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Brooklyn, New York

Syracuse, New York Area

Collaborated with a team of five process analysts in support of 600 cable network technicians in an effort to standardize processes and support systems while transitioning to a functional organizational structure.Performed data analysis to track operational performance and verify the integrity of application data.Designed a SharePoint-based workload.

Syracuse, New York Area

Managed a staff of four service assurance analysts responsible for performing root cause analyses of phone, data and video outages to assess compliance with network administration policies and procedures. Identified opportunities for improvement and presented findings to senior network operations management and commercial customers via formal reports.Led.

East Syracuse, NY

Performed root cause analyses of customer impacting phone, data and video outages and produced formal, written reports for distribution to senior operations management and commercial customers. Identified opportunities for process improvements and worked with operational management to mitigate the impact and recurrence of future outages.

Syracuse, New York Area

Extracted data from the AS400 SQL-based commercial billing systems (Convergys – ICOMS) to support data standardization projects and investigate system problems/enhancements. Coordinated system configurations and software releases.

Syracuse, New York Area

Identified possible system enhancements and process improvements, executed acceptance test scripts, modified application configuration tables to meet business requirements, processed user access requests, supported Sarbanes-Oxley audit program testing and assisted end-users in resolving system and procedural problems.

Assisted IT Governance team in completing Sarbanes-Oxley IT controls assessments.

Syracuse, New York Area

Managed a staff of 17 security analysts responsible for granting user access to business systems processing on three ACF2/RACF z/OS mainframes, a Windows Active Directory domain and a RSA SecurID system for 3,000 users. Duties included hiring, developing and evaluating the performance of direct reports.Designed and managed an annual access re-certification.

Managed a staff of seven z/OS computer operations personnel, reported to senior management the daily status of all production batch processing problems, monitored the application program change control process via Endeavor, oversaw the tape library operation which processed all incoming and outgoing magnetic media for the Medicare division and monitored.

Performed the annual company-wide IT risk assessment and developed the annual IT audit plan, including coordination of audit coverage between financial, operational, corporate and external audit resources.Planned and executed IT control assessments in accordance with U.S. government auditing standards.Developed Easytrieve programs to analyze user security.

Functioned as team lead overseeing the design, development and implementation of a customized inventory management module constructed using the PeopleSoft development toolset, PeopleTools, and ORACLE.Provided daily support for the purchasing, accounts payable and inventory management modules of the PeopleSoft Enterprise Resource Planning system.Identified.

Syracuse, New York Area

Performed application system audits on z/OS mainframe and distributed platforms, including analyses of business/technical specifications and underlying program logic; system interfaces; security configurations; user acceptance test plans and results; and integrity of application data.Developed software programs utilizing z/OS Job Control Language (JCL).

Syracuse, New York Area

Designed and executed audit test procedures to assess the risk of a material misstatement in client financial statements due to inadequate IT controls.

Rochester, New York Area

Supervised a staff of three systems analysts/programmers responsible for supporting Mobil Chemical's purchasing and maintenance parts inventory management systems based on the SAP ERP system.Communicated with end-users to research system problems and identify potential system enhancements to support recently re-engineered business processes.Developed.

Fairfax, VA

Defined audit scopes and developed test plans based on a detailed analysis of business processes, procedures and system functionality. Tested control strengths/weaknesses and analyzed business system data of AS/400 and z/OS-based systems using Decision Analyzer and ACL programming tools.

London, United Kingdom

Member of a six person team charged with evaluating the adequacy of controls within the SAP ERP system being implemented throughout Mobil’s European and Asian operations.Consulted with Mobil’s worldwide purchasing and accounts payable SAP system development project teams to encourage the use of appropriate control measures within re-engineered business.

Syracuse, New York Area

Performed operational and IT audits of COBOL, CICS, IMS, DB2 and VSAM-based life insurance systems.Supported staff auditors by obtaining audit test data through development of JCL/Easytrieve programs.

Rochester, New York Area

Developed payroll system programs using the QUEO programming language.

Master'S Degree, Computer Systems Networking And Telecommunications

B.S., Computer Science, Mathematics

A.S., Computer Science