Experience

Principal Asset Management

• United States
• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• IT Application Analyst Lead

  • Mar 2015 - Present

  Des Moines, Iowa As an Application Analyst Lead with the Finance IT department I worked closely with our business partners to design, implement, troubleshoot, and support the integrations in and out of our major systems. These systems include the PAM For Investments (PFI), the Summit Trading system, NetSuite, and Revenue Manager. We integrate these systems with Markit’s Enterprise Data Management System, Charles River Trading System, Bloomberg, and various Data Marts. While working with these systems, I take… Show more As an Application Analyst Lead with the Finance IT department I worked closely with our business partners to design, implement, troubleshoot, and support the integrations in and out of our major systems. These systems include the PAM For Investments (PFI), the Summit Trading system, NetSuite, and Revenue Manager. We integrate these systems with Markit’s Enterprise Data Management System, Charles River Trading System, Bloomberg, and various Data Marts. While working with these systems, I take pride in developing stable and defect free software that follow the industry recognized design patterns and methodologies. • Led major project to implement a major update to the PFI Accounting system and overhaul all integrations to be compatible with the major upgrade, I led the server build outs, environment installs, software updates, and the testing effort with business partners (2+ year project) • Designed and developed multiple integrations in and out of the PAM for Investments system to support the onboarding of swaps, options, swaptions, credit default swaps, and other derivative types (2+ year project) • Co-chair the Developers Center of Excellence (guiding 100+ Devs) • Architect, Design, and Develop software to meet business needs • Design and Develop Service Oriented workflows with focus on reuse and testing • Modify and Maintain legacy solutions while reducing technical debt • Support and mentor fellow team members on technology and systems • Guide our team through the adoption of QA, DevOps, and TDD concepts and practices • Train new staff and contractors on our application portfolio and leveraged technologies • Work closely with business partners and vendors to resolve issues with vendor software • Design and Develop software that follow industry accepted and supported patterns • Work within diverse software development methodologies: Scrum, Agile, Waterfall • Identify repeating job failures and implement remedies

• IT Application Analyst II

  • Sep 2012 - Mar 2015

  Des Moines, Iowa Application Analyst II Principal Global Investors, Des Moines, IA Sep 12 – Mar 15 As an IT Application Analyst with the Finance IT department, I was responsible for supporting the IT infrastructure of the Finance Accounting department, troubleshooting issues, and work closely with business partners on both vendor and in-house applications, as well as managing projects and enhancements of varying size. The team supports multiple large vendor applications and is responsible for the… Show more Application Analyst II Principal Global Investors, Des Moines, IA Sep 12 – Mar 15 As an IT Application Analyst with the Finance IT department, I was responsible for supporting the IT infrastructure of the Finance Accounting department, troubleshooting issues, and work closely with business partners on both vendor and in-house applications, as well as managing projects and enhancements of varying size. The team supports multiple large vendor applications and is responsible for the integration of data into and out of these applications. I was responsible for the full stack and full cycle application development (everything from requirements gathering to post production support) • Created multiple Service Oriented integrations in and out of the PAM for Investments system to support the onboarding of exchange traded Futures • Provide technical support to the Finance Department (75+ people) • Co-chair the IT departments Fun Committee • Architect, Design, and Develop Full Stack software solutions to meet business needs • Manage Full Stack and Full Cycle application development • Work directly with business partners to triage issues and gather requirements • Work closely with business partners to resolve issues with vendor supplied software • Modify and Maintain legacy software solutions while reducing technical debt • Work within multiple software development methodologies: Scrum, Agile, Waterfall • Work with business partners on enhancements of varying size • Lead major and minor upgrades of vendor supplied software • Analyze daily processes for improvement and process stabilization • Provide rotating production support • Provide first tier rotating on-call support



U.S. Bank

• United States
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst III

  • Oct 2010 - Sep 2012

  Minneapolis MN In this position my responsibilities included business support, cradle to grave Full Stack development, short and long-term enhancements, on-boarding and training of new employees, and reviewing and validating co-workers output. We were responsible for the integration of data in and out of multiple accounting systems (Intrader, pyramid, and custom), trading systems (Pyramid Derivatives system, Intrader, and custom), Market data(Bloomberg, various rate sources) and quantitative analytic systems… Show more In this position my responsibilities included business support, cradle to grave Full Stack development, short and long-term enhancements, on-boarding and training of new employees, and reviewing and validating co-workers output. We were responsible for the integration of data in and out of multiple accounting systems (Intrader, pyramid, and custom), trading systems (Pyramid Derivatives system, Intrader, and custom), Market data(Bloomberg, various rate sources) and quantitative analytic systems • Provide technical support to the Treasury Department (150+ people) • Develop custom solution to manage US Bank’s portfolio of level 3 impaired MBS assets over 2-year project, we Automated a process that 5 employees previously managed in excel • Develop custom solution to manage the mastering of market rates, distribution of market rates, calculation of Mortgage rate locks, and calculation of loan prepayments • Maintain in-depth technical knowledge of 18 in house developed applications • Train new employees in SQL, Progress, Visual Basic, and system support • Work with business lines to discover design specifications and requirements • Design and Develop Visual Basic .Net / SQL solutions • Review and validate co-worker deliverables • Participate and contribute to enterprise wide projects • Manage contractors and interns on multiple departmental projects • Lead migration of Legacy Applications to modern .Net solutions Show less



MediaCom

• United Kingdom
• Advertising Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• It Support Technition

  • Apr 2010 - Dec 2010

  Des Moines, Iowa Area At Mediacom I was the first level of technical support for customers of Mediacom. If their internet or other services did not work, it was my job to help the customers get back online. I walked customers through everything from re-configuring their physical networks to guiding them through removing mal-ware from their machines. • Walk non-technical customers through technical procedures to diagnosis issues • Document steps taken to resolve issues • Escalate issues to second level… Show more At Mediacom I was the first level of technical support for customers of Mediacom. If their internet or other services did not work, it was my job to help the customers get back online. I walked customers through everything from re-configuring their physical networks to guiding them through removing mal-ware from their machines. • Walk non-technical customers through technical procedures to diagnosis issues • Document steps taken to resolve issues • Escalate issues to second level of support as necessary • Identify neighborhood issues and flag for review by maintenance technicians • Maintain a pleasant and helpful demeanor during the call Show less



Principal Asset Management

• United States
• Investment Management
• 700 & Above Employee

• Systems Analyst Intern

  • Jan 2008 - Dec 2008

  Des Moines, Iowa Area As an Systems Analyst Intern at the Principal Global Investors I was changed with bringing the current state DTFS permissions in line with documented standards. The main share volume contained over 7 million folders where the permissions could be set any level and seemingly changed at sporadically. During this role I developed an application that stepped through the folders and documented the changes in permissions. With this information in hand, I worked with the business units to resolve the… Show more As an Systems Analyst Intern at the Principal Global Investors I was changed with bringing the current state DTFS permissions in line with documented standards. The main share volume contained over 7 million folders where the permissions could be set any level and seemingly changed at sporadically. During this role I developed an application that stepped through the folders and documented the changes in permissions. With this information in hand, I worked with the business units to resolve the issues discovered by my application. This was in addition to the daily responsibilities of the Systems Analyst. • Designed and developed a custom application to interact with windows API’s to query folder and file permissions of a massive distributed folder structure and create user understandable reports detailing where permissions are set and where inheritance of permissions are broken. • Develop Applications and scripts as needed to facilitate job duties • Analyze, Report, and Correct NTFS file permissions • Develop Applications and Reports for SEC and Sox reporting • Identify infrastructure in conflict with corporate security standards and correct • Work with non-technical contacts to resolve technical issues • Develop methods and procedures to identify owning business units of orphaned infrastructure Show less