Fraud Prevention and Detection Services - Application Development

Treasury Management at Regions Bank is responsible for commercial customer online banking. In my role as Assistant Vice President, I manage the development program for nine applications that include commercial online banking products. This responsibility includes building a development and support team for those nine applications. During my tenure in this position, we have implemented two major hardware and software upgrades and two additional upgrades remain in progress. Budgets for these projects total over eighteen million dollars. These upgrades have required extensive work with 15+ internal and external vendors, development staff, and an executive management team.

Regions Mobile Banking is a highly visible user application. While leading this department, my team grew the Regions Mobile Banking application from a user base of 300,000 to over 1.1 million. I worked closely with senior management, directors, and executive vice presidents at Regions Bank to successfully implement seven major projects. These projects had significant impact to both the bank’s reputation and finances. I also successfully deployed a hybrid agile development model for integrated offshore and onshore development.

Maintain the security infastucture for all trust user accounts. Build, execute, and maintain security models 15+ core financial applications. Perform monthly and quarterly compliance audits.

Maintained and operated a Microsoft Server 2003 network for New Horizons. Worked with branches of government after tracking intrusions on web servers that resulted in deportation of a foreign hacker. Performed security audits for hacker penetration testing. Implemented robust server solution for hotel chain. Designed and deployed a client database for a law firm. Installed and repaired hardware and software for various clients. Managed network monitoring software. Taught technical courses to experienced and inexperienced I.T. professionals covering subjects ranging from servers and network administration to hardware maintenance and repair for a notable I.T. school. (Achieved average instructor scores of 8.5 out of 9 and had students achieve certifications.)

Supported the desktop infrastructure Microsoft Windows 2000 and XP.Maintained server infrastructure in the production and test environments.Implemented and configured new software releases.Obtained compliances and key business approvals to determine and supply root-cause analysis for solutions.Traveled to client sites for software and hardware evaluations and recommendations.Executed regression, performance, and compliance testing during software releases. Built and configured Microsoft Server 2000/2003 and Linux.Constructed replica environments for testing.Assisted and communicated with 15 clients as their primary support advocate.

Participated in a project to streamline applications for software distribution. Worked with lines of business to create a seamless migration from a Novell ZENworks environment to Microsoft SMS.Worked with Novell, Admin Studio, and Win Batch.

Managed in-house and off-site network components, software upgrades, and complex repair for all clients.Built Web, Exchange, IIS and SQL servers.Assisted a sister company, Alabama Winet, a wireless internet service provider, during the initial development and implementation stages.