Todd D. Levy

 

 

3000 Bronx Park East #13G      Bronx, New York 10467     (917) 365–8109

resume001-tdlevy@spamex.com

 

 

An Extensive Technical and Financial background with Expertise in:

 

• Requirements gathering, writing development specifications, and writing technical/end-user documentation.
• Designing departmental level procedures to achieve financial and time management efficiencies.
• Acting as liaison between management, end-users, technical staff, and outside vendors/service providers.
• Providing supervision and guidance during the development and testing of custom/proprietary software.
• Comfortable with large and complex corporate, technical, and financial environments.

 

 

--------------------                    Trainer/End-User Support                    --------------------

Continuum Health Partners – Training & Organizational Development: 2004 ongoing

 

In support of the implementation of the IDX PRISM computerized physician order entry (CPOE) system, I:

 

• Provided classroom training for all hospital staff – doctors, nurses, pharmacists, technicians, clerical, etc.
• Provided on-site face-to-face end-user support for the live production application.
• Managed the end-user support staff for the location and shift I was assigned to.
• Participated in the selection of mobile wireless computing solutions for various on-site situations.

 

--------------------                    Solution Developer                    --------------------

VFI-USA – Executive Committee/Board of Directors: 2003 ongoing

 

In support of a general technical upgrade of the entire organization, I:

 

• Developed an MS Access database to replace an existing DB4 system used to track and report on the activities of personnel.
• Provided written end-user and technical documentation, and conducted staff training classes.
• Provided general technical advice towards the upgrading of existing hardware and software systems.
• Helped devise new internal procedures to ensure efficient use of the new environment.

 

 

---------------                    Network Installation/Configuration                    ---------------

Medical Office Systems Technology: 2001 to 2002

 

• Installation and configuration of network servers/workstations in small medical, legal, real estate, insurance, etc. professional offices.
• Installation and configuration of various types of specialized practice and client management software.

 

 

--------------------                    Business/Systems Analyst                    --------------------

Chase Manhattan Bank – Global Mutual Funds Group: 1997 to 2000

 

In support of the implementation/customization of FundStation, a client/server database used to collect mutual fund pricing data, calculate performance figures, and distribute reports, I:

 

• Acted as the liaison between bank management and a project team located in 8 cities and 2 time zones in the U.S. and Canada, consisting of external vendors/service providers as well as bank staff.
• Gathered business requirements.
• Analyzed FundStation capabilities, and determined the necessary level of customization.
• Worked with the Fund Accounting Group to implement a solution to feed daily pricing data to FundStation, provide contingency reporting capability,  and maintain a backup database in the event of a FundStation failure.
• Managed the development  of a Lotus Notes/Domino database/WWW site for bank-wide (internal) and worldwide (external) distribution of FundStation reports.
• Produced written documentation and conducted training classes for these applications.
• Managed the acquisition of QA testing software, Y2K testing, and the ongoing regression testing effort.
• Served as general technical advisor during all stages of the project.

 

 

 

--------------------                    Solution Developer                    --------------------

National Broadcasting Company (NBC) – MIS/HR/Corporate Finance: 1997

 

In support of a PeopleSoft implementation, I:

 

• Developed an MS Access database to import existing data from mainframe systems, format and verify the data, and export the data to PeopleSoft.
• Developed an VBA/Excel based travel expense reporting system to replace the existing paper based system, and feed PeopleSoft as required.

 

 

 

--------------------                    Solution Developer                    --------------------

Volunteers of America – Corporate Finance: 1995 to 1996

 

In support of the development of a proprietary real estate property management system, I:

 

• Gathered business requirements from end-users.
• Developed an interim VBA/Excel based system to replace the existing paper based system.
• Converted and verified all existing data.
• Conducted QA testing, produced written documentation, and provided end-user training.

 

 

 

--------------------                    QA Manager                    --------------------

Chemical Banking Corporation – Foreign Exchange Operations: 1993 to 1994

 

In support of the development of a proprietary mainframe foreign exchange trading application used for trade settlement and portfolio position reporting, I:

 

• Acted as the liaison between the foreign exchange operations end-users and the development team.
• Had overall responsibility for the QA testing effort, including bug reporting.

 

 

 

 

 

--------------------                    QA Manager                    --------------------

Chemical Banking Corporation – Loan Tracking: 1993

 

In support of the development of a proprietary PowerBuilder/Sybase database reporting application used for tracking/reporting on delinquent and foreclosed loans, I:

 

• Acted as the liaison between the loan tracking operations end-users and the development team.
• Had overall responsibility for the QA testing effort, including bug reporting.

 

 

 

--------------------                    Business/Systems Analyst                    --------------------

Chase Manhattan Bank – Corporate Human Resources: 1993

 

In order to resolve conflicts in various mainframe systems regarding employee 401(k) loan balance data, I:

 

• Researched account balances to determine the correct outstanding balances.
• Designed and instituted changes in data collection/entry and database replication/synchronization procedures to prevent a reoccurrence of this problem.

 

 

 

--------------------                    Business/Systems Analyst                    --------------------

Bankers Trust Company – Technology Information Services: 1992 to 1993

 

For the development of a proprietary client/server database reporting application used for tracking/billing the use of market data feeds by the banks traders/analysts, I:

 

• Gathered business requirements from end-users.
• Worked with external market data vendors to develop customized market data feeds for the new system.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technical Skills

 

I am familiar with the following:

 

Operating Systems:           MS Windows (various)

Programming Languages: MS Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications, SQA Basic

Software:                            MS Office, Visio, Project / VMWare Workstation / Lotus Notes / Rational Testing Apps / Adobe Acrobat / IDX-PRISM CPOE

Hardware:                           P.C. compatible hardware installation and configuration