SUMMARY

• IT Sr. Project Manager with extensive experience in software development and managing mission critical web/mobile applications. Many years of experience interacting and collaborating with senior management from business and IT.
• Proven leadership and people management skills. SDLC experience working with vendors, consulting companies with On - shore/Off-shore model. Business experience includes Financial Services (14 years), Wealth Management, Alternative Investments (AI), Risk Management, Qualified and NQ Stock Options, Restricted Stocks and Stock Purchase Plans, Utilities, Cargo Logistics and content.
• Setup PMO processes at Confidential, Inc. for Web and mobile projects.
• Project Management of Mobile applications and platform at Confidential
• 1st client launch of Confidential Mobile platform.
• Developed Technology strategy and road map for Alternative Investment (AI) business at Confidential .
• Developed and taught Alternative Investment Training classes at Confidential .
• Automation and reengineering of AI operations processes, resulting in reduction in risk, errors and delays.
• Reduced the fund launch duration by 30% after implementing PerTrac tools and databases.
• Provided Financial Advisors with a state of the artplatform to conduct Alternative Investment business.
• Various initiatives with CEFS One Source contributed to the in-flow of $500 M plus in assets to Confidential .
• Developed industry pioneer Internet based Stock Options business model at Confidential .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating System: Solaris 5.6, AIX 4.2, Windows 7/XP/2000, UNIX, Linux

Languages: Java, JSP, XML, UML, Perl, C++, C, HTML, SQL, JavaScript, VB, .Net. C#, IVR prompts.

IDE: IBM RAD, WSAD 5.1, Visual Age for JAVA (2.0 and 3.0), MS Visual studio 2010

Middleware: IBM MQ series

Database: Sybase 12.5, Oracle 9i & 10i, Access, DB/2, MS SQL Server, SAP BW

Project Management tools: Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Visio, SharePoint SAP RPM (budgeting and forecasting), Clarity, PMI Methodology, MS Team Foundation Server (TFS), ITIL

Other Tools: JDBC, Java Mail, Maven, PVCS, JMS, Rational Rose 4.0, ANT, JUnit, Load-runner testing tool, Visual Explain, HP Quality Center, FOP, iText, AJAX, JSF, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP12), Service Now, WebEx, CMS ETL.

Web Servers: Netscape Enterprise Server, Microsoft IIS, Iplanet

Application Servers: IBM Websphere App. Server (5.1, 6.1), Actuate Active Portal, BlackBerry Enterprise Server, Antenna MEAP platform, Esri ArcGIS server

Design pattern: Model View Controller MVC2

Hardware: Intel multi core, RS/6000, Sun

Network: Windows 7/2000/XP/NT, LAN Manager, NetWare 4.0, NetMotion VPN

Frameworks: Struts, Spring

Development methodology: Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile, Waterfall

Alt. Investment Tools: PerTrac CMS, PerTrac Analytics and PerTrac Reporting Studio

Business Requirements: Used Cases, Functional Requirements

Alternative Investment Knowledge: Hedge funds, Private Equity funds, Real Estate, Managed Futures: Hedge Fund Strategies, Fund Accounting, Due Diligence process, Fund Operations, Fund Life Cycle (launch, investment, closing).

Client Reporting: Client Reporting using PerTrac Reporting Studio and Actuate platform

Capital Market knowledge: Trade Lifecycle, OMS, EMS and FIX

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Valley Stream, NY

Sr. Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managing multiple projects working with Confidential team in US and Offshore team in Armenia. Involved with all aspects of project including requirements, design, development, QA and implementation.
• Managing project CargoSnapShot for iOS platform (iPOD touch, IPhone, iPAD) which allows barcode scanning. Photo and video capture of the cargo for monitoring and insurance processing.
• Managing architecture project to integrate Confidential products in a single integrated platform allowing common authentication, user role based access (asp.net Membership database) and custom UI for clients
• Delivered a Cargo Forwarding solution for a major delivery company using MS Azure (cloud).
• Requirement gathering, documentation and business analysis for the projects.

Confidential, Newark, NJ

Sr. Project Manager Mobile platform

Responsibilities:

• Managed multiple projects for the utility company involving implementation of Mobile Virtual Private network (VPN) from Net Motion for the fleet of 2500 mobile units. Testing in GPRS and 3G environment.
• Managed project to implement security of mobile units using Active Directory, Symantec Endpoint Protection (SEP) and Net Motion VPN, working with IT security team.
• Implemented access to 3rd party cloud based system to help with utility cable layout and excavations.
• In the process of developing Mobile Dashboard Application with graphical display of jobs, GPS tracking for regulatory supervisor to facilitate decision making. Involved with all aspects of project including Requirement gathering and documenting, Functional specifications and design discussions.
• Extensive use of Service Now for incident/problem requests, Purchase orders and Change Management.
• Requirement gathering, documentation and business analysis for the projects.
• Completed SAP BI Security upgrade proof of concept and BI Data Load Optimization projects with on-shore and off-shore teams.

Confidential

Director, Program Manager

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Automation of Investor Services (Operations group) Subscription (Investment) Process: Architected, designed and developed platform to order fund subscription documents and invest via Internet in various AI products. This automation provided Straight Through Processing (STP). It resulted in 30% savings, risk mitigation, audit-trail and process improvements. The development was done using RUP (Iterative) and Waterfall methodology. Technology: J2EE, IBM Websphere, IBM RAD, Object Oriented design, DB2, Oracle, CMS, JMS, IBM MQ, MDB, Web services, SOA, Struts, Spring framework, AJAX.
• Setup new IT team to support Alternative Investment business.
• Worked with shared services teams, QA team and UAT team to deliver and deploy AI projects.
• Handled Change Management process for Alternative Investment Group.
• Completed process of licensing and integrating vendor product PerTrac CMS and PerTrac Analytics for Due Diligence team for Hedge funds & Fund of funds. These tools assist fund managers in qualitative and quantitative analysis of 3rd party fund manager. As part of this project setup PerTrac CMS application on Blackberry for Hedge fund managers, working with Pyxis Mobile. Some of the tasks: Vendor evaluation (RFP process), Contract negotiations, Managing Confidential cross-functional team to integrate the product in Confidential environment. Technology: .Net, VB, MS Exchange, MS SQL Server, MS SharePoint, BES server.
• Provided support for operations, Hedge fund (PerTrac systems) and finance systems.
• Developed AI asset allocation tool POC for Confidential client portfolio management, based on risk analysis.
• Development of Client Reporting and various reports for Investor Services group and Financial Advisors.
• Developed and taught internal training courses such as Alternative Investments Concepts.
• Led the requirements gathering and planning phase for 2010 initiatives such as e-delivery of fund documents and usability initiatives for Investor Services. Tools: MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio, Clarity.

Confidential

Associate Director, Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed 1st project within Confidential financial services with Off-shore and On-shore model.
• Developed and supported Global platform for Web Administration and Financial Reporting. As part of this project, managed project with development teams and users located in USA, Ireland, Confidential and India.
• Led the team which developed and supported Client Reporting using Actuate platform.

Confidential

Technical Lead and Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led and Completed redesign of CEFS One Source website which supports Stock Options, Restricted Stocks and Stock Purchase Plans for many Fortune 500 Companies. It is used by more than 800,000 users.
• Multi-lingual CEFS - Re-architected CEFS One Source website to support additional languages such as German, French, Spanish, Japanese. These languages were also added for CEFS IVR.
• Project Manager and Lead Architect for Restricted Stocks Application (RSA): Brought in 60,000 new optoinees and $400M in assets into Confidential from Fortune 100 client.