Robert Widish
Lead Solution Architect, Group Retirement Solutions @Manulife
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WORK HISTORY
Lead Solution Architect, Group Retirement Solutions @Manulife
Kitchener, ON, CA
Lead architect on a large transformation project which introduced a number of new technologiesLead a team of solution architects in defining patterns and frameworks which would combine our two legacy systems into a single consistent view to the customerIntegration of legacy websites into new user experiences using PCF, React, Node and Spring Boot Java microservices running against a unified, canonical view of the two systemsIn the solution, data moved from the legacy systems to the canonical model using Syncsort Change Data Capture, Nifi transformations, Kafka topics and microservicesWorked through solutions to define data reconciliation, conflict detection and error handling processesWorked on strategy to move data from legacy systems to the Enterprise Data Lake, and strategies to provide BI to internal users and Reports and Dashboards to external users
EDUCATION
University of Waterloo
Honours Bachelor of Mathematics, Computer Science
SKILLS
ABOUT ROBERT WIDISH
Detail oriented but able to see the big picture and make connections to anticipate obstacles.Experience in leading solution architects, technical leads and developers providing guidance, coaching and mentoring.Able to develop relationships across the organization in order to collaboratively work on solutions and learn from the experience of others.Effective presenter who is able to tailor the message to both senior management and technical audiences.Experience working on a number of modernization initiatives which introduced new technologies.Always learning and tracking new trends in the industry and within the company.Experience in working collaboratively with business users to gather, understand and develop requirements.Experience with performance testing, capacity planning and tuning of solutions to meet current and future workloads.Work closely with risk, compliance and security to ensure that solutions meet standards and best practices.
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