Brian Joseph Garback

Professional experience

Profile A Band 7 Technology Strategy consultant with a pair of computer science degrees, Mr.
Garback is familiar with research and development concepts, IT Strategy and
Component Business Modeling. The depth of his technical background coupled with his
interpersonal and analytical skills enable him to hit the ground running in any
environment. He has led or participated in every phase of a strategy and change
lifecycle and delivered work products and client communication with exceptional success
as evidenced by his two 1 and one 2+ ratings in his three years with IBM.

Employer History 02/2006 - To date IBM, District of Columbia, United States of America
Technology Strategy Consultant
Achievements:
- 2008: Performance rated 1
- 2007: Performance rated 1
- 2007: Approved for level Professional Development Framework
level 3 and promoted to Band 7
- 2006: Performance rated 2+

Roles:
- Component Business Modeling, Business Process Modeling, and IT
Strategy expert at the US Department of Agriculture, Rural
Development Agency
- IT Governance consultant, working to develop and implement the
organization changes for the IRS Enterprise Governance Framework

07/2004 - 12/2005 University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science,

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant
- Was the lead teaching assistant for a Discrete Math course
- Researched with a group focused on computer applications for
medicine, specifically on establishing and managing trust between
domains to share medical data or prescriptions
- Implemented a delegatable role-based authorization system with
cross-domain attribute exchange using C# and Java web services,
XACML, WSE, and Subversion

05/2002 - 08/2003 University of Virginia, Department of Computer Science,

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America
Research Assistant
- Researched survivability in information systems
- Sought to improve emergency response to coordinated terrorist
attacks.
- Worked on the design and Java implementation of a mechanism to
specify, deploy, and manage large numbers of sensors and actuators
using Java swing and socket libraries

Assignment History 06/2009 - To date USTRANSCOM - Command, Control, Communications, &

Computer Sys's (TCJ6), St. Louis, Missouri, United States of
America

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 Distribution Portfolio Management Subject Matter Expertise
Business Process Modeling and Requirements Definition Senior
Analyst
Project Description: Applied subject matter expertise in scoping and
delivering business process modeling and requirements definition
efforts:
- Applied expertise in methods (SOA lifecycle, BPM, requirements
management) and tools (CBM, WBM, System Architect, WBM and
the WebSphere suite) to strategically guide contractor and
government leaders within TRANSCOM
- Analyzed the current IT Governance process to identify
bottlenecks and inconsistencies with the goal of standardizing the
process and shortening cycle times
- Scoped and delivered an effort focusing on identifying technical
requirements for the Agile Transportation for the 21st Century
(AT21) program which was designed to provide improved
time-definite delivery and best-value transportation solutions to fully
support combatant commanders’ movement requirements
- Developed resources local to St. Louis by training and advising
local resources in the above-mentioned methods and tools

12/2008 - 05/2009 US Navy - Naval Surface Warfare Center, District of Columbia,

United States of America
Naval Surface Warfare Centers Strategic Analysis of Business
Operations
Business Strategy and CBM Consultant
Project Description: IBM worked with the U.S. Navy (DoN), Naval
Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Headquarters to assist the
leadership in assessing the operations of the Warfare Centers to
identify opportunities to increase efficiencies while providing timely
quality support to U.S. Navy warfighters with an understanding of
the budget challenges Navy leadership faces and its desire to drive
down the cost of doing business.

IBM employed Issue Based Consulting (IBC) and the Component

Business Modeling (CBM) methodology to conduct this strategic
analysis. Issue Based Consulting is a technique used to correctly
diagnose a situation and arrive at fact based conclusions. CBM is a
top-down strategic management framework of an organization’s
core capabilities that is used to frame decisions and align
operations with strategy.

I worked as part of a two-person IBM team directly with the client to

collect, structure, and analyze key operational and financial data
based on managements’ top challenges. As part of this analysis,
we worked with the NSWC and other key stakeholders to:

1. Identify the appropriate data to collect and analyze;

2. Develop the appropriate mechanisms to collect data;
3. Synthesize data from eight Naval Surface Warfare Centers to
draw fact based conclusions;
4. Develop a component business model of NSWC identifying key
organizational competencies and functional business components;

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 5. Map the data to the NSWC CBM to provide leadership strategic
insight into the entire organization. The combination of several
analytical views provides the foundation for focusing management’s
attention on a few key parts of the organization; and,
6. Highlight functional business components of NSWC that offer the
greatest opportunity for improvement, specialization, or innovation.

10/2008 - 12/2008 Loyola University in Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

of America
Loyola University in Maryland IT Strategy
IT Strategy Consultant
Project Description: We delivered an Information Technology
Roadmap aligned with the Loyola Strategic Plan, which enabled
Loyola to more effectively manage its technology organization and
resources.

Working with the project manager and our direct client, the CIO, I
participated in every aspect of the three phase engagement:
1. Conducting interviews - Facilitating focus groups with over 100
university stakeholders including students, faculty, and staff
including the President's Cabinet, Board of Trustees, and their
supporting AVPs and Directors.
2. Conducting analysis - Identifying leading practices, sample IT
strategy cases, drawing findings from the interviews, and
developing a conceptual architecture for Loyola IT.
3. Developing recommendations - Establishing a project portfolio,
prioritizing initiatives, and planning a roadmap to realize IT strategic
goals

07/2008 - 10/2008 Office of Personnel Management, District of Columbia, United

States of America
Human Resources Line of Business - Integration Support Project
Enterprise Architecture Analyst
Project Description: The overall vision of the HR LOB is
Governmentwide, modern, cost-effective, standardized, and
interoperable HR solutions providing common, core functionality to
support the strategic management of human capital and addressing
duplicative HR systems and processes across the Federal
Government.

Though these standard e-government solutions are being

developed and deployed across the federal government agencies,
these “unfunded mandates” are currently being handled in a
stove-piped manner. The Integration Support Project (ISP) was
initiated to provide an end-to-end view of common HR solutions and
their interrelationships and compile available information and
resources to help HR LOB Shared Service Centers and customer
agencies effectively envisage, design, and implement common HR
solutions to interoperate with one another and with agency-specific
solutions.

My responsibilities consisted of:

- Managing the project according stated dates and deliverables

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 - Establishing an effective approach to cross-organization data
collection
- Facilitating meetings with e-government initiative managers to
gather the necessary information
- Synthesizing the system information to develop an End-to-End
view of common HR solutions

06/2008 - 08/2008 Cobb County Georgia, Marietta, Georgia, United States of America
Government Portal Strategy and Implementation Roadmap (CBM)
CBM Senior Analyst
Project Description: IBM designed and built citizen-focused portal
for Cobb County’s government that is enterprise wide, broadly
functional, full service, and constituent facing.

IBM delivered the portal according to a strategic roadmap

developed using Component Business Modeling (CBM) using the
following steps:
1. We produced an e-Government Business Model (EBM) providing
a map of the functional areas that comprise the County.
2. Working with the County's key stakeholders, we attributed three
views of this map:
- Current Technology and Project Portfolio support
- Strategic Objectives of the county
- eGovernment effectiveness
3. We identified tactical e-Government initiatives and delivered a
roadmap for portal implementation

This specifically included:

- Developing a functional view (Component Business Model) for
county government tailored to Cobb County
- Facilitating several strategy sessions with large attendance
including County executives and management
- Identifying high priority County functions (hot components) based
on e-government best practices and the current state of Cobb
County's IT system maturity

01/2008 - To date US Department of Agriculture, Rural Development, CIO, District of

Columbia, United States of America
USDA RD IT Strategic Roadmap (CBM)
Technology Strategy Consultant
Project Description: As a consultant, developed, documented, and
delivered a Component Business Model, business process
definitions, and prioritized investment recommendations for the US
Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.

Detailed responsibilities include:

- Documented existing Rural Development (RD) strategic plans and
business objectives and developed business perspective of EA as
a Component Business Model (CBM)
- Identified key RD business activities and business components
value chains/streams, and alignment/misalignment
- Developed IT and strategic management perspectives in relation
to business line model mappings

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 - Developed graphical map of RD business model and critical
issues (pain points) as the Hot Components on the CBM
- Documented Level 1 and 2 target processes using WebSphere
Business Modeler (WBM)
- Documented the IT environment for the “hot” zones to include
types of analysis determined by information and data availability
- Provided ongoing knowledge transfer in business process design
and use of the modeling tool through demonstrations and
workshops
- Developed high-level roadmap to provide a structured approach to
achieving the target architecture
- Built an Enterprise Architecture Transition Plan to position USDA
RD for investment decisions and business case support including
sequenced activities based upon prioritization and dependencies
and IT Investment Management Information and provided
foundational input to OMB 300 development process

03/2006 - To date Internal Revenue Service, MITS, Lanham, Maryland, United States
of America
IRS IT Governance
Team Member and Junior Analyst
Project Description: As a Junior analyst, developed, planned, and
implemented a model for Enterprise IT Governance tailored to the
needs of the IRS.

The project sought to:

- Establish an Enterprise Governance Model and define and detail
the structure, roles and responsibilities, authorities, and agent
interfaces needed to implement effective governance
- Develop an Implementation Strategy and Approach describing
how to best incrementally implement the governance model with
details around the roll-out sequence, transitional activities, and
timeframes associated with the transition
- Support the successful implementation of the Enterprise
Governance Model
- Work with stakeholders enterprise-wide to assemble a list of all IT
investments requiring governance or control
- Assist with the integration of the Future State Governance Model
with key initiatives and related agent interfaces within Enterprise
Services such as project control reporting and Enterprise Portfolio &
Project Management using ProSight
- Develop an IRS intranet website for the Program Governance
Office focusing on stakeholder communication to share
Governance standards, meeting minutes, and other documentation
with the IRS community

With nearly two years spent with the IRS, I gained much domain
expertise in the IRS programs including:
- Organization Change
- Transition Management
- Enterprise Life Cycle and Enterprise Life Cycle Lite

Key Skills IBM Tool Expertise: Component Business Modeling Tool, WebSphere Business

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 Modeler, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational System Architect, Rational Requirements
Composer
Strong familiarity with the Microsoft Office suite (2000 and XP) - PowerPoint, Visio,
Project, Excel, Word
Software development abilities - ASP .Net, C#, Java, PHP, SQL, C/C++, SQL, PERL,
JavaScript, XML, HTML, Python
Database administration and Systems Development Experience (JAD/RAD)
Other Software Development Packages - Visual Studio, Forte, Eclipse, SourceSafe,
Subversion, CBM4IT, SQL Server 2000,

Key Courses and Training:

Training Component Business Modeling Tool and Method
WebSphere Business Modeler
IT Strategy
Strategic Planning and Implementation
CBM4IT
Enterprise Architecture
ITIL 2.0 Foundation - Configuration Management

Certifications:
IBM Certified SOA Associate
ITIL 2.0 Foundation Certification
Education

Qualifications Bachelors of Science in Computer Science

University of Virginia, United States of America, 2004
Thesis Title: Information System Survivability and its Application to Emergency
Response, 2004

Masters of Computer Science in Computer Science

University of Virginia, United States of America, 2005

Languages English Fluent

French Basic

Other relevant information

Other job-related Component Business Modeling SME:

activities - Developed training material for latest releases of the CBM Tool
- Delivered CBM Tool training to practitioners and provided guidance as necessary with
specific engagements
- Collaborated as a user with IBM Research to develop advanced features of the CBM
Tool and correct bugs and issues
- Presented several Public Sector "Lunch and Learn" sessions to introduce practitioners
to CBM Tool and method

WebSphere Business Modeling SME:

- Provided formal "Proof of Technology" training and ad hoc guidance as necessary to
practitioners across various clients and projects

Strategy & Change, Technology Strategy (TS) Performance Management (January 2008
to date):
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 - Developed analytics and reporting for TS management and practitioners based on
weekly data for utilization and for our pipeline of opportunities
- Delivered these analytical reports weekly for TS management

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