Objective
Seeking a position as a system architect, software developer, and deployment/support professional.

Able to leverage 20 years of experience as a programmer and systems architect using structured design, object-oriented techniques, relational database management systems, C++, C#, VB, Java and Perl.


Employment

2005 -  2006
Java Developer

Responsibilities :
Developed insurance policy cash flow illustration system composed of. NET/C# web services, Java, JSP, JSTL clients and Oracle databases. Used Visual Studio 2003/2005 and Eclipse.

Designed XML document structure to configure scenarios.

Set up and maintained Windows 2003 application server, Oracle 9 Tomcat web server and Windows SharePoint Services team site.

2004 -  2005
Team Leader

Responsibilities :
Web System Development

Server and workstation configuration, security, network management.

Programmed parts of a web based Content Management System for a large Cable Company.

Developed several systems and web sites for upfront ad sales to manage invitations and follow up.

Developed and implemented a web site for The Hartfords brokers to pick winners in the March Madness brackets. Maintained scores and performed random drawings of winners.

Wrote several best practices and coding standards documents for. NET projects.

Technology : Visual Studio. NET, C#, HTML, JavaScript, Java Applets, managed C++, ADO. NET, SQL Server 2000 style sheets, Adobe Photoshop.

2004 -  2004
Developer

Responsibilities :
Designed proof of-concept web sites for customer management using UML

Implemented prototypes in ASP. NET with C#, VB. NET and Oracle 9 JavaBeans.

Wrote documentation for software development standards, testing and source code control, build procedures.

2002 -  2004
Developer

Responsibilities :
For a non profit theater : Windows XP and Windows 2003 server setup, network design, application design and support and WAN Router setup and trouble shooting.

For a Book and Magazine Publishers Association : System setup, setup of QuickBooks Pro for financial management, system management and programming.

In cooperation with the Center for XML and Web Services : Implementing proof of-concept systems for automating business processes and enterprise application integration in BizTalk server. Built demo Sarbanes Oxley compliance site using Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services, C#, C++, Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003.

Clinical applications in C++. NET and C# with a Pocket PC component.

For several small business customers : Windows 2000/2003 Server setup, Network Design, Internet Connectivity, Database Maintenance, Operating System upgrades, Web Design and user training.

As a Microsoft Hardware OEM, built custom Intel servers and workstations for customers in digital video editing, sound design and financial modeling.

Maintain and upgrade PCs, Internet access and system security for a number of residential and small business customers.

2000 -  2002
Developer

Responsibilities :
Designed and implemented the banks Earnings at-Risk system in Visual Basic 6 C++, Microsoft SQL Server 7 ADO and Perl, to aggregate and pro rate over calendar months a set of projected cash flows for a portfolio of 200 CMOs and Bonds.

Implemented a system to project income and expenses for the entire portfolio using projected cash flows, interest rate curves and daily amortization figures. The system aggregated amounts to be financed for user defined subsets of the portfolio.

Export results programmatically to Excel. Wrote scripts for Sybase database interfaces.

Produced detailed user and programmers documentation. System setup and system support.

Designed and implemented a program in Perl, using pattern matching to recognize and capture financial transaction messages in a large number of text files. The text files were obtained via OCR from fiche, requiring approximate matching techniques.

1999 -  2000
Project Manager

Responsibilities :
Converted Microsoft Access risk reporting databases into a consolidated SQL Server 7 database and DTS applications ; maintained Apache, Perl, Sybase intranet reporting applications.

Rewrote Sun, Solaris document imaging system to run on NT, intranet.

Maintained Java Applets. Directed 5 developers.

1999 -  1999
Cambridge Technology Partners

Responsibilities :
Designed and implemented a reporting system for NASD of institutional and retail brokerage transactions, using Sybase SQL Server, Replication server, messaging oriented middleware and C/C++. System.

Designed XML schema for buy, sell orders for Bond Trading.

1993 -  1998
Project Manager

Responsibilities :
Designed and implemented bank wide Value at-Risk system.

Managed the testing and releases of PC and Unix Server programs.

Wrote VaR Prototype on SunOS, Sybase SQL Server, C/C++, PowerBuilder, SPSS and UNIX shell scripts.

Rolled out production systems in 4 geographic locations.

Built prototypes of non linear risk through Monte Carlo simulation for option risk.

System for processing of market data from different sources in SPSS on HP-UX, using assorted shell scripts, C and Perl, resulting in updated correlations and volatilities for market risk calculations.

Wrote many C/C++ and Perl programs for deriving risk profiles from position data on UBSs systems, like FX forward contracts, FX options and futures and equity positions.

Worked with the Fixed Income desk on collecting and analyzing risk data.

While in Zrich, deployed and assisted in development and deployment of non linear VaR system using Monte Carlo simulation.

Developed system for back testing VaR against Profit and Loss data obtained from different sources.

Used flexible hierarchy navigation for P and L roll up, hierarchy mapping and presentation.

Trained and supervised programmers and database administrators.

Achieved, through audits, BIS and EBK certification for VaR as a tool to determine bank wide regulatory capital, saving UBS a substantial amount of capital.

1990 -  1993
Programmer

Responsibilities :
Programmed systems for financial results reporting using C, Sybase and a forms builder.

Programmed system to manage and roll up ownership in a hierarchy of corporate entities, written in C using recursive traversal methods.

Designed and built a consolidated customer directory management system.

Field test of DECs AXP processors running VMS and UNIX operating systems. Validated compilers and system tools.

Evaluated, selected and used CASE tools.

Performed VMS system management, Sybase DBA functions and ported applications to ANSI C to run on OpenVMS and UNIX.

Trained colleagues in CASE methods, C programming and UNIX.

1985 -  1990
Systems Analyst

Responsibilities :
Clinical system for ICU with interfaces to patient monitors, analyzers and lab systems

Developed and implemented tracking system for heart transplant patients

Taught graduate level statistics courses.

Database design and statistical analysis of longitudinal data on drug use and life experiences among high school students

Assisted medical researchers in analyzing clinical data.

1983 -  1985

Education

Miscellaneous
Fluent in French and German