Quality Assurance Engineer

Xi (Nick) Wu *** Glen Rock Ave ( Malden, MA ***** ( 617-***-**** (

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EDUCATION

BOSTON UNIVERSITY (Boston, MA)

May 2006 - Jan 2008

M.S. in Actuarial Science

. Relevant Courses: Database Management, SAS, Actuarial Statistics and

Mathematics for Investment and portfolio Theory.

. Activities: President of Boston University Actuarial Club,

Teaching Assistant for SAS class.

NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY (Boston, MA)

Sep 2000 - May 2005

B.S of Mathematics & Computer and Information Science

. Relevant Courses: Computer Organization & Design, Software Design,

Database Design, Object Oriented Design, Algorithms &

Data Structures, Software development, Group theory.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

Languages: SQL, VB, SAS, Java, C++, HTML, True BASIC, and MIPS Assembly.

Systems: Windows (XP, 2003, 2000, NT, ME, 98, 95, 3.11), MS-DOS, Mac OS,

UNIX, Linux.

Software: Eagle PACE, Crystal Report, Microsoft Visual Studio,

Office, SQL Server 2005, SAS 9.1, Macromedia (Dreamweaver,

Fireworks, Flash), Microsoft FrontPage, Adobe Photoshop.

WORK EXPERIENCE

STATE STREET BANK (Boston, MA)

2010 - Present

Technical Analyst, Financial Performance Analysis (P&A) Group

. Perform complex analysis and develop performance calculation statements

in areas such as budgets, strategic plans, product line analysis and

treasury credit functions.

. Report findings and any issues to the relevant business units or

clients.

. Analyze reports generated from automated market data reporting system

'mystatestreet'.

. Assist with the system set up (e.g. composite construction rules,

approval workflows, error correction workflows, report templates) in the

P&A environment.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (Everett, MA)

Jun 2007 - Feb 2009

Product Analyst, Performance & Risk Analytics (P&RA) Product Group

. Supported P&RA product group with prototyping new product design using

Eagle Investment System's PACE Performance software and document results.

. Utilized internal investment system to create and maintain ad hoc

reporting in addition to daily, monthly, & extended period performance as

well as time series performance and valuation attribution analysis.

. Researched, tested and presented findings to client reports integrating

both Excel functions and Oracle SQL queries.

. Assisted P&RA group in designing Meta Data field attributes and composite

entity setup and ensuring data integrity.

. Performed general system performance testing and ensured timely execution

of daily production cycle runs including generation of data uploaders,

reports and SQL queries.

. Monitored daily data loads for DEV, QA & PROD environments and sent out

daily status report summary for Uploaders and Event Packages.

. Minimized team turnaround time on client requests by creating and

documenting detailed performance calculation configuration, performance

query tool configuration and uploader error messages for 10 data

uploaders.

. Assisted product manager in creation of demo environment for sales and

marketing group.

MUNICIPLE BENCHMARK (Wakefield, MA)

Feb 2007 - Jun 2007

Database Administrator

. Built reports for clients based on Excel (VBA programming) and Crystal

Report.

. Oversaw data migration from company Excel database into MS SQL 2005.

. Designed and created Access interface for end users to input data into

database.

. Programmed portfolio reports for clients based on MS SQL 2005.

PHASE FORWARD (Boston, MA)

Spring of 2002

System Engineer Group

. Created and maintained backup images for all company Windows and UNIX

servers.

. Reduced system backup time from 15 minutes to 3 minutes by writing

proprietary software that automated manual processes.

. Setup and managed user interaction with company servers and databases by

managing access and user privileges.

. Performed quality assurance analysis for new products.

INTERESTS/OTHER

Interests: Computer, swimming, reading, tennis, golf.

Bilingual: Mandarin Chinese and English.

Immigration Status: U.S. Permanent Resident (Green card)

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