SUMMARY:

Expert at successfully delivering projects based on complex sets of stakeholder needs via strong command of project management tools, as well as excellent organizational and communication skills.Skilled at coaching, motivating and evaluating IT developers from 5 years of HR direct report experience.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE:

• System Development Life Cycle
• Change Control Management
• Cost and Resource Estimates
• Project Tracking
• Project Risk and Scope
• Off shore Coordination
• Sarbanes Oxley

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

HARDWARE: PC, IBM Mainframe

LANGUAGES: COBOL, JCL, SQL, Informatica, Java, Natural

DATABASE: DB2, IMS, ADABASE, FOCUS

SOFTWARE: Word, Excel, Project, Visio, PowerPoint

EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Boston, MA

Project Lead

Responsibilities:

• Insured the delivery integrity of weekly $5M compensation system by championing well - vetted technical solutions and extensive regression testing.
• Managed Sarbanes Oxley process for compensation systems.
• Test evidence for all 6 mandated controls were signed off on timely basis by independent auditors.
• Saved 2 months off-shore resource dollars and extensively reduced overall cost with simple lift and load approach to architecting and managing the pre-processor re-platform.
• Managed build phase for up to 10 compensations apps, as part of hand-picked 5-person project management team.
• Chose VB6 as platform pre-processor staging system, introducing team members to most recent language. Eliminated training costs and need for additional development resources.
• Successfully implemented re-platform of calc engine from IMS to DB2 and from premium to GDC basis on mission critical date. Managed 10 resources, vetting over 20 tech documents.
• Saved over 100K in development costs over 10+ years, implementing pre-processer comp system allowing internal and external admin systems to create minimal input files.
• Successfully managed 2 product introduction initiatives simultaneously over course of several months on several occasions
• Realized savings of $100K in development, by managing enterprise-wide agent-ID purge process, allowing for re-use of 3,000 agent-IDs preventing addition of sixth digit.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Systems Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed time-sensitive and enterprise-critical projects.
• Developed complex technical specifications for new and maintenance initiatives to support compensation and attribution system, DIS (Distribution Information Systems).

Lead Programmer/Analyst and Senior Systems Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Supervised time-sensitive and enterprise-critical projects.
• Developed complex technical specifications for new and maintenance initiatives to support NEF'S compensation and attribution system.
• Coded and tested complex COBOL application modules as lead developer.

Confidential, Waltham, MA

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coded and tested cash management programs running on a virtual machine (VM) platform.

Confidential, Boston, MA

Programmer/Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supervised programing assignments of work-study personnel.