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Skill Summary

Languages
C/C++/C#, Visual Basic, VB.NET, Java, JavaScript, T-SQL, VBScript, XML, Dynamic HTML, Director "Lingo", Perl

Operating Systems
Windows 3.1/95/NT/2000/XP, Linux, Irix, SunOS, Solaris, DOS, MacOS, Cisco IOS

APIs/SDKs
COM+, ASP/ASP.NET, SOAP, MS Message Queue, J2EE/EJB, Servlets, JSP, Win32, MFC, DirectX, CGI 1.0, Windows Scriptlets

Application Areas
Web Development, Multimedia, Games, Network, System Administration, Video Conferencing

Databases
MS SQL Server 7/2000/2005, MySQL, Oracle 9i, MS Access, MS FoxPro, PostgreSQL

Web Servers
MS Internet Information Server, Apache, O'Reilly WebSite

Application Servers
MS Site Server, Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, ColdFusion, JRun

Mail Servers
MS Exchange, Sendmail, Qmail, Post.Office

Development Tools
Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio.NET, Visual Modeler, Visio, JBuilder 5, UltraDev, Forte for Java, Homesite, Director, Dreamweaver, Flash, Wise Installation tools, Smacker Video tools, Adobe PhotoShop, Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere

Business Applications
Sungard Visual Portfolio Manager (VPM), Advent Axys, Advent Partner, Eze Castle Trader's Console, Charles River Investment Management System, Sungard InvesTier, Omgeo OASYS Institutional, eMSPA, PerTrac, Event Monitor, Sales Logix

Hardware
Cisco Catalyst, Cisco Pix, Cisco Local Director, Cisco 2600 series, Nokia/Checkpoint, GPT, BT, Polycom, Ascend, Dell Poweredge, Compaq Proliant, SGI, Sun Ultra II

Other Skills
Project management, Network systems design, Film/Video Production, Audio Production, Audio/Video systems design, Video Conferencing systems design


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Executive Summary

IT Executive with fifteen years extensive experience in technology administration and development using a wide variety of technologies. Adept at communicating technical and business ideas with C-level executives and technical staff. Seeking a senior technical position that will leverage my experience leading cross-functional teams to the advantage of a dynamic, growing workplace environment.


Core Competencies

   Trading Operations      Software Development  
   Portfolio Accounting      Project Management  
   Risk Management      Network Operations  
   Strategic Planning      Mentoring & Coaching  
   Budgeting & Vendor Management      Change Management  

Software Development Manager
Trafelet Delta Funds — New York, NY
August, 2006 - Present
Currently leading software development team of 22 to support portfolio management, trading operations, accounting, and risk management needs of Trafelet Delta Funds, a global hedge fund with over $5 billion of assets under management.
  Provided architecture and business process guidance and lead development effort on a portfolio management system consisting of a real-time P/L tool, security master, pricing system, and reporting framework supporting all 11 global funds.  
  Directed accounting conversion of all 11 funds from Advent Axys to Advent Geneva preparing firm for growth in assets and new funds. Integrated Geneva into trading operations workflow.  
  Grew development staff from 2 to 22 in 18 months.  
  Dramatically reduced manual trading operations end-of-day processes by improving data pathways between multiple prime brokers, order management system, accounting and trade matching systems.  
  Managed development of quantitative analytics applications in various functions such as pre-trade analytics, variance swap pricing, and risk metrics.  
  Designed and implemented initial productivity and workflow procedures for application development department, including adoption of source control software, continuous integration and unit testing.  
  Performed vendor selection, vendor management, and negotiations  
  Managed and supported the following line of business applications: Advent Geneva, Advent Axys, Advent Partner, Eze Castle Trader's Console, Charles River Investment Management System, Bloomberg Anywhere, Omgeo OASYS Institutional, eMSPA, PerTrac, Event Monitor, Sales Logix, Logical Information Machines (LIM) XMIM, OptionMetrics, Markit, Reuters Trading Station.  
Senior Consultant
Microsoft — New York, NY
May, 2006 - August, 2006
Senior member in Microsoft's Financial Services Group to advise large financial institutions on their technology projects. Provided guidance and direction on architectural, development process, and infrastructure issues.
  Provided architectural as well as process improvement guidance for large Investment Bank. Enhanced development team's ability to deliver higher code quality and improve time to delivery.  
  Streamlined process workflow to better support offshore development team.  
  Instituted disciplined build environment and unit testing framework  
  Performed code reviews for development team and provided best practice guidance for improved code quality.  
AVP, Software Architect
Ivy Asset Management — Jericho, NY
July, 2003 - May, 2006
Designed and developed software to support portfolio management, accounting, and risk management needs of Ivy Asset Management, a fund of hedge funds with over $15 billion of assets under management.
  Architected accounting software rollout and custom development, allowing Ivy to move from spreadsheet based records to an enterprise level accounting and reporting package.  
  Developed interface between proprietary in-house hedge fund reference data system and Investier, a fund of fund accounting package.  
  Developed accounting software API for access to accounting data from other Ivy developed software, such as portfolio management and risk management systems.  
  Prototyped core architecture components for data access, error handling, and visual inheritance of user interface components used throughout Ivy software.  
  Designed and implemented new productivity and workflow procedures for application development department, including adoption of new defect tracking and source control mechanisms.  
  Managed and supported the following line of business applications: Bloomberg Anywhere, Sungard InvesTier, PerTrac  
Custom Development Manager
Integrated Business Systems — New York, NY
November, 2002 - July, 2003
Managed the custom development team at IBSI. The custom development team made proprietary enhancements to VPM, IBSI's hedge fund accounting, portfolio management and trading/order entry software, for clients such as Perry Capital Partners and Goldentree Asset Management.
  Managed group of developers in charge of custom development on enhancements to current product.  
  Interacted with customer team (traders, operations staff, and CFO) to ascertain their custom development needs; then architected custom solutions.  
  Provided guidance to core product team on client needs that arose through custom development work and developed core technologies to be included in base product.  
  Managed and supported the following line of business applications: Sungard Visual Portfolio Manager (VPM), Bloomberg Anywhere, Eze Castle Trader's Console, Omgeo OASYS Institutional  
Chief Software Architect
HR One Inc. (now gNeil) — New York, NY
May, 1999 - October, 2002
Designed and developed technology behind HR One's portfolio of web-based human resources automation products for small to medium sized businesses. Coordinated design and development across 3 product lines; working with marketing, business development and customers.
  Architected HR One's Suite of 16 HRIS and Compliance Management Applications in a heterogeneous network of Windows and *nix servers and technologies.  
  Designed and developed a real-time transaction processing system for transfer of payroll data between the HRIS system and vendor payroll processing back-end.  
  Guided HR One through two successful mergers and reorganization of technical staff and assets.  
  Grew technical development staff from 3 to 18 developers and QA professionals.  
Web Developer
Admaster Communications (now twentysix NY) — New York, NY
June, 1998 - May, 1999
Developed websites for Admaster Communications, a privately held advertising firm catering to the financial services sector, with clients including Chase Manhattan, Credit Suisse First Boston, Dow Jones, and LPL.
  Produced custom secure investment web sites for securities firms.  
  Performed Webmaster and system administration duties.  
System Administrator, Web Developer
8th Wonder Games — Raleigh, NC
January, 1996 - June, 1998
Served on management team of 8th Wonder, a developer of Windows 3D real-time games and supported rapid growth of studio and development teams. Planned and implemented Windows NT rollout and LAN design for 8th Wonder's 3D animation studio, video production facilities and render farm.
Consultant
GlaxoSmithKline — Research Triangle Park, NC
May, 1993 - January, 1996
Designed and maintained GlaxoSmithKline videoconferencing and broadcast facilities. Directed a staff of video technicians and IT engineers to construct internal closed circuit broadcast system and IP based video conferencing systems.