Tim Bennett Email & Phone Number

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

Collaborating with diverse clients on greenfield initiatives and enhancing legacy applications, interfacing for requirement gathering, weekly updates and demos, project estimation, and consistently pursuing learning and development. This position has been an excellent opportunity to bridge my former leadership and client engagement background with and my venture into software development. Primary technology stack: Angular 14+ UI calling modern .NET Web APIs. Highlights: ➤ Collaborated on a team that designed and built a new customized Trade Promotion Management solution for the food services industry. The application authenticates with Azure AD and connects to the client's ERP. The solution leveraged .NET Core, Entity Framework, Angular 14, Typescript, Bootstrap responsive design and is hosted in Azure.➤ Built an Android-based Xamarin application for a client in the food services industry. The handheld scanning application facilitates inventory management by integrating seamlessly with the client’s backend WCF APIs. Plans are underway to build a sibling mobile solution in 2024.➤ Collaborated on a team responsible for migrating a legacy hybrid application in the healthcare industry. Refactoring from .NET MVC 5 with AngularJS and .NET MVC with JavaScript/jQuery to modern .NET Core, Angular 14, Typescript, and Bootstrap responsive design. ➤ Recently assigned to help guide a team responsible for new feature development and maintenance of a legacy MVC 5 / JavaScript application in the outplacement services industry.

Greensboro--Winston-Salem--High Point Area

J.S. Walker & Company, Inc. was acquired by Liventus, Inc. shortly after rejoining the team.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

This position allowed me to work with diverse technology stacks while supporting professionals in the real estate industry. I also had an opportunity to train with a best-in-class Extreme Programming (XP) team using test-driven development (TDD) and pair programming, then apply their methodologies on a proof-of-concept (POC) project. Technologies: C#, .NET Web API, .NET Web Forms, JavaScript/jQuery, Java Spring Boot, Angular 9, Typescript, Docker containers, Google Cloud, Kafka messaging with the ELK stack, Apache Struts 1, and Google Vision AI.Highlights:➤ When others said “no”, I accepted a role to help maintain a legacy Apache Struts 1 application. Responsibilities included new feature development and maintenance while the lead architect focused on integrating the application with Restb.ai, a leading technology provider using vision AI to provide insights to the real estate community. ➤ Placed on a greenfield project to build a Java Spring Boot application with an Angular 9 UI. The application was deployed to Pivotal Cloud Foundry hosted in Google Cloud, implemented continuous integration with blue-green deployments, used Docker containers, Kafka messaging and ELK. The project was a pilot POC to build a microservice using the company’s “next gen” stack while following XP & TDD best practices.➤ Selected by leadership for specialized assignment with one of the company’s top-tier, “next generation” teams. Tasked with assimilating advanced agile methodologies, XP, and TDD best practices, documenting processes, and disseminating knowledge across internal teams. I was one of two inserted into an XP team for hands-on learning. Interviewed technology leads, the technical project manager (TPM), and executives to understand their roles, hiring practices, and thoughts on the benefits of pair programming.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

In this role, I worked with a team of consultants specializing in custom application development, business intelligence, and integrating Microsoft product solutions. My primary focus was supporting web applications and new feature development for one of the world's largest eye bank and organ procurement organizations. I also worked on a greenfield project with a small team that designed and built a kiosk application for a retail client using .NET Core 2.0. My final role was new feature development and maintenance for a .NET MVC 5/AngularJS application for the food services industry.Highlights:➤ Maintained and enhanced existing web application components using C#, MVC, ASPX View Engine, HTML, CSS, AJAX, and jQuery.➤ Developed new pages, refactored and migrated existing application sections to new sites using C#, MVC 5, Web API, HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap, AngularJS, and clean code standards.➤ Created database tables, modified SSDT deployment scripts, created and enhanced existing SSRS/SSDT reports, updated stored procedures and views, modified dataset objects, and T-SQL ad hoc queries in SSMS.➤ Participated in on-site client visits, discussed requirements, and led software demonstrations.Additional Training (Onboarding Requirements):➤ Clean code, SOLID principles, unit testing, agile methodologies, test-driven development, SDLC, and continuous integration

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Completed a full-stack, immersive coding bootcamp using .NET technologies and responsive web design. The program was designed to emulate a software development company. Each project had a set of acceptance criteria with weekly deliverables while offering full autonomy over design and implementation. On Mondays, we had to "suit up" and present our code to the lead trainers. The meetings resembled a blend of a weekly standup, an in-person code review, and a technical interview. The goal was to get comfortable presenting, discussing your code, and justifying decisions in an uncomfortable environment.Highlights:➤ Created personal portfolio website using C#, MVC, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and Bootstrap. The site included a personal blog with secure log-in, authenticated user comments, and moderator capabilities.➤ Built a fully functional software bug tracker and ticketing web application using C# and MVC. Platform features include uploading ticket attachments for approved file types, adding ticket comments, role-based authentication and functionality, developer email notification, and security to prevent cross-site scripting. Designed and implemented SQL database using Entity Framework Code First migrations. Utilized LINQ for database queries. The front end was built using HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and jQuery.➤ Created a fully functional household budgeting web application using C# and .Net MVC framework. Designed dynamic front-end using MVC partial views, HTML, CSS, Bootstrap, JavaScript, and AJAX (think Quicken).➤ The final project was a simple car finder application. The goal was to allow users to research the make and model of a particular car. The application used same technologies as before, but with a twist. This was our venture into Web API and stored procedures.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

As an integral member of the senior leadership team and subject matter expert (SME) for risk-based pricing, this position had me engaging with Secondary Marketing and Capital Markets executives to deliver time-sensitive, actionable first mortgage pricing data and product delivery. I led all quality assurance, audit, and pricing initiatives with bottom-line accountability for daily operations, data quality, and SLA compliance. I worked directly with each client, reviewing their underwriting guidelines and product offerings to replicate their pricing in our internal pricing engine. Also responsible for monitoring agency guidelines and staying abreast of regulatory changes. Highlights:➤ Led and coached the pricing, quality assurance, and audit teams, consistently meeting 100% of team deliverables.➤ Cut 38 days off loan-level price adjustment (LLPA) audit times. Collaborated with IT to streamline and automate the detection of rate sheet changes using OCR technology.➤ During the company's growth expansion, sustained a 300% increase in workload with a marginal increase in staff. Restructured audit resources for better alignment of talent-to-job, improving optimal productivity.➤ Captured 800K+ pricing inputs daily while managing revisions to 1.8M active LLPAs during a very short 4-hour window.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

During the financial crisis of 2008, leadership hand-picked me to remain on staff during a 50% RIF/reduction in force. I assumed a position in Loss Mitigation, specifically created to conceive and coordinate compliance solutions, ad hoc analysis, and support cost-reduction initiatives. The primary role was to assess loss mitigation efforts and report findings to C-suite executives. I worked closely with our internal actuary to complete modified pool GAAP and STAT quarterly loss forecasts. Substantial use of SAS, some SQL, and Excel for data mining, analysis, and reporting.Highlights:➤ Saved $5M annually by delivering a strategy and impact assessment for the claims validation process.➤ Realized $4.8M in deniable claims savings and improved efficiency with reporting tools to identify unqualified claims.➤ Enhanced loss mitigation platform; analyzed business needs; interviewed major stakeholders; designed and launched a proactive loss mitigation UI; significantly reduced decision latency; developed metrics and reporting to track loss mitigation efforts.E

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

Promoted from Risk Analyst to Assistant Vice President to direct the risk framework and ensure the most beneficial transition structures. Oversaw a team of direct reports responsible for running quantitative models, underwriting, and pricing credit enhancements on ALT-A MBSs received from the GSEs and private label issuers. I analyzed loss projections, reviewed due diligence results, researched originator guidelines, synthesized findings, and presented pricing recommendations to C-suite executives. Performed true-up audits on forward deliveries; compared actual vs. expected risk to determine if pricing adjustments were warranted.Highlights: ➤ Producing $40B in new insurance written (NIW).➤ Elevating the market share from #7 to #6. ➤ Designed a Bid Management System (BMS) to integrate into an Oracle policy management platform; partnered with a consultant on development, functionality, workflow, dashboards, and reporting; improved pipeline management and reduced evaluation time by 50%.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

In this role, I assessed bulk credit enhancement transactions, supported National Accounts and Capital Markets initiatives, performed ad hoc portfolio reviews, analyzed lender production, conducted research for new product development, and worked with developers on model sensitivity testing. I also collaborated with other team members to develop monthly production and risk assessment reporting for Credit Policy.Highlights: ➤ Improved marketability of loan pools by assessing loss projections and providing pricing recommendations to senior management.➤ Selected to join a startup team in developing process workflows and standardization of exhibits for the structured transaction bidding process.

Greensboro/Winston-Salem, North Carolina Area

As a Project Coordinator, I focused on building long-term partnerships with key stakeholders, designed and implemented enhancements to system applications, facilitated vendor integration, researched e-commerce solutions, partnered with IT on functional and regression testing, and served as Fannie Mae liaison to communicate agency updates and research DU findings. Highlights: ➤ Collaborated on cross-functional teams to implement a new policy management platform and a web-based rating engine.➤ Directed EDI integrations with Fannie Mae, LOS vendors, and credit reporting agencies

School Of Mortgage Banking (Somb)

Course I: Introduction to the Real Estate Finance Industry Course II: Managing Profitability and Risk

Information Systems & Operations Management