The document provides credentials and experience for Jeff Yeker and Vadim Katsman, who offer architecture services. Their mission is to deliver predictable results for solutions by boosting management confidence through transparency and ease of change. They propose an approach involving business and IT strategy, subject matter expertise, and architecture for applications, data, infrastructure, and quality to achieve reliable, available, and secure results aligned with business needs.

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S e r v i c e O f fe r i n g
By J ef f Ye ke r a n d Va d i m Ka t s m a n
Architecture as a Discipline

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Credentials
Mr. Yeker has over 20 years of experience in addressing business concerns thru software engineering, business engineering and data engineering
fields.
He worked for a number of companies as a Technical Program Manager, Solution Architect, Team Lead, and Data Architect, including Quaker
Oats, Ameritech, Motorola, Allstate, Liberty Tax Services, Sears, BCBSA, US Cellular, ITW, AbbVie, Abbott.
He is the founder and a president of SYGPro Technologies, Inc. – a consulting company that is focused on utilizing proven Methodology and
“Know-How”, to enable delivery of solutions that Business wants and trusts. SYGPro Technologies utilized it’s “flagship” software product –
ServProGuard to facilitate open and transparent communication between Business and IT Organizations.
Jeff has an excellent business vision, combined with hands on technology experience in the field. He has developed deep business knowledge in
various industries, and has credible leadership and management skills.
Mr. Katsman has over 20 years of experience in the software engineering, business engineering and data engineering fields.
He worked for a number of companies as a software engineer, senior software engineer, and senior consultant, including Deloitte & Touché Tax
Technologies, Xerox Capital Services, GE, Citadel Investment Group, Trading Technologies, HBOC Enterprise Systems, Campbell Software and
Quantra Corporation. During this period he also took on roles of team leader and solutions architect.
He is the founder and a president of SCT Alternative, Inc. – a consulting company that is focused on connecting, customizing and extending
business systems. The company has delivered business solutions for supply chain management, manufacturing, distribution,
telecommunications, financial services and retail. SCT Alternative has been engaged by Deloitte, Siemens, GETCO, and a number of other
companies.
Vadim has an excellent technology vision combined with hands on experience in the field. He has developed deep business knowledge in
various industries, and has credible leadership and management skills.

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Mission Statement
We guide stakeholders and technology leaders to deliver
predictable results for every solution.
Leads to:
• Boosting the confidence for upper management by knowing where we are
going
• Minimizing waste by knowing who and when we need
• Sustaining success through transparency and ease of change

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Boosting the confidence for upper management by knowing where we are going
Cheapest System is a System on the wall
S
Sales
Operations
Fulfillment
Accounting
Finance
S1
Make a Sale
O1
Produce a
deliverable
F1
Deliver to
Customer
A1
Report Sale
S2
Collect
commissions
A2
Pay Commission
A2
Collect Payment
F1
Post/Record Sale
F2
Post/Record
payment
F3
Post/Record
commissions
F4
Reconcile
books

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Cheapest System is a System on the wall
IT Organization
Responsible
For
Success
wants
When Business and IT Stakeholders
agree using “wall” on how system
should behave it simply becomes a
question of “WHEN?”. Since to
everybody involved solution just
becomes tangible a visible. And it
stays on the wall for others to see
Business Stakeholders
We see it!
We got it!

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Problem Statement
Do you agree that many IT projects:
• Do not have clear definition of business outcome
• Start without roadmap and detailed documentation
• Do not have support from business sponsors due to unknown costs
• Executed without predictable results, budget and schedule
• Produce inaccurate results
• Do not meet expectations of stakeholders and users
Eroded trust between business and IT.

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Solution Statement
CIOneeds
Planning and strategy Business Architect
Solution Architect
Application Architect
Visualization
Predictability
Met expectations of business sponsors and users
On time, on budget
Aligned with business needs
Well orchestrated execution
Predictable and repeatable results
Visualized business processes and systems
Business Stakeholders

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Solid Approach to Technology Solutions
Before Breaking Ground
• Business Strategy
• IT Strategy
• Subject Matter Expertise
• Solution Architecture
Predictable Results and Robust Solutions
• Enterprise Architecture
• Application Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Quality and Validation Architecture
Reliable, Available, Secure
• Infrastructure Architecture

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Successful Application Architecture

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Roles in Successful IT Organization
Program Manager
Project A
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Application Architect
Application DBA
Technical Delivery Lead / Developers
QA Manager, Lead / Testers
Project Manager
Business Analyst
Application Architect
Application DBA
Technical Delivery Lead / Developers
QA Manager, Lead / Testers
Enterprise Architect
Business Architect / IT Strategy
Solution Architect
Database Administration
Data Architect
Infrastructure Architect
Quality and Validation Architect
Project B