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Lombard, Illinois, United States

- Implemented a new automated underwriting system (Sapiens’ UWPro) to process member applications along with Quest lab integration and correspondence (Smart Communications)- Implemented a new dental network management system (Santech I-Network) with full credentialing integration (CAQH ProView) and address verification (Precisely Spectrum)- Managed a diverse team of IT Operations skill sets responsible for all Dearborn applications and integrations- Led a CCM (Customer Communications Management) development team responsible for 5 departmental toolsets with thousands of templates and branding specifications

Lombard, Il

- Maintained the stability of an application portfolio of 30+ on-premises and cloud applications accounting for 200+ servers- Managed the monitoring for distributed systems, scheduled jobs, and on-call responsibilities- Led a NAS upgrade for an Underwriting department including proposal and rating applications built on Spring and Hibernate- Supported a Fineos system upgrade for disability (STD/LTD) claims- Assisted in the upgrade of an FIS EAS General Ledger (GL) system- Helped migrate annual budgeting system to Oracle's Planning and Budgeting Cloud Services (PBCS)- Monitored the stability of an Oracle Siebel communications system (CRM) for life & ancillary policy providers

Willis Tower, Chicago, Il

- Transformed a traditional team to an Agile methodology using the Scrum framework and TFS- Prepared a weekly strategic dashboard for the CEO with digital conversion progress, IT incidents, and IT milestones- Directed the evaluation of a new enterprise PPM tool to help 400+ PM’s manage 800+ projects- Managed licensing and long-term planning for Microsoft Project, PWA, O365, SharePoint and MSDN- Integrated floor mapping data (GeoJSON from Micello) into the space utilization module of ServiceNow

Willis Tower, Chicago, Il

- Architected a full-stack environment to internally host an intranet using Sitecore, Telligent, and MongoDB (JSON)- Participated in Scrum ceremonies as a member of the intranet application team (using .NET, C#, LINQ, Angular)

Willis Tower, Chicago, Il

- Rolled-out 250+ signage sites using Cisco Digital Media Players (DMPs) and AppSpace screen management- Directed a project to upgrade a custom SharePoint application to enable mandated environmental auditing- Managed a team of 8 diverse (devs, analysts, PMs) and virtual (Chicago, Houston, Mumbai) staff members- Performed multiple HR duties including recruiting, training, and performance reviews

Willis Tower, Chicago, Il

- SME during merger with Continental, including developing a unified & secure employee intranet- Managed the development and release of a new iOS and Android app for corporate news- Helped migrate and cleanup employee and vendor accounts (PeopleSoft, eDirectory, Active Directory)

Elk Grove Village, Il

- Upgraded J2EE employee intranet application to WebLogic 10 on RedHat Linux- Integrated EMC Documentum Content Management System (CMS) and Google Search Appliances (GSA)- Optimized application services and infrastructure (Jenkins, HP BSM, JMeter, WebTrends) - Supported a Novell eDirectory application (Java, LDAP) to administrate e-mail and Blackberry services

Elk Grove Village, Il

- Led the evaluation, architectural design, development and release of WebLogic Portal on SuSE Linux- Supported the migration of corporate e-mail accounts from HP OpenMail to Microsoft Exchange- Developed a new J2EE Struts-based business intelligence site for union collective bargaining agreements

Elk Grove Village, Il

- Supported the employee intranet on a front-end Sun Microsystems iPlanet Web Server (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)- Developed and supported HR-related Java micro-services and JSPs using WebLogic Server and Oracle JDBC- Integrated Novell iChain SSO into the employee intranet to provide site personalization for over 30 departments- Supported a pilot / flight attendant hotel & taxi inventory, billing, and auditing application using Tuxedo, C++, & SQL

Elk Grove Village, Il

- Supported Fortran applications related to aircraft certification, gross weights, pilot communications, and weather events

Elk Grove Village

- Completed 3-month training class to transition from Cobol to Fortran / Unisys mainframe system

Master'S Degree, Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Information Systems

Activities and Societies: Summa Cum Laude, Class Valedictorian, 4.0 GPA

Communications