Dmitry Polonsky
Livingston NJ *****
**************@*******.***
SUMMARY:
. Expertise in Client/Server and Web Technologies with Visual Basic, VBA
and database technologies like Oracle and SQL server.
. Full SDLC expertise consisting of Business Analysis, Systems Analysis,
Software Design, Development, Testing and Documentation.
. Highly analytical, great work ethic, excellent oral, written,
interpersonal communication skills.
. Dynamic team player, positive thinker, deadline aware flexible
personality.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Systems Consulting since 1997:
09/2008-02/2009 Financial Business Analyst for A&E Television Network,
(NYC)
Responsible for monthly reconciliation of the company's 25 Multimillion
dollar bank accounts.
. Performed excel based data-analysis on bank's EDI feeds comparing them
to book data.
. Applied currency conversion rates on foreign accounts.
. Researched individual transactions and discrepancies.
. Documented findings and reported discrepancies.
04/2007-09/2008 Business Analyst for Koger & Co, (Paramus, NJ)
Koger is a small IT company developing Accounting Hedge Fund Software.
. Communicated to users and clients about software needs and
expectations, clearing questions and issues about the functionality of
existing software, resolved user issues and responded to user
requests.
. Communicated with offshore IT department requesting fixes and
enhancements based on User feedback.
. Analyzed the business need of proposed changes, developing technical
business specs.
. Developed fixes and enhancements using VB 6.0 and redesigned
functionality and layout of financial Crystal Reports coming out of
the system based on individual user requests.
. Tested and analyzed Sybase data-structure of new enhancements (tables
and stored-procs.) for quality and data integrity.
. Created Use Cases
. Assisted technical writers in preparations of user guides.
. Heavily involved in development of new implementations of
equalizations methods.
. Tested new releases and changes.
Tools Used: Visual Basic 6.0, Sybase Anyware, MS Excel, Mercury,
TestTrac, Excel, Crystal Reports.
04/2006-04/2007 Business Analyst, Inttra Corporation. (Parsippany, NJ)
Inttra is young e-commence B to B service provider for the ocean carrier
industry that connects shippers, freight forwarders, third-party logistics
providers, brokers and importers to electronically plan, process and manage
their shipments using in-house developed multi-platform technology.
. Assisted management in resolving issues with the revenue cycle by
working with the IT department to identify existing problems.
. Participated in design and testing of new Billing software process and
patches.
. Performed testing of new Oracle database software and ongoing database
changes for SOX compliance and undesirable affect on financial
reports.
. Routinely performed excel/access based data analysis to help improve
processes identifying billable events and prevent over billing.
. Used VBA to develop complex Excel spreadsheets and Ms. Access
databases to assist in data analysis and tracking.
. Documented changes and created logical, easy to follow specs for the
IT department.
06/2005-04/2006 Accountant, small CPA Firm. (Upper Montclair, NJ)
01/2005-06/2005 Full time Graduate student at Kean University.
07/2003 - 04/2004 Software Developer Prudential, Newark, NJ
Participated in development of the Customer Complaint System for Prudential
C.R.M., the software is designed to assist in remedying litigation on life
insurance policies. This software processes "the complaints system" from
the time it is recorded to the time it is settled or challenged. The CCS
is an n-tier application that uses mostly Win Forms and some ASP, it
consists of The Intake, a system which lets the claim examiner process and
record complaints, Scoring (as a logical module), which automatically
decides to settle or challenge some claims by rating the paper work,
Funding Worksheet for funds transfer, Letter Gen generates legal letters to
the complaining parties and Remedies in case a settlement is appropriate.
. Developed Functionality based on Business Specs.
. Architecturally Resolved Complex Business layer issues.
. Data Analysis, Database Design and development of Database Business
Layer using SQL server 2000. Performed normalization and wrote several
stored procedures, Views, functions and triggers.
. Involved in Data transmission from different kind of input sources
(Access Databases, Excel files) to SQL Server 2000 Database.
. Developing Entity, Data Access and Business Logic Components.
. Developing XML web services using the business logic components.
. Developed Graphical User Interface using Web forms and also used User
Controls and Custom Controls.
. Studying and reusing the existing batch billing components.
. Constructing web Services in online billing application.
. Creating and Printing invoices online using xml web services
Environment: VB6.0, ADO, MS SQL Server, various Visual studio
components, PVCS, MS Office integration.
07/2002 - 06/2003 Programmer Analyst Metlife, NJ
Responsible for Maintaining an existing VB6 and MS Access applications that
supports the call center QAing sales of Life Insurance policies, by
evaluating efficiency and security of current components,
recoding/redesigning components to ensure convertibility and integration
with future versions. By fixing newly found problems and adding new
components as pier business/client requirements. Ensuring constant
uninterrupted data base connectivity to support the end user applications.
Automated the manual Jet Engine realigning process.
. Responded to modification requests from the call center.
. Used Datasets and Data Grid controls to add-in Process Report
Functionality.
. Developed minor applications based on requisitions from other
departments.
. Responded to and assisted QA department.
Environment: VB6 (Win Forms), RDO, ADO,SQL Server, MS Access, Crystal
Reports.
06/00 - 07/2002 Software Developer ADP Retirement Services
Development of 401k administration Software (20% of USA 401k retirement
plans will be handled through the PASS System.) Pass system is divided
into Underwriting(401k) and Simple(IRA) screen subsystems, the screen
layout changes based on the logic of the field's populated. The validated
data is proceeds through a multitude of business layers, some check for
required fields for approval of mainframe transactions, others assign the
data to appropriate share classes and portfolios, yet others establish
business relationships and so on. The approved data is formatted and ran up
to the mainframe at the end of the day. Mutual Fund information and
reformatting logic read from special Matrix tables which in most cases hold
SQL string's for data.
. Worked closely with the business analyst, recommended solutions to
client requests.
. Engaged in software design and architecture.
. Provided technical leadership.
. Researched and recommended the best technology to fit the application
needs.
. Full project cycle, team environment
. Design and architecture of the database, increased the efficiency of
the database by modifying stored procedures.
. Development of the front end GUI, (90%-VB, and ASP), picked and
recommended third party Tools, resolving technical problems and issues
concerning speed and efficiency of data communications
. Client side business tires resolve most of the validation issues some
reformatting.
. Designed and implemented security sub system to provide assess top the
users and administrators based on permission level stored in specially
denied DB tables.
. Also involves a server level GUI for assigning permissions
. Templates subsystem for generating Transactions. A server level GUI
for Templating Transaction Data. Assigning Hard coded as well as soft
coded values.
. Transactions. (Approved plans are written to a flat file and send to
the mainframe) Using COM for numerous business logic modules to format
and secure the transfer of megabytes of data into flat files in order
to later move it to the Mainframe.
. Testing and fine tuning and Reacting to QA issues.
Environment: Visual Basic 6.0, ADO 2.1, COM, DCOM, MTS, MS SQL Server,
ASP, DHTML
Since 1997 developed other projects in VB 3.0 -VB 6.0 and MS Access
EDUCATION:
05/2008 - C#, .NET 2.0, ASP Training
05/2005 - MS in Accounting from Kean Univ., Union NJ.
01/2000 - BS in Economics from Chelyabinsk Univ., Russian Federation