Project Manager Management

Job Objective

To obtain a senior application delivery role that leverages my 20+ years of strategic application design and management capabilities across various distributed systems, digital, web, mobile and innovative technologies

Core competencies

Multi-channel, Digital strategy

Business line expertise, Life, Savings, Marketing, Wholesale and Retail Distribution, along with Financial Services

Identification of Portfolio/Program strategic alignment

Extensive experience in budget and estimation models

Rapid development methodologies, Agile (Scrum and Kanban), along with LEAN processing

CMMI Level-3 certified application delivery

Experience with several project management tools, MS project, Jira, TFS and Rally

Cloud and distributed systems technologies

Innovative technologies including wearables and sensors

Customer Experience, Big Data analytics and Systems of Engagement

Technical expertise in web, MS and Java server/client-side development

Multi-Cultural and strong interpersonal relationship management

Strong vendor management skills

Quality of Service

Professional experience

Digital Technology Services

Principal Consultant – 4/16 – Present

Provide strategic solutions for organizations around digital, cloud, web and innovative development techniques to differentiate them from their competitors

Ability to utilize Agile delivery methodologies to rapidly deliver value while facilitating the ability to quickly pivot based on changing business needs

Architect technology landscapes and benefit models to enable short and long-term designs that can evolve with the organization

Identify cost benefits and ROI models for public, private and hybrid IaaS, PaaS and SaaS cloud solutions

Provide insight into how to utilize cloud-based solutions in a Continuous Integrated/Deployed (CI/CD) release pipeline

Leverage innovative technologies like machine learning, cognitive computing, biometric authentication and IoT data to enhance Digital strategies, including targeting and personalization

Analyze existing technology landscape and design future reference architecture to align with future business expectations

Focus on system stability, redundancy, quality and integrated feedback loops to ensure a positive customer experience

Deliver mobile-first solutions that support a multi-device centric design without sacrificing the benefits of each platform’s unique experience

Manage portfolio delivery and provide experience in building effective delivery teams

Utilize a collaborative team structure to ensure the maximum value is provided by each team

Experience in a multi-cultural, diverse working environment

AXA Financial

Director –Enterprise & Digital Delivery and Application Architecture / Marketing & Distribution Technologies, 6/00 – 4/16

Directly responsible for all enterprise delivery across AXA’s Lines of Business (LoBs) with focus on new technologies in Digital, cloud, web, mobile and customer experience systems

Worked with several concurrent teams made up of internal and external personnel to deliver multiple solutions across AXA US utilizing a combination of Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies

Professional experience (Cont.)

Specialized in rapid and Agile delivery concepts, including SCRUM, Lean and KanBan delivery methodologies, along with defining new operating models that can maximize the velocity of team delivery

Partnered with senior managers in Product, Finance, Marketing and Distribution business lines regarding the short and long-term visions around direct distribution, customer and lead enrichment, CRM, self-service and STP processing

Defined and delivered strategic solutions around various Digital, Customer Experience, Distribution, Marketing, Service and AXA’s global platforms

Responsible for managing and delivering solutions with an annual budget of ~$30M

Experienced in budget and estimation including determining ROI models, program/project benefits and building business cases

Technical experience in several content management platforms including Interwoven’s Teamsite, IBM’s Websphere Content Management (WCM) and Ektron, along with Digital Marketing Platforms (DMPs) including Adobe’s Campaign (previously Neolane) and analytics platforms, Webtrends and Google Analytics

Delivered solutions leveraging these DMPs to integrate into our CRM platforms both proprietary and Salesforce.com

Managed and delivered cloud-based solutions on Microsoft Azure and a PoC on IBM’s Bluemix platform

Utilized IBM’s Bluemix PaaS solution to deliver a PoC leveraging IBM’s Watson’s Personality Insight services and enabling intelligent Financial Advisor routing and product recommendations

Delivered multiple solutions utilizing IBM Websphere software suite including Portal, WAS, WCM and Connections

Proficient in MS Visio, Project, Office, Team Foundation Server (TFS), MS Sharepoint, IBM Connections, Atlassian tools (Confluence, Jira, Hipchat), Rally, MS Basecamp, HP PPM and other program management tools

Led the development, integration, delivery and support of a global Center of Excellence to support AXA’s global intranet platform used by over 100K employees worldwide

Managed AXA Financial’s teams around Innovation and R&D activities. This included leveraging new and innovative cloud platform design, smart devices (e.g. wearables, sensors) and software solutions to rapidly deliver business value and minimize expense

Defined, managed and developed Fast IT applications that leveraged DevOps and Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD) pipelines on various cloud service provider’s PaaS and IaaS solutions

Partnered with the CTO to define the strategic IT Reference Architecture of current distributed systems technology (e.g. Java, .Net/C#), along with new development patterns around cloud and IoT architecture, including new development language stacks (e.g. node, angular, react.js)

Worked with third-party firm partners to schedule and implement industry Straight-Through-Processing (STP) / eApp solutions; Finetre’s AnnuityNet, Blue Frog’s Affirm and iPipeline’s iGo

Worked closely with external vendors to delivery various web, digital and efine policies around our Statement of Work (SoW) engagements and participate in negotiations, RFI and RFP assessments

Delivered solutions utilizing Waterfall SDLC methodologies that maintained a CMMI Level-3 certification

Coordinated and managed the application and infrastructure migration of Equitable Distributors Inc. (EDI), now known as AXA Distributors, LLC., from Newport Beach, California to New York City

Responsible for the design and implementation of a Disaster/Recovery (DR) solution for AXA Distributor’s applications suite

Responsible for defining the most effective cost reduction options (> 20%) that would minimize impact to our business areas, while yielding significant savings opportunities for IT

Merrill Lynch

Senior Project Manager/Senior Business Analyst, 11/97 – 6/00

Professional experience (Cont.)

Coordinated all national/global system projects for Merrill Lynch’s Listed Futures and Options (FF&O) business

Implemented a new trade clearing system (Clearvision) for the CBOT and CME Exchanges. The responsibilities included project management, architectural design, integration patterns, defining infrastructure, software, DB and network requirements, Disaster/Recovery process

Integrated Clearvision with Merrill Lynch’s trading desk desktops and setting up data feeds to GMI’s back office AS/400 platform leveraging MQ and Oracle

Managed several of Merrill Lynch’s FF&O systems, which include the Retail Branch Office and Trading Floor Order Entry System (Sungard OES), Deliveries, and Chicago Clearing’s system requests

Maintained, programmed, and supported GMI applications for Merrill Lynch, including integrating Clearvision at the CME’s and CBOT’s trading and clearing desks

Designed Merrill Lynch’s Global Order Routing QA Specifications document that was used as the basis for all existing and newly developed commodity order routing systems

Enhanced and maintained the Intranet based FF&O Project Tracking System, using HTML, ASP, and Cold Fusion

Created several RPG IV/ILE programs to create reports, send emails with attached AS/400 files, and to have automatic system generated pages alert support of any issues

New York Mercantile Exchange

Project Manager/Programmer Analyst, 10-93 – 10-97

Led NYMEX’s C21 Position Management Project. Handled all analysis and development for the system, including a redesign of the application to work properly and efficiently on a DEC Alpha platform

Developed MQ process to extract trades from a queue and populate the C21 Position Management System

Programmed on various NYMEX system projects using SQL, PL/SQL, COBOL, C, Composer 3, IEF 5.31, JCL, and Access

C.R. Bard

Quality Assurance Specialist/Data Administrator, 7/91 - 9/92

Implemented rigid testing methodologies to minimize production impact

Documented testing requirements necessary to submit new/enhanced applications

Developed and executed test scripts for each business area

Responsible for the maintenance of the customer and product data for the firm

Education

Pace University, New York City, New York

M.I.S., 9/94 – 6/97

Chubb Institute of Technology, Parsippany, New Jersey

Computer Programming, 9/92 – 8/93

United States Air Force Reserve, McGuire Air Force Base, New Jersey

Aircrew- Engineering (Loadmaster) Sergeant, 5/90 – 5/96

Loadmaster Honor graduate

Gulf War veteran

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