Project Manager Engineer

MICHAEL A. JABLON

* ******* *****, ********, *** Jersey 07405 973-***-****

**********@*********.***

PROFILE

Experienced IT Staffing & Consulting Executive proficient in developing and leading successful IT

Staffing Solutions firms serving the financial services, pharmaceutical, hospitality, technology and other

industries. Recognized for ability to combine well-developed people skills, process improvements, and

innovative technology solutions to achieve operational excellence, workforce loyalty and fiscal

responsibility.

CAREER HISTORY

Managing Director, Private Consulting & Staffing Company. 2009 – present. Responsible for

Recruiting Services and firm-wide operational enhancements. Achieved significant improvement in staff

productivity, process improvement and development of corporate goals.

Vice President, End Client Services, CyberThink, Inc. 2005 – 2009. Working with company owners to

reengineer business processes, develop financial services strategies and diversify income stream.

Achieved 30% growth in sales by focusing on the needs of financial industry firms and adding new

offerings to attract new business.

President, Acorn Technology Group. 1998 – 2004. Co-founded this startup Enterprise Transaction

Processing Software consulting group to provide new application development solutions for the

Financial & Pharmaceutical industries. Functioned as Engagement Manager for all financial services &

enterprise projects. Focused on the use of high-transaction trading technologies to deliver global

technology solutions to Fortune 500 clientele.

Head of Worldwide Operations, EBS Dealing Resources, Inc. 1996 – 1998. Formerly Citibank

Dealing Resources. Manage the global day-to-day operations, support, product development, and

domestic financial controls for what is now the world’s largest Foreign Exchange Broker (recently

acquired by ICAP). As Chief Operating Officer I developed programs to transition the company from a

product development group to a premier technology service provider. Recovered the eroding stability of

the product base by implementing quality disciplines, technology refresh programs and vendor

management. Designed a 10-year outsource agreement to EDS for all global infrastructure support,

Network Operations and Software support services. Restructured the product management, support and

delivery functions to allow greater enhanced delivery and expand the product platform into new markets

including Futures instruments, Tickers and other market data applications. Presented strategic and

tactical progress to clients and the Board, representing the major FX market makers. Management

responsibility included a worldwide support staff of 300+ employees in 24 countries.

Management Consultant / Interim President, Transax Systems. 1994 – 1996. This technology

solutions provider to the transportation and ocean carrier industry had lost significant market share due

to technology obsolescence and aggressive competition. Presented turnaround plans to Economist

(parent) Board of Directors. Coordinated the turnaround and reversal of $3 million in losses by reducing

operating expenses, introducing new transaction processing technologies, and cementing remaining

customer loyalty. Replaced two generations of legacy systems with client server technology and reduced

technology staff by 25%. Other automation efforts yielded a total staff reduction of over 60%.

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Management Consultant, Citibank Dealing Resources. 1992 – 1994. Recruited by the business unit

President to recover a declining $40M product launch at risk for overruns and delivery

failures. Served as the arbiter on disputes between cross-functional project teams,

identified personnel and management issues, implemented realistic project plans and

quality assurance measurements. Took over leadership of the project to manage the new

development plan. Solidified globally dispersed development teams by implementing a

team exchange program, group presentations and success sharing. Provided executive

interface to project auditor (Price Waterhouse) and status to Board of Directors.

Restoring project discipline, and restructuring project responsibilities delivered the

product within the competitive window of opportunity, well above expectations. The

product currently handles $200B in FX trading daily.

Managing Director, Bond Technologies. 1989 – 1992. This startup IT Software Development

Company needed top line growth beyond the contracts secured by the founder.

Implemented an aggressive sales plan with performance incentives, secured funding and

negotiated strategic partnerships with Lotus Development, Sybase and IBM. Revenue

increased 250% over three years. I also coordinated several large reengineering projects

and served as a management consultant when necessary. Provided planning and execution

management for several data center consolidation projects including 2 insurance

companies and all Foreign Exchange processing facilities for Chase Manhattan.

Vice President / Systems Software, First Boston Corporation. 1981 – 1989. Managed Systems

Software Group responsible for supporting data center operating environments. Direct

support of all decision support applications and Fixed Income departments. Led first

liaison team between internal user departments and IT. Responsible for build and

relocation of software environment to Princeton. Other project successes include operator

automation, data center contingency plan and the development of linear programming

tools.

PRIOR TO 1981

ITT / Worldcom, Project Manager – OS Conversions

Brown Brothers Harriman, Operating Systems Engineer

IBM, Program Support Representative

EDUCATION & CERTIFICATIONS

Sarbanes-Oxley Certification

First Boston, Management Training Series, Technical Management Certification

IBM, Operating System Software Engineer Certification

IBM, Hardware Engineer Certification

Hofstra University, Computer Science Coursework

Nassau Community College, A.A.S., Computer Science

KEYWORDS

Branch Manager, Staffing, President, Operations Management, COO, Finance, Information Technology, Global,

Turnaround, Cost Control, Foreign Exchange, Investment Banking, Trading Systems, Automation

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