Robert Dodson Robert is an independent consultant with over 30 years of experience in professional delivery of on target, business-benefit focused, cost effective consulting engagements. His career has been and continues to be one characterized by solid results-oriented follow-thru across several key areas of expertise in today's corporate reality. These include Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, Consulting Enterprise Architect, SOA Success Coach, and an exclusive speciality, Command Performance Innovation™ Take a moment to consider the value this seasoned professional could lend to your top IT challenges, for example, Enterprise Architecture objectives, SOA adoption organizational change issues or key infrastructure architecture decisions and more. Résumé. . . contact Robert. . .          Robert Dodson - IT Architect Here are some example recommendations for Robert from a couple of recent engagements. Consulting Enterprise Architect Lincoln Financial Group Bob is a bright, articulate, thoughtful and disciplined senior IT architect and leader. He takes a holistic view when examining all issues and is able to communicate complex issues to variety of audiences. With no perceptible ego, he is capable of examining a position for strengths and weaknesses, regardless of ownership. And while he has added tremendous value by helping to create countless new enterprise capabilities, Bob is also a steadfast and careful steward of existing IT investments. I have seen firsthand evidence that Bob is an expert in numerous IT disciplines including security, application development and infrastructure. He is also a great teacher, and I always learn something from him in our interactions. Bob is a real pleasure to work with and I wholeheartedly give him my highest recommendation. June 8, 2007 Frederick Johnson, Director, Architecture Assurance, Lincoln Financial Group Consulting Architect Allstate Insurance Bob Dodson is undoubtedly the most well mannered, calm yet driven, eloquent, logical and experienced technical resource I have ever met in my 22 years as an IT professional. During the three years I worked with Bob on the Alliance project at Allstate Insurance, I came to know that he is qualified to take on any technical challenge he chooses. Bob's mix of technical proficiency in the areas of enterprise architecture and security, coupled with his charisma and poetic prose is an unusual combination befitting only the most influential leaders of our field. December 21, 2007 Bret Raedel, IT Consultant, TEK Systems I had worked on a number of projects with Bob and found him to be the man with the answers. If there were any really "sticky" technical situations, Bob was always the go-to guy. I am very impressed with Bob's technical knowledge and his desire to always learn more. An IT project couldn't ask for a better architect than Bob. July 23, 2007 James Bohnhoff, Project Manager, Allstate Insurance Co. Robert is one of the most knowledgeable and technically gifted people I have ever met. A wealth of information, advice and solutions, he has a way of standing out in a crowd. February 26, 2007 Johnny Rogers, Business Analyst, Allstate Insurance Robert truly provided great value. He possesses both depth and breadth in a variety of web and application development technologies and tools. He is level headed and understands the importance of addressing people, process and technology dimensions in the context of addressing business issues and opportunities. February 16, 2007 Top qualities: Great Results, Expert, Creative Tom Roberts Senior Manager, Allstate Insurance Robert is focused and driven in all of his tasks. He will make sure requirements are communicated and all business needs are completed to expectations. February 14, 2007 John Paul Rivera, Network Engineer, Allstate Insurance Robert and I worked on various projects including the Extreme Programming methodology pilot and implementation of the online eCommerce system. He has a broad range of technical expertise within both J2EE and . NET technologies. He was a pleasure to work with and his advice was always held in high regard. I highly recommend. February 10, 2007 Tom Pataluch, Software Engineer, Tech Lead, Allstate Insurance Company Bob is a bright articulate individual that is very diligent and reflective. Bob’s technical insight and focus on business results is refreshing. February 10, 2007 David Lipien, Managing Consultant, IBM worked directly with Robert at Allstate Insurance I have had the pleasure of working with Robert for several years. He is incredibly intelligent, management savvy, and very easy to work with. Bob has a voracious appetite for learning new technologies and improving his technique. I highly recommend Bob for projects requiring thought leadership and solid design. February 9, 2007 Mark Woods, Architect, Allstate Insurance Company Bob and I were on the J2EE reference architecture working group at Allstate where he stood out as a very articulate actively-participating contributing member. Afterwards, our paths crossed again on the mission-critical Alliance project on which Bob served as application architect and my role was that of the Java framework lead. Bob impressed me with his engaging communication style as well as technical expertise on broad range of topics. February 7, 2007 Wan Yee Reinherz, Integration Architect, Allstate Insurance On a few large-scale projects, Bob and I represented 2 different organizations within Allstate. Bob was a great contact person for his organization. I enjoyed working with him. He demonstrated strong technical skills and a very responsive manner. Bob was articulate. In his communications, Bob kept a good balance between high-level view and technical details. He had a clear high-level view of the systems, and he described the architecture in concise language. He was responsive, which made me feel we were working for the same organization within Allstate. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend Bob for any future projects. February 7, 2007 Tony Liu, Software Engineer/Architect, Allstate Insurance Bob Dodson was the chief Security Architect for Webshpere Kerberos Single Sign On project. The solutions he architected not only leveraged the cutting technologies, but also leverages Allstate's existing infrastructure. He always found a right balance between existing technologies and new technologies for a solution. He is also a detail oriented architect understanding business needs. It was very enjoyable experience to work with him and under his clear vision. February 6, 2007 Brian Chien, IT Consultant, Allstate Insurance Company Bob Dodson designed, documented and implemented the J2EE security architecture and enterprise help architecture for Allstate's new insurance transaction processing system. Bob used his extensive knowledge of J2EE and Object Oriented design principles to build frameworks for a large-scale web-based project at Allstate. The project has been extremely successful. Bob earned the respect of the developers, architects and managers that worked with him. He was also instrumental in developing multiple web applications at Allstate and was a valuable resource whenever difficult technical issues were discussed. In addition, he easily and thoroughly articulates proposed solutions and their merits and limitations. February 6, 2007 Mark Wittman, Software architect, Allstate Bob did a great job advising our team during implementation of a large-scale, multi-year software project involving customers, agents and legacy systems. His role was the design and development of the architecture for this project and his contributions ensured it's success. He is very knowledgeable and professional. I highly recommend him and I look forward to working with him again soon. February 6, 2007 Ed Pudlo, Web Architect and Developer, Allstate Insurance Company I highly recommend Bob. I have worked with him over the course of several years and he is a valued member of each team he has been on. In areas where we worked together, he has shown to not only be a top tier technician, but also a top communicator. He has an open mind and seeks to understand when making recommendations. February 6, 2007 Kevin Rice, Director/Enterprise Architect, Allstate Insurance Co. I worked with Robert in several situations that required intelligence, experience insight and patience. Robert demonstrated all these qualities and helped us deliver solutions that were smart, reasonable and effective. I'd work with him again in a minute. February 6, 2007 Patricia Kelley, Content Architect, Allstate Insurance Bob is as good as they come with regards to IT security. I learned a ton from him and hope to have the opportunity to work with him again. Professional, intelligent, personable. Great to work with. February 6, 2007 Steve Frusolone, Architect, Allstate Robert has an excellent command of the enterprise's infrastructure helping him develop solid solutions to meet business needs. He is articulate and works well with his technology peers and business clients. May 15, 2006 Brian Johnson was a consultant or contractor to Robert at Allstate Insurance Bob worked as an architect on a large scale web based technology project for my organization. We were using Java and Websphere along with a host of other technologies to implement an insurance policy processing system. Bob was the go to person for technical issues. He was called in many times to help resolve some of our most complex issues. Bob was well respected within the team. April 21, 2006 Tony Laska, Assistant Vice President, Allstate Insurance Résumé. . . contact Robert. . .          Robert Dodson - IT Architect ©2008 Robert Dodson all rights reserved please visit my entertainment sites topbop! enterprises