Delano V. Carter

Evaluated and implemented third-party SaaS solutions, as well as, architected integrations with Macy's back-end systems.

• Analyzed and designed integrations between third-party cloud-hosted solutions and Macy's environment.
• Discussed project progress with management, business partners, and the technology team.
• Led the implementation of several third-party SaaS applications for the Capital Control, Field Services, and Finance teams.
• Functioned as the technical liaison between the Controller's Center of Excellence team and the technology organization reducing friction among all stakeholders.

Led team of 5 – 10 local and offshore developers in the implementation, development, and support of an Oracle EBS Financial system.

• Managed project delivery portfolio for Macy's Financial Systems.
• Managed $300,000+ annual capital budget.
• Worked with business stakeholders in conceiving solutions, strategy, roadmaps, and prioritization.
• Coordinated concurrent projects ensuring alignment with milestones, deliverables, and budgets for my programs in the enterprise portfolio.
• Led cross-functional teams through analysis, design, development, testing and deployment.
• Participated in vendor and technology selection.
• Drove high-level strategic planning of development efforts across multiple projects.
• Mentored junior software engineers.
• Presented at several national and local technical conferences.

Enterprise Architect for the "Gavel2Gate" initiative, a mission-critical enterprise application used to manage the entire auction process.

• Conducted technology reviews with software engineering teams.
• Participated in design sessions with architecture teams.
• Helped design Integration patterns using TIBCO and Oracle SOA.
• Leveraged Oracle EBS Financials Order to Cash module.

Led team of 5 - 10 local and offshore developers in the implementation, development, and support of an Oracle EBS Financial system. This project was selected as support project of the year (2013). Also, developed and managed several applications developed in JAVA, .NET (C#/VB).

• Collaborated with multi-disciplinary teams, vendors, and management using strong communication skills.
• Mentored, trained, and coached team members on all technical aspects of diverse solutions.
• Was selected to participate on the Enterprise Architecture council responsible for vetting technical solutions throughout the enterprise.
• Responsible for overall technology and delivery strategy across multiple applications.
• Architected system integration solutions with TIBCO EMS/BusinessWorks , and SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS).
• Defined and enforced Service Level Agreements (SLA) with internal infrastructure teams and 3rd party vendors.
• Awarded for leading the team in developing a comprehensive system that centralized monitoring of mainframe and client-server applications (2005).
• Received 2013 Innovation Award for Invoice Automation implementation.

Led group of 5 - 7 engineers in the re-platform of the Macy's Gift Application from SEER to VB6.

• Built enduring partnerships with infrastructure and business teams.
• Led the architecture and development of the Macy's Bridal Kiosk. This project allowed customers to create their Bridal Registries without the aid of Bridal Consultants resulting in an increase in sales of registry gift items.