Enterprise IT Architect
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Information Systems Architect at Raytheon Technical Services
- Information Systems Architect at Raytheon Polar Services
- Past
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- Enterprise IT Architect/Executive Consultant at Dominion Enterprise Systems (Sole Proprietorship)
- Enterprise IT Architect at Reed Business Information
- Principal IT Applications Architect at Coors Brewing Company
- Executive Consultant at IBM Global Services
- Manager at Ernst & Young, LLP
- Independant IT Consultant at Mainline Database Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
- Consultant at DBMS, Inc
- Student at University of Colorado
- Education
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- University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
- Bear Creek High School, Lakewood, CO
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Dominick Dirksen’s Summary
I am an IT professional with a wide technical background and experience. I help set the IT architectural strategy and direction for an enterprise and assist project teams to work with the appropriate technologies, methodologies and processes.
Dominick Dirksen’s Specialties:
IT strategy and planning, software evaluation and selection, IT project and team leadership, ERP systems (SAP), integration middleware (MQSeries, webMethods), standards, methodology
Dominick Dirksen’s Experience
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Information Systems Architect
Raytheon Technical Services
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; RTSC; Research industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
I am the IS architect for Raytheon Polar Services, an organization within Raytheon Technical Services supporting the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs. I am responsible for setting technology direction and architecture strategy as well as aspects of the IT processes and methodologies. I also research, evaluate and select techology for implementation within the enterprise. For selected cases, I act as technical lead or project manager for internal IT projects
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Information Systems Architect
Raytheon Polar Services
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RTSC; Research industry)
July 2006 — Present (3 years 6 months)
I am the IS architect for Raytheon Polar Services, an organization within Raytheon Technical Services supporting the National Science Foundation (NSF) Office of Polar Programs. I am responsible for setting technology direction and architecture strategy as well as aspects of the IT processes and methodologies. I also research, evaluate and select techology for implementation within the enterprise. For selected cases, I act as technical lead or project manager for internal IT projects.
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Enterprise IT Architect/Executive Consultant
Dominion Enterprise Systems (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Management Consulting industry)
January 2006 — July 2006 (7 months)
IT applications and integration architecture consulting
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Enterprise IT Architect
Reed Business Information
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; RUKEF; Publishing industry)
January 2005 — January 2006 (1 year 1 month)
I was the enterprise IT architect, responsible for setting technology direction and architecture strategy. I also researched, evaluated and selected techology for implementation within the enterprise, particularly in the business intelligence, portal and integraiton areas. For selected projects, I acted as technical lead or project manager for internal IT projects.
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Principal IT Applications Architect
Coors Brewing Company
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; TAP; Wine and Spirits industry)
June 2000 — July 2004 (4 years 2 months)
IT solutions and applicaitons architect for major international brewer. Worked with all enterprise applicaitons, particularly SAP (R/3, APO, BW) and webMethods integration. Set poicy, procedure & strategy for key portions of the IT environment. Managed projects and technical teams as well as consultants and vendors.
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Executive Consultant
IBM Global Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; IBM; Information Technology and Services industry)
March 1997 — June 2000 (3 years 4 months)
Management and IT consulting, primarily with high tech clients using SAP R/3, integration middleware and data warehouse solutions. Primary responsibilities included project and technical management, solution design, solution/application architecture and SDLC methodology design. Primary clients included IBM Storage Systems, IBM CIO, Moore Business Forms and RightFreight.
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Manager
Ernst & Young, LLP
(Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
January 1994 — March 1997 (3 years 3 months)
Management and IT consultant working primarily with high tech customers and SAP R/3 systems. Developed and delivered customized training, managed project teams, configured SAP (SD/MM modules) and developed enterprise SDLC methodologies. Primary clients included Hewlett-Packard and Chiron.
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Independant IT Consultant
Mainline Database Consulting (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1989 — January 1995 (6 years 1 month)
Consultant and developer working on CA-IDMS and SAP based systems. Primary clients were Sun Microsystems, ICL Datachecker and Fujitsu.
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Consultant
DBMS, Inc
(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)
August 1986 — December 1988 (2 years 5 months)
Consult and, developer and trainer in the IBM mainframe, IDMS database environment. Primary clients included, LaSalle Partners, Moog Automotive, Southern Illinois University, the State of Iowa and ESL.
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Student
University of Colorado
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
September 1979 — June 1985 (5 years 10 months)
Business School, Math & Computer Sciences, Astrophysics
Worked at mail room and at JILA
Dominick Dirksen’s Education
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University of Colorado at Boulder - Leeds School of Business
BS - Business , Information Systems , 1979 — 1985
Extensive courses in mathematics, computer sciences and astronomy in addition to the BS - Business/Information Systems core courses. Worked at mail room and at JILA.
- Activities and Societies:
- Student teaching with the local elementary school, organized and managed student gaming group for several years
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Bear Creek High School, Lakewood, CO
Diploma , 1975 — 1979
