Project Manager Quality Assurance

EDWARD MISHAN

New York, NY 516-***-**** ************@*****.*** https://www.linkedin.com/in/emishan Passionate, analytical and hands-on leader with a track record of managing and analyzing complex IT projects. Proven track record of leading projects from idea to incubation with an entrepreneurial mentality. Skills and Expertise:

• Project/Product Management

• Agile/Scrum/Waterfall Expertise

• Business Analysis

• Data Analysis – SQL

• Budget Planning

• Capital Markets – Equities/Risk

• Quality Assurance Testing

• Process Improvement

• Technology Infrastructure Project

Implementation

Work History

Bank of America, New York, NY [financial services corporation] August 2016 to November 2016 Project Manager (consultant)

Managed the product development and launch of a critical risk engine as part of Bank of America’s enterprise trading and risk management platform known as Quartz.

Closely collaborated with a multi-geographically distributed technology team of Python developers, BA and QA analysts via the Agile Scrum project lifecycle method to successfully launch a system that calculated initial margin for equity and derivative investments.

Steered the project to success by tracking the progress via JIRA, via daily standup scrum meetings, strategizing which requirements would lead the team to deliver a fantastic platform.

Acted as Product Owner in partnership with the quantitative middle office team (via executive presentations and conference calls) to develop and execute the product roadmap, identifying and prioritizing the highest valued requirements for the primary risk management application in the bank.

Tested and reviewed the platform by executing quality assurance UAT (user acceptance testing), usability tests and maintained the Test Driven Development (TDD). TIAA, New York, NY [financial services/asset management firm] January 2014 to July 2016 Project Manager (consultant)

Managed multi-million dollar projects for the firm’s front office quantitative trading division by using a combination of the Agile & Waterfall project life cycle methodologies to deliver high quality software and technology solutions.

Managed a Java software development team from idea to incubation using the Agile Scrum SDLC method to create a complex algorithmic equities trading crossing platform which auto-manages inter-fund trading. This has saved the firm millions of dollars per year in commissions and fees.

Delivered new product initiatives that are constantly being enhanced and maintained through real- time feedback by the by acting as Product Owner for teams ranging from three Java developers to over a dozen engineers.

Worked closely with key stakeholders (quant equity traders and portfolio managers) and Java developers in a very fast paced, high pressure environment (trading floor) to identify requirements, create the vision of multiple concurrent applications by creating wireframes in Visio to designing UX (user experience), writing high quality user stories, and executing user testing.

Played a key leadership role leading the design and implementation of a real-time production monitoring system and an admin tool which streamlined production support and analysis of FIX protocol logs.

Drove change by collaborating with cross-functional development, database and Linux engineering teams, Quants, external vendors (Red Hat), and the PMO group to replace IBM Sterling Gentran with a proprietary file transfer application which integrated technologies like Vaadin and JBOSS FUSE.

Saved hundreds of thousands of dollars per year by negotiating with external vendors, leading engineers to implement a data warehousing financial data solution that replace multiple costly products. The new solution streamlined the creation of financial models for next day trades.

Took a hands-on approach by partnering with the development manager by researching and recommending different technologies and techniques the team could use such as continuous integration, automated testing, AWS, SOA, DMP, and Linux over Unix.

Ensured resource availability, allocation and multiple project budgets by overseeing the project financials, forecasts, and resource allocation via CA Clarity PPM.

Worked tirelessly to measure the team’s KPI (key performance metrics) in JIRA to improve velocity, team interaction, project performance, and turnaround time of deliverables. DAVIS SECURITIES [hedge fund/broker dealer], New York, NY August 2012 to January 2014 Project Manager (consultant)

Instrumental in the creation of multiple asset management tools and the implementation of a firm-wide technology infrastructure upgrade by collecting requirements, conducting research and coordinating an offshore software development team by using the Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

Increased revenue by leading an offshore development team to develop a tool that produced buy/sell indicators for equity and fixed income securities and portfolios by first translating the requirements of the business into clear, concise user stories and then created and maintained a project plan a Gantt chart via MS Project with clear tasks, assignments and timelines.

Demonstrated as self-starter attitude by partnering with the CTO and performed an in-depth analysis of the firm’s high latency trading technology and infrastructure. Performed market research, negotiated vendor SOW contracts, created Project Change Orders and led a team of contractors to implement an enterprise infrastructure upgrade. This dramatically improved the speed by which trader’s orders got executed (latency).

Created and maintained requirement (BRD), project management plans (PMP) and support documentation related to all projects within SharePoint for easy access.

Developed expertise in Capital Markets and the securities trade life cycle by studying for and obtaining the Series 7 & 63 licenses; by being able to communicate the language of equity investments and risk with the stakeholders was a key factor in achieving success. LION’S PATH CAPITAL [hedge fund/broker dealer], New York, NY November 2011 to July 2012 Project Manager (consultant)

Earned the confidence of the C-level executives to play a leading role despite relative inexperience at this stage of career. Worked closely with traders, learning all aspects of current processes and systems before developing and presenting ideas for change. MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT/PARTNERS [top tier hedge fund], New York, New York 2011 Trading Floor Intern

Gained a deep knowledge of the trading business by apprenticing different traders. Discovered potential investment opportunities for traders by conducting research to investigate the big picture in the markets and performed data analytics to find new investment opportunities via the Bloomberg Terminal and Excel. MISHANTECH [consulting technology firm], Jericho, New York May 2009 to October 2011 Owner and IT Consultant

Launched and ran a successful consulting business which provided technology solutions to small businesses like hedge funds.

EDUCATION

BA in Economics, College: SUNY Binghamton (2009)

Technical Summary:

General: Linux, Oracle and SQL Databases, Microsoft Office - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Acrobat Project/Product Management Specific: MS Project, MS SharePoint, Visio/Balsamiq (Wireframe developer), JIRA/Confluence, CA Clarity PPM, Basecamp, Serena/Nolio Release Management Licenses: FINRA Series 7 & 63

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