Objective

A management or senior level position in business systems analysis, quantitative/statistical analysis, systems analysis/engineering, or project management.

Summary of Qualifications

·       Over 25 years of software engineering and analytical experience with top tier clients in the insurance, telecom, banking, intelligence, defense, investment, mortgage, education, healthcare, and gaming industries

·       Over 8 years of Big 4 Financial Services Consulting experience

·       Proficient in project engagement management, solutions architecture, business application architecture, technical business analysis, statistical analysis and quantitative analysis

·       Proficient in requirements analysis, process modeling, use case analysis, object oriented analysis and design, the Unified Modeling Language (UML), change control and document configuration management

·       Proficient in structured and object-oriented software development methodologies, including the Rational Unified Process (RUP)

·       Certified in, developed and delivered  over 20 formal Object Oriented Analysis and Design classes to client and corporate personnel

·       Excellent verbal and written client facing communication skills

·       Currently in the process of obtaining my Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Education

Master of Science, Applied Mathematics, summa cum laude
Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

Bachelor of Science, Applied Mathematics with Physics Minor,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Employment History

2006 to Present        IBM Global Business Services
Senior Managing Consultant, Marlton, NJ
Financial Management, Business Performance Management and Analytics Practice

1997 to 2006            BearingPoint Incorporated / KPMG Consulting Incorporated
Manager, Radnor, PA
Financial Service - Insurance Practice (1997 – 2002)
Cross Industry Solutions Group (2002-present)

1983 to 1997            GE Aerospace / Lockheed Martin Corporation
Senior Systems Engineer
Military Programs Department, Valley Forge, PA
Held Top Secret SCI Clearances (1983 – 1997)

1979 to 1983            United States Central Intelligence Agency
Imagery Scientist
National Photographic Interpretation Center, Washington, D.C.
Held Top Secret SCI Clearances (1979 – 1983)

Assignment and Accomplishment History

4/08 to present         For a major investment management services company, supported the development of a business case to provide IBM support for projects to analyze, migrate, test, convert, and support investment management clients.

3/08 to 4/08              For a major asset management company, supported a current state assessment, gap analysis, and roadmap development for financial reporting re-engineering initiative.

10/07 to 3/08            For a major international insurance company, worked as a Project Management Office Lead on the company’s SAP Global Design project. The project focused on transforming their world-wide financial close process into a more standard, automated and accurate capability. In his duties as a Project Management Office Lead he managed over 150 project resources and established processes and procedures to manage project execution, delivered project standards, and administered project management tool.

10/06 to 10/07          For IBM Global Business Consulting, developed a new software and service based solution which focused on enabling major financial companies to provide a greater visibility into IT costs. This solution provided a data collections, activity based costing, multi-dimensional reporting, as well as business driven correlations and predictive modeling capabilities.

7/06 to 10/06            For Bank of America, supported projects to develop global credit and equities software applications as the metrics manager in the project management office.  Developed, automated, and provided weekly status on project metrics for over 70 projects.

3/06 to 7/06              For Sprint Corporation, supported the Finance Integration Project Management Office in defining strategies, identifying savings benefit commitments, controlling projects, and recommending leading practices for the merger of Sprint and Nextel.

8/05 to 3/06              For Fannie Mae Corporation, served as engagement manager and managed a team of consultants with the goal of translating SAS Software Code into discrete business rules. Enabling mapping and compliance to Federal Government Regulations for certification purposes.

5/04 to 8/05              For AT&T Corporation, served as engagement manager, designed the process and led a team implementing a requirements management and traceability, document version control, and project change control system, utilizing IBM Rational Software. The System was used for the development of a $200 Million implementation of an SAP Financial Solution.

11/03 to 5/04            For American Express Corporation, served as engagement manager, developed the statistical techniques, and led a team of consultants that analyzed the correlation between Business Drivers and CPU Consumption. The client used correlation results to improve software application profitability and reduce cost.

2/02 to 11/03            For AT&T Corporation, managed an engagement and served as requirements manager for a project to develop an application to manage and track accounts receivables, collections, and disputes.

2/01 to 2/02              For BearingPoint Incorporated managed a team of business analysts using an object oriented use case approach to the re-engineering of Metropolitan Life Insurance’s Auto and Home Claims System.

10/00 to 2/01            For several Fortune 500 and start-up Internet Companies, performed requirements gathering facilitation, developed the process, detailed use cases, and object models in support of web-based and client server software application development. Delivered several courses in object oriented analysis and design.

1/00 to 10/00            For Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, led a team performing requirements gathering, use case development, and object-oriented analysis and design for the development of a web-based voluntary enrollment and administration system. Delivered several courses in object oriented analysis and design.

8/99 to 1/00              For New York Life Insurance Company, performed a current situation analysis, future state vision analysis, and migration strategy for over 150 corporate software systems.

6/99 to 8/99              For Trans-General Insurance Company, performed requirements gathering, use case development, and object-oriented analysis for the development of an RFP to replace major components of the insurance company’s business software. Delivered a course in object oriented analysis and design.

11/98 to 6/99            For Amica Insurance Company, performed use case development, object-oriented analysis and design and mentoring for the implementation of a multi-tiered client/server claims application. Delivered several courses in object oriented analysis and design.

5/98 to 11/98            For Vanguard Investments, performed use case development, object-oriented analysis and design and mentoring for the implementation of a retirement planning application.

12/97 to 5/98            For Compass Information Systems, performed use case development, object-oriented analysis and design for the implementation of a multi-tiered client/server health survey application.

3/96 to 12/97            While employed as a Senior Systems Engineer for General Electric Aerospace and Lockheed Martin Corporation, defined methodologies, processes, workflows, and designed an object-oriented reuse system to be used in the design and manufacture of digital signal processors.

6/95 to 3/96              While employed as a Senior Systems Engineer for General Electric Aerospace, led a team performing systems requirements analysis, testing, and delivery of a large state-of-the-art, multi-site, U.S. Government sponsored image archive, dissemination, and exploitation system.

3/83 to 6/95              While employed as a Senior Systems Engineer for General Electric Aerospace, performed systems engineering and analysis on several U.S. Government-sponsored advanced technology projects in the area of automated target recognition, digital image processing, and automated computer detection and classification algorithms for the automatically exploitation of imagery.

6/79 to 3/83              While employed as an Imagery Scientist, for the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, designed and implemented software applications to perform automated measurements on satellite and terrestrial photography.

Clients by Industry

Insurance Clients

  • AIG
  • Amica Mutual Insurance
  • Cigna Insurance
  • MetLife Insurance Company
  • New York Life Insurance Company
  • Trans-General Life Insurance

Banking, Investment, and Mortgage Clients

  • American Express
  • Bank of America
  • Blackstone Group
  • CitiGroup Bank
  • Fannie Mae
  • Goldman Sachs
  • MutualFunds.com
  • NASDAQ
  • Providian Financial
  • State Street
  • Vanguard Investments

Telecom Clients

  • AT&T
  • Sprint/Nextel
  • Talk.com
  • Ziptone.com

Intelligence and Defense Clients

  • Central Intelligence Agency
  • Defense Intelligence Agency
  • Defense Mapping Agency
  • Navy

Education Clients

  • IgniteLearning.com
  • McGraw-Hill

HealthCare Clients

  • Compass Information Systems
  • PsychologyNetwork.com

Gaming Client

  • Flutter.com

Areas of Expertise and Skills

Requirements Analysis and Development

  • Business Rule Specification
  • Functional Requirements Decomposition
  • Object Modeling
  • Process Modeling
  • Requirements Interviewing and Facilitation
  • Structured Requirements Development
  • Use Case Analysis and Documentation

Development Methodologies

  • BearingPoint ProvenCourse
  • Rational Unified Process (RUP)
  • Spiral Development Methodology
  • SUMMIT-D
  • Waterfall Methodology          

Standards, Techniques, and Models

  • Booch Object Modeling
  • Coad-Yourdan
  • Entity Relationship Data Modeling
  • IBM’s Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) Object and Data Model
  • Object Modeling
  • Object Modeling Technique (OMT)  
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML)

Object Oriented Modeling Software Tools

  • Cayenne ObjectTeam
  • Rational Rose
  • Riverton  How
  • UML Studio

Other Modeling, Development, and Analysis Software Tools

  • CA BPWin Process Modeling
  • CA ERWin Data Modeling
  • Crystal Reports
  • Documentum eRoom
  • Haley Rule Business Rules Authoring
  • Lombardi Process Modeling Tool
  • Microsoft SharePoint 
  • MS SourceSafe Version Management
  • PVCS Version Management
  • Rational RequisitePro Requirements Management
  • Rational SoDA Documentation
  • SAS Basics
  • SAS STAT
  • SAS Enterprise Miner
  • Savvion Process Modeling Tool

Middleware and Business Rules Processing Software

  • Haley Authorete Rules Authoring
  • Haley CIA Server Business Rules Engine
  • IBM MQSeries
  • IBM MQSeries Integrator
  • IBM MQSeries Workflow

Software Languages

  • Basic
  • C and C++
  • FORTRAN
  • HTML
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • PERL
  • SAS
  • Visual Basic

Productivity Software Tools

  • MS Access
  • MS Excel
  • MS FileMaker Pro
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Project
  • MS Visio
  • MS Word
  • Primavera

Software Operating Systems

  • DEC VMSIBM MVS / VM
  • MS / PC-DOS
  • UNIX SunOS/Solaris
  • Windows XP, 95/98/2000, NT, 3.x

Hardware Systems

  • Apple Macintosh
  • DEC VAX
  • IBM Mainframe
  • IBM PC
  • SGI Indigo
  • Sun SPARC