SUMMARY:

• Over 25 years of total experience in software development / 3+ years in Project Management
• Managed Enhancement projects and all phases of operational day to day activity
• Successfully led software development teams through all phases start to finish
• Managed offshore development projects and conducted interviews in hiring process
• Proficient in Change and Configuration Management issues and processes
• SharePoint Site Admin, Application DBA, Front line helpdesk for user issues
• Strong written, oral and interpersonal skills. Places very high priority on workplace communication.
• Created training programs and instructed courses for users of business applications.
• Thorough understanding of finance, portfolio accounting, brokerage, banking and bill of materials
• Excellent references readily available from colleagues and all previous managers.
• Holds security clearance for Department of Homeland Security Immigrations and Customs enforcement.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Hardware: Unix, Dell/HP Servers & Client systems, IBM Mainframe

Operating Systems: Windows 2008 & 2012, RHEL, Windows 7 & 10

Software: JAVA, HTML, SQL, JavaScript, Jasper, VBScript, Cobol, IDMS, CICS, ADSO, JCL, MS Office, IDMS, Oracle, SharePoint, SQL, DB2

Development Tools: SharePoint, Toad, TSO, Visual Studio, Resin, Visio, MS Project, Remedy, ALM, Tracker, Quick Test Pro, Load Runner, TFS, Remedy, JIRA

Reporting Tools: Jasper, Crystal, Oracle Discoverer, Remedy Reporting

Development Architecture: Agile/Scrum methodology, Revised Agile/Scrum, Waterfall

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Currently employed as PM and Tech lead for Windows System Administrators.
• Projects include Windows 10
• Rollout on VDI. New thin client device rollout to 600+ users, using Confidential image. The requirement on this job was a mistake in communication between the Contracting company ( Confidential ) and the Tax and Trade
• Government was looking for a Technical lead/PM, I am a semi - technical Project Manager.

Confidential

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Brought in to handle client interface, and get client comfortable with Confidential Data employees.
• Restructured meeting presentations, assisted in winning new 4 year deal.

Confidential

Service Account/Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated work for upgrades and operational maintenance work. The coordination involved multiple data center teams, including Windows, UNIX, SAN, BUR, Networking, Firewall, SOC and Tools teams.
• Lead teams on projects from inception to implementation by consistent communication including frequent conference calls, daily check-ins, emails and follow ups.
• Consistent communication was needed from start to finish to ensure work was processed per specification as requested/needed by customer in order to ensure seamless execution of deliverables.
• Acted as liaison for all data center incidents and service requests.
• Confidential is a high demanding project, which requires fast paced activity and much attention to the needs of the customer.
• Projects included build-out of servers for new applications, decommissioning devices, creating clusters, deploying code, updating configurations, upgrading storage, and periodic maintenance for vulnerabilities, updates, etc.
• Analyzed business/user needs, and created service requests.
• Confidential is a constantly changing system, so tuning and updates are essential for solid operational performance.
• Created, implemented and presented change plans to internal review board, and follow through with the changes presented to Confidential board.
• Establish open lines of communication across all cross functional data center teams and Confidential Customer for debugging issues and vetting procedures.
• Managed single point of contact for day-to-day Confidential operational issues and system upgrades.
• Maintains a face-to-face working relationship whenever possible. Maintained responsibility for client satisfaction.

Confidential, NY

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Short term assignment to analyze, repackage and resolve discrepancies in converting mainframe data to Unix

Confidential, NJ

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed mainframe system to re-package necessary data to be saved on UNIX server
• Built system to extract data, reformat and transmit files to UNIX server

Confidential, NY

Sr. P/A, Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Project leader, trainer, business analyst, technical analyst, developer and tester for the Portfolio
• Accounting system, one of Goldman Sachs largest and most comprehensive systems.
• Developed, tested and implemented software for redenomination of securities for Confidential conversion
• Supervised flawless conversion from IDMS to DB2 Database
• Served as lead analyst for portions of the Confidential project
• Created automated extract system to move data from mainframe to UNIX server via user request screen
• Main technician to decipher and classify problem issues, whether business or technical
• Handled all requests and tax law changes for Private Clients and Institutional Accounts
• Responsible for correcting “out of balance” situations and problem data on clients statements