Bran Kop worked as an Application Architect for the Government of Canada for 4 months. He investigated and documented architectural options for building a generic web interface to an existing mission critical system. He demonstrated diligence, experience, and a structured approach. As a team member, he listened to others' views and contributed to achieving project objectives. His reference said he would excel as an Enterprise Architect due to his in-depth knowledge and experience architecting enterprise-wide systems.

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REFERENCE CHECK
Candidates’ Name: Bran Kop Date: July 19, 2007
Company Contacted: Government of Canada MCSCS Tel.: 416-327-6560
Person Contacted: ***REFERENCE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST*** Title: Project Manager
Dates of Employment: 10 April 2007 To: 31 July 2007
Candidate Job Title: Application Architect
Reason for Leaving: Project Completed
Working Relationship / Length of time worked together?
We worked together for 4 months
What were his/her major responsibilities?
Investigate, document architectural options for building a generic web interface to existing mission critical & highly sensitive
system, develop solution architecture for this interface, and build a working prototype to demonstrate application architecture
viability and key security features.
Strengths? (Examples)
Diligence, wide experience and knowledge on various topics and areas, and structured approach in solution development
What were some of his/her characteristics that you admired most?
Deep thinker, looks at bigger picture, constant lookout to employ re-usable technologies.
Weaknesses / Areas for improvement
As far as I knew, I did not notice any weakness or shortcomings.
How would you rate his/her communications skills? (Presentations. Written Reports. Documentation)
His communication skills are very good.
How would you rate his/her problem-solving skills?
His problem-solving and analytical skills are excellent.
Was he/she receptive to feedback and constructive criticism? Did he/she use that information to improve their
work?
Yes, Bran is open and receptive of constructive criticism, and at the same time debates and defends intensely on technologies
and architectural decisions.
Was he/she willing to work overtime as required?
Yes, he put in extra time and effort as required.
Can you tell me how he/she performed under pressure?
Under pressure, Bran kept his cool and worked hard to meet the deadlines and expectations, he stepped up when and as
required.

2. Tell me about how he/she contributed as a member of a team?
As a team member, he would listen patiently to everyone’s views and opinions and present his own when he gets his turn. He
constantly worked to achieve the project objectives.
What can you tell me about how he/she interacts with others? (Peers. Subordinates. Managers)
Team player, gels perfectly well with cross-functional teams
How would you rate his/her technical skills?
His technical skills are very good and sound.
Describe the employee’s work ethic. Did he/she show the required initiative for the role?
Always pro-active, keeps in mind the project objectives while maintaining a long-term vision for scalability and re-usability of
the system and application architecture.
We are considering this person for an ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT position.
Do you think he/she would excel in this role? Why?
Definitely. With his in-depth knowledge and extensive experience in architecting solutions for enterprise-wide systems, he
would definitely be an asset and will excel in this new role.
Would he/she be considered by you to be re-hireable?
Yes No Why
not?
Yes, if available, I will consider him to re-hire, for sure.
Additional Comments
Anything else we should be aware of?
None
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Date: 19 July 2007
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