Salim Sheikh

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Salim Sheikh’s Summary

Nominated for “SOA Architect of the Year” as part of Oracle Magazine's 2009 Editor's Choice Awards.
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An independent consultant, entrepreneur and thought-leader with a refreshing flamboyant and trusted reputation for delivering high-quality advice, strategy, Business/IT solutions across several Industry sectors over the past 13 years.

Enterprise Architect and Strategist delivering consultancy advice, direction and solutions as part of Business & IT alignment strategies.

A well-grounded professional with a strong engineering backed up by an impressive academic record that includes BSc (Hons), MSc & PhD qualifications.

Currently writing a series of books on "Holistic Enterprise Architecture".

Also writing a series of white papers relating to SOA, Business/IT alignment, Governance and IT Strategy for Microsoft, IBM, Oracle, EDS, HP, the Open Group and several Business/IT magazines & journals.

Key skills & areas of technical expertise include:

- IT Strategy
- Enterprise Architecture
- Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)
- Enterprise Application Integration (EAI)
- Enterprise Information Integration (EII) & Business Intelligence (BI)
- LEAN/Six Sigma & Enterprise Business Modelling

Enterprise Architecture tools:

- System Architect
- ARIS
- Troux/Metis
- Corporate Modeler
- Enterprise Architect (SparxWorks)

Professional Certifications:
- Certified Process Professional (CPP)
- TOGAF 8.1
- ITIL v3 (Foundation)
- COBIT
- PRINCE II
- Business Strategy and Six Sigma Certification
- Zachman Certified (Level 1)

Industry sector experience:

Worked across Private and Public sectors including
Finance, Telcos, Utilities, Insurance, Local & Central Government (e-Government), Healthcare and more recently Automotive (Home to Britain's Formula 1 Racing team).

Memberships:

- Pragmatic EA (PeaF)
- Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession (CAEAP)
- The Open Group
- Zachman International

Salim Sheikh’s Specialties:

Strategy: Lead architecture strategy definition and provide architecture and programme management where necessary.

Implementation: Provide solutions across a complete project lifecycle typically.

Tools: Advise on technology stacks without introducing duplication or redundancy to existing product portfolios.

Governance & Maturity Models: Advise on governance for sustaining Enterprise-wide initiatives (such as SOA), and building maturity models and roadmaps.

Additional Information

Salim Sheikh’s Websites:

• My Portfolio
• My Blog
• My Twitter

Salim Sheikh’s Groups:

- Professional member of a number of Standards bodies representing interests of Enterprise Architecture (ZIFA), Integration strategies (SOA Institute) and Web Services (OASIS).
- Alliance Partner/Consulting member of leading integration vendors including IBM, TIBCO, Progress, SUN and Oracle
- Member of several LinkedIn forums

•    International Association of Software Architects
•    Institute of Management Consultancy
•    EPM - Business Intelligence
•    Service Oriented Architecture Special Interest Group
•    The Enterprise Architecture Network
•    IT Governance
•    Consultants Network
•    Strategic Use of Information Technology
•    CIOs.com: Chief Information Officer Network
•    COBIT 4.1
•    EAI Entrepeneurs
•    Business Architecture Community
•    TOGAF Certified Architects
•    Club Ex-TIBCO Software
•    TOGAF 9 Architects
•    BP Group
•    Business-Focused IT and Service Excellence
•    Risk, Regulation & Reporting
•    Architecture & Governance Magazine

Salim Sheikh’s Honors:

- CPP Professional
- PRINCE II certified
- e-GIF accredited
- TOGAF 8 certified
- ITIL v3 certified (Foundation Level - In Progress)
- Zachman certified (Level 1 - In Progress)