EVA GRUNFELD
Brooklyn, New York 11229
abkm13@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY
Senior IT Business Analyst/Project Manager, with hands-on experience in all
aspects of application development,
from requirements gathering through implementation. Known for delivering
quality solutions on time and within
budget. Comfortable in an individual contributor role or managing a small
team.
EXPERIENCE
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK 1986 - 2008
Senior Business Analyst/Technical Project Manager 1993 -
2008
Accomplishments
End to end responsibility for the Bank's Overdraft and Letter of Credit
Approval Systems (VSAM/CICS), with
over 7000 active users nationwide. Applications provided bank officers with
a complete bank-wide picture
of customer, his/her relationships, credit exposure, and several
administrative functions, which enabled their
informed credit decision:
. Directly interfaced with upper and middle management of business units,
credit administration, interfacing applications, and various operating
areas, enabling identification and definition of the information needs of
all stakeholders.
. Led applications through multiple successful merger integrations and
conversions, more than tripling the functionality of the applications
without adverse impact on response time or run times.
. Maintained and updated internal entitlements functionality of
applications resulting in compliance with changing business and
compliance rules.
. Gathered requirements, prepared specs, managed testing of changes with
users, consulted with enterprise-wide Information Security group,
resulting in coordination of access rules; and provided post-
implementation support to the line of business administrators, ensuring
proper access was granted to users.
. Used CMM Level 2 methodology to manage work and implementations.
. Developed and designed appropriate systems solutions for business
requirements.
. Conducted all levels of testing, including UAT, which resulted in quality
deliverables.
. Coordinated production implementations with interfacing systems and
operations.
. Planned annual project deliverables and managed work queues.
. Conducted status meetings with business partners to review progress and
discuss requirements.
Business Analyst 1986 -1993
Accomplishments
Analyst/testing lead for on-line functionality in development, from
inception through implementation, of new
Credit Facilities Tracking System, which captured and tracked information
regarding various extensions of
credit instruments and interfaced with bank-wide IMS customer database.
Application captured usage from five
transaction systems:
. Met with users to discuss requirements, enhancements, and user test
plans.
. Delivered design, analysis, and functional specifications documents to
comply with requirements.
. Conducted in-depth integration testing, migrated modules through
multiple levels of test regions into
production, and provided post-production support.
. Coordinated with other interfacing development groups.
. Implemented the use of new technology, such as systems development in
the PC environment, incorporating
Microfocus, CICS/OS2, EXCEL, WORD, WINDOWS.
. Scheduled resources, supervised programmers.
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MARINE MIDLAND BANK 1983 - 1986
Project Leader
Accomplishments
. Led group responsible for the Branch Accounting subsystems of the bank's
international, multicurrency Money
Management and Dealing System (IDMS/CICS), from user requests through
production support. Functions included batch backvaluation, customer
statements, General Ledger and account posting transaction generation, on-
line voucher entry, customer balance inquiry, mini Foreign Exchange
vouchers.
. Coordinated enhancements to the DDA portion of Branch Accounting, such as
on-line statement history, tiering of Interest rates, automatic charges,
and holds on funds.
. Involved in every phase of the project cycle: user interviews, analysis,
design, data base changes, and functional specifications.
. Maintained development and production CICS regions, including start-up
JCL, modifications to internal CICS tables, new releases of software
packages to meet upgrade timelines.
. Maintained and enhanced the Master File Maintenance subsystem - a menu
driven series of interlocking modules handling full edit, inquiry, add,
delete, and update functions.
. Scheduled assignments, coordinated subordinates, and hired staff.
EXXON INTERNATIONAL 1981 - 1983
Programmer
Accomplishments
. Implemented and documented on-line (IMS DB/DC) and batch modules for
world-wide credit control and fuel
pricing system. Modules performed on-line customer balance updating,
month-end reconciliation with related invoicing system, updating, and
control reporting for management review.
. Developed, enhanced, and maintained systems cost, financial and
government reporting systems.
. Responsible for all related cost estimates, testing, production
coordination, support, and user interface.
COPE VOCATIONAL INSTITUTE 1980 - 1981
Instructor of BASIC
TECHNICAL SKILLS
CMM Level 2, MVS/ESA, COBOL, COBOL II, JCL, CICS, VSAM, Intertest,
SyncSort, CEDF,
TSO/ISPF, FILE-AID, Panvalet, Endevor, LOTUS Notes, Word, Excel, Visio,
PowerPoint
EDUCATION
MA, English, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY
Certificate, Business Analysis, University of Colorado at Denver, Denver,
CO
FUEGO for Business Analysts - BEA Systems