Senior Product Development & Management Executive
Senior Product Development executive with 19+ years experience developing products for major financial institutions within a highly competitive market. Broad-based general management, budgeting, team-building, and product development expertise. Additional expertise includes:
- e-Business Development
- Team Building & Leadership
- Project Management
- Information Systems Technology
- Cost Reduction & Containment
- Customer Service Delivery
- Budgeting & Budget Management
- Public Speaking & Presentations
Professional Experience
Deutsche Bank, New York 1997 - 2002
Vice President, e-Business Development & Marketing 1999 - 2002
Assistant Vice President - Information Technology 1998 - 1999
Associate / Business Analyst - Information Technology 1997 - 1998
e-Business - Designed, developed ad deployed a state-of-the-art Internet platform considered the leading edge business product in the industry. Reduced cost $20MM in the first year.
Project Management - Led project team in the installation of global processing systems in Singapore, London, Dublin and Eschborn facilities.
Cost Containment - Managed project team in the design of an Internet platform shared across business lines. Platform reduced development costs, consolidated business lines reporting, and assimilated many widely disparate systems. Save $5MM in the first year.
Market Retention - Retained high profile client with the introduction of state-of-the-art Internet Reporting Platform.
Public Speaking - Participated in many seminars and conferences worldwide as a member of Global Sales Team. Made presentations on e-Business, reporting, and data warehousing.
Product Development - Managed the successful on-site deployment of a new custody system in the European and Asian operations. Reduced risk and established a more straight-through processing system. Project completed on time and on budget.
Programming - Rewrote securities and cash messaging specifications accommodating new SWIFT2000 messages, creating state-of-the-art transaction processing environment.
Information Technology - Led the design and development of the process utilized to settle securities transactions in the Spanish Equities Market using SWIFT messaging.
Bank of New York 1983 - 1997
Assistant Vice President/Product Manager/Investment Liaison 1994 - 1997
Assistant Treasurer/ Section Manager 1983 - 1993
* Project Manager for bank's worldwide policy on SWIFT and ISITC messages and combined Equities Trading/Custody Settlement product. Worked directly with Investment Managers to facilitate straight-through trade processing.
* Designed and managed product to combine a front-end system for U.S. and International equities trading with Custody Settlement. Wrote business plan including the market targeting/branding strategies, negotiated terms for use of the proprietary trade routing systems and international execution services.
* Supervised a staff of 32 individuals in Special Processing, Securities Transfer, Legal Transfer, Short Term Investment Funds, and U.S. Trade Input. Reduced overall exposures by 98% within the first two years.
* Incorporated numerous innovative management techniques, including supervisor rotations and management workshops.
Technical & Technology-Related Business Skills
Technical Platforms (Mainframe, AS400) CICS, Unix, NT, Windows 2000
Database DB2, Oracle, Sybase, SQL
Development Software Java, Java Script, HTML, XML ASP, C++, COBOL,
Microfocus-Cobol, Assembler
Prototype Software Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, FrontPage,
Dreamweaver, Cold Fusion, Fireworks
Other Software MS Project, Word, Excel, Visio
Application Software SAP, Crystal Reports
Application Areas Compliance, Performance Measurement, Securities Lending,
Trust Accounting, Global Custody, Cash Management, DDA,
FX, Capital Markets, Benefit Payments, Short Term
Investment Funds, Mutual Funds, Offshore Funds
Administration, Equities Executions, Trades and
Research, Private Banking, Investment Banking
Methodology Use Case, PKBOK
Trade Communications SWIFT, ISITC, GSTPA, FIX
Education
New York University
B.S., Information Technology Management/Economics
Projected Completion: June 2003
Memberships
Project Management Institute (PMI)
College of Performance Management
PMI - Financial Services Special Interest Group
PMI - New Jersey Chapter |
