Crystal Chenoweth
43 Beaver Dam Road, Natick MA 01706,
cj@prouddaddy.net,
(508)308-6547
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant 2007-Present Prouddaddy Consulting
Provide technical assistance for businesses and non-profit clients; including Microsoft Access Development, web development, database reporting and general IT support.- Migrate internal website to new version of IIS and Crystal Reports. Added search feature to website using ASP.net and Microsoft Search.
- Developed new Crystal Reports to meet client's needs
- Developed Access database for daily data reconcilation
- Designed and implemented web sites with database driven content management system for non-profit and business clients, such as www.judithshangold.com
- Maintained and upgraded existing websites and provide technical support for established client base
Director
of Software Development 2003 - 2007
Sungard
Trading and Risk, Bancware, Boston MA
Promoted
to director of software development after eight years working at all
levels in the software development group. Designed and implemented
financial algorithms. Managed a small group of software and quality
assurance engineers. Provided expert advice on software architecture
during the merger and acquisition process. Managed the software
development and release process including project scoping,
requirements gathering and schedules creations.
- Implemented SCRUM (an agile development methodology) to improve quality and release predictability
- Designed and implemented new features in Asset Liability Management software
- Evaluated software architecture and software development processes during the merger and acquisition process
- Developed and presented .Net(C#) prototypes of new user interfaces to gather client feedback
- Presented new technology at international client conferences
- Managed relationship with off shore team of software engineers and quality assurance engineers
- Provided hardware and technology recommendations to prospective clients
- Documented software development process
- Designed and developed automation tools to reduce manual tasks
- Responsible for hiring new software engineers and quality assurance engineers
Senior Software Engineer 1999 - 2003 Sungard Trading and Risk, Bancware, Boston MA
Designed and implemented core functionality of new software product using C++ and COM. Managed maintenance of existing commercial software while actively developing new software. Provided on-site problem resolutions for critical clients issues.-
Designed and implemented many features including
- Black-Scholes valuation for European Options
CMO and MBS security support using INTEX libraries and
third party prepayment models
- Premium amortization algorithms for mortgage backed securities and CMOs
- Interest rate swaps
- Trade accounting
Quality
Assurance Engineer 1997 - 1999
Sungard
Trading and Risk, Bancware, Boston MA
Responsible
for testing and second level support of highly successful risk
management software. Designed regression suite for risk management
software.
- Wrote comprehensive test plans including black box, smoke testing, acceptance testing and performance testing
- Designed and implemented test scripts to automate quality assurance testing
- Improved defect tracking by designing and implementing fault management database
- Provided technical support to in house consulting staff
- Developed new reporting templates for Asset-Liability Management software
Software
Engineer 1996 - 1997
Vedas
Software Solutions
Designed
custom databases and developed custom applications to meet specific
client needs. Met with clients to gather requirements for custom
applications. Developed data verification and graphic user interface.
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Designed and implemented custom applications per client
specifications including
- Sales tax software designed to improve revenues for city governments
- Medical equipment verification database
Software
Consultant 2000
Soma
Group, Westborough, MA
Created
technical and design documentation for existing machine controlling
software.
EDUCATION
Wellesley College B.A. Computer Science, 1996Brandeis University Advanced C++, Software Development Fundamentals, Internet/Intranet
Northeastern University Database Internals, Object Oriented Software Development, Algorithms, User Interface Design
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: VBA, C/C++, PHP, SQL, HTML, C#Database: Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Access, MySQL
Applications: Crystal Reports, Microsoft Access, Microsoft Excel