PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Highly skilled Sr. Project Manager / Business Analyst with 15 years of experience and over a hundred successfully completed projects is seeking to apply superior analytical and operations research skills to a challenging project in Business, Finance, or Information Technology. Strengths include degrees in both Finance and Computer Science, a deep understanding of investment theory and financial markets, excellent knowledge of project management methodologies (e.g. RUP, SCRUM, and Agile), ability to solve complex business problems.

SKILL:

Methodologies: Rational Unified Process (RUP), MSF, XP, Scrum, Agile, Waterfall

Business Analysis: Requirements Analysis, Software and Enterprise Architectures, RDBMS

Project Management: Change and Configuration Management, Cost Management, Resource Management, Risk Management, Stakeholder Management, Task Management, Team Management

Quality Assurance: Test Plans and Test Scripts/Cases (as well as reporting and tracking defects)

Decision - Making Models: Microsoft® Excel Solver, Oracle® Crystal Ball (predictive modeling, forecasting, simulation, optimization for uncertainty management)

Database Design: MS SQL, Oracle, Sybase (including ETL, triggers, and stored procedures)

Professional Tools: IBM® Rational Team Concert™, DOORS®, ClearQuest®, ClearCase®

Office Tools: Microsoft Excel, Access VBA, Word, Project, PowerPoint, and Visio

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. IT Program Manager / Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed a subscription - based website intended for investors and traders looking to outperform major indexes, such as S&P 500, Dow Jones, and Confidential in both bull and bear markets.
• Designed a high-performing investment strategy by adopting StockFollowing® approach to individual investors. Implemented StockFollowing®, signal-based method of following the strategy.
• Created and led a cross-functional RUP/Scrum team to carry out parallel, interdependent projects of “market analysis”, “algorithmic trading programming,” and “website development.” Captured, elaborated, and traced requirements across the projects. Maintained Product Owner’s product backlogs. Managed project lifecycles, plans, budgets, forecasts, costs, and resource allocations.
• Delivered a highly effective business solution that can save business owners as much as 45% of operating costs, while increasing return on investment by 15%.

Confidential, New York, NY

Sr. IT Project Manager / Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Helped a NY-based startup to enter the highly competitive online medical supplies market and reach $1 million in sales in its first year by building a cost-effective business solution.
• Solved the task of entering the market by finding ways to exploit competitors’ business model weaknesses. Designed a centralized SQL Server data warehouse for over 1 million items, capable of synchronizing selected data with local stores’ databases. Designed a software for updating a central database (new arrivals, discontinued items, descriptions, and each local store’s unique prices).
• Implemented RUP methodology to build a cross-functional team , and in just three months executed a large-scale project of a chain of 25 online stores and content development. Managed project budget, used forecasting and variance analysis to effectively control project costs. Ensured requirements implementation and quality control. Finished the project 30% faster, and within 85% of its budget. Built decision models which reduced operating costs by 35%, and ensured 18% higher return on investment.
• Provided a sustainable competitive advantage by designing and developing a software capable of analyzing the stock and prices of competitors, and suggesting profit-maximizing prices. Its real-time reports, coupled with the ability to update big data on the fy, resulted in 350% increase in sales.

Confidential

T eam Leader / Sr. Project Manager / Founder

Responsibilities:

• Initiated operations research and extensive analysis of RUP, XP, and Scrum agile project methods. Formulated Confidential .Framework, studio’s own methodology that by combining an agile development and CMMI best practices allowed for completing 95% of projects on time, within budget, and in accordance with specified levels of quality.
• Managed all phases of the RUP project lifecycle, including requirements analysis, modeling, programming, testing, and release of each Confidential .CMS version and its add-ons. Controlled and monitored costs associated with each project.
• Built a high-performing cross-functional team of 25 developers . Recruited and coached top programmers and IT professionals helping team members to work together in the most effective manner. Implemented project planning, change and configuration management, requirements management, and quality assurance in accordance with the CMMI® Level 3 standards. Completed 87 successful software and web development projects of various size and complexity.

Confidential

Sr. Project Manager / Co-Founder

Responsibilities:

• Designed an innovative business model that provided a competitive advantage through better understanding of client's needs. Developed a standardized set of IT services allowing for the optimization of business processes, while making possible the use of KPIs to measure project’s team effectiveness.
• Supervised a team of 15+ IT professionals , which included daily stand up meetings and handling the logistics of hardware/software integration projects, LAN deployment, and technical support. Managed budgets, risks, monitored costs, timescales, and resources allocation.
• Organized a highly effective IT field support serving over 100 of the largest enterprises. Implemented quality assurance and supply chain management. Used decision models for optimal logistic decision­making when serving dozens of geographically distributed clients a day. Carried out over 150 system integration projects. Resolved 5,000+ customer requests, achieving a satisfaction rate of 98.5%.

Confidential

Head of IT Department / Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Created an IT department from the ground up, and realized company's first major automation project.
• Lead planning and deployment of new technology infrastructure , overseeing all project management activities, technology management services, network and security planning. Improved LAN uptime to 99.8%, while adding 25 new users. Deployed client/server applications and built SQL Server infrastructure. Coordinated procurement and installation of hardware and software, while controlling project costs.
• Carried out database development projects , including requirements gathering, data analysis, logical and physical design, testing and implementation, as well as managing security and access.
• Provided PC/desktop support to end-users . Served as an expert in LAN/WAN networking, operating system administration, and managing of n-tier and client/server systems.