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George Garabedian
Upton, MA
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What path did you take to your current career?
For the first ten years of my career, I was a software engineer working at companies, such as, Honeywell Bull, The Data Group, and Stratus Computer. I served as a technical lead at Stratus on a multi-year rollout of a new order management system. At Stratus, I transitioned from a technical role into an IT Management role. To further sharpen my business skills, I earned my MBA part time from Bentley College. I continued to take on more responsibility at Stratus by leading a $2.5 million worldwide sales force automation initiative.
After six years at Stratus, I joined Fidelity Investments as a Project Manager. Within seven months, I was promoted to Sr. Development Manager and led the Finance Systems group, within the 401(k) business, and had responsibility for financial reporting, client billing, and sales commission systems. I was promoted to Director, took on additional responsibility, and championed the use of data marts and business intelligence solutions. I was promoted to Vice President after successfully leading a major effort to replace a $1 billion Client Billing system with a new billing application, which significantly reduced invoice cycle time and improved cash flow.
After many years of addressing the strategic and tactical needs of the Finance organization, I decided to broaden my Fidelity experience and accepted responsibility for the Integrated Applications Development group, delivering cutting edge enterprise web services and B2B integration solutions. Additionally, I led a large scale effort to evaluate, select, and implement an industry leading learning management system (Saba) utilized by 240,000 participants.... 
Posted @ 06:39AM, December 28, 2008
by George Garabedian | Permalink
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Work history
Vice President, Human Resources Technology
tags:
strategic thinker
• j2ee
• fidelity investments
• vendor management
• relationship managment
• technology leadership
• program / project management
• learning management system
• websphere
• application architecture
• application support and proje...
• 3rd party package implementation
How would you describe your time at Fidelity Investments?
I led a systems development team of 20 resources consisting of systems managers, software engineers, and systems analysts within the Human Resources Technology organization. I was fully accountable for all technology aspects of various applications including a Learning Management System (Saba), an HR Payroll Timekeeping application (Work Brain), and a clearing house application that manages unemployment benefits, disability benefits, and employment & wage verification....
Vice President, Integrated Applications Delivery
tags:
b2b integration
• c#
• websphere
• application support and proje...
• .net
• j2ee
• application architecture
How would you describe your time at Fidelity Investments?
I led the Integrated Applications Delivery group, which developed and maintained over 30 web services (.Net, C#) providing highly available and secure data exchange mechanisms to our customers. I managed a staff of 30 project managers, software engineers, and systems analysts.
Vice President, Finance Systems
tags:
strategic thinker
• business skills
• program / project management
• financial applications
• data warehouse & business int...
• application support and proje...
• relationship managment
• business strategy & planning
• star schema
• fidelity investments
How would you describe your time at Fidelity Investments?
I was responsible for an 18 person Finance Systems team chartered with creating and maintaining systems for the Retirement Services business. I was accountable for all Finance applications which included a Sales Commissions system, Client Billing system, Finance Data Mart, Sales Commissions Data Mart, and a Client Profitability system. I served as primary point of contact for IT-related requests and for escalation of application related issues....
Project Manager, Sr. Development Mgr, Director, Finance Systems
tags:
financial applications
• sales commissions
• business information systems
• billing
• director information technology
• program / project management
• relationship managment
How would you describe your time at Fidelity Investments?
I managed a 12 person Finance Systems team creating and maintaining systems solutions for the Finance organization. I started as a project manager and was promoted to Sr. Development Manager within seven months. I continued to take on more responsibility and was promoted to Director.
Senior Programmer / Analyst, Systems Manager
tags:
systems develelopment life cy...
• relationship managment
• program / project management
How would you describe your time at Stratus Computer?
I served as a Sr. Programmer / Analyst and then a Systems Manager with responsibilites supporting Finance, Sales, and Marketing functions.
Sr. Programmer / Analyst
tags:
systems develelopment life cy...
• field service systems
• business information systems
How would you describe your time at The Data Group?
I was a technical resource, within the Professional Services group, responsible for customizing Fieldwatch, a field service software package to meet client needs.
Programmer / Analyst, Sr. Programmer / Analyst
tags:
invoicing
• accounts receivable
• order processing
• honeywell bull
• systems develelopment life cy...
• shipping
• business information systems
How would you describe your time at Honeywell Bull?
I was a development resource responsible for maintaining various applications including: order processing, shipping, invoicing, and inventory control.
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