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Brenda M. Michelson
Contributing Architect (PDF of Full Bio)
Current Research Focus:
- Enterprise Integration: Application, Information, Process, and Services
- Service-Oriented Architecture
- Web Services
- Event-Driven Architecture
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Expertise
Brenda M. Michelson is a Contributing Architect to the Patricia Seybold Group.
Michelson is both a strategist and a hands-on practitioner,
specializing in IT architecture, business solution planning, and IT transformation.
Michelson
demonstrates her holistic, yet pragmatic, approach to IT architecture with
her Business-Driven ArchitectureSM (BDA) philosophy. Michelson based BDA on
the simple premise that architecture is not an end goal in itself, but rather
a
means for the development and delivery of agile and sustainable IT business
solutions. Business-Driven ArchitectureSM spans architecture definition, consumption,
and execution.
In addition to her ongoing work with BDA, Michelson contributes to both research
and consulting at the Patricia Seybold Group on service-oriented architecture
(SOA). Of particular note is Michelson's creation and field-testing of
the Service Discovery Methodology.
Michelson honed her extensive IT knowledge during 19 years of corporate IT
experience, beginning with hands-on development roles and progressing through
the ranks (and across technology paradigms) to senior IT leadership.
Most recently, Michelson was Chief Enterprise Architect for L.L. Bean, a well-known
multichannel retailer. At L.L. Bean, after founding the enterprise architecture
practice, Michelson was responsible for the articulation and execution of the
enterprise architecture strategy, which included transforming the shop to J2EE
and delivering the foundation architectures: service-oriented architecture,
enterprise integration architecture, and event-driven architecture.
In addition to architecture, Michelson was responsible for guiding, delivering,
and managing portions of L.L. Bean's application, information, and infrastructure
portfolios. Michelson's domain expertise includes order capture and fulfillment,
customer service, commerce, point of sale, merchandising, marketing, inventory
management, and back-office operations. Finally, as a senior IT leader, Michelson
played a key role in strategic and annual planning and talent development.
Background
Earlier in her career, over the course of a decade, Michelson
provided development services—programming, design, systems analysis,
database administration, and project leadership—for companies in insurance,
banking, chip manufacturing, and aircraft engine design.
Education
Michelson holds a B.S. from Bryant College, from which she
graduated summa cum laude.
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