## BIO
**Craig Butler**
***Center of Excellence Leader - Application Integration***
Mr. Butler is an Architect responsible for planning, designing, developing and deploying enterprise integration/business process management solutions.
**Background**
Mr. Butler has extensive experience in designing and developing enterprise software in a variety of industries, including Financial Services, Energy and Utilities, and Retail/Distribution. He is experienced in all stages of the software development lifecycle, from scoping and requirements gathering to implementation, deployment, and commercialization. He is also experienced in design, development, and support for enterprise integration and business process management applications. He is a member of the Microsoft Virtual Technology Specialist team. This affiliation provides him will direct access to the BizTalk Server product team and access to internal Microsoft resources. He participates in customer education sessions, speaking engagements, architecture design sessions, proofs of concept, and leads classroom training.
**Specialization**
| Business: | Business Process Integration, Business Process Management, Quality Assurance and Software Development. |
| Testing: | Mercury Test Director, Microsoft TFS – Test Manager |
| Business Intelligence: | SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Analysis Services |
| Programming: | C#,VB.NET, SQL, ASP.NET, HTML, Java |
| Platform: | Windows, .NET, Mainframe, CICS, MVS, AS400 |
| Database: | SQL Server 2005/2008, Oracle 10g/11i |
| Tools: | Team Foundation Server 2010, Visio, MS Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. |
| Integration: | BizTalk Server 2009/2010, Host Integration Server 2004/2006, K2 blackpearl, K2 blackpoint, TIBCO iProcess, MetaStorm |
**Experience**
The following are representative examples of work experience.
· Maxwell Airforce Base: Led a team in the installation, configuration, setup, and training of Team Foundation Server 2008. The unit was migrating from a legacy source code management system and required assistance on the implementation and training. Led the team through the implementation process, documenting the installation and configuration process. Conducted knowledge transfer sessions with the team on best uses and best practices of Team Foundation Server.
· Regions Financial: Led a customer team in implementing and customizing Microsoft Team Foundation Server 2008. The purpose of implementing Team Foundation Server was to improve the process around requirements creation, approval, and implementation. This implementation included the customization of methodology process templates and customized reporting. Assisted the customer in the development of a staff training curriculum and conducted knowledge transfer sessions with the Branch technology management team for future enhancements and maintenance.
· KPMG: Led a team to prove the capabilities around BizTalk Server and its support for an enterprise service bus. Provided onsite development and configuration assistance. Implemented an infrastructure for demonstrating BizTalk Server capabilities to meet security needs. Worked to develop strategies for creating a high performance, geographically distributed architecture. Developed use cases to demonstrate competency in Enterprise Service Bus principles.
· [login to view URL]: Led the design and development of the company’s disaster recovery and failover planning for its BizTalk Server infrastructure. Led the requirements gathering process and developed proposed solutions. Developed strategies for creating a high performance, geographically distributed architecture. Worked to analyze current customer processes to determine areas of improvement and process optimizations.
· State of Alabama – DHR: Led the design and development of service oriented architecture and infrastructure for integrating Mainframe data and exposing via MOSS/InfoPath 2007. Led the proof of concept process to demonstrate capabilities of Microsoft’s Host Integration Server. Provided training on the architecture and design of the proposed solution.
· Calyon Bank/SetClear: Led the design and development of service-oriented architecture and infrastructure for middle and back office processing. Led the proof of concept process for a business process automation tool. Developed strategies for creating a high performance, geographically distributed architecture. Analyzed current customer processes to determine areas of improvement and process optimizations.
· Protective Insurance: Led the design and development of BizTalk Server architecture and infrastructure for the initial BizTalk Server implementations. Worked to mentor members of the development team to emphasize BizTalk Server architecture, design, and development best practices and processes. Assisted in the development and deployment of the first three BizTalk Server applications.
· Microsoft Patterns and Practices: Worked as the Technical architect and engagement manager for a team that developed an enterprise service bus (ESB) guidance for Microsoft Patterns and Practices. The solution aggregated exception information, a service registry, and exception notifications for the ESB solution. Built the portal on ASP.NET 2.0 and the Microsoft Enterprise Library and integrated the portal with SQL Server 2005 databases to store exception, audit, and service registry data. The portal was part of a larger BizTalk Server R2 ESB framework that the company ma
## Area of Expertise
**Specialization**
| Business: | Business Process Integration, Business Process Management, Quality Assurance and Software Development. |
| Testing: | Mercury Test Director, Microsoft TFS – Test Manager |
| Business Intelligence: | SQL Server 2005/2008, SQL Server Reporting Services, SQL Server Analysis Services |
| Programming: | C#,VB.NET, SQL, ASP.NET, HTML, Java |
| Platform: | Windows, .NET, Mainframe, CICS, MVS, AS400 |
| Database: | SQL Server 2005/2008, Oracle 10g/11i |
| Tools: | Team Foundation Server 2010, Visio, MS Office, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. |
| Integration: | BizTalk Server 2009/2010, Host Integration Server 2004/2006, K2 blackpearl, K2 blackpoint, TIBCO iProcess, MetaStorm |
