GEORGE A. BOGUSLAW

Croton on Hudson, N.Y. ***** * Hm.: 914-***-**** * Cell: 914-***-****

E-mail: abmosq@r.postjobfree.com

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Summary: Senior Business Analyst /Project Manager and Information Systems

specialist with more than 20 years of financial IT experience. I add

value to any enterprise by using my extensive knowledge of Securities

Trading Systems

and back-office operations as liaison with Business Users and Development

to gather business needs and requirements for new and improved systems. My

vast knowledge of Capital Markets, Equities and Fixed Income products

allows me to understand and develop Requirements and Functional/Data Flows

as expeditiously as possible thereby initiating and completing the project

life cycle as quickly and economically as possible. I use my excellent

interpersonal, technical and communication skills in my proven role as

Offshore or Domestic Business/Development Manager. My expertise in

Project Life Cycle Documentation and Reporting serves to assure all

business partners of an innate competency in Enterprise Financial

Securities Systems. Development of Business Requirements and End-User

Training. Strong knowledge of SDLC. Managed application teams, system

development projects, responsible for the setting of priorities, project

schedules, tracking issues and communication to all project constituents.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Consultant, Fidelity Investments, New York, N.Y.

2007 - 2009

Business Analyst, Liaison and Test Project Manager - Fixed Income Equities

/Capital Markets. International and Domestic Securities Trading systems.

International and Domestic Securities Trading systems. Microsoft Office.

* Fidelity/Veritude Star Award.

I helped expedite and successfully complete major releases for the Capital

Markets/Fixed Income Business and Development groups. In a very time

restricted and task oriented environment I interfaced closely with Business

Products Development representatives and clients to gather requirements for

Batch and Online enhancements affecting multiple systems. I was able to

utilize my expertise in Business Analysis and Project Management Reporting,

System Integration Testing (SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). I am

also well-versed in third party productivity tools such as HP Quality

Center and Mercury Clearquest. I offer End to End involvement from Trade

activity to Client Confirmations.

Functional/Data Flows, Specifications, requirements.

Bloomberg, Bond Trader Pro and Martini trading systems expertise.

Consultant, Morgan Stanley, New York, N.Y.

2006 - 2007

In another fast-paced and project intensive company I came in to develop

subject matter expertise and use my talent in securities systems business

to analyze and support various applications development and enhancements

for the Master Security Database (MSD) Online and Batch. I helped to

greatly improve system flexibility that benefited over sixty(60) core

systems. Acting as Business Analyst I assisted in requirements analysis,

designing, coding for many financial systems initiatives. I also utilized

my experience with Systems Documentation for a wide range of processes for

MSD. I was able to cut costs by functioning as a "go-to" User Support

resource by cross referencing and analyzing gathered data to present to

management via Excel Spreadsheets and Easytrieve. Major system enhancements

I was involved with were migrated to production after regression testing by

fifty+ (50) systems with zero defects.

Consultant, Prudential Financial, Inc., New York, NY

2004 - 2004

Designed critical Securities Database System under an extremely tight

schedule enabling Prudential Financial (owned by Wachovia Banking) to de-

couple from Prudential Securities and become self-sustaining; This involved

Design, Business Process Engineering with Functional/Data Flowcharts,

specifications, and dissemination of assignments to respective coding

specialists, coding various elements, testing and implementation. I also

functioned as liaison to outside vendors to secure contracts for security

data feeds. I used my experience and knowledge to analyze specifications

and requirements for Mainframe and Online applications.

Reviewed test results and disseminated corrections, updates and performed

parallel testing. Liaison to Senior Management concerned with translating

business needs into system functions, ensuring the design and applications

of the Security Database "SDB" System met their requirements. Provided

technical and business support to team members.

Liaison to secure contracts with Vendors supplying data to the system.

Interpreted their Data (Fixed income and Capital Markets/Equities)

documents so that applications could be developed intelligently.

I utilize my Expertise in trading, trades processing and brokerage

clearing, settlement processes and data modeling as a SME foundation to

insure that all of my work is fact-based and sound. My employers benefit by

hands-on involvement at all times ensuring goals are accomplished

expeditiously and competently.

Sabbatical taken to spend more time with the children.

2002 - 2004

PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC., New York, NY 1988 - 2002

I developed Financial Systems and Securities expertise in my tenure of over

fourteen (14) years at Prudential to advance from Junior Programmer to VP

Information Systems group. The Securities Database area was yet another

fast-paced and results oriented environment. I was a major contributing

resource for Co-Designing a VB/Mainframe (CICS/COBOL) Desktop application

that exposed critical Security Data (Fixed Income, Capital Markets

Equities), to a broad user base and simplified the daily work routine for

the Securities Database user area. I added value through my involvement in

all aspects of Business Process Engineering using Functional/Data Flows,

Specifications, requirements and dissemination of assignments to the team.

As Liaison to Pricing Department I translated business needs into system

functions, ensuring the desktop hardware could support the new

Applications. Provided training to enable use of the new System in daily

work routines.

Education: B.A. Major-Psychology/Minor-Computer Science, Hunter College -

New York, NY, Cum Laude, National Honor Society, Dean's List.

*Civic and Volunteer: Volunteer Firefighter.

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