Professional Overview
Mr. Cristian Sturek is the Founder and Principal SOA Architect of XWebServices, Inc. (on the web
XWebServices.com / SOAHub.com)
with over 12 years Enterprise Architecture (EA) experience primarily in the Financial, HealthCare and ECommerce
fields.
Specialties
- Enterprise SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
- Composite Applications
- SOA Governance
- Web Services / SOAP
- XML
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft BizTalk Server
- .NET
- AJAX
- Financial Services - EFT, Transaction Processing, Accounting, Risk Management, Loss Prevention
- HealthCare - HIPAA: ERA, Claims, Eligibility, Benefit
- ECommerce
- Real Estate
- Mortgage Banking
- Sales - CRM
Experience
SOA Architect
First American Corporation : Real Estate Services Industry
Currently providing SOA Architecture guidance, SQL Server architecture/design and .NET Web Services
expertise for this Fortune 200 company. Implemented an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and exposed
numerous Business Processes via XML/SOAP based Web Services.
SOA Consultant
Alliance Payment Technologies : Financial Services Industry
SOA Consultant for the company's 2.0 version of the ACH Gateway. Architected and implemented the large database required to house the gateway data. Provided guidance in designing, implementing and leveraging the NACHA format to expose the gateway's business processes as services.
SOA Architect - Internet Based Systems
First Data Corporation : Financial Services Industry
SOA Architect behind Cardservice International's now dominant Internet presence: MyAgentOffice.com - an enterprise level ISO/Merchant Level Salespeople (MLS) CRM, Financial Reporting, ECommerce, and Content Management application, MyMerchantOffice.com - a credit card transaction processing reporting application for the company's entire merchant account base and Partner Merchant Online Application - a rules based account boarding application for the company's referral partners.
Managed a team that:
- exposed numerous services for accepting Merchant Account applicants from Agents/Partners
- consumed various services on the Visa/MasterCard, AMEX, Discover, etc. platforms for finalizing the setup of those accounts
- exposed large amounts of data (1/2 million credit card transactions a day) as services to different applications for reporting/loss prevention purposes
SOA Architect
AFX : Hospital & Health Care Industry
SOA Architect for the company's Microsoft BizTalk Server/HIPAA Accelerator based enterprise level medical claims (remittance advice) handling and reporting solution.
Managed a team that:
- leveraged Microsoft BizTalk server to parse medical claim files - stored the data in a very large database (partitioned views)
- exposed data via numerous services to different client applications
Principal Architect
ArtfulStyle.com : Luxury Goods & Jewelry Industry
Architected and managed the company’s highly scalable, robust, enterprise level B2B-B2C ECommerce / CRM web solution.
Software Engineer
HomeStore, Inc. : Real Estate Industry
Architected the "Personal Planner", Realtor.com’s Personalization and Membership (P&M) module for over one million user accounts at the time.
Also architected the Online Forums/Message Boards for the HomeStore.com portal.
Lead Technical Consultant
IXL, Inc. : Internet Industry
Architected the first version of EPloids.com, a popular online auction for children. Implemented new ECommerce features to FinishLine.com,
a premier athletic wear web application. Performed maintenance on HotTopic,com, a heavily trafficked ECommerce web application. Technical
liaison for the discovery phase of ECandy.com.
Internet Developer
Genesis 2000 : Real Estate Industry
Architected the technical support websites for the Genesis 2000 Mortgage Loan Origination Software and Genesis 2000 WebBuilder. Also architected
a custom, web managed advertisement system for the company's Real Estate portal.
Logistics Manager
United States Marine Corps : Military
Key player in the office's transition from Lotus SmartSuite to Microsoft Office. Architected a Training Record Tracking database and several
spreadsheets, translating into mass reduction of man-hours and quick, efficient statistical information. Maintained inventory for over
$1,000,000 in weapons and military equipment and over 100 Marines' training records.
Conferences / Speaking Engagements / In the Media
Successfully Migrating Your Financial Services Enterprise to a Service Oriented Architecture
UNI Service-Oriented Architecture Regional Conference - Singapore
Utilizing SOA as a Business Process Management Tool for Project-based Implementation
IQPC's 2nd Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services Best Practices
SOA: It's Not Just for the Fortune 500
Certification Magazine
Personal
Native Romanian speaker.
Fluent in Japanese.
Blog: SOA and Real Life:
Everything that matters when it comes to SOA and real life.
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