Database Guru Resume

Title
Database Guru

Primary Skills
Extensive background with credit risk methodologies, and financial database development and implmenetation.

Location
US-NY-Buffalo

Posted
Jun-09-09

Summary
A dynamic and highly-accomplished business and technology leader with outstanding record of success providing IT, project management, business process, product development, and infrastructure solutions to organizations worldwide. Excellent communication and technical skills facilitate the ability to manage a team, earn the respect of its members, lead by example, and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment. Extensive background with credit risk methodologies and financial data. Strong understanding of designing, implementing and maintaining large relational databases.
BUSINESS & IT COMPETENCIES
? Credit Risk and Portfolio Analysis ? IT & Business Strategy and Execution
? Supplier Risk Management ? Product Development, Implementation & Training
? BASEL II Capital requirements ? Business Continuity Management & Disaster Recovery
? Macroeconomic Stress testing ? Web & Internet Development
? Electronic Financial Data -- S&P and EDGAR ? Quality Assurance & Testing
? International Customer Proficiency ? Network & Software Infrastructure
? Executive Management ? Utilize Latest Hardware & Software
? New Product / Service Launch & Management ? Data Warehousing & Architecture
TECHNICAL SKILLS
? Languages: SQL, VB.NET, ASP.NET, Visual Basic, VBA, ASP, Java, XML, HTML, MS Expressions
? Tools: Visual Studio, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visual Source Safe, SharePoint, Visio, Acrobat
? Databases: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, MS Access, OLAP, OLTP, Stored Procedures, DTS
? Reporting: Crystal Reports, SQL Reporting Services

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
DIRECTOR, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (8/02 -- Present) • ZETA Services, Mountainside, NJ

Responsible for the commercialization of client-server credit risk analysis software, ZRCS, for privates and public companies. Managed, designed and implemented migration of an internal prototype to full featured commercial credit risk application used by customers worldwide. Multi-threaded large scale SQL Server databases including automated updating for Global distribution. Managed aspects of project life cycle, including initial feasibility analysis, customer expectations, project resources, estimates, implementation, project schedule, status reports, product delivery and training.

Select Achievements
• Developed and implemented software and training for Shared National Credit review for various government agency including the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC. Reviewers were able to rank order accounts based on probability of default.
• Developed Supplier Risk management system for capturing financial statements and identifying financially distressed companies. Process included being a 3rd party consolidator of financial information of suppliers and providing scoring and ranking reports to contracting customer.
• Implemented numerous Credit Risk systems, using ZETA score and Altman Z-score, to take into account the probability of default and price risk into loans.
• Macroeconomic Stress testing allowing banks to identify potential risks associated with changes in economic environment. Clients were able to forecast various economic conditions and quantify the impact on their portfolios.
• Other activities performed included customer needs analysis, implementation, training and support for several Multinational Financial institutions.
• Developed customized interfaces to communicate with various customer databases and spreadsheets.
• Managed international clients throughout Europe and Oceania with diverse accounting standards.
• Supplied standardize scoring and equivalent S&P bonding rating database of North American public companies allowing customers to perform equity evaluation. Database was updated on a monthly basis and distribution was automated to global customer base.

PROJECT DIRECTOR (8/94 -- 8/02) • Ajilon Services, Rochester, NY

Worked on multiple engagements at various levels, from strategic technology assessment and direction to management and implementation of complex systems. Further duties included driving new business initiatives (in areas such as e-Business, Wireless, Systems Transformation, IT Strategy, etc.); Staff management duties (e.g., coaching, mentoring, retention, etc.); and training the Delivery Team, Staff Managers and staff on consulting practices.

Select Achievements
• Interim Director of Technology for web based multi-lingual search and retrieval Software Company. Developed organizational structure, budget, and roles and responsibilities for startup Dot-com Company. Lead the commercialization efforts to turn a research concept into and marketable product.
• Management Consultant for Xerox Corporation, architecture and migration of new customer service system. Design considerations included access by intranet, Internet and extranet users; customers'; requirements, performance, compatibility, high availability, fault tolerance, and scalability.
• Led project team in the successful migration of legacy system to client/server agent, saving a considerable time and money. The application was the largest North American deployment of a client/server application within Xerox, supporting over 13,000 Field Service Reps.
• Design and development of parts management software allowing technicians to update, search, order, and track parts inventory against central SQL database.

SENIOR CONSULTANT (10/88 -- 8/94) • Application Consulting Group, Morristown, NJ

Executed all phases of application development and design for numerous sales, marketing, and financial databases for sales force automation, decision support, and financial analysis using Oracle EXPRESS. Activities performed included:

• Created decision support systems using various syndicated market data sources.
• Designed an activity based costing system to evaluate changes in manufacturing costs.
• Developed regression models to track, changes in volume related to marketing variables.
• Established and managed advanced technologies group
• Tested, communicated and implemented system modifications
• Executed all phases of project management life cycle


EDUCATION
COLGATE UNIVERSITY, HAMILTON, NY - 1988
BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE IN COMPUTER SCIENCE/ECONOMICS

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