Jim Ronan Email & Phone Number

Franklin Township, Nj, Us

Greater New York City Area

As Sr. Business Architect, I cultivate working relationships within and across Risk Management, Data Sciences, Operations and Information Technology. My responsibilities include:* Management of new business engagements* Development of supporting processes and operating models and documenting high-level business requirements * Identify, design and deliver business capabilities, information requirements and business processes which will be scalable in support of future company business strategic objectives.* Identify information technology delivery risks, communicates these risks and recommends solutions which mitigate the risk

Greater New York City Area

Lead Business System Analyst responsible for the all projects involving the Sales Data Mart and POV / FAR extracts to the DTCC * Primary SME liaison between business users/BAs and IT project team. * Manages user expectations and requirements scope. * Leads requirements elicitation and definition.* Leads functional documentation design (use cases, functional specifications, reports, screen prototypes). * Leads development of functional requirements and design documentation, facilitates testing and training.

Lead Process Engineer responsible for the development and implementation of CMMI process descriptions, flowcharts, and supporting documentation. Develop and support implementation plans to move Fort Monmouth's (D.O.D) Software Engineering Center (COMM Directorate) from the current CMMI Maturity Level Two to CMMI Maturity Level Three and beyond. • Perform and support CMMI self assessments • Management of the organization-wide measurement program• Maintenance of the Process Asset Library• SCAMPI facilitator and appraisal team member

Part of select team assigned to assist in the transition of PRUPAC legacy systems to the new owner, High Point Insurance. Trained High Point personnel and provided production support for the Treasury, Sales and Executive Information applications and databases. Served as subject matter expert on the project to replace legacy systems.

Responsible for the management of three multi-million systems: Treasury, Municipal Tax and Executive Information systems. • Accomplished the separation and real-time security of sensitive and private data while separate corporate buyers utilized the same computer applications throughout 24 months of transition• Analyzed and managed the financially oriented project to separate the commingled cash accounts within the Treasury System in preparation for the sale of the P&C Company• Analyzed and managed the redesign of the Treasury System’s GL system due to regulatory mandates• Member of a joint application development team that designed a new comprehensive Statement of Work template tailored to small projects. The new SOW reduced documentation redundancy, improved project timelines, and became a Prudential standard.

Responsible for the overall management and day-to-day operations of an Executive Information system and a Municipal Tax System• Managed, developed and implemented Y2K solutions for responsible systems• Developed procedures for the cross-systems coordination of Sales Office openings• Created and implemented programming standards for the IBM UniVerse relational database system• Member of a task force charged with the responsibility of developing and implementing a disaster recovery plan for the mission-critical Treasury system• Managed the design and implementation of an automated check creation process along with associated voucher entries within the Treasury system• Assisted with the implementation of “Positive Pay” within the Treasury system • Provided oversight and direction to a team of seven direct reports and one contracted consultant• Served as a subject matter expert in the development of a data warehouse

MIS• Developed an Executive Information, Financial Reporting System, using the MultiValue Relational database system PRIME• Designed a relational database containing key business and operating data items.• Developed a database and front-end system to record and report weekly sales statistics• Lead role in the migration of applications and databases from a PRIME mini-computer to an RS6000 mid-range system running the UniVerse relational database system• Partnered with the Finance and Systems Departments to design a Budget and Forecast modelComptrollers Department• Responsible for providing department executives with analysys of monthly financial statistics• Represented the Comptroller’s department on the corporate loss committee, charged with analyzing and establishing adequate loss reserves Actuarial Department• Rate Reviewer – responsible for developing actuarially sound rates for homeowners insurance in multiple states

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