Jim Slavin, MS

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Senior Enterprise Architect & Agile Problem Solver

SUMMARY:
Creative, self-managed business problem solver focused on agile cloud orchestration & enterprise governance:
 Iterative holistic vision clarification via cultivation of non-technical executives and other stakeholders.
 Deep analysis and cogent summaries of distributed systems that use a wide range of technologies.
 Multi-cloud software-defined platform road maps separated to iterative work items with governance.
 ML/AI-enabling enterprise architecture including data lake houses, AIOps, and governance.
 Innovation driven from business cases and proofs of concept through implementation and migration.
 Training, program management, workforce development for secure, scalable, best-in-class solutions.
TECHNICAL SUMMARY:
 Terraform / Kubernetes / Ansible / Docker / Helm ● REST, Microservices, Istio ● Systems Integration
 JIRA / Azure DevOps / GitHub / Jenkins / Gitlab ● Process Analysis / Workflow ● DevOps / AIOps / CICD
 AWS / Route53 / EC2 / EFS / S3 / Autoscaling ● SES / Elastic Beanstalk ● CloudWatch / KMS
 CloudFront / Lambda / CloudFormation / RDS ● Bash / PowerShell / Python ● Django / Java / DataOps
 Azure Key Vault / ARM Templates / Azure AD ● Algorithms & data models ● CentOS / RHEL / Ubuntu
 Azure VM Scale Sets / Service Fabric / Storage ● Object Oriented Design ● CSS / Angular / Node.js
 SQL. NoSQL. MySQL, MongoDB, & other DBMS ● Reactive Programming ● VPC Peering / RDS
 Lake Formation / Glue / SageMaker / EMR ● VPNs / Encryption / MFA ● Azure Pipelines / HA / DR
 Azure Synapse / Azure Data Factory ● Azure Cognitive Services ● Purview / Spark pools

PRODUCT HISTORY:
Architect and Program Manager, Agile Cloud Institute (2009-present)
Innovation Lab for Agile, DevOps, DataOps and AIOps (2017-present) (Continued on next page)
PROBLEM & SOLUTION
● Created solution to problem of redundant engineering costs, insufficient architectural governance, and insufficient
implementation of agile. ● Website at AgileCloudInstitute.io
● Videos: https://agilecloudinstitute.io/architecture/
● Public speaking: https://linkedin.com/company/AgileCloudInstitute
PRODUCT
Orchestration tool and enterprise architecture standards, principles, frameworks, and roadmaps that support business
objectives with appliance-based architectures. Implementations include:
● Governance system that eliminates redundant engineering costs by enabling an enterprise to model and
operate upon appliances that represent meaningful aspects of the business.
● Orchestration of re-usable, polymorphic “Infrastructure as Code” and “Platform as Code” into stages of
integration and delivery of ephemeral cloud-agnostic systems and appliances.
● Analysis and documentation of existing topography including legacy systems to identify starting points in
journey to appliance-based architecture and cloud-based operating models.
● End-to-end integrations that facilitate problem discovery, solution concept development, requirements
planning, user story backlog grooming, readiness assessments, product and migration road-maps, work item
management, and automated CICD pipelines for infrastructure, platform, and apps.
● Variations of platform integrate Azure DevOps, JIRA, GitHub, Gitlab, Jenkins, Terraform, CloudFormation,
ARM templates, Packer, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure KeyVault, HashiCorp Vault, and Entra.
● Re-usable infrastructure as code includes VPC Peering, EC2, S3, EFS, Route 53, AutoScaling Groups, IAM,
CloudFront, Lambda, Elastic Beanstalk, RDS, Azure VM Scale Sets, Service Fabric, DynamoDB, and others.
● AWS data lake houses integrating Lake Formation, Glue, SageMaker, and EMR.
● Azure data lake houses integrating Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Cognitive Services, Purview, and Spark.
● Extract, Transform, Load ETL data pipelines with AWS Glue and Azure Synapse.
● AIOps procedures for model development, deployment, consumption, evolution, and replacement.
● Cross-functional discovery process to develop standards, principles, and frameworks for governance of
enterprise progression through the DevOps, DataOps, and AI maturation process.
● Cross-functional examination of security of data, ML, and other application components, inputs, and outputs for
each use case to prevent misuse or unintended consequences.
● Policies for developer use of AI-code assistance tools within secured SDLC.
● Microservice-based data-integration implemented using Python, Spring Boot, Node.js.
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● Database design and data modeling with MongoDB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MS SQL.
● Kubernetes control plane tools including OpenShift and Rancher.
● Architected and drove implementations of NetApp for several large file storage systems.
● Designed security model for Kubernetes, focused on PCI compliance.
● Architect and drive many migrations of on prem and data room apps into Azure and AWS.
● Management of cross-functional on-shore and off-shore teams.
TRAINING & CONSULTING
● Delivering training and consulting for executives, architects, agile professionals, and engineers explaining how to
recreate the implementations and develop migration plans to enterprise-level appliance-based architecture.
● Created documentation at AgileCloudInstitute.io. ● Managing feedback-driven vision clarification process.
Enterprise Application Deployment and Management Processes (2016-2017)
PROBLEM & SOLUTION
● Created solution to problem of inefficient DevOps processes in large financial services institution.
INFRASTRUCTURE PRODUCT
● Architected & drove development of automated system to stop, start, health check apps using Electric Flow,
Bash, and PowerShell. ● Automated complex process previously requiring 20 engineering hours. ● New
system takes 30 mins.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
● Created diagrams of systems & processes to engage stakeholders to clarify each other’s definition of
problem and solution. ● Designed training & led workshops. ● Designed Rally & SharePoint implementations.
● Led cross-functional, iterative definition of automated deployment processes.
Medical Records Apps and High Security HIPAA-Compatible Servers (EMR) (2014-2016)
PROBLEM & SOLUTION
 Created solution to client objective of importing electronic medical records from external organizations.
PRODUCT
 Designed/built architecture that imports encrypted C-CDAs into Spring Boot microservices
 Architected/build integration of Spring Boot OAuth2 server with OAuth2 microservices in Spring Boot with
MySQL and Node.js with MongoDB
INFRASTRUCTURE
 Designed/built secure multi-factor authentication, multi-role authorization, multi-level encryption, VPNs, and
VMs in multi-tunnel network architecture segregating distinct user groups and workflows. Configured JVMs.
 Heavy use of Linux command line interface and config tools. Designed/coded custom Linux modules.
 Designed method for rapidly deploying new servers. Both AWS and internal cloud.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
 Used JIRA to plan, manage agile development.
 Also acted as product manager, guiding all aspects of product realization.

iPlotMath (2011-2016)
PROBLEM & SOLUTION
 Created solution to problem of calculus not being accessible to abstract thinkers and visual learners.
PRODUCT
 Created algorithm to translate nested equations into numeric results. Created several graphing tools.
 Designed and developed desktop version with rich interactive animation, zooming and sliding.
 Designed and developed web app that presents the plots as images with Spring MVC and AngularJS.
 Configured optimizations for thread management, memory management, and CPU utilization
INFRASTRUCTURE
 Also acted as lead Linux server administrator. Both AWS and private cloud.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
 Acted as product manager, guiding all aspects of product realization. Used JIRA to manage development.

Upgrade of Legacy Medical Records App (Fall 2013)

PROBLEM & SOLUTION

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 Created solution to problem of staff inefficiency in entering/retrieving patient records.
PRODUCT
 Designed/developed EHR database app, along with API to migrate legacy data into new app.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
 Documented/analyzed existing practices and goals. Analyzed technical schematics of legacy system.
 Prepared process flowcharts, technical diagrams, solution architecture. Validated with stakeholders.
 Trained users. Led weekly user meetings to solicit incremental improvements.
 Acted as product manager, guiding all aspects of product realization.

Heart Rate Variability (HRV) Analysis App (2011-2012)

PROBLEM & SOLUTION
 Created solution to problem of inadequate automation of heart rate variability test analysis.
PRODUCT
 Architected and developed EKG app to automate analysis of autonomic influence on heart during exercise.
App takes patient EKG time series as input, performs analyses, and provides a GUI that plots time series
data along with the results of algorithms for interpreting cardiovascular events within the time series data.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
 Acted as product manager, guiding all aspects of product realization. Used JIRA to plan & manage work.

Impedance Cardiography (ICG) App (2009-2011)

PROBLEM & SOLUTION
 Created solution to problem of non-existent tools to analyze mechanical activity of heart during exercise
PRODUCT
 Architected data acquisition and analysis plans, including detailed specifications for custom python app.
 Architected and developed an app that analyzed the acquired time series data. App did the following:
o Divide 240 million sample time series data into segments that can be analyzed using a digital filter that
removes noise that is not correlated with the frequency of each heartbeat.
o Calculate variables from time segments, including amount of blood ejected from heart in each
heartbeat (stroke volume), and amount of blood ejected from heart each minute (cardiac output).
o Summarize tabular and graphical data across time periods to show how each variable responded to
rest, then increasingly intense exercise, and finally post-exercise recovery.
o Assemble formatted data from patients and then perform statistical analyses of data.
TRAINING & DOCUMENTATION
 Used JIRA to plan and manage agile development. Wrote 100 page master’s thesis.
 Also acted as product manager, guiding all aspects of product realization.

PRIOR WORK HISTORY:

EKG Wellness, 2000-2009.
 Operated independent wellness business offering exercise physiology and neuromuscular therapy.
 Architected and developed wellness software for use in business.
Paradigm Navigation Partners, 1995-2000.
 Operated independent consulting firm, specializing in customer-facing business processes, including on-site
training of managers, and off-site market research. Developed software for use in business.
 Wrote training manuals about knowledge management, as it relates to strategic planning and customer-facing
business processes. Delivered customized versions as part of client management retreats.
 Wrote book “Knowledge-Based Business Development: 6 Steps To Become The Unbeatable Solution.”
Education Summary:
M.S., Human Physiology, California State University, GPA: 4.0/4.0

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 Taught three classes: 1.) Lecture class in physiology-based wellness. 2.) Research methods class for promising
seniors. 3.) Lab class that gave students hands-on experience using a dozen different types of medical
equipment to collect and analyze data from human participants.
 Master’s Thesis: Pilot Test of An Impedance Cardiography System During Dynamic Exercise
B.A., History (of technology, science, and business), University of Michigan, Junior/Senior GPA: 3.8/4.0
Undergraduate Thesis: Effect Of Technology On Creation, Growth And Decline Of The Sears Catalog

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