Gokul Baby Alex

Hi, I am Gokul Baby Alex, IT Architect with IBM India, Global Business Services. I specialize on Enterprise Content and Web Technology. I am passionate about Software Economics, Cognitive computing and Data Science.

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Gokul Baby Alex is a seasoned IT architect with strategic vision and out-of-box thinking to compose creative solutions to business problems. An energetic, innovative and results-driven professional with experience and successful track record in application architect positions for ECM, Portal and KM implementations.Graduate in Electronics & Telecommunications, Gokul Alex entered Software Engineering career in 2005. He began the career working with state of the art Internet Technology for Citibank Internet Banking Platform specializing in Interwoven ECM Suite and J2EE based Portal framework. During this experience, he gained exposure to International Business ecosystem. His next project was an Agile based e-Commerce Portal ECM platform for Singapore Airlines which demanded high aesthetics and cutting edge technology stack. He has evolved many reusable assets and Portal ECM integration tools in this challenging experience. Now as part of IBM GBS, he is an SME & ITA for Autonomy ECM Suite and a niche stack of Web Technology. Along with this role in the Ericsson Account, he is pursuing his interest in Mobile Computing, Data science and Enterprise Social Media.As an IT Architect I have displayed expertise and insight in • Digital Content Strategies and Social Media Analysis• Evolving Content Governance & Compliance models• ECM Vendor map and comparative evaluation of their offerings • Stand-alone & Web based application Development and Server Administration • Quality Software Engineering, Performance tuning and Application modernization • Devising Operational agility and Process maturity stability in maintenance phase• Global Delivery Model and Various Business ArchitecturesMy project experiences span across Enterprise Portals, Web Content & Knowledge Management platforms, Mobile Computing and Enterprise Social Media. I have performed various roles such as ECM analyst, Digital Media strategist, KM Expert, XML Architect, Java Programmer and Information Architect.

Senior Associate, Platform L1 at SapientNitro

February 2011 - November 2011

- Interwoven ECM Suite development for e-Commerce portal - Technology Strategist for Portal ECM design and development - Code review and refactoring for Java + XML applications - ECM Consultant from Sapient at Singapore Airlines - Workflow + Content Delivery + UI Optimization - Java ECM + XSLT + XPath development

Interwoven Consultant from Ubique Systems at Sapient Corporation

October 2010 - January 2011

- Software Consultant for Interwoven WCM platform - CMS Navigation Integration in Spring Webflow - CMS Developer for workflow enhancements & XSLT templates - Java based DataDeploy components - UITK Tweaks using CSSDK

Associate Consltant at Polaris Software Lab

October 2005 - September 2009

Roles in CMS platform: - Team Lead in ICMS Polaris team. - Onsite Project coordinator at Citibank ITO. - Interwoven consultant for Citibank CMS, EMEA, LATAM. Roles in J2EE Platform: - Portal Developer for Struts based MVC architecture. - System Administrator for JFP Germany project. - Build and Release coordinator for JFP Germany EBS.

Interwoven Consultant from Polaris Software Lab at Citibank N.A.

August 2007 - December 2008

- Software Consultant for Interwoven WCM platforms in APAC, EMEA & LATAM. - Production support for Interwoven CMS platforms - Participated in the usability & web 2.0 rebranding study - Enhancements for workflows & deployment architecture

Advisory System Analyst, Global Business Services at IBM

November 2011

IT Architect in the Business Analytic Optimization practice for Global Business Services Delivery. - Maintenance and Enhancement for Autonomy based ECM platform and Majordomo based Mailing list application. - SME and Chief innovator for Account level Technology Collaboration community - ECM migration support from Autonomy TeamSite Suite to Drupal. - Coordinator for Risk Management, Knowledge Management and Business Service Management Initiatives - Member of Smart Phone App development On Demand Community. - Secondary Support for WebTrends based Web Analytics. - Mentor for ECM team on the best practices in the industry.

Tamil Nadu Open University

2005 – 2007

Master of Science (MSc)

University of Kerala

2001 – 2005

B.Tech

Concentration: Electronics & Communication

Government Arts College

1999 – 2001

Undergraduate in Sciences

Concentration: Pre; Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics

Krist Raj High School

1998 – 1999

SSLC

Concentration: Physics, Chemistry, Maths

Software Economics, Mobile Computing, Content Analytics, Social Media Strategy