jmgilpin@gmail.com · (918) 260-4316 · 3802 Deer Falls Ct, Kingwood, TX 77345
James Gilpin
Looking to find a challenging position as a solutions architect and technology mentor, while working with a team of individuals who are focused on achieving goals and maintaining an appropriate work-life balance.
Experience
Leadership - 20 years
- Managed teams ranging in size from 2-30, with team members located in as many as 4 countries across 5 time zones
- Managed budgets in excess of $3.5M annually
- Worked along side C-level executives, recommending direction and managing resources
- Built new architect team to support newly formed company in 2015
- Managed project team of 20+ individuals that converted mainframe application to C#
- Consolidated applications, databases, and servers from 4 DCs into one datacenter
- Managed implementation of high availability database environments (SQL Server/Oracle)
- Implemented Atlassian toolset to track project tasks (Agile/Waterfall)
- Managed migration of workloads between various hosting options to save $2.4mil
- Technical lead for team of 7 contractors creating BI dashboards (Agile)
- Led team that created and implemented SDLC using CI/CD (Microsoft/Atlassian/GIT)
Architecture - 18 years
- Technical Architect for modernization efforts
- Data Architect for transformation of mainframe data to open systems platform
- Application Architect for development, implementation, support, and evaluation of applications (various)
- Voting member of Change Advisory Board (Enable Midstream)
- Created charter for newly formed Architect Steering Team (Enable Midstream)
Technical - 30 years
- Implemented web services for wholesale interface between J.A. Majors and Amazon (AWS)
- Technical lead for Software AG implementations and production environments (ADABAS/Natural/EntireX)
- Implemented Log Analysis tools to save team time and expose issues earlier (Splunk)
- Implemented HA implementation of 150+ websites (Java/HTML/EntireX/Natural)
Project Manager - 10 years
- Managed technical analysis and implementation projects ranging in size of $150,000 - $3,500,000
- Led assessment team evaluating 452 applications for a platform migration
- Migrated Pipeline Gas Management System from mainframe to open systems improving ROI by 40%
- Initiated best practices and project management review process
Consultant - 12 years
- State of ND, CenterPoint Energy, The University of Texas, Potash (Software AG)
- Federal Aviation Administration (Kenrob & Associates)
- Memorex/Telex (Computer Assistance)
- Sante Fe Railroad (MTW)
- UT Southwest Medical Center (Specialized Recruiting)
Technical Instructor - 4 years
- Software AG technology, Natural, ADABAS, EntireX
- Presented at 150+ customer sites in the US, Canada, Belgium, UK
- Developed course material for EntireX
Published Articles & Presentations (2010-present)
Certifications
Positions & Titles
- Senior IT Manager, Technical Architect / 2011-2018 / Enable Midstream Partners
- Principal Consultant, Project Manager, Technical Lead / 2005-2011 / J.A. Majors
- Web Services Manager / 2000-2005 / FCCSC
- Web Services Manager / 2000 / FCCSC
- Product Development Manager, President / 1998-2000 / HETCO
- Senior Advisory Instructor, Sales Engineer, Principal Consultant / 1994-1998 / Software AG
- Programmer Analyst / 1993-1994 / Specialized Recruiting (UT Southwest Med Center)
- Programmer Analyst / 1992-1993 / MTW (BNSF)
- Programmer Analyst / 1991-1992 / Computer Assistance (Memorex/Telex)
- Programmer / 1989-1991 / Kenrob & Associates (FAA)
- Assistant Manager / 1987-1989 / ARAMark
Volunteer Work
- BSA - Pack 171, Bismarck, ND: Pack 988 Broken Arrow, OK: Troop 930, Broken Arrow, OK
- Deacon, Finance Chair, Whispering Hills church of Christ, Broken Arrow, OK
- Sound Engineer, Youth Leader, Kingwood church of Christ, Kingwood, TX
Education
BBA, Computer Information Services; Harding University (Searcy, AR)