STEVEN R. WINEFKA ***** Thistle Lane Frankfort, Illinois 60423

815-***-**** E-mail: ac51ng@r.postjobfree.com

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

Information Technologies / Mainframe / Client Server

Management

Profile

Results-oriented professional with a proven track record for implementing complex and highly visible corporate objectives within designated timeframes and budgets. Experienced in leading people and managing multiple project teams at home and abroad. A career with roles in Application Development, Systems Analysis, and Project Management within the engineering, retail, banking, and financial securities industries.

Areas of

Expertise

Project Management

Decision Making and Problem Solving

Relationship and Team Building

Presentations and Negotiations

Budgets

System Development Lifecycle

Quality and Performance Improvement

Strategic and Operational Planning

System Design

DB2 SQL

Development

Environment

Manage applications integrated with the following architecture: web servers (IBM Http), Solaris application servers (Websphere, Orbix, Mobius, and Ascential Datastage), utility servers (BRIO, Websphere MQ, and IBM UDB), mainframe DB2 via IBM DB2Connect and CICS. Security authentication is monitored via SiteMinder plugins.

GUI’s constructed with EXTJS,Batch application code developed with STS Spring Open Source integrated with Eclipse, Jasper or BRIO web client servlets for On-Demand reporting, Mobius servlets for Core Reporting, Web/CIS servlets and JSP’s to provide application access. Data accessed via CORBA DB2. Jobs scheduled via UC4, Projects tracked via Quality Center, Project Documentation catalogued via DMS – Document Management Services.

Highlights of

Achievements

Successfully directed and managed The Option Clearing Corporations (OCC’s) first venture into offshore development of a Risk Based Securities Subsystem in partnership with Silverline Technologies of India.

Successfully managed and implemented a high profile and large scale modification of OCC’s clearing and settlement systems to conform to an SEC industry mandate to convert stock prices from a fractional to decimal format at the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, and American Stock Exchange.

Managed the successful development and implementation of OCC’s inaugural futures product, Single Stock Futures, sponsored by the NASDAQ-Liffe and OneChicago exchanges. This high profile and complex project is unique in that it required design and development of its own clearing and settlement system within time critical trading deadlines and ever changing requirements.

Managed the successful development and implementation of SPDR’s (options on the S&P 500 Index) sponsored by the American Stock Exchange. New product introductions are aggressive and complex in nature and viewed by the OCC as integral and time critical corporate objectives that enhance the growth and financial stability of the corporation.

Designed and managed the implementation of a real-time (highly available) object oriented client server application for an Asset Custody System. This complex project is responsible for the movement, process, and balancing of billions of dollars of margin collateral daily between the Depository Trust Company and the Options Clearing Corporation.

Recognition from Senior Executives at American National Bank and Trust for successfully managing several bank consolidations into one bank charter focusing primarily on the retail lending business unit.

Successfully managed the large scale conversion of Marshall Field and Company Point of Sale Application from a Sperry Univac to an IBM processing platform.

Coordinated and installed a major hardware upgrade of NCR point of sale equipment for Marshall Fields and Frederick & Nelson, Seattle Washington (44 total stores in 5 states) over a three-year timeframe. The upgrade consisted of over 2000 cash registers and hundreds of concentrators hooked to a network for transmitting sales transactions to the Chicago corporate headquarters.

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Career

Progression

The Options Clearing Corporation, Chicago Illinois Nov. 1994 - Oct. 2015

Application Development Manager (May 1998 - Jan. 2007 )

Responsible for delivering creative and efficient solutions to sophisticated high profile corporate objectives. Assignments are diverse across many platforms and business functions lending a more comprehensive understanding of day-to-day business operations.

Manage multi-disciplined project teams responsible for all phases of system development including analysis, design, development, testing, and implementation utilizing a system development lifecycle.

Consult with OCC management in the analysis of short and long range business requirements and recommend innovations that anticipate the future impact of changing business requirements.

Coordinate activities with many internal and external business partners and regulatory support groups (i.e. SEC, CFTC, DTC, NYSE, NASDAQ, database administration, network communications, technical support, etc).

Assist in assigning personnel to projects and directing their activities. In addition, coordinate with various consulting organizations to address specific project needs.

Participate in decisions on personnel actions (hiring, promotions, terminations, and educational growth plans).

Review and evaluate the work of staff and prepare periodic performance reports.

Lead Systems Analyst (Nov. 1994 – Apr. 1998 and Jan. 2007 - Oct. 2015)

Responsible for developing a comprehensive understanding of the core business functions for the purpose

of providing innovative solutions, improvements, procedures, and strategies that meets complex business

initiatives.

Extensive experience with software development vendors (Advanced Information Systems) to develop a new TIMS Margin System (Theoretical Intermarket Margins System). Worked with products such as Rational Rose for UML diagramming, ROBOHELP for interactive online help, GUI design, SQL Development, and Use Case methodology.

Designed a real-time Asset Custody portal application utilizing client server technology to process pledged collateral (valued securities, specific deposits, and government securities) for margins requirements between the Depository Trust Company and OCC.

Responsible for the design and implementation of many other projects associated with margin settlement, bank settlement, position accounting, mark to market, and various collateral enhancements.

American National Bank and Trust, Chicago Illinois Feb. 1990 – Nov. 1994

Senior Programmer Analyst/Project Leader

Responsible for the daily support and operation of Newtrend’s (Computer Associates) UCCEL Installment Loans Package. Responsibilities included incorporation of new products such as overdraft checking, dealer rebate processing, fee income, billing, and various interfaces that integrate with DDA, CIF, and General Ledger Systems.

Managed all system enhancements and modifications to support bank merger and acquisition activities in the retail and commercial lending business units.

Participated in new software package evaluation and RFP (Request for Proposal) preparation. The study involved AFS3, Hogan, and Newtrend banking systems as replacements for the retail and commercial lending systems.

Provided accurate credit reporting monthly to the various credit agencies (TRW, TransUnion, Equifax).

Prepared detailed project plans and schedules and supervised project teams of up to five programmers.

Implemented modifications for regulatory compliance and reporting.

Marshall Fields, Chicago Illinois Oct. 1984 – Dec. 1989

Project Leader (1987 - 1989)

Responsible for maintaining a Point of Sale application and time critical processing which includes the daily capturing of retail sales data through an NCR communication network.

Managed the conversion of the Point of Sale application to an IBM mainframe (Development team of 10 employee/consultants).

Installed and supported a vendor package to replace an in-house written Sales Audit System.

Senior Programmer Analyst (1984 –1987)

Installed a major hardware upgrade of NCR point of sale equipment for two retail chains encompassing 44 total stores in 5 states.

Sargent & Lundy Engineers, Chicago Illinois Sep. 1978 – Oct. 1984

Programmer Analyst

Basic development and maintenance activities on mid-range and mainframe machines.

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Education &

Training

Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 1975

General Studies/Sciences

Prairie State College, Chicago Heights, Illinois 1977

Studies in Computer Science / Computer Operations Certificate

Continuing Professional Development

Soft Skill Training

Franklin Covey – 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

4 Roles of Leadership

Coaching and Team Building Skills for Managers (Skillpath)

How to Deal with Difficult People (Skillpath)

Essentials of Communicating with Diplomacy and Professionalism (Skillpath)

Diversity – Expanding Communications (RDR Group)

Interviewing Overview

Technical Training

OOPSLA Conference – Denver Colorado,1999 (Emphasis on Object Oriented Technology)

Tampa Florida, 2001

Introduction to XML Technologies and Standards for Futures and Options Industry

Professionals (FIA)

MQSeries Introduction and Concepts (Themis)

Technical Overview of Delivering Web Based Solutions – IBM Websphere Overview

Introduction to SQL

Object Oriented Analysis and Design Workshop

Introduction to Java

C++ Fundamentals

References: Available Upon Request

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