ALLA SHOHET

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SUMMARY

• IT professional with extensive experience implementing software solutions for financial services firms

• Strong analytical skills with capability to examine complex situations and implement robust solutions

• Consistent record of delivering projects on time and within budget

• Extensive hands-on experience in all aspects of SDLC and Agile methodology

• Excellent communication skills with ability to interact in team settings and among various levels of management Technical Skills:

• Mainframe: z/OS, DB2/SQL, DB2 Access, DB2 Store Procedures, CICS, SDF2, BMS, MQ Series, VSAM, JCL, IBM Utilities, COBOL, SYNCSORT, CHANGMAN, CEDF, INTERTEST and XPEDITER Debugging Tools, File-Aid, NDM, SFTP/FTPS, Job Scheduler

• Distributed: MS Windows, Microsoft Office Tools, JIRA, CRQ/ITSM, SharePoint Management, Workday PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Newark, NJ

Lead Programmer 08/2011 – 06/2022

• Reorg System processes corporate actions for external Broadridge financial clients (e.g., RBC, UBS, Wells Fargo). Worked on multiple projects utilizing CICS/DB2/COBOL/JCL. Key achievements and projects included:

o RBC Partial Call Tender enhancement: Worked independently on this large initiative; responsible for system analysis, design, development, and deployment of online and batch modules o Reorg Cancel process for Type-9 accounts: Modified existing CICS/DB2 screens, tested and implemented the changes, and supported new online features

o Reverse Split for Apex client: Contributed to design, coding, testing, production implementation, and support of online and batch modules

• Dividend System distributes periodic dividends in the form of stock and cash for major financial clients. Worked on several projects utilizing DB2/COBOL/VSAM. Major projects included: o Hybrid Security process for Ex-Date Booking: Evaluated business requirements, redesigned batch DB2 programs, executed unit testing, and implemented programs into production o DTC Fail Safe Announcement: Modified batch COBOL programs, executed unit and system testing, and implemented programs and JCL in production; the project involved a program scan through critical daily files and creation of a Master Announcement file

• Everyday responsibilities included:

o Creating and modifying JCL streams

o Handling implementation packages with matching ITSM/CRQ requests o Conducting performance improvements to reduce run time and CPU consumption o Implementing changes to address major regulatory requirements o Communicating daily with business users and creating ad-hoc reports based on requests o Creating specifications, diagrams, flowcharts, and other system documentation o Providing on-call environment support to ensure standard level of availability across applications and technical issue resolutions

UBS Financial Services Weehawken, NJ

Senior Programmer Analyst 03/1998 – 06/2011

• Managed Account Billing System (MAB)

o Played a key role in multiple MAB projects, such as Fee Schedule Adjustment, Bridge between MAB and other systems, and vendor reporting. These projects involved the restructuring of DB2 tables and modifications of online programs, as well as the creation of new CICS/DB2 modules o Designed, developed, tested, and implemented a mission-critical Discount Sharing process. The project included modifications of existing CICS screens with multiple links between CICS front-end and heavy duty DB2 IO-modules

o Improved Quarterly Billing cycle to reduce total run time from more than 2 hours to less than 30 minutes, which resulted in significant CPU savings

o Led multi-year conversion projects that migrated numerous large banks, broker-dealers, and insurance clients from legacy mainframe systems to a distributed platform. These multiple platform systems allowed financial professionals to maintain, rebalance, and trade equities, fixed income, mutual funds, and ETFs for Unified Managed Accounts on an account sleeve level

• Unit Investment Trust System (UAT)

o Played a key role in the development and design of the UAT application from scratch. The application is used by financial advisors and traders to maintain order validation rules, receive prices from external vendors, and feed P&S for street side comparisons

o Created functional requirements, technical design, and program specifications o Coded majority of new CICS/COBOL modules and created multiple batch and online reports for daily reconciliation

• Insurance and Annuity System

o Participated in Distribution of Total Remittance Fees project. Worked on all phases of the project, which required translation of business requirements into functional specifications and execution of the full development cycle. The application is based on batch processing with COBOL/VSAM/JCL

• Compliance System

o Designed and built a notification process for financial advisors regarding potential discrepancies and violations with managed client accounts. The application is based on DB2 Store-procedures and communicates with Java-based front-end

EDUCATION

• B.A. in Education. Tbilisi State College (Tbilisi, Georgia)

• Extensive programming courses at UBS and Broadridge Financial

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