Project Manager / Systems Architect

Dedicated IS professional with over ten years of experience in system architecture, implementation and project management. A team player with great interpersonal and people management skills. Excellent track record in software development, system integration, analysis and design. Dedicated to customer service as evidenced by long term relationships with a variety of clients. Skilled in:

Requirements Gathering System Design Project Planning Project Management User Acceptance

T-SQL VB.NET VB 6 ASP ASP.NET

Professional Experience

EDGE TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Brooklyn, NY Project Manager	December 2004 – Present
Edge Technology Solutions is focused on providing cost-effective solutions for small businesses using Microsoft desktop and web technologies. Solutions are engineered and tested in the U.S. with majority of implementation workload outsourced overseas.
Was involved in following projects:
United Torah Academy, Brooklyn, NY
Developed a school management system for a private school network. System maintaines student’s & parent’s information, provides ability to manage classes & attendance. Was involved in whole project life-cycle beginning with sale, requirements gathering, proposal writing, system design, managing and leading a team of seven developers located overseas. The system was written in VB.NET 2003 and MS SQL Server 2000.
Comtech Direct, Brooklyn, NY
Developed an inventory management system for online electronics retailer. Was involved in full project life-cycle. Served as main system architect. Managed a team of three developers located overseas. System was written using VB.NET, SQL Server 2000, and .NET Compact Framework.
Golden Opportunity, Brooklyn, NY
Developed an eCommerce website for appliances distributor. Took part in requirements gathering. Identified VP-ASP ecommerce framework as most cost-effective solution for the client. Managed a team of three developers during implementation.

Jack Reiss Diamonds, New York, NY
Managed development of business management system for diamond manufacturer. System maintained diamond lot inventory, purchases and sales information. System was written using VB.NET and SQL Server. Managed development of company information website.
Bentzion Tapuchi, Brooklyn, NY
Managed development of a business management system prototype for electronics wholesale & retail. System was written in VB.NET and SQL Server by a team of developers overseas. Provided crucial guidance to overcome extremely difficult technical issues which were threatening successful completion of the project.
AUTOMATIQ INC., Edison NJ Senior Systems Engineer	February 2003 - Present
Automatiq is a third-party logistics company with warehouses strategically located on east and west coasts of the U.S. The company develops methodologies along with software and hardware needed to implement them, which help the company dramatically reduce time required for pick/pack operations, work order processing, compliance labeling, etc. This gives the company a competitive edge in 3PL market. Subsequently, Automatiq has heavily invested in IT.
Was involved in following projects:
Manhattan Warehouse Management Implementation
Lead implementation of Manhattan WMS for Windows. Installed and configured MWM production environment. Set up interfaces with other in-house systems and external client systems using XML, flat file formats, FTP as well as direct interfaces to other SQL Server & Oracle 8i systems.
License Plate Management add-on for MWM
Designed and lead implementation of a License Plate Management add-on to Manhattan WMS. License Plating methodology in warehouse environment is designed to make movement of goods and physical inventory less error-prone. It also provides ability to implement other methodologies for picking efficiency and provides for better traceability of goods movements within the warehouse. The LP system was written in VB.NET and T-SQL. RF module for LP system was written in ASP.NET & subsequently rewritten as a client application using .NET Compact Framework.

RFID Implementation
RFID technology promises to revolutionize the way warehouses and retail stores operate. Some major retailers already require their vendors to apply RFID tags on cartons shipped to stores and distribution center. Lead implementation of RFID. Did extensive research on the technology and tools commercially available to implement it. Designed and wrote code to enable existing in-house warehouse management system to print RFID labels to Zebra Gen II RFID Label Printers. Designed and lead development of an RFID Label verification system, interfaced with Alien RFID Readers.
Warehouse Management System
Lead design and implementation of a custom written WMS designed to support operations of multiple 3PL warehouses. Functionality of the system included receiving order transmissions from customer systems, processing of the orders, paperwork printing, compliance labeling, producing shipping labels for UPS, USP and FedEx, picking lists as well as managing inventory, and much more. System was written in VB.NET and SQL Server 2000. Used WaveLink Studio to write interfaces running on Symbol DOS based RF scanners.
VERIZON BUSINESS, Piscataway, NJ Senior Programmer / Analyst	February 2004 - Present
Verizon Business International Data Network Center is responsible for provisioning, monitoring and maintenance of a data network spanning the globe. It has formerly been a part of MCI WorldCom until it was acquired by Verizon Business. It is a mission critical 24/7 operation.
IDNC Data Portal Maintenance & Enhancements
Provide maintenance, support and system enhancement for IDNC DP system. System is based on SQL Server 2000, ASP, VB6 & XML. It was written to support operation of International Data Network Center. The system assists in determining outage impact, recording outage related maintenance log and sending notifications to engineers involved in system restoration.
BUTLER TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS, Montvale NJ Senior Programmer / Analyst		June 2000 – February 2004
Butler Technology Solutions is the Software Solutions Provider branch of Butler International. BTS clients are fortune 500 companies in Telecom, Banking and various other industries.
Lead a variety of projects for clients of BTS:

Merrill Lynch, Pennington, NJ

Took part in VMware Workstation rollout project. Work involved creating and configuring VMware virtual machines, writing WSH VB scripts to automate deployment tasks. Developed Wise Installer packages for 3rd party applications to be deployed across ML IT department.

Citibank Corp, New York, NY

Responsible for gathering requirements, system analysis, design and prototype implementation of a Credit Risk Management System for Citibank. The system was implemented using Sybase Adaptive Server 12 and ASP and Cognos Products.

MCI WorldCom, Piscataway, NJ

Took part in gathering requirements, design and staging a proof-of-concept implementation to facilitate alarm management of MCI WorldCom mission critical network management systems. Tibco Data Portal products were used to consolidate status data produced by Newbridge, Tautron and HP OpenView network managers. An Alarm notification system was built using SQL Server and ASP. Several Lotus Notes and FoxPro alarm notification systems were converted and consolidated as part of the project.

Designed and implemented and subsequently supported a system for MCI WorldCom to support their International Data Network Center operations. The system was coded in SQL Server 2000, ASP & VB6. Utilized ODBC, XML and ASCII flat files to build numerous bridges to external systems running on disparate platforms including Oracle, Java and SQL Server. The system used COM to access department address book stored in MS Outlook. The work involved heavy T-SQL coding to process large amounts of data, writing performance sensitive queries and stored procedures.

Designed and implemented a system in SQL Server 2000 and ASP for MCI WorldCom HR department.

ToysRUs.Com, Montvale, NJ

Worked on a team of 15 top ColdFusion developers in the country to build and maintain ToysRUs.com state-of-the-art e-commerce site. The site and its’ back-end support systems were implemented using ColdFusion 4.5, Oracle 8i, Perl and Java Applets/Servlets running on a Windows 2000 Advanced Server cluster of 400 web servers. Work required rigorous QA and performance tuning.

PAINE WEBBER, Weehawken, NJ Leading Programmer Analyst	February 2000 – May 2000
Served as a leading VB P/A in development of a multi-tier securities trading application. The project spanned an interface application on Windows NT that communicated with CICS/AIX programs via IBM Interspace, CICS Cobol programs which manipulated data in DB2 on OS/390. Work involved heavy VB coding, source code management using PVCS on a team of 12 programmers, also required understanding of MVS and middle-ware Cobol programs. Did research and created prototypes in preparation to migrate the front-end VB application to the Intranet. Worked on a team of developers to build and support a stock option management application written in VB and Crystal Reports with Sybase on Solaris OS as back-end. The front-end VB application was eventually migrated to Intranet using IBM Visual Age for Java.
R.G. INTERACTIVE MEDIA, New York, NY Senior Programmer \ Analyst	August 1999 - February 2000
Designed and implemented several multi-tier e-commerce applications using Cold Fusion, Java, HTML, SQL Server and MS Access. Work involved drawing up the specifications for the project, research of suitable technologies to complete it and coding and deployment using FTP and CarbonCopy and proprietary NT Server administration tools. Researched and wrote application models in ASP, DrumBeat and Cold Fusion. Led development of a warehousing and billing application using MS Access 2000 on the front end and MS SQL Server on the back end. Used ColdFusion to build remote web interfaces to the data in SQL Server database. Work involved heavy user communications, coordination of the project with other developers and heavy coding in VBA and T-SQL. Provided support for a warehousing application written in Clipper.
ICON CSS, North Brunswick, NJ Programmer \ Analyst	January 1997 – August 1999
ICON CSS is a solutions provider with a portfolio of products targeting Antiques industry.
Provided programming and technical support services to various clients of Icon Computer Support Services Inc. Converted several FoxPro and Dbase applications to VB and MS Access. Lead a variety of projects including but not limited to:
Web Kiosk System
Took part in development of a Web Kiosk system that integrated several online services in a secure environment. Work involved heavy usage of WINAPI in VB, IcVerify OLE, and a required good understanding of Windows registry.

Memories System
Worked on a team of developers to design and code an accounting and inventory management application for the jewelry and antique reproductions industry. The state-of-the-art system included many advanced features such as image processing, OCR, speech recognition and generation, interfaces with major accounting packages such as Great Plains, MAS90, AccPac, PeachTree and QuickBooks as well as other multimedia features.
Republic National Bank, New York, NY
Took part in migration of some 50+ applications onto year 2000 compliant platform. Work responsibilities included: estimation and quantification of the project, development of the migration plan, thorough documentation of all project steps, end-user communications, design and execution of Y2K test scripts. Development of banking applications using VB, MS Access, MS Excel. Work involved extensive usage of VB, VBA and SQL, design and implementation of the database end as well as user interfaces.
Standard & Poors’, New York, NY
Responsible for development and support of a multi-user MS Access based employee attendance system. Work involved heavy user interaction and development in Access VBA.
MIDRANGE CONSULTING INC., Holland, PA Programmer / Analyst	January 1994 - November 1996
Designed, and implemented multi - faceted management system for a wide range of non-profit organizations. Front-end interfaces were developed using Visual Basic, database was created in MS Access, reporting was done using Crystal Reports. Took part in development of a PC-based user interface application to Credit Reporting System residing on IBM AS/400 computer.

Software

VB 3.0/4.0/5.0/6.0/.NET, MS SQL Server 6.0/7.0/2000/2005, Cold Fusion 4.0/4.5/5, Visual InterDev, Oracle 8i, MS Access 2.0/95/97/2000/XP/2003, Visual C++ 1.52/4.0, MFC Library, Visual FoxPro, dBase, Clipper, Progress 5.2, R&R Report Writer, Crystal Reports, SQL, SQLBase 6, Pervasive SQL, Lotus Notes 4.5/5, ASP, DrumBeat, Sybase Adaptive Server, Symantec Visual Café, MS Outlook, IBM Visual Age for Java, IBM Visual Age Interspace, TIBCO ActiveEnterprise, Merant PVCS, Visual SourceSafe, VMware Workstation 3.2, Wise Installer 4.2, Client Access for AS/400, Citrix Metaframe, WaveLink Studio, V3 WMS, Wolin DaVinci WMS, Manhattan WMS for Windows, ASP, ASP.NET, .NET Compact Framework.

Operating Systems

Windows 3.11/95/98/ME, Windows NT 3.51/4.0/2000/XP, MS-DOS, Novell Server, OS/400, OS/390, Sun Solaris, Apple Macintosh, Linux.

Education

College of Advanced Rabbinical Studies at Talmudical Yeshiva of Philadelphia.

Corporate sponsored education in Visual InterDev, VB, VC++ and Lotus Notes, Cognos PowerPlay