Jeff Highman

Current

• Solutions Architect at United States Patent and Trademark Office
• Subcontractor at CSC
• Managing Partner at CorTechs

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Past

• Systems Software Software Specialist at Computer Management Sciences Inc

Education

• Georgia College and State University

Connections

79 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

• My Company
• Partners Class of 2008

Jeff Highman’s Summary

13 years of enterprise level IT consulting. Ten years with CorTechs as a managing partner. Still the youngest on record. I have been an integral part of strategic development of the company, principally around the delivery of enterprise solutions in the federal sector. My area of focus for the past three years is e-Government, involved in several award winning IT initiatives for a progressive federal agency. I am also involved in the technical direction of CorTechs including service partnerships which include enterprise software companies HP/Mercury, Computer Associates, Adobe, and Borland.

Jeff Highman’s Specialties:

Technology: SOA, J2EE, ECM, CRM, ALM, EAI, RUP, EOS.
Sector: E-Government, Intellectual Property, Software Automation, Finance, Insurance, Transportation
Practice: Strategic Planning, Solutions Architecture, Design, Development, Testing

Jeff Highman’s Experience

• Solutions Architect

  United States Patent and Trademark Office

  (Government Agency; 5001-10,000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  February 2002 — Present (7 years 6 months)

  The United States Patent and Trademark Office is my current and longest running engagement for CorTechs. Since starting in 2002, I have been on twelve IT projects, four major IT initiatives, received several awards for performance and innovation. I helped expand our company’s presence to become the largest subcontractor to CSC which holds a prime contract with the USPTO. In 2005 we partnered with CSC to win an eight year contract with the USPTO. I was acknowledged as a key contributor to the winning proposal.

• Subcontractor

  CSC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2002 — Present (7 years)

• Managing Partner

  CorTechs

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  October 1997 — Present (11 years 10 months)

  Strategic Consulting for Federal Clients
  Account Development
  Business Relations

• Systems Software Software Specialist

  Computer Management Sciences Inc

  (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

  May 1996 — September 1997 (1 year 5 months)

  Specialized IT consulting for Enterprise Applications. I was one of three principal consultants that reported directly to the vice president. My customers were Blue Cross Blue Shield of Florida and CSX transportation. I lead full-lifecycle development of the Physician Provider Information Management (PPIM) system, a client server application with mainframe/DB2 back end. PPIM managed all physician data for BCBSFL. Designed the Physician Provider Network system, which allocated physicians to health care plans. Developed CORBA modules, COBOL modules, EDI, tuxedo. Designed and implemented GUI, database, system interfaces. For CSX I maintained a system called the End-of-Train system a mainframe based system. My principal specialization was iCASE with using a product that has since been re-branded many times: IEF, Composer, Cool:Gen, Advantage:Gen, and All Fusion Gen.

Jeff Highman’s Education

• Georgia College and State University

  1989 — 1993

Additional Information

Jeff Highman’s Websites:

• My Company
• Partners Class of 2008

Jeff Highman’s Interests:

Open Source Software: Eclipse RCP development, Web Services, Web development, GUI design

Jeff Highman’s Groups:

ACT IAC Partner Class of 2008

•    Executive Suite
•    Spring Users
•    Progress Software
•    Service Oriented Enterprises
•    Enterprise SOA
•    U.S. GOVERNMENT CONNECTIONS
•    Adobe RIA Group - for developers and fans of Flex and AIR
•    ArchitectureGOV
•    Center for the Advancement of the Enterprise Architecture Profession

Jeff Highman’s Honors:

American Council for Technology (ACT) / Industry Advisory Council (IAC)
Partner Class of 2008

The IAC IT Partners Program is an executive development program for "rising stars" in government and industry with high potential for future advancement. Program participants are first nominated, through this application process, by their respective company or agency sponsors, then each pass the scrutiny of a panel of senior executives from government and industry.

Jeff Highman’s Contact Settings

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