Project Manager Quality Assurance

Avrohom Leichtling

Email: abpy56@r.postjobfree.com

Address: ** ******* **** *

City: Suffern

State: NY

Zip: 10901

Country: USA

Phone: 845-***-****

Skill Level: Experienced

Salary Range: $90,000

Primary Skills/Experience:

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Educational Background:

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Job History / Details:

May 2012

Consultant

Provided contextual guidance and content design and documentation to complete database redesign project during three-month consulting project. Worked as team member building first of several content-rich replacement user data entry systems using T-SQL and Visual C# which are now in use. Wrote extensive SQL to enable data entry and modification as well as C# front end code handling aspects of data transfer and user interface.

CCH, A WOLTERS KLUWER COMPANY; Monsey, New York

August, 2005 - January, 2012

Technical Business Analyst/Project Manager

One of two analyst/developers supporting team of 23 researchers performing quality assurance (Q/A) and business analysis related to multi-jurisdictional general, telecommunications and utilities sales tax rates. Joined the firm following acquisition by Wolters Kluwer; contributed expertise throughout business transition and expansion.

Developed and project managed multiple multi-level quality assurance (Q/A) projects, written in T-SQL with front end developers using Virtual Studio and Visual C#, and also used in data migration and validation; projects completed on time, within budget

Owned primary responsibility for data architecture and design of new back-end data processes across three primary product lines, encompassing millions of records in multiple systems; deliver complex, analytics, historical and customized data

Wrote technical User Guide for clients and internal audience, providing extensive documentation and SQL code in support of systems/data migration from FoxPro to SQL, and creation of key GUI-based SQL for Q/A testing; earned corporate award in recognition of achievements

Regularly partnered with tax researchers and database implementation team to develop data and product requirements, project direction, and query language in support of front-end applications integration, This always involved the creation of extensive, detailed cumulative verbal narrative of all specific data access and reporting as well as program flow and logic description. This was found in all cases to be the most accurate way of capturing requirements from stakeholders and gaining their support and sign-off.

Contibuted a large quantity of SQL and C# code to support managed projects.

THOMSON FINANCIAL SERVICES; New York, New York

April,1996 April, 2005

Senior Software Engineer

Oversight and ownership for operational management and maintenance of high volume, transaction intensive legacy systems interfaces between end users, management and technologists at global investment services and research firm. One of 15 employees (from original 135) retained following Thomsons acquisition of and subsequent integration of Nelson Information, Inc.

Managed large scale data migration for six discrete legacy systems from Clipper to SQL environments, including Oracle 8, MS SQL, Sybase, porting to SQL-based programs, and data reconciliation from external ASCII sources and internal DOS, NT, UNIX, OS/2 and SQL; owned continuing enhancements to and integrity of Clipper-based systems

Took initiative to develop first ever Java application, a front-end file transfer utility with GUI interface and internal design logic, to manage file movement; initiated Clipper-based control-vocabulary scheme and data translation paradigms to manage all aspects of data reconciliation

Created/developed Nelson Investment Broker Report System (NIBR), comprehensive, real time, single-source national directory for brokers and reference for brokers services

Authored Export System, designed to provide standard utilities for file and system maintenance and data acquisition system for mutual fund providers (Wiesenberger, Larkspur) and other primary data sources

Supported cross functional teams, including Compliance, Legal other project stakeholders, tasked with inception to completion project execution including: scheduling, unit testing, systems implementation, quality assurance (Q/A), technical resources staffing, implementation and post-launch support

TECHNICAL LEARNING and EDUCATION

Springfield Technical Community College, Springfield, Massachusetts. C programming; Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Cobol, Paradox, LAN Architectures and Protocols; Oracle Corporation, Iselin New Jersey. Oracle SQL/PLSQL, Oracle Programming; Touro College, Brooklyn, New York. Java and Object Oriented Programming; Thompson University, New York. Microsoft SQL Server; Sybase Corporation, New York, New York. Sybase SQL Server Programming

The Julliard School; New York, New York. D.M.A. (Ph.D), M.S. and B.M. in Composition

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

Operating Systems: Windows 7 (Vista), XP, NT; Windows Server; DOS; OS/2 UNIX, Novell Netware

Data Support: MS-SQL Server 2008; MS-SQL Server 2005; T-SQL; MS-SQL Server; Visual Studio 2008; Visual C#; .NET3.5; C on Windows; Java, dBase, FoxPro, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel, Oracle 8, Sybase, Java XML, Clipper

Software Programs: Microsoft Project Manager; Word, PowerPoint, Publisher; Visio; Adobe Acrobat; Adobe Audition; Social media programs including LinkedIn, Facebook

PROFESSIONAL CREATIVE (NON IT) ACTIVITIES and PUBLICATIONS

A professionally trained composer, my catalogue of completed works numbers over 120 and includes nine symphonies, five operas, five string quartets, numerous works for chorus, various chamber music ensembles, vocal, theatrical and film music, orchestral music, concertos and works for symphonic band. Over 60 of these have been published. I am the author of several dozen scholarly essays on various musical subjects which have been published in the UK, Sweden, Germany and Switzerland. I have contributed scholarly CD liner notes to Chandos Records (UK), Sterling Records (Stockholm) and Divox Records (Switzerland). A complete list of this aspect of my work is available upon request.

In addition to the above, I have worked in radio as a station manager and on air host, and also as a recording engineer and editor, orchestral and opera conductor. I was also for many years Professor of Music at several US Colleges and Universities in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, North Carolina and Iowa.

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