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Chicago, Il, Us

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Leading the mission critical Login and Authentication team for the Discover website and mobile application, supporting the customer login UI/UX functionality, login back-end infrastructure, mobile biometric authentication (using FIDO UAF), single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.* Successfully processing over 2 billion login transactions annually from over 49 million active users with 99.9% availability.* Providing leadership and professional development for 35+ software engineers across four journey teams, fostering a diverse, collaborative and Agile work environment.* Working with external digital identity vendor to partner on tactical and strategic implementation of IAM services.* Leveraging Agile techniques including scrum, XP, continuous planning, adoption of Jira for portfolio management and initiative execution.* Tracking and reviewing data and metrics to understand and improve team’s performance.* Collaborating with stakeholders to prioritize features and initiatives and deliver innovative software solutions.* Spearheading a cross-functional working group to develop a CIAM passwordless strategic vision and roadmap for researching and implementing emerging authentication technologies such as Passkeys.* Volunteering as a member of the FIDO Financial Services Special Interest Group, a group of financial service professionals that meet to discuss issues and provide recommendations to the FIDO Alliance about changes and updates to the specifications to better serve financial institutions.* Guided the transition of monolithic Java WebSphere login infrastructure to modernized, AWS Java Spring Boot RESTful microservice-based architecture, which increased scalability, reduce errors and latency, and improve reliability and ease of maintenance.* Created flexible authentication toolkit to replace legacy MFA with multiple authentication options, including one time passcodes, XID, mobile push notifications, and self-portrait digital ID verification.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Led a large-scale application development team of 50+ engineers in enhancing and supporting the B2B Discover Global Network website and secure account centers, the Discover Commercial Payments Network website and the Discover Global Network Advanced Payments Portal, ensuring robust service delivery and platform reliability.* Oversaw growth and technological advancement of the Commercial Payments Network website, contributing to over $100 billion in ACH transaction processing, and facilitated cloud migration and partner expansion through strategic platform updates.* Directed the PULSE Network website operations, serving 4500+ PULSE financial institutions, and providing a secure online B2B experience for customers to securely exchange documents, view transaction reporting, update cash access location data, and access fraud mitigation tools.* Maintained PCI-DSS ROC annually for both Discover Global Network and PULSE Network websites.* Improved project delivery and customer interaction by introducing Agile methodologies and enhancing the security and functionality of online services.* Supervised the successful migrations of Discover Global Network Fraud & Risk account center, Fraud Alerts API, and PULSE Cash Access Locator API from WebSphere Application Server and SOAP APIs to RESTful services using modern cloud technologies.* Implemented custom RESTful APIs for provisioning Discover Cards onto Apple Pay and Google Pay.* Directed the successful transition of critical fraud and risk management systems to modern cloud technologies and launched four different fraud fighting applications for Discover Global Network and PULSE that save the company over $10 million.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Functioned as a Scrum Master for the B2C Discover Card Account Center Customer Experience team and successfully implemented the Account Center Header Navigation Update project, coordinating the redesign of navigation for over 100 web pages within the Discover Card Account Center, improving the overall user experience,

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Worked as a project manager/business systems analyst for the Discover Network/PULSE Network Internet team, leading all aspects of the SDLC and implementing key payment network updates, delivering cost savings, enhanced functionality, and process improvements. * Managed integration with Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards, achieving full compliance across relevant online platforms.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Enhanced user accessibility by developing and maintaining B2B website applications, integrating Unix shell scripting, and updating DB2 and Oracle databases, which improved partner research capabilities and information dissemination.* Facilitated the migration of a merchant reporting application to a Java-based platform, leading to an expansion of the website's features and content offerings.* Contributed technical knowledge in Java, Oracle, and COBOL, playing a key role in the successful launch of a reporting project that provided over 500,000 users with online access to Discover Global Network activity reports.

Paris, Fr

* Engineered the beta release of a commercial real estate website, contributing to the requirements documentation, technical design, development, and testing phases of the system.* Developed and coordinated testing for a content management system, culminating in the successful launch of a revamped international financial services website.* Led the systems integration component of project that successfully implemented an e-procurement solution for a regional public utility company.

Riverwoods, Il, Us

* Worked as application developer determining business requirements and specifications, evaluating software vendors/products, creating and implementing technical designs, coding batch programs, and coordinating and participating in various stages of testing.