Bogdan Beca
Verified Expert in Engineering
Software Architect and Developer
Bucharest, Romania
Toptal member since May 4, 2021
Bogdan has 20+ years of hands-on experience with enterprise-level systems, delivering tens of large projects for top organizations in energy, pharma, telco, eCommerce, banking, and the public sector. As a solutions architect, Bogdan can drive a solution from concept to production or provide end-to-end POCs (or MVPs) regarding solution architecture, design, development, and release pipelines.
Portfolio
Experience
- SQL - 20 years
- Solution Architecture - 20 years
- APIs - 20 years
- Data Modeling - 20 years
- Data Engineering - 15 years
- Azure - 9 years
- .NET Core - 8 years
- Azure Synapse - 5 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
SQL, Azure, Azure Synapse, .NET Core
The most amazing...
...recent project (MVP) was a global PIM for a large eCommerce ecosystem. I did event-driven architecture and workflow-based, multidimensional async dispatching.
Work Experience
Owner
Ares Software Srl
- Fulfilled diverse roles for various contracting parties, including software engineering, solution architecture and design, data architecture and design, core development, prototyping, and software development.
- Built a proprietary deep learning framework for high performance/high volume Self-Organising Map (SOM) processing on Azure infrastructure.
- Leveraged Azure services like APIM, ADL, Azure DB, and Azure Functions for a distributed edge processing framework (low-level CPU/GPU processing on edge).
Solutions Architect
JT International S.A. - Main
- Participated in high-level design and ensured EA governance for the JTI Digital Ecosystem.
- Evaluated enterprise fitness for new technology adoption by providing POCs or MVPs on specific topics. Developed guidelines and best practices for future technology use.
- Worked as a solution architect in strategic projects and major global initiatives.
- Designed and implemented high-performance ETL/ELT and data pipelines for various projects.
- Controlled and aligned data architecture and data lineage as part of the EA governance.
- Aligned with EA peers and prepared reference architectures on the B2C segment.
- Managed and aligned the EA application portfolio and technology portfolio for marketing and sales solutions.
Senior Consultant
Accenture
- Architected the solutions, created the data architectures, and participated in enterprise COTS implementations for an energy client.
- Implemented and designed a complex ML implementation for oil and gas production forecasting.
- Designed APIs and contributed to the development of Azure and hybrid deployment.
- Provided data modeling and implemented high-performance SQL ETLs for some master data management extensions.
Solution Architect | Developer Lead | Consultant (Contractor)
Strategikon Pharma
- Architected, designed, and handled the core development for a high-performance online transaction processing (OLTP) system on Azure platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for ERP architecture.
- Designed and advised on the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and operational processes and practices.
- Led the development of SQL implementation and API integration.
Operational Architect
OMV PETROM
- Contributed to all business IT initiatives from early demand to validating feasibility, evaluating risks, and proposing architectural scenarios; directly involved, hands-on, in strategic projects.
- Served in a key position during the tendering process, participating in all IT-related activities. Defined the architectural change requests and aligned the architecture lifecycle with portfolio management.
- Defined, guided, and controlled the enterprise data architecture and integration architecture; also defined and maintained the reference architectures and guidelines.
- Designed and implemented high-performance ETL/ELTs for various data integrations.
- Assigned as lead architect in all strategic projects and initiatives.
Data Architect (Contractor)
TeamNet
- Architected and designed the data marts and aggregation strategy for the national pension system.
- Defined the legacy data migration strategy for all legacy pension data scattered on various digital persistence formats.
- Designed and implemented the smart input automatic adapting ETL with “complexity compression."
- Designed and implemented and industrial printing solution for pension payslips (template-based ASCII generation).
Solution Architect | Developer (Contractor)
DIGI
- Design and developed a workflow engine/process orchestrator.
- Participated in CRM data modeling by reversing a legacy CRM implementation.
- Contributed to the design of the enterprise integration solution with surrounding operational systems (ERPs, a billing system); worked on ETL prototyping for Microsoft stack integrations.
Operational Architect
OMV PETROM
- Defined, guided, and controlled the enterprise integration architecture; also defined and maintained the reference architectures and guidelines.
- Built an operational support system for well work over an intervention system (ERP); it involved high-level solution architecture, prototyping the integration with MDS & SAP PM, defining the reporting/aggregation strategy, complex, analytics and KPIs.
- Implemented the MDM, which required refining and aligning a master data management concept for all E&P systems, defining and designing an MDS reference architectural framework using SOA, and technical project management.
- Built an effective log management system, which involved defining the draft architecture and prototyping, designing the MDS integration, and designing and specifying the solution for offline large E&P logs loading/management over low bandwidth connections.
- Led the planning of portfolio and acreage management in Austria, overseeing data modeling for acreage (commercial fields) and reserves/opportunities management. Managed the solution architecture and design.
- Oversaw the architecture and design for the E&P subsurface master data store.
Solution Architect | Business Analyst (Contractor)
OMV PETROM
- Led the analysis, design, and implementation of a web application for well header data gathering (a temporary data gathering tool for data consolidation).
- Migrated the legacy production data which involved risk analysis, defining the migration strategy, bespoke ETLs with Oracle and .NET, and iterative QC support and heuristic matching; it recovered 97.3% of the original data (~1 billion records).
- Analyzed the well lifecycle which required a business analysis to assess IT-relevant WLC process, deliverables, and activities, interviews with businesses in the field, and re-engineering recommendations for optimizing well-status transitions.
Process Engineer | Data Manager (Contractor)
PwC Romania
- Supported the system architecture and provided data management expertise for SOX compliance preparation on behalf of a major local telco's IPO.
- Worked as part of the process engineering team for a massive fixed-asset reconciliation project.
- Developed a temporary fixed-asset solution for capturing fixed assets moving during the reconciliation process.
Business Analyst | Database Designer | Developer (Contractor)
Telekom Romania
- Handled a major telco's OSS implementation and designed the databases for some subsections.
- Analyzed, refined, and formalized business requirements and changes with Rational Rose.
- Developed integration workflows using Oracle advanced queuing and XML outlet feeds.
Solution Architect | Developer (Contractor)
Deuromedia, RO
- Architected and designed a portfolio management solution for a US bank (outsourced development).
- Developed the sore sections in .NET and designed and implemented the databases.
- Provided technical project management in relation with business stakeholders.
Solution Architect | Developer (Contractor)
Transoft, NL/RO
- Led the OLAP architecture, design, and implementation for an enterprise-retail back-end solution on the ARTS framework.
- Developed with .NET the back-end processing services (Windows Services).
- Performed complex aggregations and analytics for reporting (Oracle development).
Solution Architect
Medicarom, RO
- Architected and developed a core SQL Server implementation of EPINET (national epidemiological survey system).
- Coached and advised other projects on database design and integration.
- Implemented in .NET a back-end notification engine.
Solution Architect
Deuromedia, RO
- Designed and developed a complex bandwidth management implementation (OLTP) for satellite broadcast and multicast solutions.
- Supported multiple projects concerning solution architecture and database integration.
- Prototyped the requirements of a new initiative for implementation feasibility.
Experience
Global PIM
WORK DONE
• Proposed and aligned the data flow and information granularity with the project stakeholders to ensure traceability and consistency (of product information) across all enterprises.
• Proposed the solution and integration architecture (event-driven and loosely coupled).
• Aligned architecture with the peer SA responsible for the eCommerce part.
• Participated in the configuration design of Akeneo (SaaS) to comply with the end-to-end agreed process.
• Designed and implemented (MVP) an AF-based service broker to broadcast PIM changes to downstream eCommerce and OMS systems.
• Worked closely in peering with the SA responsible for eCommerce and Akeneo implementation on API interfaces.
Digital Ecosystem | GCC Integration
WORK DONE
• Proposed the integration solution (Lambda architecture).
• Defined and aligned the integration architecture with the peer SA (Accenture).
• Provided a partial solution design (ADL part).
• Provided PoC on ADL- JDBC integration.
• Ensured EA governance on the project.
Office 365 Customer Insights CDM Integration
WORK DONE
• Assessed customer insights architecture and integration opportunities.
• Performed in-depth common data model (CDM) assessment for constraints, extensibility, limitations, and performance.
• Assessed several options for managing CDM in the ADL (Microsoft Spark connector was chosen).
• Defined integration architecture.
• Developed end-to-end PoC (ADL publishing, data preparation, CDM generation, customer insights, consumption, and harmonization).
Enterprise Event-driven Toolkit and Industrialization
WORK DONE
• Implemented Azure Functions with managed identity impersonation, Azure Event Grid handshake abstraction, and event schema control.
• Defined the integration architecture as part of a multidisciplinary architects' team
• Developed Azure Functions for AD impersonation and ARM resources aggregations.
• Provided support in user portal development.
SOM Neural Network
https://github.com/bogdanbeca/ARES_VEGA_DOCS/wikiWORK DONE
• Assessed the AI landscape, particularly types of neural networks (NN) and capabilities, regarding available frameworks and opportunities for new developments (niche vs main trend).
• Identified SOM NN as a particular candidate with great potential in AI fields like discovery, generative, and prediction.
• Built a PoC with several approaches (classic SOM, GSOM, and neural gas) on clustering capabilities (discovery AI) and refined it to a novel approach with proprietary ML algorithms.
• Built a deep learning framework for high-performance/high-volume SOM processing.
Clinical Maestro
WORK DONE
• Produced initial solution architecture and guidelines.
• Provided support for sourcing/tendering outsourcers.
• Leaded data architecture and design.
• Provided technical project management on the OLTP side.
• Developed all critical sections on the DB and part of the back end related to DAL piping.
ML Production Forecast
It's been proven to be 15% more efficient than traditional forecasting on historical regressions.
Incremental Production DSS
Risk-based Inspection (RBI) and Pipeline Integrity Management (PIM)
Key Features:
• Linear referencing (with engineering station points and station equations)
• GIS referencing
• Hundreds of parameters for monitoring each asset for quantitative and qualitative monitoring
• Dynamic segmentation
• FMECA (failure mode, effects, and criticality analysis) risk models for pipelines, flowlines, piping, and static equipment
• SAP PM and MM integration for automation inspection proposal
It has around 100 daily active users (integrity engineers and their teams). We presented the solution at the GITA Oil and Gas Pipeline Conference 2014, Houston, TX, as one of the largest and most complex PODS implementations worldwide.
Oil Field Manager
E&P Master Data Management
Education
Licensed Engineer (Master Degree Equivalent Following the Bolognia Standard) in Electronics and Computer Science
Transilvania University - Brasov, Romania
Skills
Libraries/APIs
Azure Cognitive Services, Azure API Management, SharePoint API, ArcGIS
Tools
Synapse, Microsoft Graph, Microsoft Power BI, Microsoft Excel
Languages
SQL, T-SQL (Transact-SQL), C#, Stored Procedure, UML, JavaScript, Python
Frameworks
.NET, .NET Core, TOGAF, .NET MAUI, Spark, Data Lakehouse, COBIT
Paradigms
OLAP, ETL, Database Design, ITIL, Azure DevOps
Platforms
Oracle, Azure, Azure Synapse, Azure PaaS, Azure Event Hubs, Azure Functions
Storage
Master Data Management (MDM), OLTP, Azure SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Databases, Database Transactions, Microsoft SQL Server, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS), SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS), PL/SQL, SQL Stored Procedures, Data Integration, Database Architecture, Azure SQL Databases, Data Pipelines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Cosmos DB
Other
Enterprise Architecture, Solution Architecture, Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Modeling, APIs, Product Information Management (PIM), Azure Data Lake, ELT, Data Analytics, Complex Data Analysis, Data Analysis, Data Management, Data Warehousing, Data Migration, SaaS, Performance Tuning, Data Governance, MDM, Architecture, BPM, Machine Learning, OpenCL/GPU, Visualization, Azure Data Factory, SOX, CRM APIs, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), eCommerce, Common Data Service, Customer Insights, Digital Marketing
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