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Deerfield Beach, Florida, Usa

Senior ICT Consultant

Ensure that the flow of IT activities designed to meet the required contract deliverables for each Peruvian government counterpart are being met by ensuring that the host country agencies are receiving the support they need to assume ownership of the systems being provided.: Provided intensive technical assistance andadvisory to MSI-Peru including the revision of the contracts of the SW and HW in place with the providers.

Mexico Cty., Mexico

The assignment included 3 phases:- Assessment, Diagnostic, Recommendations- Design microfinance reports for the Management- Design the Action Plan for the RecommendationsActivities performed: Provided intensive technical assistance and advisory to the client including the revision of the contracts of the SW in place with the providers

Development Alternatives, Inc.Information Technology Banking Specialist, Finance, Banking, and Enterprise Group (2000-2009t)Provides banks, credit unions, finance companies, and financial nongovernmental organizations with assistance to strengthen their IT and management information systems by determining user needs and legal and regulatory reporting requirements and by defining the best solutions. Leads the IT-related activities of long-term projects involving intensive technical assistance to leading bank and non-bank financial institution partners.Projects were in: El Salvador, Ecuador, Mexico, Bolivia, and Haiti,

Lagos, Nigeria

IMFB bank: Analysis and diagnosis of the Information Systems in use, the HW/SW and Communications infrastructures available and the Informatics Organization to support the actual and future volumes and requirements.

Monrovia - Liberia

LBDI Bank: Analysis and diagnosis of the Information Systems in use, the HW/SW and Communications infrastructures available and the Informatics Organization to support the actual and future volumes and requirements. Assist the Bank in the implementation of new performing IT architecture and MIS.Assessment, Diagnostic, Recommendations. Provided intensive technical assistance and advisory to LBDI and oversees the procurement and implementation of the selection of new management information systems for the institution. Manage the SW selection process. Select banking SW.

Caracas, Venezuela

Opened new business areas; led and executed Y2K related projects using Project technologies. Research, evaluated, selected and marketed new banking systems. Developed contingency plans and built the business unit to market, install and support security systems for information and communications networks.

Regional Manager responsible of developing the Vertical Market for Financial Institutions and Telco/Wireless using the open platform and client/server concept. Evaluated and selected a banking system to be used by ICON. As Regional Manager for Colombia and Central America, contributed significantly to the improvement and consolidation of relations with the dealers. Support the implementation of an Electronic Trading system. in Veenzuela and Ecuador.

Caracas, Venezuela

Reported directly to the CEO. Responsible for systems, telecommunications, operations, technical support, and organization. Led the start-up of operations at the data center, including recruiting, retaining, and rewarding high-level, high-tech employees. Acquired software tools for the modification and management of the available hardware resources. Led the relocation of the telecommunications network of the bank’s branches and those of three other financial institutions that were hooked to the bank’s data processing facilities. Designed, installed, and integrated customer a file system to support on-line loans, credits, and savings accounts. Install SAFE-II. Designed and built a customer service center to provide services, such as on-line check clearing, transfers, payments, and inquiries, based on the customer integrated database; developed and installed a help desk. Evaluated, selected, and installed client/server-based hardware and software for the group’s insurance company and the investment bank. Evaluated, selected, and installed client/server-based hardware and software for the group’s insurance company and the investment bank. For one of the Insurance affiliates companies, evaluated, selected and installed the equipment (HW) and program (SW) for a system based in client/server and Oracle data base management system. Some of the applications were: HCM (hospitalization, chirurgic and maternity), Life, Casualty, Property, Billing, HHRR, AP, AR, GL, among others. The Bank was acting as a Data Center Service provider for them and also to the Credit Card affiliate and the Mortgage Bank. And the Financial Institutions. Selected and installed an information security system. Manage the contracts related to the implementation of HW/SW. Responsible for a $35 million a year budget and 180 employees. Move the operations from one data center to the one owned by the bank. Strong use of PM in the implementation of the products/process.

Venezuela

Advised several financial institutions and, based on the use and results of the Operation Review methodology, develop recommendations that were presented to top management and Boards of Directors. Assessed the administrative and operative efficiency of IT functions, systems, operating systems, and hardware. Developed strategic plans for application systems, defined the organizational and operational structure, and analyzed and evaluated telecommunications networks and information security systems. Use tools of projects control for the development and management of them.

Maracaibo, Venezuela

Analyzed and diagnostic of the data-processing function, acted as an outsourced data-processing division manager. During the project development, he acted as manager responsible for high-priority strategic plans within system applications, hardware, physical environment, telecommunications, data security, contingency plans, and back-up procedures. These activities were controlled using PERT. Manage the contracts related to the implementation of HW/SW. Responsibilities included managing a $7 million per year budget and 60 high-level employees. Developed and execute the telecommunication and data center infrastructure migration/moving.

Caracas, Venezuela

CITIDATA was the data processing centre service provider for CITIBANK, investment and leasing institutions. Update the IDCM and IPHM. Start the project of COSMOS (online banking systems). As Citidata manager/VP was responsible for upgrading the qualification from bellow standard to satisfactory level. Provided intensive technical assistance and advisory in theCOSMOS–II project to the users.Test of the alternate site for disaster recovery plan.Handle a 3.5MM$/year budget and manage 25 technical employees. Manage the contracts with IBM (HW/SW/Maintenance).

Caracas, Venezuela

As a system analyst participated in the development and installation of the on-line systems for the banking industry. Participated in the analysis, development and installation of the first on-line and off-line system for the Savings and Loans Institutions. Sales Advisor in the Data-Processing Centre, Data Processing and General Systems Divisions. Develop with CANTV (government communication company) the base of the telecommunication facilities and costs of the different data type of services. Participate and execute the telecommunication and data center infrastructure migration/moving. Provided intensive technical assistance and advisory to IBM customers. Support the Pert-CPM Project. Install SW in several pharmaceutical institutions. Participate in the translation of the contracts related to rental of equipment, SW licenses, maintenance and Data Center Services.

Caracas, Venezuela

Industrial Process controls using computers; study and design of system controls in teleprocessing environment; gas dispatching and control system design and installation.Fisher & Porter, Landis & Gyr.

Enginner, Electrical, Computer Science

Hab made study for Electrical Engineer, studies in Data Processing and sue to teach Project Control and Fortran Language.

Bs, Electrical Engineering