Jose T. Suro	


Programmer with over 20 years experience in the Banking Industry, with extensive
experience in designing and developing Windows client/server applications. 


Skills Summary:

	Extensive experience in all phases of systems development: systems
architecture, application design, database design/normalization, user interface
design, coding, testing, debugging, installation and support
	Achieved consistent progressive responsibility with one company for
over 20 years 
	Extensive experience designing and developing money laundering
client/server systems and monitors for large national and international banks
	Highly skilled in written communications, writing developer's handbook
and VB development standards for EIS applications as well as Hardware/Software
Specifications and Systems Solution Documents
	Experience with technology evaluation and preparing successful funding
proposals

Technical Summary:

Languages:  VB, Crystal Reports, C, Assembler, ObjectPAL, HyperTalk, Autocoder
Databases:  SQL Server, Access, dBase 
Applications:  Contract Management and Reporting, Anti-Money Laundering, Wire
Transfer, Foreign Exchange, ATM, Data Entry

Professional Experience:

BHI, Inc. (Bay Harbor Islands, FL)							Jun 99 - Present 
President/CEO

	Designed and developed VB6/SQL Server client/server system being
marketed to state and city governmental agencies to track and report on contracts
awarded to minority firms
	Current clients include Texas Department of Transportation, Mississippi
Department of Transportation, City of Austin, Corpus Christi Regional
Transportation District, Reno (Nevada) Transportation Authority, and City of
Pittsburgh School District
	Designed and developed VB6/SQL Server client/server system being
marketed to large national and international banks to detect and report potential
money laundering activity
	Current clients include Bank of America and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria (Spain's 2nd largest bank)

Interim Personnel Services (Fort Lauderdale, FL)					Feb 99 - May 99
Consultant

	Successfully modified personnel management system to provide local
language-based user interface for use in England, France, Spain, and other
international sites. 

Bank of America (Concord, CA)		 					1979 - 1999
Consulting Systems Engineer, World Banking MIS (1997 – 1999)

	Designed and developed Wire Transfer Monitor for Latin America Division
Compliance
	First developed as a VB3 prototype with an Access database, the
application used a rule-based inference engine to identify potential money
laundering activity and report it to Corporate Security and relevant Federal
Agencies (Justice and Treasury Departments) 
	Completely re-wrote the application in VB5 and upgraded the database to
SQL Server 6.5 to take advantage of 32-bit processing and the multi-user
scalability of SQL Server

 Consulting Systems Engineer, Executive Information Systems (1995 - 1997)

	Lead developer for Win95 and Win NT applications for the bank's
executive officers and their support staff
	All applications written in VB3/VB4 to access dBase-format databases on
Novell LAN servers
	Re-designed logical databases for migration to SQLServer
	Primary application allowed senior executives to view many different
reports generated by heterogeneous systems via a single, easy to use windows
application
	Other applications and services provided to the executive floor
included Stock Quotes viewer, NewsEdge, Live TV, Calendars, Mail and Contact
Tracking, and Internet/ Intranet access
	Designed and built an Application Framework and corresponding
Application Wizard using VB4 Object Classes to provide a common framework
(standard start-up forms and modules) for future EIS applications
	Designed and wrote a developer's handbook and VB development standards
for EIS applications; these documents were available via the Intranet to all VB
developers at the bank
	Participated in the VB5 Beta program and used VB5 to develop
SQLServer-based applications as ActiveX Controls that could be dropped into HTML
files and easily accessed via the Internet

Consulting Systems Engineer, Decision Management Systems (1994 – 1995)

	Team leader for client side of decision support application for Global
and Domestic Trust businesses;
Platform was Win3.1 using SQL to access Sybase RDBMS server. All development was
in C and C++
	Application was undergoing User Acceptance when Bank decided to exit
the Trust and Custody businesses

Consulting Systems Engineer, Teleservicing Systems (Feb 94 – Jun 94)

	Installed and demonstrated proof-of-concept system for calling center
information project eventually installed in seven statewide (California)
teleservicing centers
	Wrote Hardware/Software Specifications and Systems Solution Documents
	System delivered synchronized voice and data to customer service
representatives when customer opted to transfer from a dialogue with Voice
Recognition hardware to the customer representative

Other Bank of America Assignments:

Consulting Systems Engineer, Delivery Systems Support (1993 – 1994)
Consulting Systems Engineer, Money Transfer Systems (1990 – 1993)
Consulting Systems Engineer, Global Trading Systems (1987 – 1988)
Consulting Systems Engineer, Utility Network Development (1986 – 1987)
Consulting Systems Engineer, TPF Architecture Group (1984 – 1986)

Previous Employment:

Systems Architect, Wholesale Banking Systems, Midland Bank (London, England)
1988 – 1990

	Member of Senior Architecture group that designed an automated platform
to support all traders (foreign exchanged, commodities, etc.) at the bank’s
central trading desk in London