SUMMARY:

• Hands - On technically proficient Project Manager with over 30 years of experience developing and managing highly visible and critical IT projects. Most recent role was as lead Tax Technology resource. Technical expertise includes midrange, mainframe, client server, Windows, Mac, and Cloud environments.
• Dedicated, hard-working, and able to quickly learn and adapt to new situations. Passion to code and desire to learn has resulted in a constantly growing skillset that include some of the leading edge technologies. Corporate experience within the financial bank setting has fostered an awareness for important characteristics within the project development cycle: project structure, program maintainability, and compliance to standards that are presently required within today’s financial institutions. Able to work independently, as well as team up with other resources to deliver a solution. Reliably considered to be the one that can find the solution to a problem, despite the challenges that may arise. Roles have included application, infrastructure, DBA, and production support. Recognized by peers as the department’s leading SQL resource. My advice helped many colleagues solve their SQL issues and challenges.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

OS/Hardware: MAC/OS, Unix, Linux, Windows Server, MVS, VM/CMS, VAX/VMS, PDP 11-70/DEC

Software: Python, Perl, general SQL expertise, Oracle, PL/SQL, OBIEE, ETL, Shell Script, Xcode, Objective C, Apple Developer Toolkit, MVC architecture, JBOSS, WebLogic, Cognos, Apache Tomcat, Java, MySQL, PHP, PHP MVC Framework, JavaScript, HTML 5, CSS, OOP, jQuery, Google Cloud Platform, Business Objects, Focus, SQL Server, Sybase, DB2, Cobol, Clist, ADMINS, Vertex Tax Software, PVCS, Git Redmine, SDLC, Agile Methodology

Businesses: Regulatory Reporting, Tax Reporting, Tax Compliance, Trade Settlement Reporting, Restricted List Compliance Reporting, AML Compliance Reporting, Data Warehousing, Profitability Reporting, General Ledger Functionality, Trade Market Reporting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Senior Developer, Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Lead designer and coder, while delegating supporting tasks to one associate.
• Applications are being developed using UNIX, PHP MVC Framework, Apache, MySQL, SQL, HTML 5, JavaScript, CSS, OOP, jQuery, Google Cloud Platform, PVCS, Git Redmine, SDLC, Agile Methodology
• In process of designing iPad/ iPhone supporting application using MAC OS, Xcode, Objective C, Apple Developer Toolkit, MVC architecture

Confidential, New York, NY

Hands-On Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilled required Project Manager duties, including development of user requirements and management of testing
• Maintained monthly executive report which included Status, Milestones, and Risks, and published it to senior management
• Monitored Application Governance, and published related statistics to senior management
• Responsibility entailed ownership of entire application as project manager
• Managed development team that was globally distributed (NY, Bangalore, Madrid, Ukraine)
• Worked closely with various Administrators to configure servers, storage and multi-product Tax Enterprise
• Led technical direction, delegating supporting tasks to four other developers
• Accomplished quick learn of vendor technical complex multi-tiered WebLogic architecture
• Solely configured and set up server environment over a weekend to be ready to load vendor software on Monday morning
• Implemented, maintained and provided production support for application suite environment
• Successfully kept challenging regulatory milestones on track
• Supported technically Tax Compliance software needs for analysts (data and software)
• Supported technically Tax Provision software needs for analysts (data and software)
• Personally developed SQL adhoc queries for senior management that answered business inquiries
• Partnered closely with Tax Department
• Technologies included Unix, Linux, Shell Script, Python, Perl, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL, OBIEE, ETL, Java, JBOSS, WebLogic, Vertex Tax, AML Compliance Reporting, SDLC, Agile Methodology

Confidential

Hands-On Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilled required Project Manager duties, as required by bank
• Managed development team that was globally distributed (NY, Bangalore, Madrid, Ukraine)
• Worked closely with various Adminstrators to configure servers, storage and multi-product Tax Enterprise
• Led technical direction, delegating supporting tasks to four other developers
• Personally built initial technical model and foundation for application
• Solely designed and coded required set of conversion business rules
• Successfully kept challenging regulatory milestones on track
• Personally developed SQL adhoc queries for senior management that answered business inquiries
• Partnered closely with Tax Department
• Technologies included Unix, Shell Script, Python, Java, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL, OBIEE, ETL

Confidential

Hands-On Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Applications provided various summary levels of Trade Settlement data.
• Fulfilled required Project Manager duties, as required by bank
• Led technical direction, while delegating supporting tasks to one on-shore developer and one off-shore developer
• Personally built initial technical model and foundation for application
• Effectively utilized off-shore resource through daily scheduling of early morning and late night meetings
• Partnered closely with Financial Controller Department and Legal Entity Controller Department
• Delivered converted applications early and under-budget
• Technologies included Windows Server, BAT jobs, Python, Perl, Java, SQL Server, SQL, OBIEE, ETL

Confidential

Senior DBA

Responsibilities:

• Lead DBA, delegating supporting tasks to two other DBA staff members
• Management scrambled as DBA function was decentralized temporarily to department
• Quick turnover was brought under control as I led the group through swift transition
• DBA function included support for Oracle, SQL Server, and Sybase (all SQL database engines within department)

Confidential

Hands-On Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilled required Project Manager duties, as required by bank
• Led technical direction, delegating supporting tasks to two other developers
• Used vendor and on-the-job self- to quickly acquire knowledge to meet this goal
• Successfully took over support of this application by management transition date
• Successfully kept challenging project milestones on track
• Partnered closely with Financial Controller Department and Legal Entity Controller Department
• Gained detailed understanding of trade market data in support of this applcation
• Technologies included Unix, Shell Scripts, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL, OBIEE, ETL, Java, Python, Perl

Confidential

Hands-On Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Fulfilled required Project Manager duties, as required by bank
• Led technical direction, delegating supporting tasks to two other developers
• Evaluated, documented, and chose reporting products for effort (Business Objects and Cognos)
• Planned/ coordinated 20+ application teams to bring their projects online into data warehouse reporting environment shared by entire department
• Successfully kept challenging multi-application milestones on track
• Partnered closely with Financial Controller Department and Legal Entity Controller Department
• Technologies included Unix, Shell Scripts, SYBASE, SQL, Business Objects, and Cognos BI, ETL

Confidential

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Led direction of BA team’s efforts
• Worked closely with Controllers Department, Compliance Department, and Private Clients Department to coordinate support efforts for suite of financial applications with their respective IT teams
• Technologies included MVS, DB2, QMF Query, SQL, COBOL, and CLIST

Confidential

Senior Developerds

Responsibilities:

• Designed and coded Regulatory Netting Agreement reports for Controllers Department; Restricted List Compliance reports for Compliance Department; Anti Money Laundering Compliance reports for Compliance Department; Management Consolidated reports for Compliance Department; Profitability reports for Private Clients Department
• Technologies included MVS, DB2, QMF Query, SQL, COBOL, and CLIST

Confidential

Senior Developer

Responsibilities:

• Worked for various project managers in support of financial applications on VM/CMS, VAX/VMS platforms.