Project Manager Management

Sanford Jay Kadish

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Jacksonville, FL 32257

Cell: 904-***-****

Home: 904-***-****

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Software professional experienced in business intelligence reporting, financial management and executive

decision-making. Experience in telecommunications, health care, insurance, transportation, financial

institutions, government and consumer credit. Strengths include project management, business analysis, data

modeling, programming, documentation, technical writing, training and software conversions (WebFocus, Brio,

Crystal Reports, EasyTrieve and COBOL).

2 Education & Certifications

• MBA Finance & Accounting, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

• BA Philosophy & Education, Northern Illinois University, De Kalb, IL

3 Professional Experience

Senior WebFocus Developer AMDOCS Richardson, TX May 2014 – Present

• On assignment at AT&T developing WebFocus applications for business telephone customers.

• Concentration on performance enhancement and new projects.

• Coordinating development with representatives in India, Israel and Mexico.

Senior WebFocus Developer Beryl Health Bedford, TX May 2012 – March 2014

• Writing WebFocus dashboard programs for hospital care reporting for internal and external applications.

• Retrieving from WebFocus metadata and creating stored procedures and applying SQL code to retrieve data from transactional tables.

• Transition team for new corporate website.

Senior Information Specialist Three Pillar Dallas, TX November 2011 – April 2012

• Assignment at Information Builders for an assignment at Securities America, Omaha, NE.

• Creating WebFocus programs for agent brokers using BI dashboards using both metadata and Sybase stored procedures.

• Previous assignment: TTX in Chicago – reporting on railcar financing.

Senior Information Specialist Micah Mortgage Euless, TX July 2011 – October 2011

• Assigned to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in Dallas.

• Created WebFocus business intelligence (BI) dashboards for bank closures and terminations.

• Applying scorecard methodology for corporate goals.

Software Engineer Spins, Inc. Schaumburg, IL May 2010 – June 2011

• Created public-facing WebFocus dashboard applications for paid subscribers.

• Added templates with VBA macro scripts for enhanced Excel answer sets.

• Modified javascript in WebFocus-created user-interface HTML pages to enable attribute filtering.

Software Engineer Fidelity Investments Marlborough, MA/Durham, NC May 2009 – May 2010

• Worked in mapping data structures for ERC (Enterprise Reporting Center) for reporting on projects and assigned resources.

• Applications for Fidelity intranet accessed by 15,000 internal users accessing a BI dashboard including Report Caster schedules.

• Using Developer Studio Advanced Graphics Tool to enhance report aesthetics, including drilldowns from graphs to details.

Consulting Project Lead Information Builders Orlando, FL March 2007 – December 2008

• Handled Data Migrator ETL (iWay software) improvements and reporting enhancements at the Federal Reserve Bank-NY.

• Performance Management Framework (PMF) Scorecard projects, including accessing SAP and other data sources.

• Developed WebFocus Banner finance programs accessing SunGard Higher Education Oracle data using SQL cod

• Project leadership assignment at a major health insurance firm creating WebFocus BI dashboards.

Senior WebFocus Developer Fidelity Mutual Funds Merrimack, NH April 2006 – March 2007

• Converted Hyperion Brio programs to WebFocus for deployment in the Fidelity BI Dashboard.

• Accessed SQL Server and Oracle sources with SQL code to graphically track global access and availability.

• Provided Financial Matrix Language (FML) budget reports for IT department annual budget that simplified budget process.

• Coordinated programs to track command center problem resolution, physical and logical servers and change management.

Sanford Jay Kadish

9897 Merlin Drive East

Jacksonville, FL 32257

Cell: 904-***-****

Home: 904-***-****

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Senior WebFocus Consultant TAC Worldwide Des Moines, IA April 2005 – April 2006

• Assigned to Wells Fargo Merchant Services to develop mainframe Focus and WebFocus programs.

• Developed Business Intelligence Dashboard programs with sales staff, marketing, credit managers and executives

• Project manager for reports with revenues and costs for credit cards using graphs and drilldowns with SQL pass-through.

• Added Report Caster scheduling thereby limiting server crashes at peak reporting times.

Senior WebFocus Consultant Ajilon – Verity Partners Atlanta, GA January 2005 – March 2005

• Assigned to Vital Processing Services in Columbus, GA, to develop WebFocus BI for credit card management.

• Wrote comprehensive technical design documents mapping all programming requirements and steps.

• Using graph functionality of WebFocus Developer Studio coupled with SQL pass-through coding accessing Oracle data.

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3 WebFocus Consultant Strafford Technology Windham, NH December 2004 – January 2005

• Assigned to Fidelity Mutual Funds for proof of concept (POC) cases comparing WebFocus to Hyperion Brio software.

• Based on the POC presentations Fidelity chose WebFocus as the designated reporting tool for their user groups.

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5 Senior Applications Consultant Acroteks Jackson, MS July 2002 – December 2004

• Developed mainframe FOCUS and WebFocus programs for Blue Cross Blue Shield Mississippi in a DB2 environment.

• Project manager for query tools for detecting potential fraud and abuse using SQL code to expedite retrieval.

• Converted EasyTrieve and COBOL legacy mainframe queries to WebFocus in order to facilitate business intelligence.

Senior Applications Consultant Dyntek Tallahassee, FL May 2001 – July 2002

• WebFocus project manager– Louisiana Department of Labor. Work included project management, upgrade QA work,

Configured legacy systems for WebFocus, BI data warehouse reporting, testing and reports to state officials.

• Assessment review with Information Builders to confirm compliance with software contract for WebFocus.

• Senior WebFocus Consultant and Senior Team Leader – Boston Public Health Commission.

• Crystal Reports Specialist – Lakeland (Florida) Parks and Recreation. BI dashboard reports for recreational facilities.

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WebFocus Developer Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ September 2000 – May 2001

• Independent consultant working directly for Seton Hall University Assistant Vice President Finance.

• Liaison with Information Builders to install Budget Development and Reporting System (BDRS) BI Dashboards with SCT Banner.

• Work included business analysis, budgeting, data configuration, project management, WebFocus and Mainframe FOCUS.

6 Web Developer Computer Horizons Portland, OR March 2000 - July 2000

• Assigned to US Bank, Portland, OR.

• Converted FOCUS and COBOL programs to WebFocus for bank intranet.

• Wrote WebFocus financial modeling language (FML) reports for cost centers.

7 Systems Programmer NCS Fernandina Beach, FL August 1998 – January 2000

• Contracted through National Computer Services (NCS) and assigned to Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Arkansas.

• Developed FOCUS and COBOL programs for health insurance, PPO, pharmacy and actuarial in a DB2 environment.

• FOCUS applications included mainframe and PC FOCUS systems, WebFocus, metadata queries and Y2K upgrades.

8 Senior Manager Budgets CSX Transportation Jacksonville, FL September 1994 – December 1998

• Compiled, forecast and tracked $625 million general management expense budget. Identified $10 million in annual savings.

• Managed $168 million annual CSX Intermodal transfer price plan using FOCUS programs for data retrieval.

• Reduced corporate bottom-line expenses by an average of $2 million annually over three years with FOCUS and EasyTrieve.

9 Manager Economic Analysis CSX Transportation Jacksonville, FL June 1988 – September 1994

• Programmed, tested and used software (FOCUS, EasyTrieve) for profitability reports.

• Team member for $600 million annual capital budget, including ROI, NPV, lease vs. buy and other financial decisions.

• Research leader for team responsible for major capital projects that guaranteed $25 million in annual revenues.

Sanford Jay Kadish

9897 Merlin Drive East

Jacksonville, FL 32257

Cell: 904-***-****

Home: 904-***-****

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Asst. Manager Service Plan Chessie System Baltimore, MD October 1983 - June 1988

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• Designed support programs (FOCUS) to confirm service contract compliance enabling $50 million in service contracts.

• Used mainframe FOCUS to track rail industry shared resources. Improved corporate balance by $10 million annually.

• Promoted to position in newly merged company, CSX, Jacksonville, FL.

11 Economic Analyst Chessie System Baltimore, MD October 1979 - June 1983

• Led team that pioneered regression analysis incremental costing thereby enabling more time-sensitive service contracts.

• Researched competitive modal freight costs for shipping autos with JIT cost impacts, thus retaining $5 million in traffic.

• Began regional carrier sales program including prospective buyer economic pro formas, with $5 million sales in year one.

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13 Internal Auditor Rock Island Railroad Chicago, IL June 1977 - October 1979

• Reporting directly to Executive Vice-President; responsible for internal audits, internal control and savings recommendations.

• Helped to engineer production warehouse storage system, which increased productivity and reduce loss to theft.

• Led white-collar crime task force that identified $7 million in defalcations, illegal kickbacks and liquidation of stolen property.

1 Technical Skills and Other Information

Skills set

• Information Builders

• WebFocus Developer’s Studio 7.7.03

• Managed Reporting Environment (MRE)

• IBI Dashboards

• Mainframe FOCUS

• Report Caster

• ETL - iWay Software

• Resource Management: Resource Analyzer / Resource Governor

• Performance Measurement Framework (PMF) – Scorecarding

• InfoAssist

• Active Technologies

• Advanced Graph Assistant

• Management

• Full life-cycle development responsibilities

• Identifying business intelligence requirements with managers and staff

• Specifications, documentation and technical writing

• Team leadership in IT and Finance

• End-user training and mentoring

• Project cost estimation and management

• Software contract review and compliance confirmation.

• Proof-of-concept (POC) presentations

• Systems

• SQL coding for DB2, SQL Server, Sybase and Oracle databases.

• Operating Systems: IBM- OS/390, UNIX

• Programming languages: FOCUS, WebFocus, EasyTrieve, and COBOL.

•Mainframe Tools: TSO, ISPF, FILE-AID, RACF, SPUFI, SQL, VSAM, database design, COBOL-FOCUS conversions

• QA case review

• Database Experience

• Oracle

• DB2

• MS SQL Server

• Sybase

• Terradata

• Informix

• VSAM

• Relational databases

• Blue Cross AMYSIS

• Personal Computers and other Systems

• WebFocus: PC FOCUS

• Windows-7 Microsoft Office products – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, MS-Project, MS-Visio

• Crystal Reports 8.5

• Work in HTML, Visual Basic and ASP

• Financial

• Corporate Accounting

• Audit: Financial, Operational, IT, Internal

• Budget compilation and monitoring

• Discounted cash flow analysis, NPV, IRR

• Economic research, including tax issues

Citizenship

• US Citizen, born Dallas, TX – passport available

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