SUMMARY:

• winning, results oriented Project Manager and Business Analyst with over 20 years of experience in, Technology Consulting, Applications Development, Requirements Development, Requirements Specification, Prototypes, Use Cases, Process Reengineering, Logical and Physical Database Design, Change Management, and System Development Life Cycle. Team oriented professional with successful track record of delivering systems on time and within budget, improving corporate revenues, reducing costs, introducing new business processes and services, improving competitive positioning, and reducing business and technology risks for client organizations.
• Systems Development Life Cycle, Rapid Application Development, Business Systems Analysis, Technical Writing, Business Processes, IT Architecture,, Change Management,
• Technical Support, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity, Governance and Compliance, Policies and Procedures, IT Audit.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SKILLS: SQL, Access, Cobol, Java Visio, DB/2, HTML, JCL, Winrunner, Mercury Loadrunner, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Word. Great Plains, Oracle, Informix, HP - Unix,, NT . and MS Office, Java, JSP, EJB, VB, XML, MQ, CICS, Oracle, IBM Web sphere, Visual Age, ERM).

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Wayne Associates (Consultant )

Responsibilities:

• Developed Business Continuity Plan and Management Processes for nationwide non profit organization. Implemented risk management processes to ensure ongoing revenue streams and minimize customer service interruptions and business losses.
• Performed Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) general and application control reviews in a distributed client server environment, for a pre-IPO international telecommunications company
• Developed/defined IT governance program including SOX controls, business risks, and tests of operational effectiveness including; IT Entity controls, Logical Security controls, Computer Operations controls, SDLC/Change Management controls, and Oracle Financials application controls. Benefits to the client included; enhancing the effectiveness of business processes, increasing the accuracy of reported revenues and expenses, improving the timeliness of management information, increasing the accuracy of business data, enhancing the adequacy of application/system audit trails, and increasing the ability to prevent fraud.
• Project success resulted from close collaboration with CIO and senior management team.

Confidential, Montclair, NJ

Independent Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Defined business requirements and new operational processes for systems and daily operations for CollegeBoard national business unit.
• Developed key business processes and management controls to support in sourcing of production processes for national reporting business unit.
• Reengineered national reporting production processes, minimizing the risk of business interruptions
• Provided liaison between business operations and information technology for system development and implementation. Implemented Rapid Problem Resolution processes to deals with system failures, incorrect output and performance issues. Reduced problem resolution time by 50%.
• Conducted business and systems consulting, business analysis, and system implementation of operational and financial processes and shared data repositories to support “virtual enterprise” cooperative business operations.
• Developed detailed technical specifications (hardware and software), product offerings, and production service level criteria for management and printing services.
• Reduced production costs and product delivery times by 50%.

Confidential, New York, NY

Manager Transformation Consulting and Project Support Services

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive project management, business process, business systems analysis, data warehouse and implementation support for $60M Intranet and Internet system.
• Ensured successful enterprise-wide deployment of large-scale web enabled, client server, database, and legacy applications (Java, JSP, EJB, VB, XML, MQ, CICS, DB2, Oracle, COBOL, IBM Web sphere, Visual Age). The system provided the first corporate-wide technology framework for Web enabled application processing, linking Guardian’s home office with the nationwide network of independent agencies.
• Documented business processes, procedures, and policy manuals.
• Implemented project results repository to enhance the visibility of project deliverables and facilitate status reporting to all levels of IT and Operations Management.

Confidential, New Jersey, New York

Strategic Services Consultant and Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed Enterprise Wide Architecture for large business unit of Cablevision.
• Assessed business and technology drivers.
• Developed information systems, strategic imperatives and architecture requirements. Architecture included “smart” data warehousing plug and play middleware, system modularity, Internet compatibility, universal access, integrated security, and workflow messaging.
• Coordinated testing efforts including developing both manual and automated test plans, executing end-to-end tests, analyzing defects and system performance and recommending fixes.
• Performed IT Audits including, development of audit plans, risk assessments, documentation of controls, and evaluation of the effectiveness of business processes. Utilized COBIT and KPMG Business Measurement “checklists” to develop, test and implement new governance controls to remedy deficiencies, improve operational effectiveness, reduce enterprise risks, and satisfy audit requirements.
• Developed Enterprise Information Systems architecture for division of Siemens. Defined enterprise data model to guide applications and technology decisions.
• Established governance criteria and timetables for retiring obsolete technology and migrating legacy systems to new application platforms. Reduced overnight batch cycle time by 20% (without impacting online processes).

Confidential, Montclair, NJ

Independent Contractor

Responsibilities:

• Provided comprehensive project management for development and implementation of $2M enterprise system for East Orange School District. Developed information systems plan and management processes

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Director of Information Systems Planning

Responsibilities:

• Developed UMDNJ/IST System Development and Maintenance Methodology including all phases of the system development life cycle.
• Developed reporting processes for Minority Health Services and managed special projects including University Hospital Consortium data extraction and reporting system.