Summary:

Nine years of experience in technical planning, project management, disaster recovery, network design and support with excellent team/project leadership and communication skills, as well as strong testing skills and knowledge of working in a Windows environment. Extensive professional experience with Windows NT/XP/2000/2003 and Terminal Server (including Citrix Metaframe XP), network infrastructure, and Visual Basic.

Experience:

Consultant

January 2006 - Present

- Establish technology infrastructure for new and existing business ventures including network design and installation, messaging systems, and disaster recovery capabilities.

- Provide business analysis in support of new and existing strategic projects.

- Develop and implement Business Continuity plans.

- Design and build customer internet and e-commerce sites.

Disaster Recovery Consultant

Fidelity Management and Research (FMRCo); August 2004 – January 2006

Boston, MA

- Manage semi-annual integrated disaster recovery drills to validate the recovery of all A – AAA rated applications within FMRCo.

- Manage the semi-annual transition of the “system of record” for the trading platforms resident on FMRCo’s AS400.

- Evaluate and design disaster recovery strategies for new and existing applications and infrastructure.

- Work with various development and support organizations to provide a continuous operating infrastructure and overall set of capabilities in support of FMRCo’s Investment Management and Trading operations.

Principal Systems Administrator

Fidelity Management and Research (FMRCo); April 1999 - August 2004

Boston, MA

- Interact with multiple Market Data suppliers (Bridge, Bloomberg, Reuters, NewsEdge, etc.) to design, implement, and support Market Data Systems for FMRCo as well as other internal Fidelity clients.

- Coordinate with different client groups to analyze business needs and determine which Market Data system best suits their needs.

- Act as a team lead for fellow team members.

- Identify and define process improvements to improve the overall efficiency and customer satisfaction of the group.

- Provide ongoing support for a user community of over 1,000 fund managers, traders, and investment professionals.

- Design and implement various reports for application entitlement, usage, and problem tracking.

- Design and deploy an On Network Video Conferencing System for FMRCo.

- Coordinate all Market Data resources to support the move of the Equity Trading floor to a new location.

- Coordinate the relocation of all Market Data equipment to three new data centers.

- Ensure that all applications were recoverable in the event of a disaster.

- Design and deploy Translux based display systems to two U.S. and one U.K. trading floor.

Project Manager / Team Leader (Temporary Expatriate Assignment)

Fidelity Investments International; May 1998 - December 1998

Hildenborough, UK

- Lead a team of five to define and implement technical specifications for Fidelity International’s European messaging environment.

- Plan and coordinate Outlook migrations and training for all employees.

- Plan and perform necessary server upgrades and maintenance.

- Design and construct the mailbox size monitoring system to monitor server capacity using Crystal Reports and MS SQL Server.

- Authored all support documentation for support handover to the appropriate first level support groups.

Senior Messaging Systems Engineer / Team Leader

Fidelity Investments Systems Company; September 1996 – April 1999

Marlboro, MA

- Design and implement enhancements to the Fidelity messaging environment based on user requirements including faxing through Outlook and secure e-mail.

- Construct new intranet web site with a strong emphasis on customer requested dynamic reports using MS SQL Server, MS Access, and Visual InterDev 6 as well as other web development tools.

- Design and construct the Messaging Usage Based billing system to determine appropriate charge back fees for user e-mail accounts using Crystal Reports, MS SQL Server, and MS Access.

- Act as a senior escalation point and team leader for the Messaging Support team.

- Define and implemente technical specifications for Fidelity’s global e-mail system as part of a migration from Microsoft Mail to Microsoft Exchange.

Education:

Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance
Bryant University; 2000 – 2005	Smithfield, RI
Bachelors of Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information Systems
Baylor University; 1991 – 1995	Waco, TX

Skills:

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning and Testing, Windows XP, Windows 2000 and 2003 Server, Terminal Server, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Project, TCP/IP Networking and Firewalls, Network Design and Installation, Windows Domain and Active Directory Design and Implementation, Visual Basic, HTML, ASP, CSS, Bloomberg, Bridge, Reuters 3000 Xtra, StockVal, TIBCo, Rendezvous, and other Market Data Applications as well as a familiarity with UNIX.