Arif Aboobacker, Director Enterprise Architecture

Arif Aboobacker

Director Enterprise Architecture

General Electric

Location
France - Bezons
Education
Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg
Experience
20 years, 6 Months

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Total years of experience :20 years, 6 Months

Director Enterprise Architecture at General Electric
  • France - Paris
  • My current job since November 2020

Manage Enterprise Architecture for GE Renewable Energy New generation PLM Program.

Program Manager / Senior Architect at GE Power
  • France
  • July 2014 to November 2020

Head of Imagine 2.0 PLM Portfolio primarily based on PTC Windchill.
Define and manage target Engineering toolset for GE Renewable Energy Engineering community.

PMO / PLM Architect / Project Manager / Pre Sales at ALSTOM
  • France
  • October 2013 to September 2014

Projects :
1. Legacy to Windchill 9.1/10.2 Data Migration for 11
Alstom sites
2. Enovia VPM V4 Functional Enhancement Projects
3. Enovia V6 Functional Enhancement Projects
4. Windchill 9.1 to Windchill 10.2 migration + upgrade
(consolidation)
5. DELMIA V6 2014X Implementation + Interfaces to
Upstream and ERP/MES

Pre Sales – Worldwide at Infosys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • September 2012 to October 2013

Supported Sales teams for multiple clients across geographies worldwide.

Lead Consultant / Technical Architect / Project Manager / Pre Sales at Airbus
  • France
  • March 2007 to August 2012

Airbus (France/Germany/Spain/UK)
Projects:
1. SOA Selection (Windchill - VPM Integration with IBM/TIBCO and comparison)
2. Windchill PDMLink - VPM V4 Release Process Workflow and lifecycle Integration
3. A380 DMU Generation
4. SOA Vision And Strategy / SOA Governance
5. A350 Design New Aircraft Process Study and Analysis
6. A380 Configuration Conformity Process Study
7. SOA Infrastructure Study
8. A350 Electrical Schematic Diagram Process Demonstrator
9. A350 PDMLink R&D
10. A380 Configuration Conformity Process Demonstrator
11. A380 DQN Marking Process Analysis
12. A350 ESD Delta 1 Process Analysis and Demonstrator
13. VPM - Windchill DMU Process Integration
14. A380 DUQE Process Analysis and Design
15. A380 CMEPAD Process Analysis
16. A380 DUQE Demonstrator 1
17. A380 DUQE Demonstrator 2
18. Extended Enterprise Follow the Sun Architecture Study
19. A380 CAD-DMU Harmonization Process Analysis
20. DQN Marking Reusability Process Analysis
21. A380 QC KPI Process Analysis
22. DARIUS Architecture Analysis and Obsolescence Mgmt
23. A350 Customer Services DUQE Demonstrator
24. CATHREEN Process and Architecture Analysis
25. DODEF Mainframe Obsolescence Mgmt Process Analysis and Architecture Study
26. Windchill 6/7/8/9/10 Ldap Sync Tool Industrialization
27. A350/A380 DUQE Demonstrator 3
28. ICC Refresh Windchill Migration Architecture Study and Demonstrator
29. A380 QC KPI Demonstrator
30. A380 CIRCE-C VAX VMS Demonstrator
31. A350/A380 DUQE Demonstrator 4
32. Extended Enterprise JT Vault Demonstrator
33. CATHREEN Industrialization
a. ECSP - Engg Collaboration Services Platform
b. ATLAS - Weights - Integration
c. ISAMI - Stress - Integration
d. COMET - Aeroacoustics - Integration
e. Aerocity - Aircraft Structures and Aeroelasticity - Integration
34. BtP EE File Synchronizer Demonstrator
35. A380 CAD DMU Harmonization
a. PC Vaulting
b. ROA Feeding
c. Optegra Server
d. R6-R16 Synchronization
e. Extended Enterprise
f. Migration
36. PHARE Demonstrator
37. Optegra R6 Extended Enterprise Demonstrator
38. A350 EBB POC CL
39. WSRR Prototype
40. RIA Comparison Study and Demonstrator
41. ELISA Demonstrator
42. S in PLM Demonstrator

Programmer Analyst / Technical Consultant at Xilinx
  • United States
  • January 2006 to March 2007

Xilinx (USA)
Project:
Fab Communicator - eMatrix - ERP Integration

Analysed Requirements and captures As-Is processes.
Captured understanding of PDM and ERP tool set and target expected process.
Designed and Validated the expected solution and way of working
Developed the Solution, Tested and Implemented in Client environment.
Achieved zero defects and no support issues agreement.

System Analyst at Airbus
  • Germany
  • October 2005 to January 2006

Projects:
1. A400M Windchill and Definition Distribution Production Environment Management/Support
2. A400M Windchill and Definition Distribution Red Team Support
3. TAKSY Mainframe Obsolescence Management Architecture and Process Study

Primary responsibilities in the projects above were to:
- Support the Airbus Production Environment for the A400M military aircraft supporting upwards of 10000 users. Ensure smooth operations and pre-empt issues.
- Support Red Teams in case of crises for bringing out data and specifications related to issues at hand.
- Architect and Design solution for obsolescence management of aging systems built on Mainframe and other varied technologies.

Process Consultant at Airbus
  • United Kingdom
  • July 2005 to October 2005

Projects:
1. A400M Definition Distribution Production Environment Management
2. A380 Minus Parts Process Analysis
3. A400M Ident-Number TAKSY Mainframe Integration

Primary activities in the above projects were to :
- Study existing Architecture and large Airbus IT landscape
- Suggest improved architecture taking various pain points into account
- Study existing processes and propose new processes enabling reduced time to market and reduced cost and wastage.
- Develop some specific solutions for above.

Software Engineer / System Analyst at Airbus
  • Germany
  • July 2004 to July 2005

Project : A400M Windchill - ZAMIZ Thin Link P2P Archival Integration

Develop transnational Long term archival architecture and solution for all 4 primary Airbus countries and design centers for the A400M aircraft program.

Support the solution in productive environments, Enable Red team support, data analysis services and continuous architecture analysis for possible improvements.

Software Engineer at Airbus
  • Germany
  • March 2004 to July 2004

Project : A380 Windchill-SAP P2P Interface

Develop transnational SAP Interface for all 4 primary Airbus countries and design centers for the A380 aircraft program.

Support the solution in productive environments.

Software Engineer at Infosys
  • India - Bengaluru
  • November 2003 to March 2004

Project : eMatrix - Product Central - Quality

- Perform detailed testing of a large PDM module called Product Central.
- Capture defects and support dev team in defect resolution.

Product Central module was built by Infosys for Matrix One.

Education

Bachelor's degree, Electronics and Electrical Communication Engg
  • at Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
  • May 2003

Specialties & Skills

Architecture
Governance
Aerospace
Consulting
Product Lifecycle Management PLM
Process Consulting
Aerospace Processes
DS Enovia
PTC Windchill
Service Oriented Architecture SOA
IT Architecture

Languages

English
Expert
Arabic
Beginner
French
Intermediate

Hobbies

  • Tennis
  • Guitar
    Received Best Guitarist award in Wildfire, competing against the best in North East Indian region.