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Results-oriented, hands-on analyst experienced in all phases of applications development life cycle. Proven track record of technical and management achievements in mainframe, client server, and Web environments. Highly effective communicator with significant experience in consulting and a variety of industries. Available for analytical positions.

SYSTEMS EXPERIENCE

• Participated in a large development effort to provide integrated, timely data for the International Private Client Group web-enabled applications. Analyzed and documented systems that aggregate brokerage and banking data, with emphasis on Client Relationships, Tax Reporting, Daily Portfolio Display, Monthly Statements, and Pricing.
• Analyzed sourcing of intraday holding, pricing, and foreign exchange data for an internet intraday portfolio system. Reviewed market data prices, foreign exchange rates provided by ILX, an external vendor.
• Played a key role in the Kinexus Greentrack project. Kinexus, an external vendor, takes feeds from various financial institutions in order to provide key clients an integrated web-enabled view of all financial holdings. Duties included 1 data analysis and format definition of customer, asset master, derivative master, pricing, foreign exchange, tax lot, position, balance, transaction, trade, dividend, and bank information, 2 specifications detailing business rules for foreign exchange, ready assets, pending trades/dividends, pricing, performance, and application of daily transactions for account balancing 3 tracking of vendor communications, 4 unit, functional, and system testing 5 tracking test issues via Excel, Test Director, and 6 tracking of development and enhancement tasks.
• Technologies included: MS Project, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, Test Director, Web-Enabled Front-Ends,COBOL, CICS, DB2, Visual Basic, VB Script.

• Reviewed Y2K testing procedures and results system, firmwide, streetwide for PC, midrange, and mainframe applications. Made recommendations for improvements in testing methodology.
• Analyzed existing Change Management procedures.
• Tracked issues for ongoing Y2K management meetings. Designed and tested LOTUS Notes databases.
• Analyzed system retirements due to the merger of Deutsche Bank and Bankers Trust, insuring that all system, business, and regulatory issues were considered.
• Technologies included: LOTUS Notes, MS Project, Access, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint.

• For a major brokerage company, performed administrative and analytical activites for CAGE, a back-office system of 1200 programs.
• Coordinated change management for an IDMS to DB2 conversion. Tracked program retrofits, created a comprehensive program inventory, coordinated migration of programs from PDS to an inhouse library system, and lead weekly status meetings. Established a mainframe Bulletin Board to track technical issues.
• Performed up-front analysis and status tracking for a Year 2000 conversion. Created an inventory of system elements and identified retirement candidates. Loaded mainframe elements to a LAN, set up projects and ran analytical reports using REVOLVE. Created spreadsheets, tracked status of all system elements, and reported weekly status to corporate. Achieved excellent results, per system audits and testing.
• Performed up-front analysis and status tracking for a project to replace Tablebase with working storage and DB2 tables.
• Assisted in the implementation of VERIFY, a CICS testing product. Created test scripts.
• Performed up-front analysis for a Field Expansion project, to accommodate expanded quantities and amounts. Used REVOLVE to create an inventory of all system files and tables, and to identify related jobs and programs. Created spreadsheets for each file detailing required changes. Identified and estimated project phases.
• Technologies included: CICS, COBOL, DB2, REVOLVE, VERIFY, IDMS, MS Project, Access, Excel, Word, and Powerpoint.

• Worked at a Soft Horizons outsourcing center, developing systems for American New Group, a major insurance company.
• Wrote technical specifications and test scripts for Workers Compensation claims financial system. Coordinated construction, specified test data requirements, and performed testing for various functions.
• Managed a group of 30 consultants in the construction of a Claims Litigation system.
• Reported weekly status to Consulting and Client Management
• Established Lotus Notes Data Bases to track Technical and Business issues
• Technologies included: CICS, COBOL, DB2, Remote Stored Procedures, Visual Basic, SQL Server, ODBC, MDI Gateway, MS Project, Access, Exel, Word, and Powerpoint.

• Experiences included 3 months in Paris, studying French language and culture.

• For a major international insurance company, managed development and operational support activities for the Claims Litigation, Claims Processing, Claims Recovery, and Premium Audit departments.
• Merged various American New Group companies into the main claims PMS system, and converted file structure from VSAM to DB2.
• Developed a library facility for field auditors to send and receive documents between PC and mainframe.
• Automated the creation of audit bills.
• Technologies included: CICS, COBOL, DB2, Remote Stored Procedures, Visual Basic, SQL Server, Infront, ODBC, MDI Gateway, MS Project, Access, Excel, Word, Powerpoint, and Project Management Workbench.

• Coordinated development and operational support activities for the Sales and Distribution Services, and Cost Accounting departments.
• Wrote Order Completion and Promotional Computer To Computer systems.
• Coordinated development of Cost Accounting logical and physical data models.
• Technologies included: CICS, COBOL, VSAM, ADABAS, and NATURAL.

• Participated in construction of Profit and Loss, and Television Clearance systems.
• Technologies included: IMS DB/DC, CICS, COBOL, IDMS, and ADSO.

• Participated in construction of a Steam Billing system.
• Technologies included: IMS DB/DC.

• Transferred from the editorial department.
• Participated in construction of Book Warehousing and Production systems.
• Technologies included: COBOL, VSAM, and IMS DB/DC.

BA Barnard College, Columbia University
Spanish/French Literature And Linguistics

MA University Of Rochester
Linguistics

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