Resume of Project Manager

Title
Project Manager

Primary Skills
Developed STP processes for new OTC Derivatives. Designed a real-time credit analysis system

Location
US-NY-New York

Posted
Aug-11-07

Selected Accomplishments

* Developed and implemented STP processes for new OTC Derivatives - Prime Brokerage business unit. It included Credit, Interest Rate and Equity Derivatives trade intermediation and lifecycle events. the technology platform used Calypso, SwapsWire and DTCC.

* Designed a real-time credit analysis system using Moodys-KMV (EDFs), Standard & Poors and Bloomberg market data. It replaced multiple legacy systems for annual cost savings of $250,000.

* Developed a co-branded (Java based) trading system with GL Trade (Mosaic). Cost savings realized by 20% reduction of application license fees. The Mosaic product line created a new revenue stream for GL Trade.

* Managed API development project with annual budget of $2 million. Provided a platform for straight through processing (STP) with SunGard clearing and settlement systems.

* Implemented STP system and business process workflow. Realized annual cost savings of $3 million.

* Designed and implemented trade verification and amendment process for FX Operations. Reduced duplicate confirmations and settlement errors by 30%.

* Implemented electronic trading platform for connectivity to seven Futures & Options exchanges. Proprietary traders and clients can now access the top exchanges from a single front-end system.




Professional Experience
Bear Stearns Securities Corp - Derivatives Operations, Brooklyn, NY (2005 - Present)
Derivatives Operations PMO: Project Manager - Associate Director

* Manage application and business development projects for global derivatives operations group (NY, London, Dublin, Tokyo). Managed a $16 million annual Operations-IT budget while adding new energy and insurance derivatives product lines.

* Establish new operations team in Tokyo to support OTC Derivatives business in Asian equities.

* Implementation of Calypso Technologies - Front and Back Office modules. Manage the business user requirements analysis, UAT and production rollout for Derivatives Operations.

* Credit Intermediation for OTC Derivatives: Business process design and implementation for Prime Brokerage business. Focus on CDS, IRD and Equities. Leverage DTCC - DerivServ for STP trade matching and confirmations.

* Enhance post-trade processing system for connectivity to DTCC - DerivServ confirmation engine. Support the latest versions for CRD, IRD, Equity Derivatives confirmations and payments matching. Implement system and business process changes to automate CDS "quarterly roll" payments.

* Implement new cost controls and management reporting process to maintain audit and regulatory reporting compliance (SOX - Sarbanes Oxley, FSA, Basel II).


CIBC World Markets - CPM Technology, New York, NY (2002 - 2005)
TBRM - Credit Portfolio Management: Project Manager - Director

* Managed application development team for portfolio valuation systems. Required extensive collaboration with vendor sales and technology infrastructure teams (Bloomberg, S&P, Moodys-KMV)

* Designed a real-time credit analysis system using .Net and Rational Unified Process (RUP). It provides a consistent reporting platform for Basel II compliance with an annual cost savings of $250,000.

* Developed business requirements for implementation of Calypso, derivatives trading system. Conducted an in-depth analysis of the market data, reference data, valuation engines, order management, confirmation/settlement process and financial reporting requirements.

* Managed the deployment of Calypso trading system and integration with key business and market data systems. Identified the appropriate topology, system support and administration processes.

* Redesigned the central data processing system for CPM credit portfolios and derivative trading systems. Migrated stand-alone MS-Access databases to a rule based SQL Server 2000 data warehouse and an XML based data processing management application.

* Developed business recovery and contingency plans for CPM Technology application services and teams in New York and Toronto. Conducted regular audits to ensure compliance to Information Security and Change Management policies.


Merrill Lynch - CICG Technology, Jersey City, NJ (1999 - 2001)
Global Equities - Financial Futures and Options: Project Manager - AVP (1999-2001)

* Implemented electronic trading platform for futures and options. System infrastructure supported the trading activity for offices in New York, Chicago, London and Tokyo.

* Completed API development and infrastructure build for connectivity to the following exchanges: Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT), Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME), Eurex, London International Financial Futures & Options Exchange (LIFFE), et. al.

* Developed a co-branded trading application with GL Trade (Mosaic). Development of the Mosaic product resulted in significant cost savings for Merrill Lynch (reduced license fees by 20%).

* Designed Java GUI for Order Management and Reporting application. Prepared UML diagrams (use cases, class diagrams, data flow and ERD). Also developed an interactive tutorial, using Java applets.

* Managed API development and product release cycle for trading systems; in order to establish straight through processing (STP) with SunGard-GMI clearing and settlement systems.

* Developed technology strategy recommendations based on detailed Cost Benefit Analysis and system infrastructure design. Presented recommendations and proposals to management teams.

* Managed vendor relationships with exchanges and application providers. Previewed new products and established Service Level Agreements to facilitate the negotiation of processing, maintenance and license fees.

* Member of FIX Protocol - Futures & Options Working Group. Develop and publish guidelines to standardize the implementation of FIX 4.2 in the Futures & Options Industry. Submitted a proposal for user defined combination spreads and static data for futures and options contracts.



JPMorgan & Co. Incorporated, New York, NY (1995 - 1999)
Foreign Exchange and Commodities: Project Manager (1998-1999)

* Implemented a STP productivity initiative for operations groups in North America to achieve annual cost savings of $3 million.

* Successfully converted systems and operations procedures to ensure seamless processing of Euro denominated transactions.

* Managed vendor relationships. Preview new products and establish Service Level Agreements to facilitate the negotiation of processing, maintenance and license fees.

* Coordinated global application development for FX risk management and settlement systems.

* Developed functional requirements and user training program for web based risk management application and client reference database. Documented business process workflows and UML diagrams for application development and data communications infrastructure.

* Implemented contingency plans for FX business groups located in NYC. Included disaster recovery and Y2K contingencies for the technology and operations groups.



JPMorgan & Co. Incorporated, New York, NY
Foreign Exchange Options: Middle Office - Product Specialist (1997-1998)

* Priced options and structured transactions for FX corporate and institutional clients.

* Developed functional specifications with business managers and AD teams to deploy a web based GUI for FX-Options pricing and risk management systems.



JPMorgan & Co. Incorporated, New York, NY
Global Technology & Operations - Consulting Group: Analyst (1995-1997)

*Completed the JP Morgan - GTO Analyst training program. Included projects in Foreign Exchange, Global Cash Management, Global Equities, Risk Management and Credit Portfolio Group.

*Developed STP functional requirements and a risk valuation process for FX and credit derivatives. Conducted a credit analysis of the Equity/Fixed Income Syndication Process.

*Documented functional requirements for Money Transfer application. This included documentation for the business process workflows, use cases and SWIFT compliance testing.


Professional Development
*Information Security & Audit Controls
*Basel II, SOX Compliance Standards
*6Sigma - Productivity Improvement Methodology
*Activity Based Cost-Benefit Analysis
*Derivatives and Yield Curve Analysis
*Financial Accounting
*Object Oriented Analysis & Design
*Microsoft Solutions Framework
*Designing Interactive Web Applications
*Rational Unified Process


Technical Skills
Platforms: .NET Framework, Java, HTML, SQL, RUP/UML, FIX Protocol (FiXML), TIBCO

Trading Applications: Calypso, J-Risk, Trading Technologies, GL Trade, Broker Tech, GMI & Devon, DTCC DerivServ, SwapsWire

Financial Market Data Systems: Reuters, EBS, Bloomberg

Process/Object Modeling: Visio, Rational Analyst Studio

Productivity Software: MS Project, PowerPoint, MS Access, MS Word, Excel



Education
Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY
Masters of Science, Information Technology Management, Class of 2003

Columbia University, New York, NY
Bachelor of Arts, Economics, May 1995

Professional Licenses:
*NASD Series 24, 7, 6, 63
*NYS Insurance (Life & Health)

Certifications
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