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Manager, Enterprise Architecture and Standards

As the trusted partner and manager of more than 720 campus bookstores nationwide, Barnes & Noble College works with its college and university partners to deliver an unmatched retail and digital learning experience for students, faculty, administrators and alumni. Deeply committed to building relationships with and understanding the needs of more than 5 million students and faculty, Barnes & Noble College conducts ongoing local and national research that allows it to tailor the campus bookstore experience to each school's unique brand, culture and academic mission. From its locally empowered store management philosophy and customer-first culture, to its innovative drive and singular focus on campus retail, Barnes & Noble College is much more than a vendor, but a trusted campus partner.

Career Highlights As Director, Digital Technologies at Barnes & Noble College, responsible for the enterprise wide architecture across diverse platforms & solutions. Successfully managed a major initiative to build a Private Cloud hosted on a custom HPC Data Center solution, to help maintain a competitive edge in the market. Conduct Research initiatives and PoC's to benchmark performance metrics for latest hardware & virtualization technology with Business applications. Responsible for the architecture & roadmap of various platforms like Oracle RAC databases, WebSphere Application Server, WebSphere Portal, UNIX and Linux Systems, SOA & BI strategy. Successful implementation of a Max Availability Architecture (MAA) for Oracle Databases via Oracle RAC, Golden Gate, Data Guard etc Technical advisory role on the Business Continuity Plan, PCI & SOX Compliance boards. Hands on DBA skills with Oracle, DB2, SQL Server databases.Hands on Peoplesoft Administrator role for Finance & HCM implementations. Proficient in Software Development, using J2EE, Microsoft, Oracle and Open Source Technology. Extensive Analysis & Design experience in Data Modeling, Object & Component Modeling and in building System Architectures. Specialties: Enterprise Architecture, Infrastructure Architecture, System Architecture, Application Architecture, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Security & Compliance (PCI, SOX), Portal & Portlet Architectures, Web & eCommerce Architecture, Database Administration, Software Development, SOA, BI