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Chicago, IL, US

New York, NY, US

· Led the analysis of the current brand, website design, then performed competitor analysis. · Generated a new firm brand, inclusive of style guide, logo, graphical assets, and voice.· Re-Designed, developed, tested, and deployed a responsive new website, aligned to the new firm brand.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Supervised a team of 5 developers; headed all internal product development activities.
• Re-architected monolithic.NET applications into multi-tiered applications with WPF, WinForms, and React.JS micro-ui modules supported by a Node.JS and Python micro-service middle-tier; enhanced scalability and.
• Instituted a design system library for use in 10+ firm applications; transformed UI and UX strategies.
• Shaped product requirements and designed wireframes and prototypes for a web-based dashboard for options block trading that laid out plans to automate inter-dealer broker workflows; directed the initial development of.
• Expanded the User Experience and User Interface Design and Development team, adding 2 team members with expertise in the React and Node.js functional areas.
• Re-Designed the legacy Order Management platform, and led the User Experience and User Interface team in the implementation of a simple and re-organized order application.

Miami, Florida, US

· Non-Compete period with competing financials extends through mid-October.

Miami, Florida, US

• Built and led the largest Equities-aligned User Experience, User Interface, and Frontend design and software engineering team; guided firm-wide efforts to optimize frontend architectures and engage in user experience.
• Implemented and deployed a re-usable React component library hosted in Electron containers and a Node.JS microservice infrastructure hosted in Docker containers, using Restful and Websocket APIs that replaced legacy.
• Designed and guided the first implementation of a ML/AI user-centric search control, leveraging NLP, and supported by an in-house model of trading data.
• Leveraged usage/stability/workflow metric reports generated daily to further improve user satisfaction, workflow productivity, and prioritize new feature and fix development.
• Governed data analysis efforts across the frontend product suite; replaced 75% of live data grids within applications with live data visualizations based on data patterns and values.
• Acted as the application suite Product Manager and facilitated communication with users to gather requirements across 6+ office locations and 50+ research desks; led team efforts in addressing and prioritizing.

Miami, Florida, US

• Conducted over 50 user interviews to understand problems encountered Equities Research team workflows.
• Worked with Equities and HR to design and build an internal ATS, monitoring external candidate data, suggesting optimal targets for open positions.
• Orchestrated the user research, requirements analysis, and user interface / product design and execution/test of 5+ iterations of a Equities Research focused mobile platform using a custom-built JavaScript mobile.
• Reduced development time by 15% with the creation of reusable controls for internal and external facing applications constructed with C#,.NET, WPF, WinForms, HTML and/or CSS.
• Fostered cross-functional relationships with business analysts, infrastructure, help desk, legal, compliance, and service development teams, ensuring top-quality application deployments.
• Primary information architect for all asset management and sell side research applications.

Miami, Florida, US

• Established the design of the Equities Research Broker Vote and Broker Research platforms; served as the lead UI designer using Java and JSTL then migrated code to.NET C# with WPF.
• Played a crucial role in the rebranding of internal and external facing web and desktop applications, designing a consistent user experience through a Citadel specific style guide and developing WPF, WinForms, and.
• Constructed a real-time data Alpha collection web and mobile application using extJS and Lightstreamer frameworks that became the first data collection app serving live data external to Citadel.
• Major contributor to all intranet web design activities.
• Collaborated with the web application service developers on the planning, design, implementation and testing of web services and all API designs, based on business defined requirements and wireframes.

Miami, Florida, US

• Transformed an internal research library system, resulting in a centralized, web-based resource catalog, and optimized SQL database schema and queries; improved resource usage by 25%.
• Conceived the web design and deployed the GUI and backend of an internal development portal, including a PHP and XML middle-tier and Sybase database, centralizing all software development.
• Key contributor for many web-based needs of the IT department, designing several web sites for various teams, and generating web-based applications for several end users.
• Installed, customized and supported a WIKI within the firm, supporting firm wide collaboration and note sharing.
• Leveraged multiple tools in the Adobe Creative Suite, inclusive of Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash to assist in the generation of internal marketing materials for employees.

Burlingame, California, US

• Founding board member of the FINOS foundation.
• Setup guidance to host collaborative Open Source software projects and sponsor working groups focused on standardizing inter-firm interactions.
• Drive to help our members capture the growth opportunities of Open Source collaboration through our Programs and offerings like the Open Source Readiness Program and Open Developer Platform (ODP), which support.

Palo Alto, CA, US

· Worked with the foundation comprised of the largest firms in Wall Street (http://symphony.foundation/#members) to build the Foundation from the ground up, focusing on the strategic investment Symphony (http://symphony.com) as main platform for open source collaboration. · The Foundation was later transformed into the FinOS foundation and now counts more.

• Executed the site development for Pratt Marketing’s Interactivism Innovation Summit. http://www.prattmarketing.com/interactivism/index.html
• Built out the Pratt Marketing blog space, P2P Ideology. http://p2pideology.com in WordPress
• Built out a blog space for the Pratt Marketing Zappos.com pitch.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Executed the Navigon client website development work to the specifications as laid out by the design team and client.

Chicago, US

• Designed an internal, online test management tool. used across the GE Medical Systems teams to digitally store test cases, test results, and manage the design and test process.
• Designed multiple process and automation tools for the engineering teams, using PHP, Perl, mySQL and Macromedia Flash.
• Extremely influential member to aid in integrating the LoadRunner and WinRunner automation tools into the GE Medical Systems test teams.
• Led a team concentrated on designing software tools, automation scripts, process, and configuration management procedures to enhance the design and test processes.
• Key contributor to testing the Radiology Information Systems software products.
• Primary contributor towards the design and rollout of common design and test processes across the GE Medical Systems facilities.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Assisted in all levels of the software lifecycle with regards to the Motorola GSM, GPRS, and UMTS products, having involvement in the feature / product(s) inception, assisting the software architecture process in.
• Provided field support to key customers in testing the GSM, GPRS, and UMTS products within the mobile telecommunications environment.
• Designed the in house GPRS IP Network used for all GPRS test activities.
• Designed TCL/TK and Perl scripts to automate testing efforts.
• Key test engineer in testing Call Processing, Data Services, and GPRS functionalities (with emphasis on the GPRS Switching Node) within the GSM, GPRS, and UMTS systems.

Chicago, Illinois, US

• Led all quality validation and test generation cycle efforts for the initial release of the GPRS Switching Node.
• Provided technical input to the Vancouver development and test teams concerning the GSN specifications.
• Coordinated test efforts between the Vancouver and Arlington Heights teams to maintain a knowledge share within the groups.
• Created and Implemented training sessions for the Vancouver test team, presenting the concepts of the GSM infrastructure and automation processes via scripting.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer And Electrical Engineering

Graphic Design

Adobe Illustrator And Photoshop Training

Voice And Opera