Software Project
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CRAIG ROBINS Bronx, New York 10471
abntzs@r.postjobfree.com 718-***-****
A SENIOR LEADER/MEMBER OF TECHNICAL TEAMS RESPONSIBLE FOR ASSISTING AND ADVISING SENIOR
BUSINESS LEADERS AND MANAGEMENT, PROVIDING STRATEGIC TECHNICAL DIRECTION AND SYSTEM
ARCHITECTURE FOR MULTIPLE INITIATIVES. IN-DEPTH KNOWLEDGE OF TECHNOLOGICAL ALTERNATIVES AND
BUSINESS SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS, ABLE TO RECOMMEND INNOVATIONS TO ENHANCE AND PROVIDE
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES TO THE ORGANIZATION.
Core Compentancies
Systems Design and Program Development, Database Design, and Project Management, in diverse commercial
settings, including Compliance Reporting - Traded Products, ADR Support, Securities Trading, Arbitration Case
Management, and Inventory/Distribution.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
October 2003 – August 2008
BANK OF AMERICA
Consultant; Converted to Full Time Employee - COMPLIANCE RISK TECHNOLOGY
Hardware / Software Environment: Oracle, Microstrategy, Actuate, SQL Procedures, AS/400
• Responsible for adhoc reporting. Worked with users and technical team and developed a report naming
convention and scheduling mechanism to provided a structured environment. Developed reusable SQL scripts to
streamline adhoc reporting.
• Application Support Team Lead. Responsible for triage, scheduling, project coordination and statistical monitoring
of compliance related tasks. Assessed business needs from users point of view and correlated them to available
resources achieving a smoothly run process.
• Developed and maintained Microstrategy reports, monitoring and detecting various trading violations (e.g. Front
Running, Rule 92, Associate Investment Monitoring, and Blue Sheet Reporting) to meet or exceed regulatory
reporting requirements.
• Extensive and specific business knowledge. Technical skill set includes Quantitative skills, Capital Markets,
Compliance, Enterprise Risk, System Architecture.
• Responsible for estimation of effort for multiple programmers. Coordinated efforts with external programming
teams to deliver software on time and within budget.
• Submitted a proposal to BOA’s Innovation Program to decrease turnaround time without increased cost. My
proposal was selected out of over 2000 to be piloted.
November 2000 - October 2003
AMERICAN ARBITRATION ASSOCIATION
Consultant - Alternative Dispute Resolution
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400, ORACLE PL/SQL, MICROSOFT VBA-EXCEL
• Responsible for multiple application migration projects from AS/400 systems to centrally based Oracle platform;
data conversion, verification and synchronization. Applications included Case Management, Oracle Financials,
Name and Address Mailing System, Membership, Publications, and Panels.
• Responsible for the Association’s analytics. Developed and implemented the Caseload and Financial Analysis
Reporting System, which is comprised of Oracle based VBA pivot tables and charts. The distributed reports
provide breakdown analysis of volume and financial activity by caseload, region, customer, and case type across
selectable time frames. Reports were designed to allow users to interact with the distributed reports and derive
their own customized final products.
October 1999 – November 2000
BANK JULIUS BAER
Consultant - Private Banking Technical Support
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400, RPG, CLP Proprietary Software
Tax statements, Stock splits, Proprietary G/L statement processing, International MIDAS transmission and
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reconciliation.
March 1998 – October 1999
KURT SALMON ASSOCIATES
Year 2000 (Y2K) Management Consulting
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400 RPG, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Project
5 Hudson River Road
CRAIG ROBINS Bronx, New York 10471
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Responsible for Business Impact Analysis, Solution Strategy, and Offshore coordination for Tiffany and
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Company’s Year 2000 (Y2K) remediation. Over 3 million lines of remediated code.
Established project requirements, technical feasibility analysis, work plan, and schedules.
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February 1996 – February 1998
LORD, ABBETT & CO.
Consultant - Portfolio Accounting
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400 RPG, ORACLE ODBC
Mutual Fund Portfolio Processing Outsourcing
• Coordinated effort to implement DST Inc.’s PAS Portfolio Accounting System.
• Established automated trading interfaces and implemented reconciliation reporting.
April 1994 – February 1996
VIACOM INC.
Consultant - Human Resources Corporate Data Repository
Hardware / Software Environment: SQL Server, MS Access - VBA, Visual Basic
• Developed and implemented the automated Division Feed Processing System for Payroll and Benefits data.
• Coordinated Viacom corporate payroll processing schedules. Responsible for programmatic data integrity
verification. Specified, Designed, and Implemented an automated PC based system using WinBatch; integrated
AS/400 data, Microsoft SQL Server tables using VB programs.
June 1991 – April 1994
LAZARD FRERES & CO.
Consultant - Equity Trading Support
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400 RPG, ORACLE ODBC
• Designed, coded, and implemented the Lazard Trading System to BRASS interface. This system, implemented
using RPG, DDM, and CL, automates the direct trade ticket input to BRASS. Seventy percent of Lazard’s trades
utilized this system.
• Designed, coded, and implemented a customized project life cycle control system using RPG and CL to manage
Lazard’s development team.
February 1987 – June 1991
PFIZER INC.
Consultant - MAPS Group
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400 ILE RPG
• Consulting and support to International Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Software Development Group.
• Designed and coded application programs within the proprietary MAPS manufacturing framework - Bill of
Materials, Costing, Inventory, Scheduling, Purchase Order, and General Ledger.
• Maintenance of PC/Support access over Token Ring Network
March 1981 – February 1987
CHASE BANK
Consultant - Capital Markets Automation Group
Hardware / Software Environment: AS/400 RPG, MICROSOFT VBA
• Technical consulting and support to corporate and international trading center. Supported the CORE back-office
system for pricing and positions. Designed, coded and implemented the Capital Markets Network providing
secured access to and from multiple network processors using RPG and CL.
• Designed, developed and implemented Hot Backup Facility, providing rapid recovery for Muni, Govi, and
Corporate back office trading systems using APPC, RPG and CL.
• W orked with IBM Rochester in the analysis of Performance Tools Data obtained from the overnight settlement
jobstream. Identified areas and implemented changes in the processing stream where performance
improvements could be realized.
EDUCATION NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY - B.S. Computer Science
IBM EDUCATION CENTER - Systems Analysis and Programming
5 Hudson River Road
CRAIG ROBINS Bronx, New York 10471
abntzs@r.postjobfree.com 718-***-****
PROFESSIONAL C.D.P. / C. S. P. - Certified Data Processor Certified Systems Professional
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