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Mount Laurel, Nj, Us

Lead all aspects of the IT function for the financial services subsidiary of Canon.

Mount Laurel, Nj, Us

Responsible for Strategy and Implementation of the IT function.Key Areas of Responsibility include:- Team Building: attract, develop, and retain diverse and relevant people with the broad skill sets and perspectives needed to identify emerging technology opportunities.- Application Portfolio: select, implement, and manage enterprise portfolio of in-house and packaged applications both on-premise and cloud-based. Applications include E-Commerce, Front Office, Back Office, Contact Center, Payment Processing, and Analytics/Reporting. Continue to Modernize Legacy components and align platforms to future vision.- Application Architecture & Development: Ensure proper tool selection, SDLC, and development processes are in place to maximize value and build high-quality, re-usable, and scalable software.- Vendor Management: establish effective partnerships with strategic vendors. Ensure internal frameworks in place to maximize value and drive accountability. - Project Management/Delivery: deliver large cross functional enterprise programs leveraging repeatable frameworks. - Analytics: Maximize availability and value of internal/external data. Deploy AI to streamline processes and improve customer’s experience.- Compliance/Security: ensure security and compliance built-in to core IT processes resulting in secure/compliant environment. Drive employee awareness of vulnerabilities and their role in prevention.- Infrastructure: ensure on and off premise infrastructure provides the flexibility the organization requires in a dependable and cost-effective manner.-Servicing Center - establish and maintain a best in class omni-channel service experience for customers and employees providing high-quality cost-effective service.- Help Desk/Application Support: ensure best in class support is provided to employees in an efficient and cost-effective manner across national locations.

Mount Laurel, Nj, Us

Responsible for planning and delivery of CFS’ Enterprise Application Portfolio and technology services as Senior Manager, IT. Promoted to Director on Jan, 2014.

Mount Laurel, Nj, Us

App Dev & Ops Team Building:* Mentored development managers and architects * Established Training programs modernizing skillsets for Legacy Application support staff,increasing development capacityFormalized SDLC:* Improved and formalized SDLC implementation* Embedded Security/Compliance/Architecture into application processes* Introduced iterative and prototyping strategies shortening time to market and increasing business engagementResource Management:* Added key resource measurements to better understand capacity and allocation* Doubled resource allocation to strategic projects, decreasing support and maintenance tasks through efficiency and demand governancePerformance & Engagement:* Established a certification program where developers shadow selected business areas to increase domain knowledge and partnership

Warminster, Pa, Us

Vertical Screen is a leading provider of applicant screening technology to fortune 100 companies nationwide. Responsible for application development, architecture and product development for firm’s customer/partner facing division.Application Development & Architecture:* Developed leading-edge technology platforms integrating internal, third party, and client systems* Created product offerings on top of flexible frameworks reducing time to market and cost * Leveraged SOA to increase reuse and create efficiencies across subsidiaries and business units* Created secure scalable pci-compliant ecommerce platforms Integration:* Established a framework-oriented approach to connections with hundreds of external sources including Fortune 100 clients, credit agencies, government, HRIS systems, and ERP platforms. Examples include: Transunion, Federal Court Systems, Taleo, Peoplesoft.* Enabled complex multi-party and multi-platform workflows * Enabled platforms to support millions of annual transactions in a 24/7/365 environmentProduct Development:* Partner with Product Management to identify, prove feasibility, develop and pilot strategic technology products from the ground up.* Ensured new product pilot timelines and budgets met* Responsible for complex technology initiatives including business, client, and third party technology vendorsSales Support - Communication & Presentation:* Prepared technology presentations to strategic fortune 50 prospects* Demonstrated complex technology solutions with a mix of packaged and to-be- built systems* Created an innovative framework allowing prototypes of existing and proposed new functionality to be demonstrated visually to prospects Client Liaison:* Acted as liaison for key strategic clients fielding new requests, and coordinating deployments and issue resolution.

jobTAG offered an innovative social networking technology focused on generating quality referrals for employers job openings. - Led the insourcing of the applications support and development function- Designed and developed key enhancements including integrations with third party Applicant Tracking Systems- Established SLAs and enhanced deployment models to meet them- Established monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system up time

Miami, Florida, Us

Answerthink (formerly Icon Solutions) offered app and database development services to clients nationwide.- Developed web and client-server based applications in Microsoft, Java, and Powerbuilder platforms- Developed database applications in SQL Server and Oracle- Selected on two key projects directly by clients to remain on the project post-implementation - Clients Include: CSPAN, DISCOVERY, CBS, and AGRILINK

Provided networking and application development consulting services to companies of different sizes and industries.

Ba, Management Information Systems & Computer Science

High School