EYOEL GETACHEW
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SUMMARY
Software developer with more than ten years of experience in database design and all aspects of full
software life cycle: Strong knowledge of business needs, financial constraints, and end user preferences.
Specification and user requirement gathering, system analysis and design, prototyping, GUI design,
presentation, development, testing, data modeling, integration, implementation, project management,
documentation, training, Consulting and knowledge of Advent's Geneva.
PERSONAL STRENGTH
Result-driven professional capable of analytically utilizing facts and data to create unique solutions to
problems. Able to quickly adapt to changes; reanalyze problems as new obstacles arise; explore various
alternatives to problems. Exposed to work environments ranging from individual project management to
large team development. Communication skills and forthrightness reduces time in getting to core of the
problem and quickly creating resolution.
Operating Systems
Microsoft Windows Architecture
Microsoft BackOffice Suite (Windows NT, IIS, Site Server, MS SQL Server, Index Server, and
Exchange Server, Transaction Server)
Development Tools
Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0 (VBA/Excel, VB 5.0, VB 6.0), VB.Net, C#.Net, ASP.Net,
ADO.NET, XML.NET, HTML, XML, XSD, XSLT, Crystal Reports, Visual Source Safe
Databases
SQL Server 2000, 2005,2008, Access, Oracle, Stored Procedures, knowledge of Advent's Geneva
database AGA
Software
Microsoft Office, Visio Professional 5.0, Microsoft Project, working knowledge of SAS and SAS
ETL, Install Shield, Wise Installer
SAMPLE OF PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Ryan Associates Technology, New York, NY June 2011 – September 2012
Implementation Consultant
• Experience in Bloomberg Integration for Advent Geneva.
• Integrated various reference and derived data in Geneva 8.0 using C#.NET.
• Designed an investment loader, Pay-down, Variable rate schedules and Price updates for a client
using off-the-shelf Bloomberg Data accelerators in Geneva 8.5.
• Interfaced with Business Analyst and end users to make updates and enhancements to an
application that reports tax lot closing methods for transactions.
• Worked on modifying RSLs to get required data from Geneva database.
• Worked on application that transfers transactions from one portfolio to another according to
business specifications.
• Experience in setting up Geneva Advantage for reconciliation and reporting using both built in
and Custom loaders.
• Financial instrument knowledge, including Equities, Options, Futures, Fixed
Income, FX, Exchange and OTC Traded Derivatives.
• Experience integrating systems with Geneva that involves transactions and creating security
master information for investments involved.
Gabriel’s Technology Solutions, New York, NY Aug 2006 – June 2011
Senior Data Analyst
• Extensive experience in the migration of data from Excel, Flat file and XML to MS SQL.
• Proficient in extracting, transforming and loading of data using SQL Server DTS and SSIS.
• Extended knowledge of using C#, VB.net and VBScript for data manipulation.
• Exclusively assisted supervisor in managing over 20 real estate clients like NYTimes and
CanWest.
• Some experience in managing and consulting clients by providing real time solutions to their data
needs.
• Received in house training on Endeca and implemented the software into our systems.
Carat Group: Wilton, Connecticut April 1998 – Dec 2005
Software Developer
• Design and maintain a suite of custom applications for both in-house and external clients using
VB, VB.Net and C#. These suites of applications were the integral part of the company that
allowed internal analysts retrieve and manipulate their data.
• Communicate with business and other technical teams to collect business requirements for new
projects and/or bug fixes.
• Prepare detailed technical specifications for projects implemented.
Responsibilities:
• Designed and developed custom software application that allows clients to build an access
database from a flat file using VB 6.0.
• Maintained and enhanced custom reporting software that generates a PowerPoint Presentation
retrieving data stored in Access database and creating a presentation according to client’s input
using VB 6.0.
• Maintained and enhanced a VBA project that creates an access database from data stored in Excel
sheet.
• Maintained a data processing project that stores data in both in access and SQL Server.
• Designed developed and shipped a user interactive .NET project. In this software users were able
to select their access database and manipulate their data using this software and save the results
back to their access database. This Software does a lot of complicated mathematical calculations
based on user’s input.
• Maintained an intranet application written in ASP.
• As a project member managed the design, development and shipping of a business-critical
client/server application. This was accomplished using Visual Basic 6.0, and MS Access 2000.
• Unit, Integration and end to end testing and installations using Rational Clearquest, Install Shield
and Wise Setup Programs.
Account: Kraft Foods
Designed, implemented, and delivered data processing software that allowed users to store data
using Visual Basic 5.0, and SQL Server 6.5. Project delivered on an aggressive time line of 6
weeks.
Telephonics Corporation: Farmingdale, NY June 1996 – August 1996
Responsibilities include conversion of C and FORTRAN codes to PDL (Program Design
Language) Testing modules that were the final part of the MTRACS (Multi – Tracking of
Radar Control Systems) project.
Polytechnic University: Farmingdale, NY June 1991 – August 1991
Studied the effects of Plasma in the shielding of airplanes from radar detection.
Carefully measured and studied the behavior of plasma in deflecting electromagnetic
waves away from a shielded airplane which was set up in the laboratory.
The project proved that plasma could be used in the shielding of airplanes, which resulted
in further research in plasma technology.
EDUCATION
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK @ STONY BROOK, Stony Brook, NY
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering 1997