Rohit Kapoor

Hi, I'm Rohit V. Kapoor, a seasoned, Senior Enterprise Architect for Financial Institutions.

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A very senior Enterprise Architect with strong Financial and Business skills. Working as an independent Enterprise Architect specializing in the Financial industry. MBA Candidate at Chicago Booth School of Business; on Dean's Honor List. In past, led Red Hat's JBoss in Canada; led IBM WebSphere team as an Enterprise Architect, and served as the Team team for WebSphere Application Server. A unique combination of valuable skills – strong IT professional who understands the world of Finance. • Previously, I was a top performer at IBM for the past 7 years. Consistently rated 1 (extraordinary) by IBM's internal employee rating system. • Possessing a strong understanding of financial markets and financial instruments. Currently pursuing the highly competitive MBA program, with a concentration in Finance, at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business. The only resident Canadian currently admitted to this prestigious and top ranked MBA program (ranked #1 MBA program in North America by Business Week, followed by Harvard and Wharton). • Proven business skills. Led the WebSphere technical team for IBM in the Ontario Large Enterprise segment as an Advisory Enterprise Architect to IBM's business development teams. Helped grow the IBM’s WebSphere brand by double digits, in the competitive and important Central Canada/Toronto Region. • Proven and demonstrated strong leadership skills. I have over 3 years of experience as a successful Team Leader for the IBM flagship product, WebSphere Application Server. The only Canadian to have led such a team at IBM. • Very strong innovation skills. Holding the title of the youngest IBM Master Inventor at IBM Toronto Lab with a patent portfolio of over 14 patents spread over Java EE, and Mobile technologies. • Possessing a strong education background – previously graduated at the top of the class with a Master's degree in Computer Science from the University of Alberta, with a perfect GPA of 9.0/9.0.

Co-Founder and Director at Grey Layer Consultants Inc.

September 2009 - December 2011

Co-founder of Grey Layer Consultants Inc.

Senior Enterprise Solutions Architect - National (Canada) at Red Hat

June 2009 - July 2010

A Senior Enterprise Architect with strong financial and business skills. Currently working as a Senior National Enterprise Architect for Red Hat in Canada. I lead Red Hat's JBoss technology brand in Canada. I work with some of the biggest Canadian companies and banks in this role - helping them achieve their business goals using appropriate IT solutions.

Senior Advisory Enterprise Architect at IBM

August 2001 - May 2009

Led the WebSphere technical team for IBM in the Ontario Large Enterprise segment as an Advisory Enterprise Architect to IBM's business development teams. Helped grow the WebSphere brand by double digits, in the competitive and important Central Canada/Toronto Region. I was awarded multiple “IBM Bravo” and achievement awards for my work in this role.

Team Leader And Architect: IBM WebSphere Application Server at IBM

February 2003 - June 2006

IBM’s WebSphere Application Server is the leading Java JEE/J2EE Application Server in the industry, ranked #1 by Gartner and one of the most important and strategic Enterprise software products for IBM. This software is heavily used to create Enterprise applications at the biggest Canadian banks and Financial Institutions. I was the lead architect for WebSphere Application Server’s Canadian development team; the only Canadian to have led such a team at IBM. I not only led a team of developers but also designed and architected the WebSphere Application Server’s critical profiles component which creates and hosts the runtime environment for the server. I hold US Patent# 2006/0123409-A1 for the architectural design of this critical WebSphere component.

Senior Enterprise Architect at A Large Financial Institution

June 2010

Independent Consulting Enterprise Architect Specializing in Large Financial Institutions.

The University of Chicago - Booth School of Business

2009 – 2012

MBA

University of Alberta

1999 – 2001

Master of Computer Science

Concentration: Software Architecture and Engineering

Finance, Financial Instruments, Computer Science, Enterprise Architecture, and BBQ.