Rob Smith Email & Phone Number

10 years experience in a lead role delivering software projects in the financial services industry.Ability to create and manage effective client relationships with senior executives and business users. Ability to articulate technical problems to a non technical audience.Extensive experience in identifying, analyzing, recommending, and implementing complex solutions to business process issues.Leadership in all major phases of a software project: analysis, design, testing, implementation planning, installation and training.Proven leadership to Delivery Services resources, effectively managing and mentoring a consulting team.Developed policies, procedures, metrics and tools and participated in ongoing process improvement.Coordinated consulting resources across multiple client and internal projects in conjunction with project and development managers.Worked with Development teams to ensure custom functionality was developed as per the specifications. Assisted with gap analysis and design of interfaces between different source systems. Organized clients to assess technical readiness and planned software rollout across their organization.Planned and delivered professional grade training courses/materials. Extensive knowledge of securities and performance calculations. Detailed oriented, outstanding organizational skills along with multi-tasking skills.Strong problem diagnosis & problem source identification skills Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.Experience managing a team of specialists; ensuring objectives are met on time and within budget.Proven knowledge of enterprise technologies such as SQL, Java, VB, XML, HTML, UNIXAbility and desire to understand a complex, enterprise-class software solution and its underlying components.Business experience in securities and portfolio management: transactions, cost and gain loss calculations, rates of return, asset valuations, accruals, multi currency systems

Listed skills include Software Project Management, Xml, Java, Enterprise Architecture, and 2 others.

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  York University

  Economics