecture goals in mind. Specific areas of focus include anti money laundering, portal technology, J2EE application performance and diagnostics, learning systems, and core banking.
Projects include:
- Core banking replacement
- Enterprise Architecture: SOA & ESB Strategy
- Single Sign On Web Portal
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Author
StudioB
(Public Company; Computer Software industry)
April 2006 — Present (3 years 9 months)
I author technical artices on software, architecture, integration and enterprise systems for StudioB, IBM DeveloperWorks, and other publications.
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President
Workgroup Computing, Inc.
(Privately Held; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
1997 — Present (12 years )
Investing in technology firms:
- Software development
- Consumer portals
- Educational technology
Consulting:
- Fenner UK
- Enbridge
- GE Capital IT solutions
- IBM
- Developed eBook technologies -
Member of the Board
eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — April 2008 (7 years 8 months)
As a member of the board and minority shareholder, I participate in the high level of leadership of the company.
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VP / CTO / Sr. Architect / Consultant
eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
September 2000 — May 2006 (5 years 9 months)
eWorld Enterprise Solutions, Inc. is a growing Hawaii based software development firm and IT professional services provider.
We have domain expertise in government, insurance, banking and the hospitality industry.
We are a major shareholder in Hospitality Solutions, LLC a consortium that provides technology solutions to the hospitality industry. The flagship product, Reznett, was launched this year and significantly enhances the group booking process.
eWorld has expertise in enterprise software development on the Java platform, IBM mainframes, UNIX, OS/390, z/OS, zLinux, Linux, IBM software (Websphere, Lotus, DB/2, Tivoli), J2EE, JBoss, and postgres. We take an open standards approach to enterprise solutions design.
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Sr. IT Consultant
Enbridge, Inc.
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ENB; Information Technology and Services industry)
1998 — 2002 (4 years )
Provided Unix, NT, Security, Domino, Project Management consulting.
Developed a mission critical field messaging system.
Upgraded SecureID systems.
Created an application integration test lab which represented all desktop and server operating systems, application servers and databases. -
Groupware Systems Analyst
Athabasca University
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1996 — 1998 (2 years )
Developed the ViTAL software platform for e-learning. Implemented and supported Domino servers. Developed multi-media CDROM's for software training and installation.
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Partner / Administrator
The Internet Companion (TICNET)
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years )
Helped create one of the region's first internet service providers (ISP's); Worked with early implementations DNS, BIND, winsock, etc. Worked with SunOS, Solaris, etc.
Helped create a highly effective, low budget marketing strategy to win customers. Provided technical support to customers. Sought out and signed effective partnerships and opportunities. -
Internet Consultant
Mainframe Technologies, Inc. (MTI)
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Computer Software industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years )
Provided internet consulting services to clients of a company that developed mainframe caching software.
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Partner
Educational Computer Systems
(Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
1992 — 1994 (2 years )
Sold 286/386 computers and Arcnet/Ethernet networks. Provided data migration consulting. Developed a NetWare Lite utility.
Created BBS systems and software. Wrote lightning BBS system (forum adaptation) and tested other commercial BBS packages for other firms.
Kris Hansen’s Education
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Athabasca University
Master of Business Administration , 2006 — 2009
Executive MBA
Applied project focused on measuring the intangible benefits associated with software enabled transformation programs. -
Athabasca University
Graduate Diploma in Management , Business , 2006 — 2008
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Athabasca University
BGS (Applied Studies) , Business, Information Systems , 2001 — 2005
Accounting, Economics, Management Information Systems, and Computer Science studies.
Additional Information
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Kris Hansen’s Interests:
Deep sea bottom fishing, boating, skiing, personal development, family
Kris Hansen’s Groups:
IEEE, ISSA, IASA
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The Enterprise Architecture Network -
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IBM WebSphere Enthusiasts -
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Zeos Banking Solution Specialists @zeos_blog -
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Zeos focus on SAP for Banking -
Canadian Banking Technology -
Global SAP IS - Banking
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Linking Edmonton
Kris Hansen’s Honors:
Certifications
• EXIN ITIL Foundation
• IBM DB2 Solutions Advisor – Content Manager 8
• IBM eBusiness Solutions Advisor
• IBM eBusiness Solutions Designer
• IBM eBusiness Solutions Technologist
• IBM Certified System Administrator
• IBM Lotus CLS – Application Development 6
• Lotus CLP System Administration (R4)
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