Experiences at Goldman, Sachs

* Personally responsible for integrating firm-wide intranet with database containing complete details for firm's physical assets, thus minimizing loss and relocation costs.
* Initiated creation of customizable, "smart," asset-reporting process using CGI, Perl, and DHTML, for future global deployment.
* Developed secure Web based utility that allowed authorized users to assign assets, enabling global compliance to TAM initiative.
* Helped team members troubleshoot development projects. Earned nickname "Bob Vila."...

Designed, architected, and implemented global IT solutions for Investment and Merchant Banks.
* Promoted to lead developer on multimillion dollar enterprise content management solution.
* Asked to join Software Engineering Team to develop a framework for building applications using AJAX.

Managed $6.6 million budget across multiple teams responsible for developing and maintaining PIA's IT solutions.
* Managed eight engineers and two business analysts from design to deployment of three major versions of the PIA Knowledge Center, a single application addressing PIA's highest priority business processes and problems....

Led team of three Business Analysts. Identified and implemented global IT strategies and mission-critical technology solutions to increase revenues and operational efficiency and to reduce costs and reputational risk within PIA and across complex organizational lines. Gathered requirements, formulated product vision, and designed IT solutions.
* Developed comprehensive view of Merchant Bank's business model, information needs, and global operations by building relationships with senior Merchant Banking professionals.
* Led effort to re-engineer business processes, resulting in 30,000 hours of reduced work and $530,000 of cost reduction annually. Work selected by management to serve as best practice guides for all Business Analysts.
* Communicated technical concepts to non-technical business users and business concepts to technical audiences.
* Integral member of small team responsible for developing a long term remote mobile and wireless strategy.
* Assisted deal team on $2.8 billion Bank of China IPO, providing expertise and market analysis on relevant technologies....

Made rare move into PIA after being actively recruited by client based on success of previous working relationships. Performed investment and fund related analysis and reporting. Administered "Venture Technology" portfolio: valued investments, executed transactions, sourced portfolio information.

* Led complicated processes of collecting and compiling investment information from portfolio company CEOs/CFOs, junior and senior investment professionals to produce Annual reports, projections of future investment performance for investor presentation and budget, and documentation to comply with Sarbanes Oxley.
* Co-Managed creation of PIA's multibillion dollar Budget and developed model to accurately compare actual and projected performance to budgeted performance; designed method that reduced data-collection time by 500%.
* Responsible for trading over $1 billion of foreign currency; designed enterprise solution to manage process.
* Presented process recommendation to Senior Management for reconciling all cash activity vs. Funds books. Process eliminated one full day of work per week and caught over $50 million of errors/differences in one year....

Oversaw revision of data center design standards and installation methods, to enable high-density deployment of small-form-factor and blade servers.
Managed large-scale data center projects of various size and scope for build-outs, expansions, and relocations, ensuring corporate standards compliance, and completion within budgets and time-lines.
Designed physical-layer amenities of enterprise data centers, including space allocation, power distribution, rack layouts, and network connectivity, to ensure continued uptime....