Quality Assurance Control
Resume:
FRIEDA E. KOGAN
Passaic, NJ 07055 ******.*****@*****.***
business profile
Over 15 years experience in design, development and implementation of large-
scale applications on the mainframe with COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, JCL, VSAM,
CICS and PACBASE. High level of expertise in application development,
quality control and project management. Good knowledge of AML/BSA rules,
KYC, CIP and OFAC monitoring. Excellent documentation, communication and
organizational skills. Practical problem solving and strategic thinking
skills with excellent judgment and initiative. Expert at managing multiple
projects simultaneously.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
COMTIS llc, NJ
2009 -2010
AML Analyst/Consultant
. Work on various AML projects. Responsibilities include KYC and CIP,
suitability, OFAC and wire transfers monitoring.
. Researched and analyzed accounts for suspicious activity including
irregular or questionable customer behavior or activity, transaction
inconsistent with customer's known legitimate business, transaction
different with regular account activity or the normal activity of that
type of account.
bank of new york mellon, New York, NY 1988 - 2008
Funds Transfer System - USD Wires
Project Leader/Lead Analyst (2007 - 2008)
Responsible for analysis, design, programming, testing and implementation
for a global funds transfer system (FTS) processing approximately $1
trillion daily. FTS processes payments, deposits and transfers internally
and externally through the Federal Reserve, SWIFT and CHIPS networks.
. Process Quality Assurance (PQA) Representative for FTS. Audited various
tasks assigned to team members to ensure all Software Development Life
Cycle (SDLC) policies, guidelines and change control processes were in
compliance. Reported weaknesses and recommended improvements.
. One of a selected group of individuals assigned to be part of the Merger
and Integration planning team between the Bank of New York and Mellon.
Assisted in design specifications and requirements and compiled
estimates.
. Updated DB2 tables, tested, implemented the changes and ran SQL queries
against them.
. Responsible for a database expansion effort which included increasing the
database more than 25% to accommodate the Mellon merger.
Integrated Customer Information (1992 - 2007)
Project Leader/Lead Analyst
Senior Programmer Analyst
Junior Programmer
Responsible for analysis, design, programming, testing and implementation
for the bank's Customer Information System supporting more than 3 million
accounts and 2 million customers.
. Supervised, assigned tasks and monitored performance of team members
. Successfully implemented more than 95 programs in compliance to the Gramm-
Leach-Bliley Act to ensure discretion of non-public personal information.
. Extensive experience with COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, MQ
Series, SQL and PACBASE.
. Liaised with business and technical leaders to ascertain business
specifications and system requirements and converted those into technical
specifications.
. Reviewed Business Requirement Documents and wrote test plans and scripts
for user acceptance testing.
. Maintained the team's Maintenance Task Log - which includes recording all
of our service requests and metrics. Thoroughly documented in adherence
with the SDLC requirements.
. Chosen as a Functional Area Representative (FAR) for the Bank of NY to
help successfully achieve CMM Level 2.
. Created documentation for training and online help screens.
. Evaluated disaster recovery test and prepared specifications for disaster
recovery planning. Provided on site disaster recovery test programming
support.
. Integrated and processed retail information before, during and after all
bank acquisitions and conversions.
. Created reports and data files for the Bank's Marketing, Branch
Administration and Systems Applications areas to improve data integrity
and processing efficiency.
. Addressed, diagnosed and resolved production problems and issues that
arose on a day-to-day basis. Continually documented causes, analysis and
final resolution to issues and errors as they arose.
. Identified areas of process improvement.
Demand Deposit Accounting
Junior Computer Programmer (1988 - 1992)
Trainee
Analyzed, designed, coded and implemented banking application programs for
the Demand Deposit Accounting group, which covers many aspects of check
processing and time deposit accounting.
. Member of conversion team, responsible for information modification to
new system databases.
national conference of synagogue youth, New York, NY 1986 - 1988
Regional Coordinator
. Organized educational, cultural and social events for youth nationwide.
. Coordinated logistical affairs, prepared schedules, recruited volunteers
and assisted with individual and corporate fund raising efforts.
. Traveled extensively acting as a liaison for regional offices.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
COBOL, IMS DB/DC, DB2, JCL, VSAM, CICS, MQ Series, SQL, PACBASE, TSO/ISPF,
XPEDITER, FILEAID, ENDEVOR, QMF, SMARTTEST, INTERTEST, SDSF, PANVALET,
MERCURY ITG, MS-WORD and EXCEL.
EDUCATION
B.S., Touro College, New York, NY
1994
Major: Computer Science, Minor: Mathematic
Syrit Computer School System, Brooklyn, NY (nine-month course)
1988
IT Certificate.
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