David Sterling

David M. Sterling

Direct: +1 704-202-2282 – Office: 888-847-3679 x 704

Email: david_sterling@sterling-consulting.com

Abbreviated Professional Background (Current to 4th Quarter 2017)

Professional Summary

·          Information Architect and specialist in Governance, Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning

·          Extensive background in virtualization and cloud technologies including Azure and others, including familiarity with AWS

·          Extensive background in development of applications (on premise, API, Cloud) and managing development teams

·          Expert architect in Microsoft SharePoint (over 13 years’ experience), SharePoint Online and Office 365

·          Exceptional and engaging communicator, presenter and writer for audiences from C-Level down to developer

·          Proven leader experienced in managing small to very large teams (250+), including international teams

·          Expert Witness/Technical Discovery Expert (case list available to Law Firms only)

Disciplines

Technical architecture, infrastructure development, business continuity planning, disaster recovery planning, management consulting, roadmap development, governance development and execution, program and project management, on premise/cloud and hybrid solutions development, team management and C-Level consulting.

Technologies (partial list)

Windows Server, Hyper-V, VMWare, SQL Server, SharePoint, Office 365/SharePoint Online, Windows Azure, SQL Azure, Active Directory, Exchange, .NET, TFS, Visual Studio, WCF, WFP, TransactSQL, App Development, C#, Visual Basic, CSS3, HTML5, jQuery, JavaScript, AJAX, JSON, oAuth, oData, AJAX, PHP, and multiple CMS.

Professional Summary/Recent Engagements

12/84 – Present: Sterling International Consulting Group – Principal Consultant

Consultant in enterprise information management, collaboration and document management systems. Specialist in the development of global solutions and management planning (Governance, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery). Skilled in multiple disciplines, methodologies and technologies, author of both whitepapers and books and development of training and knowledge transfer programs.

Senior Architect/Advisor –  Mack Defense LLC

1/17 – Present: Re-architecture of a large document and information management system used for the organization for internal and external use. Development of multiple solutions to support a client extranet portal. Forward preparation for migration to Office 365/SharePoint Online, SharePoint Apps and Azure Web Services.

Solution Architect & Advisor – North State

2/17 – 10/17: Part time project to assist in upgrade/migration to a new platform and infrastructure.

Senior Architect/Advisor –  American Kennel Club

9/16 – 5/17: Architecture, design, training and deployment of Office 365/SharePoint Online. Extensive work with the Legal Department to satisfy internal contractual and management requirements.

Advisor/Information Architect – Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation

9/14 – 4/16: Advisor and architect of the information architecture and governance planning for the deployment of a greenfield intranet/extranet system as both a communications and collaboration environment across all of Gulfstream and its suppliers. Worked directly with directors and area experts and provided guidance and assistance to infrastructure and IT development.

Technical Consultant – British Heart Foundation

3/16 – 5/16: Provided corrective guidance in a large intranet environment including infrastructure and the Microsoft Stack.

Senior Consultant/Advisor – North Carolina Department of Transportation

5/14 – 8/14: Direct advisor and architect of the collaboration and communications initiative for transformation to a data focused environment.

Senior Consultant, Infrastructure Architect – Axalta Coating Systems

2/14 – 11/14: Architecture and infrastructure platform review and rebuild of multiple environments providing a global collaboration solution on the Microsoft stack as a new platform to migrate and retire existing Lotus Notes systems. Included coordination an assistance to a worldwide team.

Senior Consultant – City of Dayton

2/14: Review, evaluation and development of a multi-year technical roadmap.

Senior Consultant – Microsoft Consulting Services

5/13 – 1/14: Architect and designer of the solutions platform for a global validated SharePoint deployment to support Bausch & Lomb’s Clinical Trials, Quality & Regulatory compliance efforts including infrastructure, applications and vendor integration.

Solution Architect & Advisor – North State

6/13 – 11/13: Architecture and UI/UX development of a new communications intranet for North State for SharePoint 2010 implemented to support SharePoint 2013 for an enterprise wide upgrade.

Architect/Advisor – Atlanta Housing Authority

2/13 – 10/13: Architecture and development of an extranet “portal” referral tracking system using SharePoint as the platform.

Architect/Advisor – American Homes 4 Rent

2/13 – 8/13: Architecture and development of a custom integration between Dynamics CRM and SharePoint for the management of documents.

Solutions Developer – Eli Lilly

4/13-5/13: Development of solutions and controls for both SharePoint 2010 and SharePoint 2013.

Advisor – Investment Firms/Speculators – Multiple (Confidential)

1/12-3/13: Providing Advisory services and current market analysis on third party products and services around the Microsoft product stack.

Architect/Advisor – Atlanta Housing Authority

8/12 – 12/12: Systems review and risk assessment for the organization covering applications, security, skill levels and infrastructure.

Technical Program Design, SharePoint 2010-2013 Development – U.S. Army – US Wide & Italy

07/2012-12/2012: Development of a complete training program in design and development in SharePoint 2010 (and 2013) across the Microsoft technology stack including Widows, SQL Server, SharePoint Server, SharePoint Designer, Visual Studio 2010/2012.

Enterprise Information Systems Architect – Sealy Mattress Company

12/11 – 7/12: Architect of a corporate wide intranet/extranet and conversion of a Lotus and Adobe environment to SharePoint technologies

Global Information Systems and Infrastructure Architect – Microsoft

09/11 – 12/11: Primary architect in the design of Ernest & Young’s conversion from Lotus Notes/Domino to the Microsoft stack. One of Microsoft’s largest designs in existence with a 4 9’s 7×24 requirement to over 167,000 internal users and 560,000 external users worldwide (including multiple ‘in-country’ environments and regulatory requirements).

Global Intranet Architect and Advisor – BAE Systems

08/11 – 01/12: Corporate wide review and development of an end-to-end roadmap for the implementation of BAE’s global intranet (including work in the UK, Austria and US).

Advisor – Hendrick Motor Sports

07/11 – 08/11: Advisor to guide (and train) in the migration and upgrade of the corporate intranet from SharePoint 2007 to 2010.

Development Architect – Ability Network

06/11 – 08/11: Developed multiple components and implemented a highly customized public facing site using SharePoint 2010 technologies. A rapidly changing ‘target’, this included providing the direct leadership and coordination of a multi-national team (Europe, South America & US).

Architectural Advisor, Management Consultant – Boyden International

01/11 – 01/13: Advisor on platform and technical assistance in operations, including heavy support and execution of corrective measures for problems with integrated ‘off-shore’ solutions.

Business and Technical Advisor, Project Manager – ExxonMobil Corporation (Lubricants & Specialties Division)

02/11 – 06/11: Designer and architect of the global business continuity program across the L&S division for response to critical environment factors and events.

Execution Architect – Andritz, Inc.

09/10 – 02/12: Architect on the global intranet and extranet presence in North America and Europe. Providing as-needed Advisory services for migration of the 2012 platform to 2013 and as usage expands world-wide.

Older projects on request

Publications and Speaking Engagements

·          05/11: Keynote Speaker – The future of SharePoint (regional Partners consolidated program)

·          01/11: Keynote Speaker – Northern & Central New Jersey SharePoint Users Group

·          01/08: Keynote Speaker – “Set Focus Hosts Renowned Author David Sterling”

·          09/07: Author – Book: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 The Complete Reference

·          03/06: Author – Whitepaper: The Definitive Guide to SharePoint Logging

·          06/05: Author – Whitepaper: Portal Architecture and Deployment Management Methodology

·          07/04: Author – Book: The MCMS 2002 Primer

·          03/04-06/04: Co-Author – Book: Microsoft Press® SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit

·          03/04: Author/Presenter – WatchIT.com Straight Talk Series program – “Selecting a Portal – The Next Application Platform”

·          03/02: Author/Presenter – WatchIT.com – “Business Intelligence: Best Practices for Successful Project Management” (republished as a 2nd edition, 12/10)