Braulio Patricio, Architect Lead

Braulio Patricio

Architect Lead

IBM - Middle East

Location
United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
Education
Diploma,
Experience
23 years, 9 Months

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Total years of experience :23 years, 9 Months

Architect Lead at IBM - Middle East
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • My current job since February 2012

Part of the core technical team that defines the application and integration architecture. Defined technical solutions to the business problems, covering the domains of enterprise architecture, integration, application implementation, data model, security and infrastructure. Provided technical leadership and guidance to the delivery teams and lead a team of BizTalk architects.

Freelance Consultant at Blue Chip
  • Portugal
  • April 2010 to October 2011

Consultant on IT services, integration systems and architectures (EAI/B2B/SOA) . BizTalk trainer for Microsoft Official Academic Courses on BizTalk Server.

Technology used: . BizTalk Server
. SQL Server
. XML/XSLT
. IIS
. C#

Manager at Sysmatch, Portugal
  • Portugal
  • April 2007 to June 2010

. Prospect and qualify new business opportunities
. Identify key partners and sell Sysmatch as a business partner
. Provide training on Microsoft Biztalk Server using Microsoft Official Course (MOC)
. Research and recruitment of consultants

Manager (Enterprise Application Integration) at Cetelem (Bank)
  • Portugal
  • April 2007 to June 2010

Specialized in consumer credit, Cetelem needed to query an external database available through a government COBOL Mainframe system. After carrying out a proof of concept with the OnWeb Web-to-Host, the solution integrated the execution of Mainframe transactions directly with the CRM platform, increasing service level for end users.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at Grupo Português de Saúde (Health Institute)
  • Portugal
  • January 2006 to January 2007

Managed project for SAP Business One and TrakHealth’s TrackCare EAI solution using BizTalk Server.
Evaluated customer needs, wrote approved proposal, developed functional prototype and managed small development team; this project enabled the company to have a single management point of stock control between hospitals, clinics and healthcare units;

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at UMIC (Government Technological Plan)
  • Portugal
  • January 2006 to January 2007

Portuguese Government Technological Plan, Knowledge Society Agency (UMIC, www.umic.pt) on the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education

This initiative is plan execution in the Government’s Program to mobilize the Information Society to respond to the new challenges presented by the European Commission.
Involved on the working group with several public bodies and nongovernmental organizations, participated in the development of the Electronic Invoice platform for the Public Administration to follow the adoption of electronic invoices.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at Portugal Telecom
  • Portugal
  • January 2005 to January 2007

Provided consultancy on enterprise and technology infrastructure architecture, Enterprise Application Integration, Business to Business and Business Process Management.Wrote several proposals and met with customers and business partners.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at Entigere (Telecom)
  • Portugal
  • August 2006 to December 2006

This project enabled local commerce shops and shopping centers around Portugal to offer access to several consumer payments like power and gas house bills, while shopping. Payments were made through mobile service providers.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at Instituto Médico de Diagnóstico e Tratamento do Nort
  • Portugal
  • June 2006 to December 2006

Wrote proposal for EAI platform using Intersystem’s Ensemble platform, with software, hardware and team requirements for the integration of several applications using TrakHealth’s TrakCare platform with Health Level 7 (HL7) protocol and Intersystem’s CACHÉ database.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at SBSI (Health Institute)
  • Portugal
  • January 2006 to June 2006

Wrote approved proposal with planning, architecture, team functions and tasks, hardware and software requisites for the development of a middleware platform (EAI) for the integratation of several applications such as TrakCare and Microsoft Navision using BizTalk Server.

Consultant at Tranquilidade (Insurance Company)
  • Portugal
  • November 2004 to December 2005

Provided consultancy and business analysis for I.T. department on artificial intelligence using multirelational decision tree learning algorithms, ontology-driven induction of decision trees at multiple levels of abstraction, ontology-driven information extraction and knowledge acquisition from heterogeneous, distributed data sources.

- Strengthened testing on traditional process models, enforcing system stability, testability and quality control from the early stage of software development, and enabled testing effort reuse and continuous quality improvement during software evolution.

- Implemented “work flow” functionality allowing applications to communicate via named pipes over networks to other proprietary systems.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at Volvo
  • Portugal
  • September 2005 to December 2005

Wrote proposal with planning, architecture, team functions, tasks, hardware and software requisites for the middleware development platform (EAI) to integrate several applications such as SAP, Microsoft CRM and DB2 with Microsoft BizTalk Server;
Volvo required a unique and single point of management between Auto Sueco and their clients;

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at PT Sistemas de Informação, S.A. (Telecom)
  • Portugal
  • February 2005 to December 2005

Completely oriented towards the use of the Internet, this project enabled the creation of an educational community where all the students and teaching community shared a common space where the use of the Internet as indispensable tool of information research is mixed with a space of debate, content sharing between the students (school works), as well as access to online encyclopedias.
This architecture used BizTalk Server and Microsoft technologies with collaboration and management tools such as e-Mail, e-Books, e-Learning, b-Learning and m-Learning.

Consultant (Enterprise Application Integration) at PT Corporate & Grupo Amorim
  • Portugal
  • May 2005 to July 2005

Wrote approved proposal with planning, architecture, team functions and tasks, hardware and software requisites for the development of a digital platform to authenticate, sign and send invoice documents; this project enabled both companies to resume their invoice support on paper.

Consultant at Banco Espirito Santo (Bank)
  • Portugal
  • April 2004 to December 2004

Provided consultancy and banking operations support in audit decisions and multi-tier project development.

- Created process to print and manage audit reports.

- Developed core multi-language engine for dynamic reports and activities translation in Portuguese, English and French. Language support was stored in database format for user maintenance and flexibility.

Consultant at Banco Comercial Portugues (Bank)
  • Portugal
  • December 2003 to February 2004

Provided consultancy for the Network Management Services Department. Developed a single front-end system to allow management of Credit Operations, Billing, Loans and Payment Systems related processes and strategies pertaining to the Banks operations in several countries.

- Developed Web Services Integration on in-house communication channels and managed transactions to register credit operations.

Systems Analyst and Consultant at Allianz (Insurance company)
  • Portugal
  • May 2003 to September 2003

- Developed software for enterprise customer relationship management (AllianzNet) on insurance products, supporting customer access management and activation through virtual branches, Contact Centers and Internet support.

- Developed an automated process for impersonal card creation and necessary data-output generation to Inter-bank Services Society (SIBS), allowing on-line authorizations of credit cards.

- Enterprise information structure channels data modeling and analysis including Policies, Mediators and Service Rendering.

- Developed process for digitalized document forwarding on active queues and congestion management systems.

Consultant at Fibnet (Fiber Optics)
  • Portugal
  • November 2001 to March 2003

. Produced content-specific application interface for mobile devices like PDA’s, handheld’s or pocket PC’s via WAP and/or GPRS technology. Enabled mobile device detection and optimal content reformatting, delivering compatible code.
. Enabled wide usage of strong-encryption algorithms, role-based access control, authentication and authorization in web environments.
. Physical-level configuration, maintenance, troubleshooting and tracking of data networks.
. Managed custom database solutions and data interfaces.
. Created customer-tailored solution to integrate in-house software architectures with Celesta wireless communications model (Smartphones, SymbianOS, WindowsCE) using XML SAP connectors.
. Developed Embedded Mobile Application and user interface for ground technical teams to submit information about customers they were surveying instantly using mobile clients (mobile phone, PDA using WAP or GPRS) and allowing partners to track real-time progress of teams through a Web site.

Air Traffic Controller, Second Lieutenant at National Defense Agency
  • Portugal
  • November 1998 to September 2000

. Liaison responsible for coordination of NATO Awacs E-3A Component - Airborne Early Warning Force flight-crew in Linked Seas 2000 operation.
. Air traffic controller in Beja Portuguese military base achieving successful scores for qualification following F.A.A. regulations.

Education

Diploma,
  • at NetManage, Italy
  • October 2008

Architecture and Concepts, Advanced Publishing, OnWeb Integration Advanced, OnWeb Connectors

Diploma, Presentation and interpersonal communication skills
  • at Paula Tomás Consultores (Professional training)
  • September 2007

* Achieve results in communications with others * Build collaborative relationships that emphasize trust and respect * Communicate effectively using simple, concise and direct language * Enhance your active listening skills to anticipate and avoid common misunderstandings * Foster cross-cultural understanding in your workplace * Eliminate the roadblocks that undermine your ability to communicate effectively

Diploma, Communication skills
  • at Ideias e Desafios (Professional training)
  • March 2007

Program for team leaders and managers who need to and want to ensure that they are maximizing their ability to communicate and work with others, avoiding conflict and disharmony. * Identify and adapt communication style. * Improve the ability to listen and comprehend the intention/message behind the words used by others. * Be able to identify ways to talk with other people in a manner that relates to them and their particular style. * Detect possible conflict and minimize its impact.

High school or equivalent, organisation
  • at Spanish Institute
  • January 2007

Course in practical, spoken Spanish. - Develop ability and confidence in basic Spanish communication in familiar environments and interaction with native speakers in Hispanic countries; - Develop the ability to maintain a simple conversation in familiar environments and daily situations, expressing ideas in the present tense;

Diploma, Ensemble and Caché architecture
  • at InterSystems, Portugal
  • February 2006

Building Production Systems with Ensemble, Presented by InterSystems: * Introduction to Ensemble * Overview of Ensemble * Designing and Implementing an Ensemble Production * Messages * Adapters * Business Operations * Business Services * Business Processes * Data Transformations * Business Rules * Human Workflow * Business Metrics * Dashboards * Gateways * Composite Applications * Report Writing * Debugging * System Management

Bachelor's degree,
  • at University, Instituto Politécnico de Setúbal - Escola Superior de Tecnologia, Portugal
  • July 2004

General domain: - Mathematics, Physics, English, Computer Science, Programming, Electronics; Professional Domain: - Business Integration Architecture, Enterprise Application Integration, Computer Networks, Object-Oriented Programming, Systems Analysis, Databases, Operating Systems, Telecommunications Systems, Mobile Telecommunications;

Diploma, ATCS, Air Traffic Control Specialist
  • at Department of Defense, Portugal
  • November 1999

Approach Control Radar, Tower Control, airlines, aircraft, tracon, flight planning, weather reports, Notices to Airmen (NOTAM’s), air/ground communications, incidents, surface weather observing (METAR’s)

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English
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French
Beginner
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Expert
Spanish
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Training and Certifications

Netmanage Architect (Certificate)
Date Attended:
October 2008
Valid Until:
October 2008