Quality Assurance Management

KAREN PREZIOSI

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***Can relocate within two to three weeks of a written offer

SUMMARY:

. Profit driven Information Technology Executive with demonstrated

successes in strategically driving technology across all lines of Inter

Dealer Broker business.

. Technical leadership developing and delivering customer facing

applications utilizing Straight through Processing (STP).

. Solid management skills, capable of leading and motivating individuals to

maximize levels of productivity while forming cohesive team environments

to deliver front, middle and back office applications and databases to be

used in several countries for a Fortune 500 company.

. Ability to turn around the most challenging of situations.

. BS Engineering from Duke University.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

. Hands-on technology knowledge includes SQL, Informix, HPUX, and Crystal

Reports.

. Relational Databases (Informix, Sybase), Data Warehousing, Data

Management

. Quality Assurance, System Development Life Cycle, Accounting, Invoicing,

Receivables

. Helped create disaster recovery / fail over systems

. Solid knowledge of brokering name give up and principal products:

Governments, Repurchase Agreements, Corporates, Mortgage Backed

Securities, Municipal Bonds, Overnight Deposits, Forward Rate Agreements,

Interest Rate Swaps, Derivatives, Emerging Markets, Sovereign Debt

BUSINESS SKILLS:

Business Analyst / Liaison, Project Management, Risk Reporting, Strategic

Resource Planning, Cost Containment, Profit and Loss, SOX Compliance,

Problem Resolution

EXPERIENCE:

Cantor Fitzgerald (BGC Division), NY 1996 - 2013

Director / SVP Program Manager / Business IT Liaison

Responsible for keeping projects on track, connecting with IT, Business,

Infrastructure, Compliance and Finance at a Fortune 500 company.

Reduced costs by 40% when BGC bought out a Municipal Bond boutique firm

(Wolfe and Hurst), worked closely with W&H IT to get their servers and

systems working with and communicating via MuleSoft with BGC middle and

back office Sybase systems and clearing houses in order to reduce

redundancy of paying to communicate with clearing houses on multiple

systems.

. Decreased company costs by 20% via collaborating with various desks

(Treasury, Corporates, Money Markets, etc.) to help them move them from

an Informix/UNIX system to Sybase/SUN platform within time schedule.

. Led decision for new desks in determining which in-house system should be

used and what enhancements were required to make it work for the nuances

of their product.

. Being an expert on the subject matter, explained to IT how product is

brokered and helped them write Technical specs.

. Aided QA by helping test the code to see that it worked for such products

as Corporate Bonds, Mortgage Backed Securities, etc.

. Create business analysis and various high and low level IT specification

documents.

. Liaised with Upper Management, Desk Heads, Brokers, Finance, Compliance,

Operations, Quality Assurance to maintain good repoire among various

groups and the IT department.

. Instrumental in moving the Lawson General Ledger on Informix over to

Cantor's Oracle GL system.

. Ability to see the whole project, thereby making the final decisions on

direction.

. As an Open minded manager, lead brain storming sessions to get best ideas

and results from the top developers and guide them to work together and

show them why some paths are better than others.

. Converted Bloomberg APIs to send data into the in-house systems.

Euro Brokers/Maxcor (BGC Cantor Fitzgerald purchased in 2005)

SVP Information Technology Financial & Business Software - Director of Euro

Broker systems

. Reported to Global IT Head and CIO with 12 direct reports. Work in a fast

paced, quick changing environment.

. Responsible for developing, leading, administering, and coordinating all

phases of the department, including systems design, programming,

installation, and operation for name give up and principal trades in

inter-dealer brokerage.

. Liaised with Brokers, Upper Management, Controllers, Compliance, Finance

and Operations. Business Analysis for migrating to new Sybase on SUN

platforms.

. Worked directly with brokerage desks to understand the business from

input to clearing and/or invoicing and reporting.

. User Acceptance Testing with the desk support and desk heads.

. Improved service by understanding the needs of Repurchase Agreement,

Corporate, and Government Desks, IRS, Short Dates, Credit Derivatives,

Sovereign Debt, Euro Bonds, etc. working with Development for system

improvements.

. Integrated eSpeed front end into EBI's legacy applications resulting in a

single platform for clearing domestic trades and significantly decreasing

keyed in duplication by 100 percent.

. Project managed the transfer of trades into SunGard's Phase3 (books &

records) creating all code within timeframes. Also tracked issues

ensuring all enhances were completed.

. Design of Straight Thru Process decreasing errors, reduced man hours by

25%.

. Worked with Compliance department to create reports for Risk and Money

Laundering to remain integrity for Sarbanes-Oxley.

. Worked with Infrastructure and UNIX groups to help maintain secure

systems.

. Led software programmers to ensure security of employees and electronic

accounts.

. Worked cross-functionally across lines of business to better integrate

business processes and technology solutions.

. Determine company-wide software development priorities including dealing

with Operations, Controllers, Finance, eCommerce and Management.

. Member of the New Project Committee, providing insight and leadership for

company-wide software development including vetting of new product and

implementation.

. Decreased downtime five-fold by authoring fail-over plan resulting in

employees informed on action steps.

. Analyzed and provided data for compliance and lawyers to prove or

disprove whistle blower's claims of scams, ensuring accuracy of petition.

. Owner of Data Warehousing and Data Management from clients, brokers,

trades, monies due, etc..

. Maintained/updated Stored Procedures, Triggers and Views on databases.

Vice President, Information Technology

. Lead Business Liaison/Analyst for Business Analysis and IT Reporting to

CIO with 12 direct reports.

. Responsible for dentifying and communicating the strategic objectives to

determine specific information requirements for management. Reviewed and

evaluated project feasibility studies based on management's requirements

and priorities of all databases/applications for Middle and Back Office

Systems through clearing and/or billing on in-house systems.

. Developed documents for IT to create code for migration of legacy systems

to Informix on UNIX.

. Worked with GSCC, Daiwa, BONY and Chase for clearing of specific

products.

. Defined/created 50 basic fields for 80 products which resulted in

updating technology on one platform for all transactions.

. Created Revenue Reporting Database resulting in a 95% increase in speed

for processing of information.

. Saved $140K annually by creating a paperless accounting system increasing

accuracy two-fold.

. Created Crystal Reporting website which entailed administrating and

managing the "authority rights" as well as basic maintenance saving $20K

annually.

. Increased assembly line productivity 20% within 10 weeks by becoming

certified as a Total Quality Management facilitator creating open

communication by scheduling weekly meetings.

. Managed database upgrades as needed.

. Directed/maintained Lawson software for Accounts Payable and General

Ledger ensuring operability.

. Extremely knowledgeable in Fixed Income products for principal and name

give up from input through clearing and/or invoicing in the financial

industry.

. Managed the Y2K transition ensuring zero interruption of business.

. Managed Disaster/Recovery project, working closely with Infrastructure

group to rebuild servers at a new office site within two weeks after

9.11.2001.

. Maintained/updated reports for upper management, desk heads, compliance,

and operations using stored procedures and/or views on Crystal Reports

package.

BANK OF NEW YORK, New York, NY

Assistant Vice President, Software Engineering

Maintained the architect, design enterprise software products/operating

systems. Wrote product requirement documents, implements and tracks

development timelines, negotiates feature sets with the development leads

and product. Reported to Senior Vice President.

CITIBANK, New York, NY

Software Technologist

Responsible for the overall system design. Documents development

requirements for database, applications, and operation system environment.

Consults with end users to test and debug applications to meet client

needs. Reported to Funds Transfer Vice President.

COLGATE PALMOLIVE, New York, NY

Lead Analyst

Utilized Ingres embedded SQL in C programs to update and create reports for

the Funds Management system. Maintained and revised the Colgate Palmolive

invoicing system to be more user friendly and more meaningful to the

accounting department.

GEC Marconi Electronics Systems, Wayne, NJ

Electrical Software Engineer (US Secret Clearance)

Trained as TQM Facilitator. Facilitated for several TQM Process Action

Teams. Design and implementation of production test system used in a

factory environment. Formulate and code conversion modules for various

Flight critical parameters. Conducted System integration on several

Aerospace projects.

PERSONAL DIAGNOSTICS, INC., Whippany, NJ

Bio-Medical Software Engineer

Created software for an ovulation detection device. Used the best fit curve

algorithm to analyze data for a spectrophotometer. Trouble shoot hardware

and software.

EDUCATION:

Duke University

BSE degree, School of Engineering, Durham, NC 27706

First Major: Bio Medical Engineering Second Major: Electrical

Engineering

ADDITIONAL EDUCATION

Six Sigma Team belt, Total Quality Management, Informix Database and SQL,

Sybase SQL

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

WITI-Women in Technology International

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE

Informix Database, SQL, C, C++, Assembler, HP UNIX, Microsoft Office Suite,

Crystal Reports, Server Studio, Oracle eBusiness, Visual Source Safe,

Perforce, MuleSoft, JIRA, MacroMedia, Citrix, VMware

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

Volunteer Ambassador at Cantor's Charity Day

Design and sell t-shirts for Relief Funds

Produce Memorial Website for 9.11.2001 and then turn website into 9.11

Memorial Keepsake book for family and friends

Work once a week at JBJ Soul Kitchen to feed the needy

INTERESTS

Trained in the Strasberg Method of Acting.

Trained in Jazz, Tap, Ballet and Modern Dance.

Taught Ballroom and Latin as a secondary job for years.

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