ROBERT Y. KIM

Santa Monica, CA *****

Mobile# 917-***-**** email: adxvvd@r.postjobfree.com

SKILLS SUMMARY:

• Windows Applications: Microsoft Office Suite

Operating Systems: Windows 3.x, 95, NT 3.51, NT 4, W2K, Window XP, Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux RHAS3.x, RHEL4.x, RHEL5.x, RHEL6.x, HP/UX, AIX, SUN SOLARIS 2.6 – 2.8 (protocols and interfaces on these platforms).

Network Technology: LAN, WAN, TCP/IP including SNMP, IP routing and routing protocols, IP subnetting, ARP, DNS, NIS, NFS, Novell, Token ring, Routers.

Market Data Distribution Platforms: Thomson Reuters API suite: SFC/RFA/UPA, Reuters TREP (ADH2.1/ADS2.1). TRIARCH (SSL4.x, ISFS, IDB, TDPF, DACS, ATW, Kobra, RTW, PTW, 3000Xtra, Power Plus Pro, EFFIX, ELS, DDS, BGS), TIBCO (RSFP, TIC, GSM, CMON, RVD5.x, RVRD5.x, Tiblink, Hawk, MSU, MSW), New Reuters RMDS 5/6 (RTIC, RV6.x, RVRD6.x, Hawk, IFP3.x, Src_dist5.x, P2PS5.x, RTIC11.x, RV/RVRD 7.4/7.5.3/8.2.2 ), WOMBAT Feed Handler on RMDS and MAMA, Bloomberg, Bridge and Telerate.

Programming languages: Knowledge of Python, HTML, JAVA, VBA, C++.

Physical Hardware Server Platforms: IBM RS 6000, SUN SPARC 5,10,20, Ultra 5,10,60 and Netra t1 and Enterprise 220R, 420R, HP DL 385/585 DC on AS3.0/AS4.0, SUN V240 on Solaris 8/9/10, IBM X3550 series servers.

CLIENT PROJECTS:

Company – Citadel Investments, NASDAQ, Thomson Financial, Bear Stearns, Chase, CSFB, JP Morgan, Dresdner Bank, Merrill Lynch, Banque Paribas, West LB, Soc Gen, Sanwa Bank, Fuji Securities, Trout Trading (Bermuda)...etc.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:

AKS – Santa Monica, CA 02/2020 – Present

(IT Consultant)

•Developing and implementing strategies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of clients' IT systems.

•Providing guidance and advice on IT-related issues, such as security, software, hardware, and network infrastructure.

•Conducting research and analysis to stay up to date with the latest trends and technologies in the industry.

•Collaborating with other IT professionals and stakeholders to develop and implement solutions.

•Managing projects and ensuring that they are delivered on time and within budget.

•Communicating complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

•Providing training and support to clients on new technologies and systems.

Federal Reserve Bank of New York – New York, NY 04/2011 – 06/2018

(Sr. Market Data Consultant – FRBNY Systems Engineering)

•Worked on OMD OneTick TSAR infrastructure which takes historical and intraday data from both NYSE wombat ICAP BrokerTec and Reuters Data Feeds to convert into Time Series streaming data for Data Analytics and Research for making monetary polices.

•Full support including Design, Deployment and Implementation including Maintenance/Upgrade of all current RMDS 6 (Src_dist, P2PS, RTIC 11.5, DACS 6.0) and NYSE Wombat to SSL ICAP BrokerTec feed handlers (ICONNECT, ICAPFF, IFEED and ICAPOM) and including the front end OMD OneTick Client GUI.

•Initiative/Roadmap to scope and plan for upgrading the existing Market Data Platform from RMDS 6 to Reuters TREP (ADH2.1/ADS2.1) and NYSE Wombat BrokerTec ICAP feed handlers to 64bit on RHEL 5.x RFA-based ICAPOM, ICAPFF and IFEED. Preparation for the ICAP’s OMNet Genium release due to cut over in Spring 2012 (by May 31st, 2012).

•Make sure communications to business and external vendors are clear and precise and in a well thought out manner to minimize all confusion.

•Followed strict Planning, Change control and Data Security guidelines within Audit/Compliance.

RBC Capital Markets – New York, NY 10/2008 – 01/2011

(Sr. Market Data Consultant (VP) – RBC Operations & Engineering)

•RMDS 5/6 RV Multicast Design and Deployment of new services. Worked on migrating RMDS 5 RV7.4 M/C to RMDS 6 RV8.22 M/C. Updated the Data Dictionary file with the latest custom fields. Worked to get all RMDS servers upgraded to RHEL 5.5.

•2nd/ 3rd Level Support of all services/products within RMDS and Wombat SSL RV Feed handlers which included IDN_SELECTFEED, EURO, LIBERTY, PATRIOT, TRADITION, TULLETT, GFI, GARBAN GREEN SCREEN, TULLETT FDS, ICAPIC, ICAPOM, TRADEWEB, ICAPFX, BLOOMBERG’S BPIPE, INTERNAL PUBLISHERS, DAC 5.3, SRC_DISTS 6.3, RTIC 11.5, P2PS 6.4.X. TIBCO Hawk v4.7 was used to monitor all RMDS/ Wombat Production & Integration servers. ITRS was still in the piloting phase. RAI Monitoring was utilized for RV multicast traffic stats.

•Build out of RMDS DR site to replicate Production (Isolated & Shared) environments for Fixed Income & Equities.

•Deployment of Custom Internal Managed Publishers for NY site.

•Management and configuration of Integration and QA/DEV environments to test new software releases.

•Followed strict change control procedures for all implementations of new releases and existing upgrades to the Production environment.

•From Design to Integration and Implementation of new and existing Services which included Design Doc, Implementation Doc and Run books were all done upon completion of the project.

•Crucial communications and notifications of any changes/ modifications to the Market Data Production Environment(s) were communicated to the relevant Client/ Business group(s) through emails and change control system.

•Assisted Development fixed income and risk groups with transport or RMDS related issues which consisted of broadcast (multicast) publishers/ subscribers utilizing TIBCO Rendezvous Daemon (RVD) as transport for consuming Exchange data.

•Participated in weekly Market Data Team meeting to discuss status and timelines of existing projects and new ones requested by the business and Engineering meeting to discuss any engineering issues or new Technologies or approve new Designs.

Merrill Lynch – New York, NY 2005 – 2008

(Sr. Market Data Consultant (VP) – Merrill Lynch Deployment Team)

•Help build out ML’s DR site which included building over 200+ HP Linux servers with all the RMDS 5 components which they use currently as live production site.

•ML Market Data Deployment Team, Design, implement new Market Data Services requested by the business.

•Market Data environment consisted of RMDS 5.x, Wombat Feed Handler on RMDS, RV/ RVRD 7.4 multicast on the backbone, IDB Brokers (EURO, GARBAN, GFI, HILLIARD FARBER – ZEPHYR FEED (IP-BASED), LIBERTY, PATRIOT, PREBON, TRADITION, TULLETT), RTIC, STIC, P2PS, CASCADING (BGD) and MLIP2.x…. Hawk Monitoring.

•Direct Feeds on RMDS include: ARCABOOK, INETITCH, CTA, CME, NYSEALERTS, OPRA, NASDAQ, BTDS.

•Reuters Feeds include: RSF, WBRIDGE, BRIDGE, BRIDGE_PAGES, RDFD-OPRA.

•Reuters Client Application: Kobra 5.1/ PPP/ InsertLink.

•Worked on Wombat MAMA operations and implementation guide for Wombat Support Team which consisted of 4 major components: LBM SOURCE/ SUPERBOOK/ MAMACACHE/ WMW TCP.

Splurge, Inc. – Indianapolis, IN 2002 – 2005

•VP of Store operations and online website (took a break from Market Data due to 9/11)

Reuters America, Inc - New York, NY 7/94 – 2002

(Reuters Consulting Group - Market Data Consultant) 9/99 – 2002

(Market Net Group - Market Data Consultant) 8/98 – 9/99

(TIBCO Finance - Market Data Consultant) 6/97 – 8/98

(Reuters America, Inc - Market Data Engineer) 7/94 – 8/98

•Install, maintain and service Reuters TRIARCH Products including the TIBCO Product line (e.g. SELECTSERVER (ISFS), Datafeeds (AMS, RDF), (SSL4.x, IDB, TDPF, DACS, ATW, Kobra, RTW, PTW, 3000Xtra, Power Plus Pro, Effix, ELS, DDS, BGS, TIC, RV, RVRD, Hawk) and the New Reuters Market Data System (RMDS) – RTIC, RV6.x, RVRD6.x, IFP3.x, which is a hybrid of both Reuters and Tibco Technologies.

•Installation and troubleshooting of TIBCO software – CMON, TIC, GSM, RSFP, Ciserver, RV, RVRD, Tiblink, Hawk, MSW, MSU, Entitlement servers, News servers…etc.

•Setting up Front-end Desktops with Windows NT4.0/W2K and Solaris workstations installing different application software like RTW, PTW, ATW, Kobra, 3000Xtra, Power Plus Pro…etc.

•Provide technical guidance, system design, planning, documentation, and integration of Reuters TRIARCH/TIBCO FINANCE products into client environments.

•Provide technical training/mentoring to other junior engineers.

•Troubleshooting operating systems as well as networking software and hardware problems of clients.

•Sun, Solaris, HP, Windows NT system administration.

•Prepare for and support new products that are launched within the region integration.

•Provide consultative services to clients and prospects that facilitate the integration of Reuters data into their open system environment and platforms.

•Work closely with clients to integrate Reuters Market Data products with client infrastructure.

•Provide technical expertise to solve critical production problems at client sites.

•Traveled to client sites globally to work on integration and rollout of Reuters technologies.

EDUCATION:

Clarkson University

•Bachelor of Science; Electrical Engineering

•Concentration: Mathematics

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

•U.S. Citizen.

•Favorite hobbies: Cycling, Weight training, Golfing and HPDE.

•References furnished upon request.

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