Robert Louis “Bob” Consorti

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Wilmington, MA 01887 ac2iyu@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

HARVARD UNIVERSITY Boston, MA

M.M.Sc. 1996

Markey Fellowship

LOYOLA UNIVERSITY Chicago, IL

Bachelor of Science, cum laude 1993

HIGHLIGHTS

Over thirty years of leadership, process improvement, development and implementation of secure applications and systems to accelerate growth of financial services and insurance institutions, consulting services organizations along with software and hardware technology startups. Extremely adept with business analysis and development as well as inter/intra-organization strategic matters. Well respected by technology teams since I began as a developer. Very much appreciated by management due to my customer-focused, bottom-line, results oriented and sense of urgency methodologies. Background and strengths include:

SaaS Solutions ● Agile Development best practices

Business Intelligence/eCommerce/Financial Systems

Technical Operations/Technology Assessment/Reengineering

Business Continuity Planning/Management

Security Analysis, Best Practices and implementation

Strategic Analysis and Planning in Software Development and Operations

Quality management and cost reductions through Lean Six Sigma

Success staffing and managing technical teams while inspiring them to on-time and budget project completion

Organizational Development and re-engineering of failing/under-performing teams

Extensive experience with Virtualization and Private Clouds, Business Process

Management (BPM), Content & Knowledge Management tools

Numerous Data Warehousing, Analytics, Dashboards and ETL projects

Broad knowledge of client/server and internet systems architecture and database systems as well as embedded and mobile operating systems

Current Technologies/Methods/Frameworks (.NET, Java, Ruby, Agile, Scrum, SDLC)

Led and mentored cross-functional development/QA teams both within and outside the US

Superlative communications, presentation and negotiation skills at multiple levels

Outstanding analytical skills that provide logical support for my methodologies and

processes

Dozens of successful products and projects in the financial, enterprise, government and

consumer markets

True love for wearing many hats and managing simultaneous projects

A proven leader who gets things done

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Madison Resources Portsmouth, NH

Chief Technology Officer June 2016 - Present

Selected by the CFO to lead all aspects of IT, Security and Software Development for Madison Resources a $984M US based company that provides a CRM and back office payroll processing technology solutions as well as funding for staffing agencies.

Began MDM and DLP security initiatives along with a physical to virtual infrastructure move. Introduced and implemented Agile Development practices for all products. Identified functional gaps with QA, DevOps/SaaS, Developer, Architect, Tech Writer, Business Analyst and Client Services roles. Rolled out project management processes and an SDLC for all teams. Formalized process handoffs between development, QA, support and product management.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

AWS, .NET, JIRA, SQL Server, SharePoint, VMware & Windows.

Nectar Services Corporation Burlington, MA

VP of Development Jan 2016 – June 2016

Selected by the CEO to lead Software Development, QA, Project Management, Release Engineering and Technical Writing across all product lines.

Introduced and implemented Agile Development practices across three different geographic teams. Rolled out project management processes and an SDLC for all teams. Initiated offshore staff augmentation to consolidate functions and build a global development, QA and support capacity. Formalized processes between development, QA, support and product management.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

AWS, J2EE, JBoss, Apache, C, PHP, SharePoint, VMware, Qlik, MySQL, JIRA, Linux & Windows.

SOVOS Compliance a Vista Equity Partners Portfolio Company Wilmington, MA

VP of Development and Technology Operations, May 2014 – Dec 2015

VP of IT and SaaS Operations, Director of SaaS and DevOps

Selected by the CEO to lead IT, SaaS Data Center operations, Application Development, QA, Architecture, Developer Operations, Project Management Office, Security and other technology efforts for the Taxware, VATware, Convey, Ship Compliant and TEAMS LOB’s.

Designed and rolled out new real time SaaS architecture based on all-flash SAN technology and virtualization to meet high volume Black Friday and Cyber Monday tax calc needs with capacity in excess of 2B transactions/month. Similar solution for tax form business and processed over 3B transactions for Wells Fargo Advisors, JPMC and others yielding over 340M tax forms. Solutions hit 100% availability with sub-second response times.

Successfully integrated IT and Infosec operations from multiple acquisitions. Initiated data center consolidation utilizing Cisco UCS and data tiering to save 7-figures per year.

Revamped Agile development processes and introduced SDLC to improve handoff between product management and product development. Expanded DevOps teams across all LOB and rolled out Puppet to manage automation efforts through the enterprise. Created an IT shared services model for the combined lines of business and rolled out a PMO and Infosec departments along with agile best practices to improve development and support results.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

AWS, SAP, JDE, Oracle EBS, SFDC, Intacct, J2EE, JBoss, WebSphere, Oracle, MySQL, Apache, .NET, WCF, WPF, WF, PHP, JIRA, SQL Server, Cobol, Python, Ruby, VMware, Linux & Windows.

Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Waltham, MA

Technical Manager, Director of Development, March 2007 – May 2014

SaaS Capacity Planning Architect, Business Continuity Manager

Selected to lead Business Continuity Planning, development and other technology efforts for the Securities, Banking, Insurance, Audit Risk Compliance and other business units SaaS and installed products. Liaise with business unit GM’s, production operations and support teams to ensure the highest quality products and services for internal stakeholders and external clients. Work with our Professional Services and Product Management groups to devise new solutions and enhance existing applications to meet revenue goals. Helped select and managed outsourced development/QA teams in Asia, Eastern Europe and the UK.

Designed and implemented a high availability server architecture (including DR) for our customer facing sites that included a load balanced front-end web farms and clustered app and database servers for our external products and internal content management tools. Member of the Application Architecture and SDLC Process Advisory teams whose mission is to provide guidance for enhancing existing Financial Services products, processes and new solutions. Collaborated with GSS to enable best practices and drive operational efficiencies.

Architected and managed development of new compliance products and workflow solutions. Introduced agile practices, SDLC and ITIL processes to focus resources and help grow the business units at an accelerated rate. Responsible for PCI security compliance for all products. Helped manage the private cloud virtualization of over 400 servers, multiple data center migrations, an SAP implementation and development of a new data warehouse and regulatory content delivery platform.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

J2EE, JBoss, WebSphere, Oracle, Apache, .NET 1.1-4.0, WCF, WPF, WF, SQL Server 7-2012, MySQL, SharePoint, VB 6.0, ASP, IIS5-7.5, Perl, PHP, VMware, Linux, Windows, iOS and Android.

Patriot Properties, Inc. Lynn, MA

Director of Software Development 2003 – March 2007

Managed development of Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal (CAMA), Tax Billing and Collection software, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and internal IT projects and infrastructure. Managed rearchitecture of client/server software as web applications. Staffed and managed all programming, technology, support and QA positions.

Negotiated contracts with vendors and interfaced with our government clients regarding new products, documentation and system integration issues. Interfaced with sales managers and assisted in the development of RFP’s. Developed and managed budget for all IT projects.

Architected modern wireless tablet based CAMA solution, managed development of Tax Billing/Collections package for state government collections offices.

Replaced underperforming contract development team, saving $750K/year. Led internal and external development teams in the US and overseas. Managed the introduction of four new products and the release of 10 major CAMA application revisions.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, Tablet PC, SQL Server 7/2000/2005, .NET, AJAX, Visual Basic 6.0, ASP, IIS5/6, Exchange Server 2000/2003.

BrainX, Inc. Camarillo, CA

Chief Technology Officer June 2000 – 2003

Chosen by the founder and president to spearhead development of the Digital Learning System (DLS), an e-Learning, Knowledge Management and corporate training tool. Managed internal and overseas teams of engineers, client/server application and web developers. Negotiated contracts with vendors and interfaced with corporate training department executives regarding system integration issues. Staffed all technology positions.

Architected, managed and led development of e-Learning platform. Devised secure digital content distribution system for McGraw Hill, Blackwell and other higher education textbook publishing partners. Planned application and data interfaces to emerging 3G wireless educational devices from Texas Instruments.

Developed and managed budget for IT. Interfaced with investors and developed promotional materials for financing rounds. Crafted sales and marketing messages. Identified competitors and potential partners for risk analysis. Managed CRM selection process and implementation.

Replaced underperforming overseas development team, saving $1.6M/year. Led internal development and managed the release of 35 application revisions and 38 separate content products based on the DLS e-Learning platform.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

Microsoft Visual Studio.NET (C++/C#/Basic), Visual Basic 6, Visual C++ 6, Visual InterDev 6, J2SE/J2EE/Swing/EJB, Windows 9x/NT/2000/XP, Linux, MS SQL Server, Oracle 9i, Websphere, Biztalk/Sharepoint, XML/SOAP, Java, SQL Anywhere, 2/2.5/3G Wireless, RightNow Customer Relationship Management tool.

e-InsuranceSystems, Inc. Woodland Hills, CA

Vice President of Technology February 2000 – June 2000

Selected by the company CEO to manage development of the InsureStream B2B product for property and casualty insurance industry. Negotiated contracts with vendors and developed functional specs. Designed web/network architecture, staffed technology and general administration positions. Supervised the build-out and move to a larger location. Selected and implemented telecommunications solution for new office. Planned and managed IT budget. Crafted office policies and managed development of an internal web-based HR tool available via intranet. Interfaced with and developed promotional materials for VC partners.

Key Contributions:

Built core development team, managed interface with outsourced developers.

Architected data interchange and integration of the Rackley Systems rating engine.

Partnered with technology teams at insurance carriers for legacy system integration and translation of business rules and workflow logic.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

Windows 9x/NT/2000, SQL Server 7.0, DB2, Endeavor, PVCS, VisiBroker/CORBA, Access, Exchange, MS Visual Studio, XML, UNIX, Oracle 9i, Java (J2EE/EJB), UML, Versata, WebSphere AppServer, Siebel Call Center/GoldMine CRM tools.

Quantum Data Systems, Inc. Bakersfield, CA

Associate, Technology Consulting Group 1998 – 2000

Selected by company President to reorganize under-performing consulting services unit, including full responsibility for strategic plan and implementation.

Key Contributions:

Grew business unit revenue from $0.1M to $1.2M/year.

Developed professional HR practices and hiring plans to attract and retain key talent.

Devised strategic plan and led implementation team for Y2K consulting services.

Managing consultant of business analyst teams at Kern Schools Federal Credit Union (100K+ accounts, $650M assets) www.ksfcu.org.

Defined Y2K issues, staffed and managed analyst/programming teams to implement necessary changes for a variety of credit union hardware and software solutions.

Designed and implemented an enterprise wide Year 2000 database tracking and reporting system for federal regulatory requirements.

Architected and led development of enterprise wide mortgage and car loan analysis software that provided risk analysis based on applicant characteristics.

Technology liaison to CFO for investigation and implementation of ProfitVision financial analysis package from HNC Software.

Managed various client/server and legacy mainframe integration projects including the cold storage real-time document retrieval system.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

Windows 9x/NT, BackOffice Server, SQL Server 6.5/7.0, Unisys-MCP, Cobol, Visual Café, JBuilder, Access, Exchange, Lotus Notes, Front Page, Visual Basic 6.0, Visual C++, J++, VBA, Foxpro, FrontPage, JavaScript, Visual InterDev, ASP, Win 32 API. Microsoft-Novell LAN/WAN and Client/Server Architecture.

Mahoney Interactive, Inc. Glencoe, IL

Lead Programmer Analyst 1989 – 1998

Brought on by founder to architect and develop educational and training simulation software solutions. Analyzed client needs, created functional specifications and led development for consumer and vertical markets. Managed production teams throughout the country.

Successfully administered programming and management responsibilities while attending Loyola and then Harvard full-time.

Environment/Technologies Utilized:

Destination: Mars! educational CD, Economics at Work training CD, Worlds Of What! edutainment CD, the Focus on Science and Language Survey series utilized adaptive logic routines which monitor responses and modify question/task difficulty.

Windows 9x/NT, MS-DOS, MacOS, Win 32 API, Visual Basic 4-5, Visual C++, Pascal, HTML, FrontPage, Java, Perl, CGI, ASP, x86, 65xxx, 68xxx and PPC Assembler.

Macromedia Director, Photoshop, PageMaker, Acrobat.

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