Project Manager Service

Michael Bivona

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Summary of Qualifications

Management expertise in both security and financial operations. I have managed staffs of fifty people. I possess diverse management and technical skills and in depth knowledge of equities, options, derivatives, fixed income clearance and reconciliation areas. In addition to an overall understanding of the trading front to back and clearance processes. I also worked extensively with new systems applications, conversions and system migrations for operations and trading. Initiated management of new departments as well as managing and improving existing ones. My accomplishments include rebuilding Cantors entire equity clearance and reconciliation departments. I also managed the construction of GSCC as a pilot program. I was involved in all new systems, specs, initiated testing and implementing finished products including, intraday risk management programs designed to monitor price fluctuations of over 5,000 securities every minute. Worked with Equities regulatory reporting Managed multiple projects. Wrote business requirements and functional specifications for all products, as well as data analysis and SQL skills. I have Strong Analytical skills

Experience

Davidsohn Global Technologies December 2013 – April 2016

Vice President of Product Development

•Manage the rewriting of the Davidsohn core systems

•Work with current clients to enhance existing products

•Work with clients and developers to create new products

•Senior BA for a new Regulatory reporting system

•Daily analysis of data and changing data through SQL for testing purposes

•Responsible for demonstrating, implementing and converting new clients to the automated Clearance and Bank Loan systems as well as the mainframe service bureau.

•Client rep for ABN, Pershing and Nomura

•Senior BA for new books and records system rewrite

Shadow Financial Systems July 2012 – December 2013

Senior Business Analyst

Worked on the Finance system rewrite, including the repo substitution and the GC Repo piece for ICAP. Built the FINRA 15c3 3 functions to create stock record allocations, FINRA Auto Exam, aged BD fails and creating aged money differences for both dividends and MISC. This included creating new SR types to align with like FINRA categories. I wrote the BRD, worked with the developers, tested and implementation. Worked on several corporate action enhancements with Newedge. Was on the Newedge and ICAP implementation teams. Worked on Repo issues with Ronin. Tested the new 6781 tax reporting project. Along with multiple support issues that touched all the system functions. I worked directly with ICAP on a four week project to create accounting reports using agile methodology.

•Write BRD’s for client and firm system changes as well as trade and settlement issues

•Test system changes

•Write test plans

•Work with clients on needed changes and support issues and projects

•Work closely with developers on issues and changes

•Daily analysis of data and changing data through SQL for testing purposes

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking March 2012 – May 2012

•Consultant to work with firm to join FICC

•Create test trades

•Test with FICC

•Explain to firm how FICC works

•Get firm off manual Fixed Income processing

•Work with operations and trading to ensure process flows

ABN AMRO / RBS Feb 2004 – October- 2011

Vice President – Relationship Manager (Broadridge BPS and ICI)

•Responsible for all IT projects for Equity and Repo Traders, Middle Office, Fixed Income and Equity Operations.

•Work with business on requirements and projects, detail project plans, RFP’s and approve estimates.

•Follow through on all projects while acting as business analyst and project manager while monitoring the project’s budget.

•Work with the business to implement the new system installs.

•Oversee EDS team to ensure functions were performed in accordance with the Service Level Agreement.

•Assist the front office in completing RFP’s for outside software firms.

•Work on issues with any trade reporting

Davidsohn Group Jan 2003 – Nov 2003

Senior Business Analyst / Client Services

•Worked direct with Cantor Fitzgerald as their customer rep, this entailed both the mainframe and Power cage and Power Pledge system. I worked on any project they needed from writing it up, testing and implementation. I also went to Cantor after 9/11 and balanced their entire equity business.

•Responsible for demonstrating, implementing and converting new clients to the automated Clearance and Bank Loan systems as well as the mainframe service bureau.

•Tested all new programs prior to release into production.

•Performed analysis duties and provided demo’s on mainframe and Powercage Systems

•Wrote up clients’ business requirements for all changes to system

•Client Service Rep for firm’s largest client.

•Daily analysis of data and changing data through SQL for testing purposes

•Work with sales and traders with any issues with trade flow and P&S

Cantor Fitzgerald Oct 2001 – Jan 2003

1st Vice President Equities Operations

•Managed staff of 25 people, which included three direct vice presidents.

•Rebuilt the entire Equity Clearance and Reconciliation departments

•Managed entire ITD equities.

•Managed P&S area using trade blotters to resolve any issues

•Managed ADR/ORD conversions.

•Managed New Accounts, Margins and P&S teams

Davidsohn Group May 1996 – Oct 2001

Senior Analyst / Client Services

•Part of the conversion team for new accounts

•Worked booth at Industry functions like the SIA show

•Customer Rep for WorldCo and Cantor Fitzgerald

•Worked closely with developers on customer enhancements and support

Kidder Peabody & Co Oct 1973 – Jan 1995

Vice President Capital Markets Control and Trading Operation 1986 – 1995

•Managed a staff of fifty people

•DVP Reconciliation for all products

•GSCC, Broker dealer accounts, Fixed Income bank reconciliation and suspense accounts. Resolving any and all trade issues

•Ensured that all Regulatory requirements were met.

•Monitored all open Repo transactions and P&I.

•Performed Repo and fail quarterly confirms

•Balanced firm’s Tri Party Repo account

Assistant Vice President – Fixed Income Clearance 1982 – 1986

•Managed the clearance of all Fixed Income products

•Non-Competitive Auctions.

•Redemption’s and coupon interest for repos.

•Balanced all Broker Dealer operation accounts related to the Fixed Income product.

•Work closely with trades to correct any trades issues, D/K’s and cash trades

Administrative Officer – Securities Clearance 1973 - 1982

•Cleared SCC, DTC, OTC and Physical securities

•Buy in Department

•Reconciliation of complete days’ work for operations

•Daily SIAC and House balancing

Software Skills

Microsoft Word and Excel, Bank Of New York, GSCC, BPS, ICI, RoyalBlue Fidessa, M&O Tradenet, Shadow Financial System, All Davidsohn Global Systems

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