Mark Earnest: Resume

MARK ALLEN EARNEST

Identity Works LLC--Northampton, PA
Principal Consultant: November 2011-Present
- Identity Management Consultant focused on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP--Pittsburgh, PA
Manager: October 2008-October 2011
- Global 500 Telecommunication Technology Company (April 2010 - May 2011)
  - Architecture lead on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics design and implementation project
  - Worked with client's architects to design highly available and redundant hardware infrastructure and Weblogic 11g cluster to support both applications
  - Led onshore and offshore teams through requirements gathering, design, development and testing phases
- Fortune 100 Retail Chain (Nov 2009 - March 2010)
  - Architecture lead on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics implementation
  - Assisted in the design of a custom user interface for end users of both products
  - Worked with client's architects to design highly available and redundant hardware infrastructure
  - Assisted in deployment of software environments, integration connectors, and customizations
  - Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software
- Fortune 500 National Bank (Oct 2009 - January 2010)
  - Architecture lead on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics implementation
  - Led evaluation of several RACF provisioning solutions
  - Subject matter expert on several work streams to provide technical perspective to role management and provisioning enhancements plans
  - Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software
- Fortune 1000 Higher Educational Institution (Sept 2009)
  - Developed and presented a week long in depth training session for the client
  - Training focus was on Oracle Identity Manage architecture, configuration, and development
- Fortune 500 Utility (Feb 2009 - Dec 2009)
  - Technical lead evaluating requirements and developing a multi-year IAM program roadmap
  - Created infrastructure documents with recommended OIM, ORM, and OID system design for development, testing, and production systems
  - Led several developer training sessions as well as requirement/technology fit gap evaluation sessions
  - Developed custom connector and internal OIM process code to meet the company's specific requirements
  - Project manager for several month staff augmentation engagement to assist client in implementation activities
- Global 500 Telecommunication Technology Company (Oracle Proof of Concept) (April 2009)
  - Technical lead for the Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Role Manager components of a week long Oracle Proof of Concept pre-sales demo
  - Installed and configured Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Role Manager (with integration between the two) in demo environment
  - Developed several custom connectors and interfaces, including a web services based connector for a learning management system and several custom Blackberry compatible web applications for creating users and approving requests in Oracle Identity Manager
  - Evaluated client delivered requirements and built test cases to demonstrate functionality outlined in requirements
  - Led technical presentation and demo to key stakeholders
  - Mentored several PwC staff on Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Identity Analytics software
- Fortune 1000 Payroll Company (Dec 2008 - April 2009)
  - Led project consisting of Oracle Identity Manager and Oracle Virtual Directory implementations
  - Developed several custom reconciliation connector for Oracle eBusiness HR and deployed customized PwC Generic LDAP connector for Sun One LDAP 6.0
  - Partnered with client architects to develop a roadmap for future phases of project including additional OIM target systems and Oracle Access Manager deployment to replace SiteMinder
- Fortune 500 Healthcare Company (Oct 2008 - Jan 2009)
  - Led team upgrading Oracle Identity Manager from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0
  - Performed extensive evaluation of existing Oracle Identity Manager implementation and deployed performance and process improvements
  - Corrected multiple implementation problems with Active Directory and Exchange connectors
  - Developed custom reconciliation connector for Exchange and OID doubling performance of reconciliation
  - Evaluated and recommended solution for complex request/approval workflow requirements
- Fortune 1000 Telecommunications Company (October 2008 - Present)
  - Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
  - Developed custom connectors for Oracle eBusiness Suite HR, ComApp, RevChain, M6, Kintana, Med2, Network Cost, Kenan Arbor, Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications, Centrify
  - Integrated PwC Generic LDAP connector for Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Exchange
  - Developed custom Attestation Routing engine
  - Developed custom dynamic approval routing and notification engine
  - Performed upgrade from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0.2
Entology Inc.--Bedminster, NJ
Principal Consultant: October, 2006-October, 2008
- Giant Eagle (July 2007 - December 2008)
  - Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
  - Built custom connector for Peoplesoft HR reconciliation
  - Integrated Oracle's Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Peoplesoft User Management connectors
  - Developed custom web services interface to Oracle Identity Manager's API for password management use
- American Electric Power (Oracle Pre-Sales Workshop) (April 2008)
  - Built a demo system and several test cases for the purpose of walking an audience of engineers, architects, and support personal through several OIM use cases
  - Led a day long workshop using Oracle training materials and Entology in-house developed materials and use cases
- Wachovia (Oracle Proof of Concept) (April 2008)
  - Assisted Oracle consultants in setting up and configuring OIM and ORM for a proof of concept demo
  - Built several custom connectors and customizations to OIM's internal processes in order to meet PoC requirements
  - Provided assistance in debugging and configuring OIM/ORM integration
- Sherwin Williams (Oracle Sales Demo) (March 2008)
  - Assisted Oracle Sales Engineer in presenting a demo of Oracle Identity 9.1 to Sherwin Williams focusing on the additional features offered in this version from the version they were currently on
  - Built demo environment to use as the basis of the presentation
  - Ran half day workshop on how to implement OIM approval workflows
- South Florida Water Management Department (Oracle Proof of Concept) (February 2008)
  - Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
  - Set up/built custom connectors for SAP (R3, Business Warehouse, and Portal), Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Unix NIS
  - Assisted in final sales presentation (technical demo)
- Presbyterian Health Services (Oracle Proof of Concept) (February 2008)
  - Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
  - Set up/built custom connectors for AD, AD Password Sync, Lawson HR, Epic, and McKesson (two Healthcare specific applications)
  - Assisted in final sales presentation (technical demo)
- Nationwide (Oracle Proof of Concept) (November 2007)
  - Supported Oracle Sales Team by building and configuring Oracle Identity Manager demo system
  - Set up/built custom connectors for RACF, AS/400, Novel eDirectory, Lotus Notes, Oracle Internet Directory, and SQL-Server based custom application
- Paetec Communications (April 2007 - November 2008)
  - Led multi-phase Oracle Identity Manager implementation
  - Developed custom connectors for Oracle eBusiness Suite HR, ComApp, RevChain, M6, Kintana, Med2, Network Cost, Kenan Arbor, Oracle eBusiness Suite Applications, Centrify
  - Integrated Entology Generic LDAP connector for Active Directory, Oracle Internet Directory, and Exchange
  - Developed custom Attestation Routing engine
  - Developed custom dynamic approval routing and notification engine
  - Oversaw upgrade from 9.0.3.1.6 to 9.1.0.2
- Wyeth Ayerst Laboratories (November 2006 - October 2007)
  - Assisted deployment of Oracle Access Manager
  - Developed custom login page containing dynamic content based on user context and application
  - Developed IDXML abstraction servlet to allow simplified clients to call into OAM
The Pennsylvania State University.--University Park, PA
Lead Systems Programmer: February, 2000-October, 2006
- Selected to join 9 colleagues in forming a new department called Emerging Technologies tasked with evaluating, prototyping, and assisting with implementation of new technologies
- Technical lead on the Shibboleth team, a higher education federated identity management architecture
- Technical lead on single sign on team - evaluated and selected open source SSO system - contributed several enhancements relating to DCE/Kerberos integration
- Technical lead on a project to develop a custom DCE/RPC client server framework for integrating Smalltalk web front end with backend mainframe applications running on SoftwareAG Natural
- Developed web server modules and Java library to integrate with PassGO NCPass (RSA SecurID token authentication engine)
- Responsible for architecture and development of SAML/PKI based authentication/authorization layer for Mellon Foundation funded Peer 2 Peer file sharing utility for higher education use
- Provided education and consulting internally for Kerberos, DCE, PKI, SAML, and other security related topics

Oracle Identity Management: Oracle Identity Manager, Oracle Identity Analytics, Oracle Access Manager, Oracle Virtual Directory, Oracle Role Manager
Identity Management Technologies: DXML, SAML, SASL, Kerberos, PKI, XACML, DCE, SecurID, Biometrics, general cryptography, and federated identity management
Directories: Active Directory, Sun Java Directory Server, OpenLDAP, Oracle Internet Directory
Languages: C, Java, Perl, x86 Assembly, s/390 Assembly, JCL, XHTML/CSS, and REXX
Operating Systems: Solaris, AIX, Linux, zOS, Windows 2000/XP/2003, OS X, and OpenBSD
Application and Web Servers: Jboss, OC4J, Tomcat, Weblogic, Apache, IIS
Protocols: DCE-RPC, SOAP, 802.11, GSS-RPC, HTTP, NCPASS-TLI, and SASL, WSDL
Databases: Oracle 10 and 11, MySQL, ProsgreSQL
Mainframe Technologies: FDR, ISPF, TSO, Natural, Adabas, Syncsort, NCPASS, and MXI

Mark Earnest 2011-10-30