Art van Meeteren
email - artsycs at yahoo.com

Experience
2004-Present - IBM - Global Services - Portal, Content and e-commerce
Architect
Consult with companies on WebSphere Portal and content management system implementations.

IBM Clients:
Circuit City - Portal Architect/Administrator
Perform the role of delivery Architect to complete development and roll out of WebSphere Portal to all Circuit City retail outlets. Perform as Portal Administrator for all environments of WPS throughout Circuit City during development and roll out. Transition ongoing support to offshore resources.

Citizens Bank - Content Management Architect
Performed the Macro and Micro Design for Interwoven to implement WebSphere Portal Server for Branch Communications portal.

Fireman'sFund - Infrastructure Architect
Preparing sizing metrics for scaling an existing WebSphere Portal Solution by 10 fold.

Citizens Bank - Infrastructure Architect
Installed and configured the proof of concept region of WebSphere Portal Server (5.1) and supporting applications ( Active Directory, Messaging server (Sametime) Team Workplace (Quickplace).

Liberty Mutual - Infrastructure Architect
Installed and configured the development region of WebSphere Portal server. (5.0.2)

Northrop Grumman - Infrastructure Architect/Assistant Project Manager
Installed and configured WebSphere Portal server and supporting products for Development and Production regions. Managed the on-boarding process of IBM resources joining the project.

Citizens Bank - IT Architect
Worked closely with the Citizens' business sponsor and the IBM's creative services team to develop a working visualization of how Citizens' portal implementation would look and function.

2002-2004 - Fidelity Investments
Director of Architecture - Fidelity eBusiness Retail - Boston
Manage a team of Architects and developers responsible for providing the Code, Content, Build and Software Configuration management systems for Fidelity eBusiness Retail division.

Architect - Fidelity eBusiness Institutional - Marlborough
Developed and implemented the migration plan and infrastructure to migrate Fidelity eBusiness Institutional from Vignette 5.0 to Vignette 6.0.

2000-2002  IBM - Knowledge and Content Management Systems
Sr.  IT Architect/Consultant
Specializing in Web Content Management (WCM ) and Web Publishing Systems.
( Interwoven, Vignette, OpenMarket, Merant PVCS Content Manager )

IBM clients :
Shell Oil Company, London - Architected Enterprise WCM system to migrate their global websites from current Vignette implementation to Interwoven. Developed standards, governance models, taxonomies, branching structures, infrastructure, pilot projects and double byte character support.
Teradyne, Boston - Investigated current enterprise web publishing strategy, accessed web content and generated a WCM system strategy to remove bottlenecks, increase customer satisfaction and reduce complexity in their processes.
ClearChannel Communications, New York - Served as a NetObjects architect/specialist to review current WCM design.
Motorola, Chicago - Consulted with corporate executives to consolidate their enterprise governance model, infrastructure and standardize their web publishing strategy.

1998-2000 Fidelity Investment - FIIS , Smithfield, Rhode Island
Principle Software Engineer
Managed team of developers. Led the implementation of BackWeb to FIIS phone center representatives. Led implementation/customization of web publishing system built upon SGML, DTD, RCML, Adobe Framemaker, IIS. Led implementation of Knowledge Planet which provided knowledge management for all FIIS employees. Upgraded installation of Documentum for Y2K compliance. Customized UI of Documentum to match FIIS Intranet style guide.

1998 Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Corporate Network Administrator/Software Developer
Design and managed an international NT software development environment. System incorporated Frame Relay WAN, NT Domain Controllers, Netscape Web/Compass/Collabra servers, Visual Source Safe, Visual Intercept. System managed an International "build" process to synchronize an application being developed in 5 countries.

1996-1998 Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Corporate Internet/Intranet Manager
Design and implement a set of global network services which included e-mail, WEB, DNS, FTP, USENET, remote access, video conferencing and web publishing. Connect corporate network to the Internet via a two-tier Cisco firewall system. Establish a training program to educate the employees. Manage day to day operations with a team of administrators located in 5 countries.

1993-1996 Brown and Sharpe Manufacturing, North Kingstown, Rhode Island
Product Support Engineer.
Develop Windows software to automate the generation of volumetric compensation maps of coordinate measuring machines. Design hardware and software for new method of performing volumetric compensation. New process reduced time to calibrate by 85%. Provided support and training for operation of compensation software.

1994-Present Artsy Computing Services ( ACS ), East Greenwich, Rhode Island. ( Art's Garage )
Owner.
Consult with clients and make IT hardware/software recommendations. Instruct clients in hardware/software operation. Engineering design, building of prototype and testing. Custom fabrication work in metal and wood.

1993-1993 Canipe Technology, Charlotte, North Carolina
Multi-Media Hardware/Software Integrator.
Consult with clients and make hardware/software recommendations for computer based graphical systems. Specialist in the field of computer based rendering tools such as SoftImage and 3D Studio

1991-1993 UNCC - Precision Engineering Department, Charlotte, North Carolina
Cameron Applied Research Center - Research Associate.
Development of software to graph resonant frequencies of the "worlds smallest harmonica", a 10 X 15 micron cantilever beam microstructure. Research, design and construction of positioning actuator and control electronics for the "Scanning Tunneling Microscope on the cheap". This was a STM with sub micron resolution that would cost less then $5000. Research laser diodes for application to interferometric linear displacement measurements. Implement studio for development of video and computer based animation.

1987-1991 UNCC - Computing Services Department, Charlotte, North Carolina
Teaching Assistant.
Managed the day to day operations of the Mechanical Engineering departments AutoCAD lab. Instructed student in the operation of ACAD and other engineering application such as Matlab, Pspice, Quatro Pro

Education
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Bachelor of Science, May 1992
Major: Electrical Engineering
Concentration: digital electronics and computers.

Specialized Training
Interwoven v5.0.1, Vignette V5.5, OpenMarket, NetObjects Collage, Websphere Studio v4.0, VisualAge for JAVA v4.0, Plumtree, Boston University - Project Management, NetDynamics, Application Development in Visual Interdev, SQL Server

Additional Computer Skills
Platforms - Windows 2K Pro, Windows 2K Advanced Server, Macintosh, SGI IRIX, Sun Solaris.
Product suites - Netscape Suitespot, Websphere, Interwoven, Openmarket, Vignette, Webtrends, Documentum, NetDynamics, Netobjects Collage/Merant PVCS, Sametime, Backweb, Oracle, DB2, SQL Server
Tools - Office, SmartSuite, Notes, MathCAD, Matlab, AutoCAD, 3DStudio, Photoshop, Bryce, Premier, Dreamweaver, GoLive, Acrobat, Illustrator, Visual Source safe...
Programing languages - Visuall C++, HTML, XML, JAVA, PASCAL, PERL and Assembly

Awards and Recognition.
Team Fidelity co-captain - MS 150 bike ride. 1999 and 2000, team raised over $15,000
FIIS Service Quality Award – May 1999 – For exemplary work on the FIIS Homepage.
FIIS Service Quality Award – May 1999 - For exemplary work on the Information Management Group.
FIIS Spotlight Award – July 1999 – Outstanding Accomplishments in the Online Reference Project.
FIIS Spotlight Award – August 1999 – Successful Implementation of NewsFlash (Backweb product)
FIIS Spotlight Award – October 1999 – Successful Implementation of FIIS Learning Institute.
Engineer in Training Certification – 1992 – North Carolina EIT certification.

Additional Skill
Familiar with the operation laser interferometers, laser interferometric microscopes, scanning tunneling microscopes, oscilloscopes, signal generators, lock in amplifiers and other electronic equipment. Experienced operator of MIG and TIG welding systems as well as Manual, NC and CNC machining centers and manual metal lathe operation.

Professional Societies
Society of Automotive Engineers
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers

Hobbies, Etc.
Racing, proto-typing in my machine shop, scuba diving, mountain biking, volleyball, jet skiing, photography, computer animation, web site development and restoration of sports cars.