Professional Overview
Mr. Cristian Sturek is the Founder and Principal SOA Architect of XWebServices, Inc., a boutique Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) Services firm based in Los Angeles, California. He has over 12 years Enterprise Architecture (EA) experience primarily in the Financial Services, Health Care and eCommerce fields.
Mr. Sturek developed SOA principles and best practices that guide planning, development, integration and management of application infrastructures. Successfully architected and implemented services-based architectures for companies such as:
- First Data Corporation – formerly a Fortune 500 company now privately owned, a leading provider of electronic commerce and payment solutions for businesses worldwide
- Alliance Payment Technologies – an ACH Gateway provider, with numerous banks and financial institutions in the United States as its clients
- SCAN Health Plan – a "Medicare Advantage" HMO based in Southern California, one of the original four Social HMOs in the United States
- First American Corporation – a Fortune 200 company, America's largest provider of business information and real estate related services
He also held technical leadership positions at AFX, a medical billing solutions provider; Artful Style, an online art gallery; Realtor.com, the largest provider of real estate listings in the United States; IXL Inc. and Genesis 2000. Mr. Sturek served in the United States Marine Corps and was honorably discharged after 4 years of Active Duty in 1998.
Specialties
- Enterprise SOA (Service Oriented Architecture)
- Complex Event Processing (CEP)
- Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) / Microsoft BizTalk Server
- SOA Management / SOA Governance / SOA Testing
- Web Services / SOAP / REST
- XML
- Database Architecture / Data Warehouse
- Microsoft Office SharePoint Server / Windows SharePoint Services
- Virtualization
- IBM iSeries / AS400
- .NET based Composite Applications
- Financial Services - EFT, Transaction Processing, Accounting, Risk Management, Loss Prevention
- Health Care - HIPAA: ERA, Claims, Eligibility, Benefit
- eCommerce
- Real Estate
- Mortgage Banking
- Sales - CRM
Experience
IT Consultant
TwentyFour6 : Computer Software (Mobile) Industry
Provided software, database and network architecture expertise to this media software company focused on delivering fully interactive ads to mobile phones and GPS units.
IT Consultant
The Camden Group : Hospital & Health Care Industry
Planned and executed the company's network infrastructure virtualization and migration to a collocation facility allowing for unlimited branch office growth in the future. Installed, configured, customized and successfully deployed Windows SharePoint Services for inter-office and intra-office collaboration.
SOA Consultant
SCAN Health Plan : Hospital & Health Care Industry
Provided SOA consulting and training for this healthcare provider. Created a SOA Roadmap for the company's IBM iSeries / AS400 MC400 system and managed the development and implementation of the first SOA Pilot projects - exposing business processes as XML/SOAP based Web Services. Also architected and implemented a pilot Microsoft BizTalk Server EDI solution.
SOA Architect
First American Corporation : Real Estate Services Industry
Provided SOA architecture guidance, MS SQL Server architecture/design and .NET Web Services expertise for this Fortune 200 enterprise. Implemented an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) and exposed numerous business processes via XML/SOAP based Web Services. Also took on an Outsourcing Project Coordinator role, leading a software development team in redesigning several internal and external facing applications previously written in ASP, JSP, PHP and ColdFusion.
SOA Consultant
Alliance Payment Technologies : Financial Services Industry
SOA consultant for the company's second generation 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
Enterprise 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
- 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 and 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 and implemented the "Personal Planner", Realtor.com's personalization and membership (P&M) module for over one million user accounts at the time. Also architected and implemented 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 website for children. Implemented new eCommerce features to FinishLine.com, an athletic wear retailer. Performed software maintenance on HotTopic,com, a clothing retailer. Technical liaison for the discovery phase of ECandy.com.
Internet Developer
Genesis 2000 : Real Estate Industry
Architected and implemented the technical support websites for the Genesis 2000 Mortgage Loan Origination Software and Genesis 2000 WebBuilder. Also developed a custom, web managed advertisement system for the company's Real Estate portal.
Logistics Manager (E4)
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
Information Week (November 17, 2008 Issue):
Open Source SOA Requires Expertise
Facilitated KEYS TO SOA IMPLEMENTATION - Essentials of SOA Implementation: A Complete Guide, a 2 day SOA Workshop in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (May 2008)
Presented Successfully Migrating Your Financial Services Enterprise to a Service Oriented Architecture at UNI's Service-Oriented Architecture Regional Conference in Singapore (June 2006)
Presented Utilizing SOA as a Business Process Management Tool for Project-based Implementation at IQPC's 2nd Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) and Web Services Best Practices in Chicago, IL (October 2005)
Certification Magazine Interview (June 2005 Issue):
SOA: It's Not Just for the Fortune 500
Completed course 2379 Developing and Deploying Microsoft Biztalk Server 2000 Solutions (May 2002)
Personal
Native English and Romanian speaker
Fluent in Japanese
Honorable Discharge - United States Marine Corps (Active Duty: 1994 - 1998)
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