LAURENCE ZHANG

                (215) 519-5891

                           l-zhang@outlook.com

 

PROFILE

·               7+ years of hands-on enterprise data architect experience with data integration strategy design, master data management, data modeling, SQL development/tuning, ETL strategy design, dimensional modeling, and database administration.

·               10+ years overall IT experience covering full life cycle of complex global system requirement analysis/validation, development, test, release, and help desk support with a variety of mix of hardware and software.

 

EXPERIENCE

m-Clinical Solution, Levittown, PA                                                                                                                                 2014.3 - Present

Sr. Enterprise Architect/Product Manager

Technology: Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, J2EE, JavaScript, Pentaho, XML/Json, Jira, Agile Scrum, Talend Studio, SpagoBI, and REST.

·               Design and architect clinical trial data integration system with ELT process, SOA, and master data management technology; finalize and document data models and process flow based on system/user requirements; research NoSQL and big data packages to see fit for log data analysis.

·               Establish design and implementation strategy and procedures for enterprise data architecture standardization; conceptualize product feature design and develop product specification and design documents with business director and scientists.

·               Lead 8-member team on development, test, and rollout of company’s first web based trial information management system with mobile features.

 

CoL Group, Phila, PA                                                      2009.6 – 2014.2

Sr. Architect/Product Lead

Technology: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, Microsoft Dynamics CRM, Salesforce.com, XML/Json, .Net Framework (ASP, VB, C#, WCF, Web API, MVC), JavaScript, REST, Jira, Agile Scrum, R, and SharePoint.

·               Led 5-member team; designed and implemented enterprise data store with the goal of consolidating portfolio analysis and performance/attribution systems; performed data quality analysis; migrated accounting system in house from managed service model involving data flow and database schema re-customization. 

·               Built portfolio performance BI data warehouse solution with SharePoint portal as front end; implemented client service solution prototype with Microsoft CRM and salesforce for management evaluation; developed reporting portal to expedite daily operation process performance by 30%.

·               Reengineered a portfolio management system that retrieve, remap, and transform data from various SQL-based databases, spreadsheets, and flat files; preformed data quality analysis on data from internal and external multiple systems; prepared input data for R package and run analysis; rewrote queries and procedures of an asset allocation system resulting 90% performance improvement.

·               Interfaced with portfolio managers, traders, analysts, and operation team to capture the business requirement and set project priorities for mission critical projects and supervise the staff to deliver the solutions on time.

·               Determined appropriate mixed use of open source and commercial technology/software framework for system development; built and customized intranet portal.

 

 

Aberdeen Asset Management, Philadelphia, PA                 2007.7 – 2009.5

Analyst/Architect

Technology: MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, J2EE, .Net Framework (ASP, VB, C#, WCF, Web API, MVC), XML/Json, and REST.

·               Led 3-member team; architected automated data integration solution across multiple relational databases in support of corporate merges efforts; implemented reporting portal for equity management team; built an executive dashboard for firm-wide portfolio performance review.

·               Redesigned and documented new data integration processes based on existing unstructured Access based fixed income portfolio application; performed data quality analysis and delivered a new performance and attribution reporting system that consolidated various data sources.

·               Undertook database administrator role in maintaining portfolio analysis/trading databases for portfolio managers and quant team with duty of backup, restore, performance tuning, and disaster recovery.

 

Time Warner, New York, NY                                                                                                                                               2005.5 – 2007.6

Product Data Lead

Technology: J2EE, Weblogic, Oracle, .Net Framework, SSIS, SSRS, SSAS, MySQL, JavaScript, XML/Json, R, jBPM, and REST.

·               Designed and implemented a brand new data management for studio inventory management system; built a media distribution data mart to analyze company’s inventory allocation.

·               Led the efforts of building BPM system prototype.

·               Led the cross functional team to implement data mart package estimating additional revenues generated from existing media portfolio with new production release through extensive historical financial data and diverse scenario analysis.

·               Coordinated with three project teams to ensure accuracy and consistency of production data across corporate enterprise systems.

 

Deutsche Bank, New York, NY                                                                                                                                                2004.1 – 2005.4

Lead Analyst

Technology: J2EE, Weblogic, Tibco, Oracle, .Net Framework, SQL Server, JavaScript, MySQL, and C#.Net,

·               Delivered a centralized portfolio management system consolidating discrete fund performance analysis spread sheets to produce more efficient risk management reporting structure for absolute return managers.

·               Researched and analysed fixed-income electronic trading system; identified bottlenecks of trade processing; designed and implemented integrated solutions to enhance trading performance.

·               Coordinated multiple fixed-income trading system releases with onshore and offshore teams.

 

 

Ajilon, LLC, King of Prussia, PA                                                                                                                           2001.2 – 2003.12

Consultant

Technology: J2EE, Weblogic, InfoPath, Oracle, XML, and MySQL.

·               Advocated open-source software solutions to management through detailed cost analysis; implemented enterprise content management application that realized a 26% savings.

·               Led a Data Mart development effort for mortgage servicer analysis.

·         Led design and implementation for a pharmaceutical client's next generation global Clinical Trial Monitoring System that saved $2.9 million in data collection and analysis costs.

·         Established development guidelines to integrate corporate supply chain management and financial systems that reduced 32% of order-processing time.

·         Led project team of six engineers to overhaul existing mortgage banking application and support corporate merger strategy, reducing processing costs by 30%.

 

 

EDUCATION              

 

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH                                                                                                                         

M.S., Civil Engineering

 

Technology Certification

·               Oracle Certified DBA

·               Oracle Certified Java Developer

·               Microsoft Certification in Visual Basic.

 

Technical Knowledge

·               Operation System: UNIX, Linux, Windows.

·               Database: Oracle (PL/SQL), SQL Server (T-SQL), and MySQL.

·               SQL Tool: Toad and SQL Navigator.

·               Version Control: Subversion, Soursafe, and GIT.

·               CRM  Package: Microsoft Dynamics and salesforce.com

·               BI/ETL Package: Pentaho, Informatica, and SSIS.

·               Reporting: Cognos, SSRS, and Crystal.

·               Analysis Package: R,SAS, and Matlab.

·               Data Modeling: Power Architect and Erwin.

·               Architecture: Client-Server, Multi-Tier Web/Mobile, and Service Oriented Architecture.

·               Framework: Microsoft .Net Framework (ASP, VB, C#), J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, and GWT.

·               Application Server: IIS, WebLogic, and JBoss.

·               Development Methodology: Waterfall, Agile, and RUP.

·               Interface Protocol: XML (XSLT/XPATH) and JSon.

·               Mobile Platform: iOS and Android.

·               Scripting: JavaScript, VB Script, Perl, and Unix shell.

·               Data Management Package: Informatica Data Quality, Talend Studio

·               Content Management System/Portal: Documentum, SharePoint.

 

 

 

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