SUMMARY:

• Senior Software Developer/Lead. Experience in IT Strategy and Reengineering, Architecture and Full - Stack Application Development in the Financial Services industry.
• Excellent development and communications skills honed in heterogeneous environments, and a proven track record of solutions delivery.
• Experienced and certified in IT Project Management and Microsoft development technologies, and industry-leading Capital Markets systems.
• Post-graduate education in engineering and finance.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Development: C#, ASP.Net MVC, HTML5/JavaScript/JQuery, WPF, LINQ, EF6, Powershell, Perl, UNIX (scripting), NUnitFramework and Third-party Angular2, NPM, EXT-JS, Kendo, SyncFusion, Xceed, Farpoint, Advent RSL/RDL

Middleware: REST, WCF, Unity, PRISM, MEF, XML, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, MQSeries, MSMQ

Platforms: Advent GENEVA, Electra STaARS, Imagine, EZE, MatLab, Liferay

Infrastructure: Windows Server Admin (AD, DHCP, DNS, TCP/IP), Unix (BASH)

Database: SQL Server 2014 (and earlier), Schema and extended stored procedures design/development, DBA, performance tuning, ADO.Net, SSIS, SSRS, ROLAP/OLAP/MDD, Oracle 12c.

Methodology: Agile, SCRUM, OOP, RUP/XDE, ERWin, UML, CMM

DevOps: MS TFS, Git, BitBucket, Ancible, Artifactory

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Full stack developer for Global Equity Trading, DTC Breaks and Fails, and ETF Trade microservices.
• Resolved complex real-time custodian and trade settlement status issues.
• Improved SQL injection monitoring using WCF behavior inspectors.
• Introduced BDD testing for UI using Jasmine.

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• “Full-on” Agile development for Microsoft application stack based on C#, ASP.Net MVC, Unity, Html, Javascript/JQuery, Kendo, Automapper, SQL Server and Quartz technologies.
• Rich SQL Server schema for multi-tenant Compliance platform.
• Instrumental in meeting goals for successful product launch of the “next-gen” SaaS platform targeting the technology needs of the Chief Compliance Officer. Developed major functional sections of the website including Certifications, Membership and Reporting.

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Alternative Investment Hedge Fund Services business unit, directed on/off-shore BAU team for maintenance, development and process improvements supporting the Advent Geneva platform. Provided enhancements, to complex Geneva RSL/RDL’s, UNIX scripts, .NET code, and Control-M jobs.
• Point-of-contact for vendor relationship including major v10.0.1 Patch A to Patch G Geneva upgrade.

Independent Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Developer and Subject Matter Expert (SME) roles for process and platform upgrades needed to scale Reconciliations (Trades, Holdings and Cash) to 26 brokers and hundreds of funds using Electra STaARS (fed from Sim Corp, and PORTIA). Led cross-platform development of IBOR/ABOR reconciliations and Data Warehouse integration. Developed reporting dashboards and unique Service-Now integration for analyst on-boarding. Point-of-contact for vendor relationship.

Core Systems Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developer Lead for numerous business initiatives including multiple Prime Broker and Fund Administrator interfaces, OCC Option Symbology, and Central Counterparty Clearing.
• Architected, developed, implemented and maintained framework services (C#, WPF, WCF, SQL Server) for automating data flows across the organization. Dynamic assembly, component-based architecture with XML configuration used to extensively automate workflows, including:
• EZE to Geneva trade flow and processing for listed assets, FX and swaps.
• Imagine to Geneva trade flow for derivatives and exotics including IRS, CDS, FXO and Swaptions.
• Cash feeds to Geneva for interest and expenses from multiple Prime Brokers.
• Pricing, valuation and corporate action data sourced from Bloomberg (DLWS, SAPI), Markit Valuation Services, and SuperDerivatives eValuex for America, Asia, and Europe end-of-day valuations.
• Option exercise and assignment processes for weeklies and monthlies Equity and Futures options.
• End-of-day workflows including boxed position pair-off, position and P&L reporting, and reconciliation.
• RSL-based extracts and interfaces to Fund Administrators, including GlobeOp/SS&C and Citco.
• Centrally Cleared swaps data flow with custom Excel Add-In’s to capture Initial Margin and Clearing House details.
• Implemented “continuous delivery” using Agile/Scrum concepts, producing weekly upgrades and releases that consistently targeted a balanced mix of support, tactical and strategic objectives for the Operations and Accounting groups. Implemented “continuous integration” code development approach with automated builds and testing Cruise Control, SourceGear Vault, MS TFS/GIT .
• Managed the Core Systems Development team enabling AUM and transaction volume to scale five-fold with implementations of Advent Geneva (Fund Accounting), Electra STaARS (Reconciliation), EzeCastle (Listed-product OMS) and Imagine (Derivative-product OMS).
• Managed internal and consulting team for major Advent Geneva upgrade (6.2 to 10.0). Oversaw the migration of open tax lots and cash balances, and all system interfaces, automation and reporting which was completed on-time within 4 months.
• Vendor selection lead for Batch Scheduling tools, resulting in the procurement and installation of JAMS. Developed API and integration with other systems using a closely-coupled .NET-based framework. Developed feature-rich UI for workflow editors, process dashboards and SharePoint integration.
• Data Warehouse process and framework developer for Security Master, Pricing Master, and Transaction processing and other T-0 Geneva extractions.

Vice President

Responsibilities:

• Lead Developer for “Life Finance” liquidity deal structuring and sales application $850M annually .
• Developed bespoke customizations and multi-dimensional cube analytics for SunGard’s Panorama risk system used for global Interest Rate Product valuation, analytics and reporting.

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Architect and Developer for $1.5B Portfolio and Trading Ideas Management application with P&L, risk and balance reports, and Target/Stop Loss quadratic models based on historical VaR and stress simulations. Developed component framework for portfolio construction modeling.
• Improved overnight batch cycle reliability by developing “fail-safe” operations and workflows.
• Fixed Income Distressed Debt Analysis tool - Developed an Excel-based toolkit used by Research Analysts for aggregating and analyzing fundamental research used in CDO deal construction.
• Managed software development lifecycle (SDLC), configuration control (VSS, Subversion/CVS), and job scheduling (Opalis, AutoSys). Oversaw various initiatives for Program Office, Business Analysis, Third Party Vendor Integration, and Testing and Production environments.

Technical Sales Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Prototyped, developed and demonstrated state-of-the-art application monitoring solutions. Demonstrated to banks and brokerages, consumer firms and the military how to capture, analyze and replay users’ web sessions in real-time. This company has since be purchased by IBM and integrated into their “Smarter Planet” big-data analytics.

CTO/Director

Responsibilities:

• Managed the start-up firm’s technical assets. Developed a Fixed Income auction platform for trading the firm’s proprietary Brady Bond Strips. Launched. Wrote models for structured debt and credit derivative financing based on debt syndication and program issuance of securitized illiquid trade receivables.

Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led requirements analysis and functional specification for “next-generation” Broker Workstation for Customer Service Reps. Integrated CRM and workflow solutions with trade and portfolio management functions (C++, Java, Oracle 8i), including Workflow Council (WfMC)-compliant message-oriented components for routing CRM processes.
• Worked with on/off-shore Development team to achieve a CMM Level 2 certification in six months.

Manager

Responsibilities:

• Structured Financial Consolidation and Reporting system for global Insurance provider designed to meet the needs of an accelerated close cycle, OLAP data mining/analysis, and financial security, audit and control for the nation’s largest life insurance provider. Worked with management and technical staff to implement a rich shell around Hyperion, enabling users to dynamically create and load MDD models from a relational/star model. Also, built knowledge management application for GAAP Policies Repository and restatement of corporate financial statements. (Hyperion MDD, Sybase, VB, DCOM/MTS)
• Product Contribution Margin Analysis application for a $4B global investment bank and architecture to integrate it into their data warehouse (VB, SQL Server, Business Objects).
• Design and development of Tax administration system for the State of New Jersey. Front and back-end development using Developer 2000, conversion routines written in C/C++.
• Developed in-house reservation system and global consultant scheduling system. (VB, Access)
• Project Manager, Technical Lead and/or Application Developer on numerous design and development client engagements in banking, structured finance and insurance. Led various-sized teams through all aspects of the software development life cycle. Worked with clients to develop and execute plans for implementation and rollout of enterprise-level applications.
• Custom Solutions and Data Warehousing practice development. Desk Editor for IT Newsletter. Manager of regional Internet/Intranet solutions group, supporting consultant scheduling and knowledge management initiatives.
• Participated in proposals and pursuit teams for financial services projects. Provided perspectives on IT and E-Commerce strategy and implementation. Contributed to expansion of the practice through presentations and internal articles.