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Chris Haas

Burlington,US

Summary

Skilled Project Manager and Software Architect with 27 years designing development frameworks and guidelines to expedite and enhance application engineering. Versed in numerous software categories and languages for business partners. Adept at constructing software architecture and tools suited to rapid deployment across multiple projects to reduce development times and costs. Experienced in project planning and data analysis to provide value added solutions to clients and vendors.

Overview

27
27
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Vice President - Integration Architect

EXL Service
07.2022 - 07.2024
  • Planned and executed multiple integration projects aimed at creating efficient and accurate integrations that benefit both the client and it's stakeholders.
  • Collaborated with senior management to develop strategic initiatives and long term goals in both technological advances and business processes.
  • Demonstrated proficient leadership skills to motivate team members through mentorship and build competent teams.
  • Implemented advanced data analytics tools to drive a better customer experience and project delivery times.
  • Cultivated strong relationships with client leadership to understand business needs, improve processes, and deliver solutions in a timely manner while meeting project budgets.
  • Led cross-functional teams for the successful completion of major integration projects, meeting project timelines and costs.
  • Transformed customer experience by designing and executing comprehensive service improvement initiatives aimed at enhancing increased efficiency and functionality.

Assistant Director of Information Systems

Olathe Public Schools
11.2020 - 07.2021
  • Coordinated with School Leadership to plan, develop, align and execute strategies that would meet the district vision, mission and purpose.
  • Identified software, computer hardware, and network system issues, performing troubleshooting techniques for remediation on multiple systems to support the student learning and business systems.
  • Analyzed architecture design, scoping, implementation, testing and deployment needs to define project requirements.
  • Coordinated upgrade projects, including defining scope, managing milestones and maintaining strong relationships with all stakeholders to insure accurate and timely deliveries.
  • Facilitated best user experience through continuous support, training classes, webinars, improvements and communication of system changes and improved capabilities.
  • Implemented agile methodology to support DevOps to facilitate CI/CD delivery environments to improve requirements gathering, rapid deployment, and continuous support of mission critical district software.

Application Architect - Financial Services

DXC
04.2016 - 10.2020
  • Developed application architecture strategies to specifically align with DXC partners' business goals.
  • Lead AWS migration project from IBM mainframe to AWS cloud technologies eliminating the cost and delivery delays associated with mainframe development.
  • Consulted regularly with DXC business partners on application development project status, new project proposals, and software-related technical issues.
  • Configured, installed, and modified Wealth Management based systems for performance in web servers, APIs, and databases.
  • Worked closely with project team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet DXC business partners' requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
  • Modified existing DXC Insurance software to correct coding errors, upgrade interfaces, and improve overall performance.
  • Formed deployment strategies for software updates at multi-development life cycle levels using GitLab/GitHub.
  • Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm application functionality and compatibility to business units.
  • Created migration strategies to bridge development gaps between existing software architecture and future updates.

Application Architect

DXC, MassMutual Insurance
03.2002 - 04.2020
  • Implemented new software applications and operating system roll-outs across business enterprise, including OTA, Product Wizard, and XMLG.
  • Worked effectively with cross-application design teams to create software solutions that elevated DXC partner side experience and significantly improved overall functionality, and performance.
  • Led Front End development initiative as Insurance Software Subject Matter Expert and primary point-of-contact for DXC project management staff.
  • Consulted with DXC Hosting and Mainframe Support staff to evaluate hardware and software requirements for new system development and ongoing Production Support.
  • Worked closely with other DXC MassMutual team members to deliver high availability solutions for mission-critical applications and proven development life cycle success for new product development.

Application Developer, Team Lead

DXC, AXA Financial
05.2007 - 04.2016
  • Developed and implemented AXA specific solutions using COBOL, JAVA, JSP, XML, and SQL programming languages to retrofit existing AXA code into wmA 07.10 and introduce new product lines.
  • Worked closely with other DXC, AXA, and third party teams to produce robust solutions for business processing.
  • Provided positive customer support training experience for completed applications which required examining existing processing guidelines and creating plans to process policy maintenance on new systems.
  • Working with DXC hosting teams to create software environments to support development, system test, user acceptance test, and production environments.
  • Created rapid deployment strategies for code migration from SVN, Microfocus, Changeman, and common artifact repositories for changed artifacts to various testing and production environments.
  • Completed project timely and within budget.

Technical Team Leader

DXC, Prudential Insurance
10.2001 - 09.2007
  • Designed complete solution architecture tailored to specific end-user needs which involved moving Prudential's Print solution to JETS architecture, and replacing existing VANTAGE-ONE@ VSAM databases with DB2 rational databases for all environments.
  • Consulted with Prudential technical and business units to align future software development with customer priorities.
  • Provided quality assurance testing for pre-release software through all development life cycle channels.
  • Executed program modifications and changes and documented results of software research tools and applications.
  • Performed software demonstrations for Prudential business partners to showcase potential upgrades and product improvements

Software Consultant

DXC - Year 2000 Team
08.1997 - 01.2002
  • Served as primary liaison between DXC software customers and DXC management team, relating feedback and related concerns for Year 2000 code remediation and testing planning.
  • Designed complete solution architecture tailored to specific client testing and documentation needs to certify Year 2000 readiness.
  • Designed presentations to illustrate DXC's Year 2000 initiative, and translated highly technical language into industry specific use cases and documents.
  • Performed software demonstrations for existing clients, and highlighted strengths of and thoroughness of DXC's year 2000 initiative.
  • Attended industry conferences, and performed technical and educational duties for CSC about year 2000 projects.
  • Monitored employee tasks, and evaluated information processing and performance to gauge status of completed code remediation and testing.
  • Documented Year 2000 test results and business processes, and advised CSC clients and auditors of same.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Baker University
Baldwin City, KS
05.1997

Skills

  • Software architecture
  • Software analysis
  • Software system development
  • Architecture improvements
  • DevOps
  • Data Analysis
  • Effective communication
  • Technical assistance
  • Solution prototypes
  • Mentoring and training
  • Database programming
  • Solutions deployment
  • API, REST API, and XML data transmission
  • Software - JAVA, JAVAScript, Python, HTML, CSS, PHP, JSP, C#, XML, SQL, COBOL, JCL, CICS, GitHub/GitLab, FTP and SFTP
  • Database technologies - DB2, MySQL, MS SQL Server, Oracle
  • Third Party Software admin - Websphere (IBM), JBOSS, DB2, Microfocus, Eclipse, Tomcat, OpenAM, SPLUNK, ServiceNow, Microsoft Windows Administration, JIRA

Outside Interest

Finding a work life balance has become ever important in my life. Having a family has shown me that time away from work can be just as rewarding as accomplishments in my chosen profession. In my free time, I enjoy spending time with my children, Attending my children's school and swimming events, exercise, woodworking, and hunting and fishing.

I have also been fortunate to help in another field unrelated to IT over the years. My family has been an active player in the Oil and Gas industry in Kansas since 1953. By helping in this industry I have been afforded many opportunities. I have been helpful in large scale drilling and completion projects, daily process improvements, and worked with local, state, and federal regulatory commissions to insure we are producing oil and gas in a responsible manner. This work has also allowed me to server on many committees and boards.

Executive Board Member - Eastern Kansas Oil and Gas Association - https://www.ekoga.org/;

Board Member - Kansas Oil and Gas Resource Fund - https://kansasstrong.com/;

Presentation on the state of Kansas Oil and Gas - Kansas House of Representatives, Appropriation Committee 2019

Timeline

Assistant Vice President - Integration Architect

EXL Service
07.2022 - 07.2024

Assistant Director of Information Systems

Olathe Public Schools
11.2020 - 07.2021

Application Architect - Financial Services

DXC
04.2016 - 10.2020

Application Developer, Team Lead

DXC, AXA Financial
05.2007 - 04.2016

Application Architect

DXC, MassMutual Insurance
03.2002 - 04.2020

Technical Team Leader

DXC, Prudential Insurance
10.2001 - 09.2007

Software Consultant

DXC - Year 2000 Team
08.1997 - 01.2002

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Baker University

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