Seasoned application development tech lead and project manager with experience in software architecture, development, data processing and management, report writing, and delivering tech solutions in financial sector.

Responsible for application support, development, testing and deployment of various in-house applications, related projects, project management, and development tasks. I provided application and production support, participated in design and development, managed and tracked progress, ensured timely, in-scope implementations, managed and create documentation. Co-managed offshore developers by delegating non-critical projects and tasks. Ensured transparent operation for business users by creating internal service requests, obtaining senior business and technology management approvals and maintaining vendor relations for external products.

Responsible for supporting and managing development, test and production environments for vendor and in-house products, such as Loan Management System (LMS), Wholesale Loan System (WLS), Serviced by Others (SBO 2000), Straight-Through Processing (STP) and P&L dashboards. As the liaison for vendor applications, managed and facilitated changes and improvements to these applications; ensured smooth product performance; elicited, documented and communicated new requirements and issues to vendors; created and maintained documentation; deployed and tested new patches and enhancements; scheduled and executed batch processes; executed and monitored daily and monthly jobs; conducted weekly meetings with users and provided status updates to business users and management.

Managed, designed, developed and supported mission-critical applications. Participated in migration of one of the applications to JDEdwards Enterprise Resource Planning. Led project meetings with business and IT, managed and created technical specifications, and led the design and development of new functionality. Consistently sought ways to improve business by identifying business needs and opportunities and defining responsive processes to create automated solutions. Provided senior business and technology management with product and financial reporting, participated in business and technology planning and project status discussions, and trained new employees. Built tools and workflows to automate repetitive tasks and address business requests.

Responsible for design, development, testing, implementation and support of various in-house and vendor applications. I designed and developed applications written in COBOL / C / Korn Shell / MS Access and VBA. I created and managed web sites with project related information, administered web servers, automated manual and repetitive processes, created tools and utilities, worked with users on resolving issues and building new processes.

Responsible for enhancement, testing and maintenance of existing and development of new functionality for in-house applications.