OBJECTIVE:

To be an expert in the financial industry in the Quality Assurance Division and to apply the skills learnt
to optimal use. Also willing to learn new technologies or concepts and face technical challenges in the
corporate world.
SUMMARY:
Strong business knowledge of 12 years in Broker Dealer Industry involving US, European and
Canadian Equities, Options, Fixed Income and Mutual Funds in Front Office Order
Management Systems, Middle Office Trade Allocations & Ticketing systems and Backoffice - Trade Settlement, Reporting & Clearing systems involving Fixed Income products
using Pershing, MSRB and TRACE.
14 years of Experience as QA Analyst at various levels.
4 years of Experience as Prod Support Analyst in Financial industry.
Experience with using Execution Venues for Equities - Archipelago, DOT, LAVA, WALK, IS,
POV, OPL, Super Montage, Algo, $2 Brokers, NYSE, Nasdaq, TSX, TVX, PURE, Neo Net and
Thomson Exchange Systems for pre/post and during market hours in North American and
European regions.
Experience with using Execution Venues for Fixed Income Bloomberg, Market Axess, Trade
Web and Muni Center in US region.
Strong business knowledge of 6 years in Fidessa Trading Platform.
Strong business knowledge for 2 years in Charles River Trading Platform.
Strong business knowledge of 11 years in FIX 4.0 and 4.2 versions.
Experience in US and Canadian Financial Markets attained by working in US and Canadian
versions of Fide ssa and Charles River.
Strong business knowledge of 3 years in Citigroups Internal Order Management System
COMET.
Strong technical knowledge of Oracle PL/SQL and Sybase by working in backend database.
Experience in North American and European Financial Markets attained by working in North
American and European versions of COMET on both Cash and Derivatives desk.
Experience with Order Entry Tool and Exchange Simulator - Aegis Fix Farm for entering and
executing orders in North American and European securities and for Integration Testing
between the two.
Experience with Trading Tool Carlin Accel for trading US/Canadian stocks and options.
Working knowledge of Mercury Quality Center for Defects Posting/Tracking and for Test Case
Execution.
Working knowledge of JIRA for Release Management for Test Items knowledge and for
Release Status.
Working knowledge of Automation System - QTP in QAing business applications.
Working knowledge of RDBMSs such as Oracle, SQL and Sybase under Windows and UNIX
platforms.
Experienced in Auto sys a third party Job Scheduling tool for automating cron jobs.
Excellent Oral/Written Communication Skills through professional interaction with Traders
and Developers.
EDUCATION DETAILS:
Master of Science University of Bridgeport, CT 1996 1998
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Trading Applications Charles River - Manager Workbench, Trading Blotter and Compliance,
Bloomberg Terminal, Market Axess, Muni Center, Trade Web, Pershing NetX360, Fidessa Traders
Workbench (US and Canadian), Fidessa Data Administrator, COMET - Citigroup Order Management
and Execution Technology (North American and European), Aegis Fix Farm, Carlin Accel, Investor
Tools Perform Portfolio Manager, Ipreo Issuenet, SWIFT
Programming Languages C, UNIX Scripts
Third Party Tools Auto sys, FIX, MS Office Tools, Oracle QTP, Mercury Quality Center, IBM MQ
Series.
RDBMS Rapid SQL, Oracle PL-SQL, Sybase T-SQL
Operating Systems UNIX/Linux, Windows.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Credit Suisse, New York NY
Jul 2015 Feb 2016
Senior Consultant (VP Level)
Involved in the Onshore QA of Credit Suisse Trading Systems using EDEN and ECDS an inhouse Order Management and Pricing tool for Credit Default Swaps Security Type and its interconnectivity with Fixed Income Execution Venues - Bloomberg, Trade Web and Market Axess,
coordinating with Offshore team for Test Execution and Test Reporting with associated
Stakeholders reporting to QA Management.
Involved in the QA of Credit Suisse IOI flow to Ipreos Issuenet on Creating and Managing Deals
generated by Global Banks and coordinating with associated Stakeholders reporting to QA
Management.
Roles and Responsibilities
Review of Test Requirements and Test Execution Reporting with the associated
Stakeholders in Projects Development and Business teams.
Do test planning and execution by devising effective testing strategies in order to uphold
quality standards to ensure successful release as a result of complete testing and the most
effective test approach.
Write / Update Test Scripts to test the various functionalities depending on changing
business/market requirements by interacting with Traders / Developers
Provide guidance on best testing approach to follow for QA team members located offshore.
Do Unit/Regression QA Testing on EDEN and ECDS for both US and EU flows on the following
functionalities:
Order/Trade Management covering Order/Trade Entry from Trading Blotters, Order/Trade Flows,
Downstream flows and associated FIX Tags checking.
Trade Allocations and Booking to check flow to downstream system GBB for both US and EU
Flows.
Connectivity to External Trade Execution Venues for FI Bloomberg, Market Axess and Trade
Web.
Connectivity to External Execution Venues Bloomberg, Market Axess and Trade Web for
Credit Default Swaps.
Validate FIX Tags in the Order/Trade flows and FIXML messages based on FIX 4.2 Protocol.
Test Overnight Batch Uploads for update of the associate databases for Middle Office and Back
Office Processing.
Do Unit/Regression QA Testing on IOI Ipreo Issuenet flow on the following functionalities:
Connectivity to Issuenet.
Managing User Accounts for Internal Sales and Syndicate Users.
Create Single/Multi Tranched Deals and generate Orders on them for both US and EU Legal
Entities, Create Allocations and Submit the same to Issuenet.
Login as Issuenet side Syndicate User, validate the Deals, Orders and Allocations match
up with the Credit Suisse side Syndicate User values.
Do Performance Testing on Multi Orders Global Deals by entering bulk Orders upto 600
and validate the Sync up with Issuenet happens in reasonable time.
Analyze Automation Test Results from QTP to weed out false failures by trying out the same
manually.
Use JIRA for Agile Testing Status and Mercury Quality Center for Defect Posting and
Tracking.
Barclays Wealth, New York NY
Feb 2014 Jul 2015
Senior Consultant (VP Level)
Involved in the Onshore QA of Barclays Wealth Advisory Trading System using Charles River an
Investment Management tool for all Security Types and its inter-connectivity with Pershing NetX360,
Fixed Income Execution Venues for Order/Trade Management and coordinating Offshore team for
Test Execution and Test Reporting with associated Stakeholders reporting to QA Management.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Review of Test Requirements and Test Execution Reporting with the associated
Stakeholders in Projects Development and Business teams.
Do test planning and execution by devising effective testing strategies in order to uphold
quality standards to ensure successful release as a result of complete testing and the most
effective test approach.
Write / Update Test Scripts to test the various functionalities depending on changing
business/market requirements by interacting with Traders / Developers
Provide guidance on best testing approach to follow for QA team members located offshore.
Do Unit/Regression QA Testing following features of Charles River Investment Management
System v9.1 and v9.2:
Order, Trade and Position Management covering Order/Trade Entry from Trading Blotters /
Manager Work Bench, Order/Trade Flows, Position Updates, Tax Lots Management and
associated FIX Tags checking.
Pre Trade Compliance Checking to check Internal Compliance Rules for Cash Availability,
Sector/Industry Concentration Levels, Restricted Investments and Order Capacity are met.
Trade Allocations and Booking to check flow to downstream systems for accurate Trade
Reporting in Pershing, MSRB and TRACE Systems.
Connectivity to External Trade Execution Venues for FI Bloomberg, Market Axess and Muni
Center.
User/Group Rights and Desk/Sector Access for managing Investment Representatives and
Portfolio Managers.
Compliance Requirements of OATS Reporting and Regulatory Short Sells for Equities and 15
minute Reporting Rule for Fixed Income in MSRB and TRACE.
Connectivity to External Order Entry Systems Investor Tools Perform Portfolio Manager.
Connectivity to External Execution Venues NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX, Archipelago, and Internal
Trading Desks (US/Canadian Legacy Trading Systems, Pershing Execution System for Equities
and Options and Bloomberg, Market Axess and Muni Center for Fixed Income).
Validate FIX Tags in the Order/Trade flows and FIXML messages based on FIX 4.2 Protocol.
Migration from Pre-Artemis Charles River Trading using Barclays Legacy Systems to Post
Artemis Charles River Trading using Pershing Systems. Artemis is the major project involved
in using Pershing for handling Middle and Back Office Management using Pershings NetX360
system.
Test Overnight Batch Uploads for Client Account, Position, Tax Lot Updates from/to Pershing
and its update of the associate databases for Middle Office and Back Office Processing.
Analyze Automation Test Results from QTP to weed out false failures by trying out the same
manually.
Use JIRA for Agile Testing Status and Mercury Quality Center for Defect Posting and
Tracking.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch, New York, NY

Jun 2011 Feb 2014
Assistant Vice President
Involved in QAing and overseeing Test activities of offshore team for the GUI based Fidessa
application used for North American Sales Trading and Positions Trading an Order Management
System for Equities Team and its inter-connectivity with External Order Entry Tools like Aegis Fix Farm
and External Execution Markets.
Roles and Responsibilities
Review of Test Requirement and Execution with the associated Stakeholders in Projects
Development and Business teams.
Provide guidance on best testing approach to follow for QA team members located both
onshore and offshore.
Do test planning and execution by devising effective testing strategies in order to uphold
quality standards, guide fellow testers assigned to various modules to ensure successful
release as a result of complete testing and the most effective test approach.
Validate FIX Tags in the Order/Trade flows and FIXML messages based on FIX 4.2 Protocol.
Do Integration Testing between Aegis Fixfarm and Fidessa Sales Trader application to
ensure the two way / one way flow happens correctly and appropriate Order Flow and
Execution Reports occur correctly as per configuration.

Do Unit/Regression QA Testing following features of North American Fidessa for both Sales
Trading and Positions Trading Desk.
Order, Trade and Position Management covering Order/Trade Entry, Blotters, Order/Trade
Flows, Market Depth, P&L Calculation, Position Updates and associated FIX Tags checking.
Trade Allocations and Ticketing and flow to downstream systems for accurate Trade Reporting.
Connectivity to External Order Entry Tool Aegis Fix Farm.
Market Data Access, User/Group Rights and Desk/Sector Access managed through
Fidessa Data Administrator tool.
Compliance Requirements of Rule 92, ACT/OATS Reporting, Reg NMS and Regulatory
Short Sells.
Connectivity to External Execution Markets / Strategies NYSE, Nasdaq, AMEX,
Archipelago, DOT, WALK, IS, POV, OPL, VWAP, Super Montage, Algo, BBSS, $2 Brokers and
Internal Trading Desks (Canadian Trading Platform, Brazil Fidessa Desk and Mexican Trading
Desk for Inter-listed Instruments).
Test the data flow to Back Office systems in Market Risk Technology for data consistency.
Write / Update Test Scripts to test the various functionalities depending on changing
business/market requirements by interacting with Traders / Developers.
Perform QA Testing on market connectivity with ECNs or Exchanges and ensure proper
order-flow / order-routing is maintained.
Analyze Automation Test Results to weed out false failures by trying out the same manually.
Use Mercury Quality Center for Defect Posting and Tracking.

Citigroup Inc., Jersey City, NJ

Mar 2008 May 2011
Senior Consultant (AVP Level)
Involved in QAing and Supervising Test activities for the GUI based NAM and European COMET
the In-house Order Management System for Global Equities Team and its inter-connectivity with
External Order Entry Tools like Program Trading Engine and Aegis FixFarm and External Execution
Markets.
Execute Automation Test Scripts using QTP to test European Derivatives flow and analyzing
results.
Use Mercury Quality Center for Defect Posting and Tracking.
Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets, New York, NY
Jun 2006 Feb 2008
Senior QA Analyst
Involved in QAing the Order/Trade Management aspects of the GUI based US Fidessa V5 and
Canadian Fidessa - CAMA products and its inter-connectivity with External Order Entry Tools of ADP
and Carlin Accel.
RoyalBlue Financial, New York, NY
Aug 2004 Jun 2006
QA Analyst
Involved in QAing the various Order/Trade Management aspects of the GUI based Fidessa Trading
Platform a Royal Blue product for Trading Systems, Market Data and Global Connectivity.
Dendrite International, Morristown, NJ
Jan 2002 Aug 2004
Consultant /QA Analyst
Involved in QAing Force Pharma an application developed for Pfizer. This acts as a tool between the
Management and field representatives of Pfizer, for details about the field calls / sales reports.
Citigroup Inc, New York, NY
Apr 1998 Jan 2002
Prod Support Analyst
REACH REAltime Agent Communication Host
Jul 1999 Jan 2002
Involved in the upgrade and production support of REACH -the UNIX platform based application that
had messaging interface between Salomon Smith Barneys Clearance systems and Depository Trust
Company.
Express SWIFT
Jul 1999 Jan 2002
Involved in the enhancement and production support of Express SWIFT the UNIX platform based
application that had interface between the Settlement systems and the external bank agents routed
through SWIFT network. The application was used in the Global Securities, Treasury, Swaps and
For ex Trading Desk of SSB. End of Day positions of accounts were sent to the Securities Lending

Group. This application used Auto sys as a Job Scheduling tool for scheduling various time based
jobs.
Turbo SWIFT
Apr 1998 Jun 1999
Involved in the production support of Turbo SWIFT application - a third party tool used by Salomon
Smith Barney for Trade Settlement with the external banking agents routed through the SWIFT
network.