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Philadelphia, PA, US

Radnor, PA, US

Radnor, PA, US

Radnor, PA, US

• Enhanced risk management and reduced infrastructure costs by implementing scalable hybrid AWS cloud / on premise HPC (high performance computing) GPU accelerated solution. We improved our proprietary application making.
• Remediated legacy processes through development of modular automated data preparation applications that process big data inputs for hedging, valuation, analytics and reporting.
• Built an easy to use market data API's that automated manual processes, improved controls and provided access to centralized and controlled datasets.

Radnor, PA, US

• Provided data architecture services for complex systems with hundreds healthcare services integration endpoints.
• Led development of cloud-based web architecture solutions for big data analytics of media and healthcare data.
• Delivered bespoke RDBMS and NoSQL solutions from the ground up.

Moon Township, PA, US

• Managed project plans and 3rd party vendors, met project milestones and deadlines.
• Reduced UAT timelines by developing automated tests of API’s.
• Owned, defined and developed data model, ETL and XML schema for data aggregation project designed to reduce annual costs by $500,000.
• Co-chaired change control process. Introduced technical review of application change requests, directed use of more specific requirements and test plans that lowered development cost.
• Designed mobile app for real time updates from field agent network, saving 20% call center costs.

San Diego, CA, US

• Provided strategic consulting of complex scalable fulfillment platforms.
• Managed agile software development team and integrated and delivered customized web based real estate valuation platform.
• Performed comprehensive database management and migration from MySQL to Oracle.

• Directed and managed IT operations, including application development, client integrations, vendor management, network operations, telecommunications, helpdesk and support.
• Maintained a competitive advantage through implementation of agile software development methodologies.
• Implemented robust compliance program, attained SSAE 16 Type II attestation and SAS 70 Type II certification demonstrating operational excellence and risk management discipline.
• Maintained consistently low total cost of ownership of applications, infrastructure and workstations during periods of extreme growth and market contraction.
• Grew business operations and IT infrastructure from 15 workstations in one site to 175 workstations in three sites and three geographically distributed data centers, consistently maintaining five-nines service level.
• Delivered scalable proprietary web-based applications for valuation products serving loan originators, mortgage servicers and banks, designed and implemented from the ground up. Increased systems capacity 2,000 percent.

• Effectively managed DBAs supporting Microsoft SQL Server and MySQL environments.
• Worked directly with the C-suite as well as network operations and SCRUM team.
• Implemented database best practices, optimized systems and developed policies and procedures for management of database systems.
• Special projects included negotiating with 3rd party technology vendors, and systems upgrades doubling application capacity while maintaining data center footprint.

US

• Responsible for the development and support of proprietary real estate valuation web site used by a national network of 20,000 subscribers.
• Managed IT support staff and a team of.Net application developers using SDLC.
• Implemented disaster recovery solution to ensure high availability of production systems, achieved sub 30-minute recovery time objective.
• Introduced flexible business rules schema into application that improved product quality and reduced time to delivery. Managed and supported big data operational databases and business intelligence applications driving.

Houston, Texas, US

• Implemented, tested and supported Clarify CRM tools. Delivered training and consultancy services to call centers across Europe.
• Supported large, highly structured and normalized CRM databases on the latest clustered SQL Server solutions. Maintained backups, performed upgrades and optimized SQL performance.
• Implemented BEA Tuxedo middleware and created custom reports.

• Desktop support, Y2K testing & PC inventory management.

Bsc (Hons), Computer Science & European Studies

Computer And Information Systems (Bsc)