SUMMARY

Senior Programmer and Business Analyst with extensive experience in all phases of the software development life cycle. Recognized strengths in systems testing, UAT, QA testing, analyzing, designing, managing and implementing complex financial products. Proven success enhancing existing systems with new features and managing client sensitive initiatives. CMM Proficient.

Core strengths include:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

PeopleSoft Business Development Manager

• Place high-end PeopleSoft professionals in the medical, higher-ed, manufacturing and financial industries in contract and full-time positions. Specializing in placing PeopleSoft: Project Managers, Functional Leads, Technical Leads, Architects, DBAs and Business Analyst.
• Effectively recruited candidates through Internet research, internal database, cold calling, referrals, networking, and other strategies.
• Responsible for checking references, negotiating terms and rates for each project, coordinating the interview process, extending offers, and closing candidates.
• Produced 250,000 in total revenue last year and nearly 300,000 in total sales with 18 placements.

Confidential

Operations Consultant

• Develop procedures and processes to track sales leads. Create and maintain a series of excel spreadsheets and macros to translate manufacturer invoices files into user friendly printouts to be used by the sales staff.

Confidential

Sr. Client Consultant VP

• Worked with institutional accounting clients to determine and documented their custom data and report needs, while managing their expectations. Wrote Business Requirements and coordinated the development effort. Tested deliverables and coordinated the production turnover with the client.

Confidential

• The following represents continuous employment since Confidential. Company name changed twice because of mergers

Application Developer IV VP

• Selected as Technical Lead for Merger Integration Technology. Managed the Institutional Account System IAS Technical Team consisting of 3 onsite programmers and 3 off-shore sub-contractors in a high profile 2 year, 2M project integrating the legacy Confidential Fiscal Year End Confidential Client Reports.
• Interviewed contractors and staffed project.
• Developed an approach to ensure existing ERISA reports were not affected or delayed by new processing
• Conceived and authored the High Level and Detail Designs.
• Managed the development Phase. COBOL, DB2
• Conceived and authored the Systems Test Plans.
• Managed and supported Systems Testing, UAT and QA Testing
• Enhanced Client Satisfaction by providing seamless annual Fiscal Year End ERISA reports to all clients converting from legacy BNY accounting system to legacy Mellon accounting system.
• Improved corporate image following merger by establishing and achieving aggressive time line for the development phase, meeting all deadlines for client conversions.

Confidential

Senior Programmer Analyst III

• Maintained and enhanced a Confidential based Institutional Accounting System and a DB2 Client Reporting Database. Served as Technical Lead on time sensitive or client sensitive system changes. Coded, tested, and implemented system changes. Authored high level design, detail designs, and system test plans.
• Reduced document errors and improved quality by serving as CMM Peer Review Moderator for development document reviews.
• Facilitated lessons learned review sessions with the entire development staff to assess Project Managers' performance and effectiveness. Presented findings to Senior Manger team and developed strategies that improved morale and productivity.
• Increased customer satisfaction by enabling clients to download PDF reports via the Internet by developing, designing, and creating a mainframe-to-web delivery application.

Confidential

Business Analyst II Trust Officer

• Wrote Business Requirements, tested and implemented new processes and enhancements to the Institutional Accounting System, focusing on Pricing, Valuation and Corporate Actions. Managed a team of 3 Business Analysts and coordinated all Y2K changes to the Institutional Account System and Client Reporting System.
• Selected as Y2K Compliance Testing Lead. Received Premier Achievement Award as result of smooth Y2K processing with no issues. Developed test strategies and UAT plans for regression test phase for this high profile initiative.

Confidential

Senior Operations Analyst Trust Officer

• Supported the conversion of new business to the Institutional Accounting System while also supporting unique accounting events.
• Reduced errors and raised efficiency by conceiving and developing an automated reconciliation process for new business conversions.

Confidential

Operations Analyst Trust Officer

• Provided technical support to the IAS valuation application identified and eliminated departmental inefficiencies supplied ad hoc reports automated manually intensive processes supported client audits and data extracts of valuation information managed the Global Pricing Database and systems queue designed, tested and implemented enhancements.
• Conceived and designed a PC to mainframe price upload process that resulted in the automation of 4,000 prices.
• Saved 12K annually by conceiving and designing a generic automated portfolio maintenance process, eliminating lag time between portfolio updates.
• Selected for Quality Partnership Pricing Task Force. Participated in the reorganization of the Global Pricing Department: designed reports, on-line screens, operational procedures and Global Pricing Policy. Received the Chairman's Award for Quality Improvement.
• Developed Securities Quality Ratings Database as part of Boston Safe Deposit and Trust and Mellon Bank Integration Team.

Technical skills