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Key member of Central Technology team required to collaborate on multiple enterprise, business unit, and technical projects simultaneously representing all entry server check image processing systems. All projects follow M&T’s ever-evolving System Development Life Cycle. Many assigned projects lead to a reduction of resource cost factors or develop new revenue streams for the bank.Responsible for all aspects of M&T’s check image processing systems from concept to integration with continued production support. Lead development and integration projects involving multiple high-availability server based applications.Design high availability server based application platforms from business requirements and functional specifications that combined with mainframe applications to create or recreate entire process flows for the Item Processing unit of Central Operations. Develop technical solutions for Commercial Product offerings to be processed utilizing a variety of Item Processing systems.Coordinate system changes following corporate change management guidelines.Define application security requirements and ensure applications comply with info security and audit practices and policies.Responsible for design. maintenance and support of application platform for test\development, certification, production and disaster recovery environments as well as providing contingency and disaster recovery planning and testing.Develop technical documentation following Corporate and division guidelines as well as project requirements.Working via telecommuting arrangement since May 2010.

Successfully implemented VECTORsgi's Vector Image Exchange on a distributed platform.Integrated system design with bank methodologies. Developed Production, Contingency, Certification, Test and Disaster recovery environments. Each environment included one Vector Image Exchange application server running Windows 2003 server and one SQL Server, including a SQL cluster for Production and Contingency environments.Installed Connect Direct for Windows Version 4.2.00, from Sterling Commerce, to receive x937 files from the ACLS mainframe and to send x937 payloads, through two firewalls, to the SVPCo DTA's.Coordinated with SVPCO to verify system integration and testing with two production DTA's and one test DTA.Analyzed and validated x937 data files received in DTSU X937 1994 standards and output files sent in DTSU X937 2003 standards.Supported testing of all platforms, including unit, system testing, integrated testing with multiple mainframe environments and other distributed systems as well as support certification testing.Co-developed batch process to upload reports to SAR utilizing Connect Direct.Trained operational staff on how to configure routing profiles and exchange partner profiles within Vector Image Exchange.Trained bank technical staff to support application environment.

Supported Windows 2000/2003 Domain Controllers and Application servers located in Grand Prairie and Laredo Texas as well as in Germany.Managed and installed Print Servers for mainframe applications and Windows PC's.Account administrator for domains and Oracle Collaboration Suite.Supported entire desktop environment locally and in remote locations; Provided Executive support to VP's in Grand Prairie, Indianapolis and China. Coordinated problem resolutions with various vendors in a complex multi-platform environment.Supported testing of all platforms, including unit, system testing, integrated testing with multiple mainframe environments and other distributed systems as well as support certification testing.

Successfully implemented VECTORsgi's Vector Image Exchange on a distributed platform. Integrated system design with bank methodologies. Developed Production, Contingency, Certification, Test and Disaster recovery environments. Each environment included one Vector Image Exchange application server running Windows 2003 server and one SQL Server, including a SQL cluster for Production and Contingency environments.Installed Connect Direct for Windows Version 4.2.00, from Sterling Commerce, to receive x937 files from the ACLS mainframe and to send x937 payloads, through two firewalls, to the SVPCo DTA's.Coordinated with SVPCO to verify system integration and testing with two production DTA's and one test DTA. Analyzed and validated x937 data files received in DTSU X937 1994 standards and output files sent in DTSU X937 2003 standards.Supported testing of all platforms, including unit, system testing, integrated testing with multiple mainframe environments and other distributed systems as well as support certification testing.Co-developed batch process to upload reports to SAR utilizing Connect Direct.Trained operational staff on how to configure routing profiles and exchange partner profiles within Vector Image Exchange.Trained bank technical staff to support application environment.

Bsit/Im Program, Information Management

Graduated 2016

As, Criminal Justice