Know-ware Consulting, Inc., New York, NY.
Browser Based Solutions for Fortune 100 Financial Institutions
Project Manager/Business Analyst/Designer

If you really want to know what I did at Know-ware, you should check out the Flash site. Not only did my tasks include all the business consulting services that the site describes, but I also designed and implemented the entire FLASH website by myself.

(1997-September 2001)

• Managed day-to-day client communication with one of the Company's major financial clients with an annual operating budget of $350,000. Engagement Lead on many financial, personnel, and operations applications primarily using Perl, Java, and ASP multi-tiered solutions utilizing Sybase, stored procedures, Flash, DHTML, and JavaScript.
• Managed and designed a couple of the Company's self-promotional web sites, including the Flash version.
• Member of the Company's Project Management Office (PMO), which assisted in creating, implementing, and improving the company's project management and development process. Created and maintained the company's project management templates, fine tuned the Company's use of the Extreme Programming model and estimation process, and led the search and evaluation for a Project Management Enterprise Suite.
• Translated the Company's PMO's efforts by publishing the end result onto the Company's Intranet site using ASP, XML, VBScript, and HTML
• Responsible to ensure the profitability, timeliness, and high quality of projects throughout the project lifecycle.
• Consulted on the development of a multi-million bond buyback system. Consulted on expediting and enhancing the integrity of the communication process of Equity related margin calls and the purchase and sell of Fixed Income related securities.
• Engaged in communications and client development activities to initiate new Company revenue. Primary responsible for establishing a relationship with a Global 100 Financial company, which had an expected technology budget of $500 million.
• Created and maintained up to five simultaneous client project plans and a number of internal projects and/or initiatives.
• Communicated project status and progress to client on a timely basis and efficiently managed project change.
• Created time and cost estimates based upon initial project discovery meetings.
• Prepared and delivered client presentations for proposals and recommendations.
• Assessed and translated client business objectives into brand-true Web strategy, and consulted and persuaded clients on developed strategies. Responsible for gathering user requirements, coordinating problem definition and analysis, and translating all project data into concise documentation in UML format: statements of work, use cases, activity diagrams, etc.
• Managed and provided guidance to project team, (programmers, designers, and quality assurance personnel), and oversaw their progress. Translated business and functional goals to specific instructions for design, technical, and quality assurance personnel.
• Implemented Quality Assurance tests and designed original graphics and user-friendly web HTML GUIs for projects, when necessary.
• Assisted in prioritizing projects and allocating resources for entire company.
• Aided in new hire staffing and integration.

Disney Online, New York, NY
HTML Coder

(February 1997)

• Helped write HTML code for the then-new Disney web site, Family.com

Technical Knowledge

Education

New Jersey State College, Trenton, NJ
B.S. in Business Administration, May 1996
Minors in International Business and Art
Study abroad program:
University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, England
Traveled around Europe during my British studies

Honors:
Graduated cum laude with a 3.64/4.0 GPA
Dean's List
Vice President of Delta Mu Delta, the National Honor Society in Business Administration
Received School of Business Service Award for developing school's web site

Other Activities of Interest

• Make-A-Wish Foundation (1998-1999)
• Revlon Run/Walk for Women's Cancer (2000)
• Team in Training
  • (2001) - Collected pledges and ran the 2001 Big Sur Marathon on behalf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
  • (2002) - Collected pledges and ran the 2002 New Jersey Shore Marathon on behalf of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society
• New York Outrigger Paddling Club (2001)