KHOZAIM BASRAI

** ******* ****** **** *********, New York 11731

631-***-**** ac0soq@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL LEADERSHIP: Information Technology

Business-minded executive accomplished in leveraging technology to automate business models and streamline processes resulting in enhanced productivity and revenue growth. Decisive leader and pragmatic visionary with demonstrated expertise in aligning corporate objectives with IT plan.

Strategic problem solver practiced in empowering executives with access to mission-critical data to facilitate decision-making and produce profitable outcomes.

Influential communicator offering superior interpersonal skills to translate complex concepts and explain the pertinent points to both technical and non-technical audiences. Additional areas of expertise include:

Business Process Automation Disaster Recovery Technology Architecture & Integration Cost Controls

Requirements Gathering Project Planning & Benchmarking Risk Management Project Management

Cross-Functional Collaboration Ideation & Problem Solving Cyber Security

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

R. F. LAFFERTY & CO., INC., Chief Technology Officer, New York • 2011 – Present

Trusted member of senior executive team influencing focus on core business competencies, with feasibility analysis for proposed technology alternatives. Migration from Microsoft Exchange to Google Suite. Maintenance and decommissioning of data center servers. Planned and implemented transferring of a data center to Cloud technology. Moved traditional backups to cloud data storage. Employee training for Cloud computing technology, encryption and cyber security training. Changing employee mindset from traditional file structure to Cloud computing. Applied IT Governance process to reduce significant cost by transforming a legacy achieving methodology to a cloud solution. Tested and rolled out OMS system like SpeedTrade, BetaLink, Netx360, and RealTick for brokers and operations. Developed an intranet website pages for Compliance and Operations using PHP/HTML code. Reinstated Supervisory Procedure Manual and Cyber Security protocols as per FINRA initiatives. Manifested, tested and implemented Disaster Recovery plans for the organization. Setup remote offices for traders with capability of on line trading. Researched, managed and secured a deal with live data feed vendor for option queries. Programmed MySQL calls to a frontend display for Option traders. These calls are triggered every 3 minutes, it assists traders to make investment decision on market movement of stocks and options. Enterprise conversion of clearing agents from Penson to Pershing. Identity new trends, technologies, policies for Compliance, Accounting and Market makers. Streamed lined and automated computing processes for the Operations department. Created an ethical barrier methodology between departments to ensure data integrity and conflict of interest.

ENPIRION, INC., IT Consultant, New Jersey • 2009 – 2011

Data center design and relocation. Scheduled prompt cut over for data and telephone lines. Installed and configured servers, desktops and laptops. Consulting and tech support for the head and satellites offices in USA and Malaysia. Enterprise wide software deployment of Symantec, Oracle and Agile. Responsibilities include backups, power management, disaster recovery, training, vendor selection, inventory control and purchasing.

FIRST EMPIRE SECURITIES, INC., Manager of Information Technology, New York 1992 – 2008

$24 million full service broker-dealer offering a wide range of financial products with 100 employees

Additional roles included MIS Director (1995 – 2002) and Programmer Analyst (1992 – 1995)

Manager of Information Technology

Lead decision-making in regards to technology projects and issues as the highest ranked IT authority. Collaborate with Trading Analysts, Sales & Marketing Managers and other executives to understand their unique technology needs to facilitate business goal attainment. Provide leadership in all aspects of IT planning, implementation and support, including overseeing budgets, infrastructures and a staff of 30 people.

Direct software and hardware development and ensure compliance of all technologies. Champion IT education programs that impact the bottom-line and make sure that training sessions are beneficial to participants. Select vendors for key projects. Offer expert-level advice to Systems Analysts and Programmer Analysts in regards to complex issues. Interact with managers to discuss the business impact of IT.

Ensure the continuous operations of all IT projects focused on timely and cost-efficient delivery. Perform comprehensive research of new technology products and services and keep abreast of the latest industry trends and offerings. Identify and purchase IT solutions that enhance business processes within the organization including network systems and equipment, phone systems and data resources among others.

Selected Contributions:

Led a large migration of the entire IT facility to a new location and ensured that all systems were operational without causing any downtime for brokers and traders; efforts included testing applications, configuring 200+ PCs and servers and getting all networking and telephone switches up and running.

Spearheaded the complex migration of data from the call accounting system (TAPIT) to sales databases, enabling the team to track and cross-reference in and out bound sales calls to client telephone numbers.

Introduced and directed numerous cost savings initiatives for the organization by keeping many technology support operations in-house, which eliminated costly consulting and technical fees.

Honored with the Most Dedicated Award in 1993 and Distinguish Performance Award in 1999 as a result of displayed leadership and outstanding performance.

Fostered key relationships with diverse companies including FINRA, Pershing and CDW.

Supervised vetting, hiring, training for the technology staff.

Business Process Enhancements:

Accelerated mass distribution of bonds to clients via the development of a system that supported traders in gathering bond inventory and posting the data to be accessed by brokers; gained insights in FINRA and SEC and worked with experts to remain compliant with federal and state regulations.

Trimmed portfolio analysis time from 2 weeks down to 20 minutes by systematizing all phases of portfolio management for the Asset Liability Department, which enabled Analysts to spend more time formulating trade strategies as opposed to creating presentations and inputting data into a system.

Replaced antiquated paper methods for Operations by developing a program for Brokers, Traders and back office staff to manage and execute bond trades, resulting in reduction of errors, resources and time.

Connected client websites with internal programs for the Loan Department, which provided updated inventory data at their fingertips while minimizing the need for extra support staff.

Eliminated redundant tasks and needless paper trails by developing internal databases that collected and distributed data from market news feeds (Bloomberg and Reuters) to an Intranet without any human supervision.

Sales & Marketing Enhancements:

Triggered a 200% increase in sales by the end of the 2nd quarter via the deployment of the company’s first contact management program, which was networked with other integral systems. Developed an inhouse Order Management System for traders, brokers and operations with Compliance Extensions.

Empowered Sales Managers with the ability to record phone time for brokers, track inactive leads and forward information to the Client Relations Department, while reducing the time required for lead management.

Optimized decision-making by enabling Sales Managers to analyze purchasing habits of clients and measure against market movements.

Facilitated the monitoring and assessment of marketing survey results by developing web databases for client web surveys.

Designed an application to prepare and execute mass fax and email campaigns to prospects, enabling the Marketing Department to deliver all campaigns in house with minimal support staff.

LSL BIOLAFITTE, INC., Service Engineer 1991

MELTECH, INC., Technical Writer 1990

ASTRO-VALCOUR, INC., Project Engineer 1988 – 1990

AFFILIATIONS

CIO Forum International Who’s who in Information Technology ● Wall Street Technology Association

Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Bachelor of Engineering – Electrical

Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey

Hardware

Dell, HP, Cisco, Network Scanners, Backup Drives, Cisco Routers/Switches, Avaya Definity, Nortel Switches, Nortel PBX, NAS Storage, Virtual Tape Library, APC Power Management, data center design/setup and Sonicwall..

Software

Bloomberg, Reuters, Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008, Microsoft Exchange 2003R2, MS-SQL,

Symantec End Point, ESET, Terminal Server, MS Visio, MS Office 2007/2010, Wire Shark, CMS BondEdge, Black Berry Server, Surf Control (Email/Web) SolarWinds, SharePoint, Citrix. TeamViewer, LogMeIn, Avaya Definity, Oracle Discovery10G, Agile, Moxy, Advent, Navision, Noton Ghost, Quick books, Gobal Relay Archive, LiveVOL, Penson, BroadRidge, Neovest, ThompsonOne, Sungard, RealTick, QUODD, SpiceWorks, Netx360, Google Apps, ERP, Foxtrot and SaaS.

Operating Systems

Windows Pro10/Pro7/Pro8/10, VMWare, Red Hat Linux.

Continuing Education

Project Management Professional, Six Sigma, Visual Basic .Net, Microsoft Server 2008 and Anti-Money Laundering Quest CE course.

Citizen of the United States of America

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