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Director of Back Office Business Analysis: My department produced specifications for all back office applications, including trade entry, stock lending, P&L reporting, master/feeder conversion and partnership accounting, as well as the strategic plan for the next generation of back office software. I worked directly with senior management, trading staff, operations, IT, accounting, personnel, and legal departments.C+; Designed and programmed hedge fund back office systems for trade entry, accounting, and database applications. The environment included Unix/Sybase, OI interface, Perl scripting, STL and design patterns.

Managed a staff of back office business analysts. We produced specifications for numerous applications, including trade entry, stock lending, master feeder and partnership accounting. Work products included feasibility studies, buy/build analysis, requests for proposals, business requirements, UML/workflows, object-oriented programming specifications, data design, test plans.Previously, I was a C++ Software Engineer at Citadel: designed and programmed several large, complex hedge fund systems for trade entry, accounting, and database applications. Environment included Unix/Sybase, OI interface, STL, design patterns. Worked closely with front- and back-offices in rapid application development.

Programmer/Analyst/Project Manager: New York-based self-employed consultant. Clients included Nestles, Bank of Tokyo, NBC, New York Telephone, Viacom, ITT, Insurance Service Office. Developed dozens of systems.