EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
IT Tech Lead / Project Manager
Applying the knowledge of technology and problem
solving innovation to improve processes, apply best practices, and exceed
customer expectations. Expertise in navigating complex systems, being customer
centric, and getting bottom line results.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE AND SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
JP MORGAN CHASE (Protective Life), Elgin, IL 2004-2007
$1.2 trillion provider of financial services.
Systems Advisory (Tech Lead / Project Manager)
As technical lead, facilitated application architecture, data conversions,
infrastructure design, project scheduling, program modifications, risk mitigation
as well as group training and development.
Directed the launch, coordinated all deliverables, and led 19-member team for
the installation of a $3.8 million life insurance system for 1.5 million
policies.
Developed process and code to analyze 14,000 datasets within 24 hours to
prepare for move to new data center.
Spearheaded analysis, design and development of new test environment within
three months ensuring Quality Assurance compliance and production redundancy.
Reduced program installation time from 144 hours to less than eight while
maintaining 99.9% uptime by developing a multi-threading process.
Reduced expensive use of programmers to monitor test batch cycles saving
$200,000 in labor over 36 months.
Personally identified and documented recurring CICS re-enterability problem on
a mainframe system enabling the vendor to supply a fix within three days.
ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, Northbrook, IL 1979-2003
$85 billion leading provider of insurance and annuity products and services.
Systems Consultant/Architect (1999-2003)
Responsibilities included directing and managing applications
development/planning, technical strategy implementation, and vendor relations
management. Staff of 4; 1 direct.
Devised and implemented the development of overall technology strategy and
architecture for the Financial line of business allowing for the creation of the
first significant web presence.
Established and participated in the Life Architecture Review Board reviewing
more than 75 IT projects annually.
Analyzed six existing applications and developed methodology to close gaps
allowing integration into web site.
Reduced policy issuing time 30 days to three by integrating and modifying
three off the shelf solutions to assist agent get all required information and
initial premium payment.
Associate Consultant, Corporate Application Enabling (1995-1999)
Responsible for providing specialist support in testing and Y2K readiness.
Staff of two.
Saved the corporation more than $1 million annually in maintenance costs by
developing a product inventory database to limit the number of tools being used.
Implemented use of an integration tool, eliminating two interfaces and
reducing maintenance costs by $100,000 annually.
Requested by project manager to be one of twelve members on a new
Object-Oriented Best Practices team.
Researched object modeling and evaluated appropriate tools developing
corporate standards for object-oriented development for Allstate.
Associate Consultant, Allstate Life (1993-1995)
Responsible for ensuring the integrity of the infrastructure for the software
systems. Staff of one.
Saved $1.5 million annually by consolidating three versions of the companys
software systems.
Managed development of business resumption plan (BRP) to ensure business
continuity.
Senior Staff Programmer, Allstate Life Technical Support (1987-1993)
Senior Staff Programmer, Allstate Life ATLAS Division (1979-1987)
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATIONS
Project Management Institute (PMI), Chicago, IL
PMP Certification 2008
American Society for Quality, Milwaukee, WI
Six Sigma Green Belt 2008
Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, IL 1989
B.S., Vocational Education Studies, Cum Laude, Scholastic Honors
Fellow of the Life Management Institute, Atlanta, GA 1989
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL 1988
A.A., Applied Science in Office Systems
TECHNICAL SKILLS
MS Office (MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint), MS Project, Lotus Notes, MS
Outlook, MS Visio, Attachmate, XPEDITER, File-Aid, Abend-Aid, MQIntegrator, CICS,
Assembler, COBOL, JCL, Utilities (IDCAMS, ADRDSSUd), VSAM, Intertest,
Object-Modeling (Rational Rose), Omegamon, Strobe, CLISTs, Changeman, ZEKE,
CyberLife, Defect Tracker.
Trained in: SQL, DB2, Oracle, Microsoft.Net (C#), SmallTalk, Access, Java.
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