Mark Hjalmarson

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Mark N. Hjalmarson

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Biography

University at Buffalo Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) - Business


Resume

  • 2001

    M.Sc.

    My masters thesis researched the use of computer-mediated communication (CMC) and it's appropriate use in the business world.

    Organizational Communication & Development

    Canisius College

  • 1997

    BS

    Graduated with honors

    cum laude

    Computer Information Systems

    Cloud Security Alliance Norway

    Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge Foundation

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    ITIL Foundation in IT Service Management

    CSME

    Inc.

  • 1995

    Studies in

    Computer Science

  • Habitat for Humanity Buffalo

    Firefighter

    Served as a firefighter and captain.

    Main-Transit Fire Department

    Virtualization

    Software Project Management

    Disaster Recovery

    IT Management

    Project Management

    VMware

    Business Management

    Staff Management

    Microsoft SQL Server

    Management

    Security

    System Administration

    Application Development

    Custom Software Development

    Program Management

    Testing

    Software Development

    Offshore Software Development

    Leadership

    Vendor Management

    Hjalmarson

    MSc.

    CCSK

    ITIL® Foundation

    Mark

    Hjalmarson

    MSc.

    CCSK

    ITIL® Foundation

    M&T Bank

    University at Buffalo

    Time Warner Cable

    Graphic Controls

    KeyBank

    Buffalo/Niagara

    New York Area

    IT and Financial Integrated Auditing. Governance

    Risk and

    Compliance Management (GRC). Assessment and recommendations related to Emerging Technology Risks.\n\nHeavy emphasis on data analytics and searching for anomalies in large data sets.\n\nAssurance activities related to alignment with major regulations and application design

    development

    and implementation.\n\nProvide consultation to the organization related to Cloud Computing Risks and Controls.\n\nKnowledge of relevant regulations and frameworks including COBIT

    PCI

    NIST

    ITIL

    Cloud Control Framework

    FFIEC

    GLBA

    SOX.\n\nCurrently studying for AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and CISA exam.

    Information Technology / Cyber Audit Consultant

    M&T Bank

    Buffalo/Niagara

    New York Area

    As IT product manager for the End User Computing environment in Digital Workspaces

    I have responsibility to provide thought leadership and visionary planning for all aspects of how our employees utilize 30

    000+ computing devices to interact with corporate systems within our organization. \n\nWe are charged with disrupting the status quo in a professional and business-like manner in order to challenge our teams to bring industry leading solutions to our employees.

    IT Product Manager

    End User Computing and Desktop as a Service

    M&T Bank

    Served as working team leader for the Network Operations group.

    KeyBank

    M&T Bank

    Buffalo/Niagara

    New York Area

    Within the IT shared services team

    manage the Intelligent Process Systems Automation practice

    which provides horizontal services across the organization with a focus on systems that automate business processes. Some of the technologies within the practice include Blue Prism RPA

    IBM BPM

    and IBM Urban Code Deploy (DevOps). \n\nHands-on leader for full stack development team including Java

    JS

    REST

    and Oracle/MSSQL. Guidance for creation of user stories that align with our toolsets.\n\nImplemented Continuous Integration and Continuous Development practices within the team to streamline application development activities and greatly improve operational efficiency in support of Agile delivery methodology.

    Practice Manager and Principal Consultant

    Intelligent Process Automation

    Developed and supported internal systems used by sales and customer service. Provided level 2 and level 3 end user support.

    Graphic Controls

    Adjunct Instructor

    School of Management - Management Science & Systems

    I am an adjunct instructor at the UB School of Management

    where I teach the following MIS undergraduate and graduate courses:\n\nSystems Analysis & Design (MGS 405 / MGS 614): Provides an introduction to the systems development life cycle (SDLC) emphasizing the recent adaptive approaches to SDLC

    such as the unified process life cycle and agile methods. The course focuses on the disciplines of business modeling

    requirements analysis

    and logical design and utilizes the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for analysis

    modeling

    and design of business-oriented information systems. Information assurance issues of system controls and security are covered with respect to their impact on system requirements and design models.\n\nTelecommunications Technology (MGS 402): This course combines basic and fundamental theory of telecommunications

    such as TCP/IP

    network and data security

    and the layered network model. Along with practical hands-on labs and use cases involving cloud-computing

    Internet of Things

    and Blockchain technologies. The course includes a capstone where students propose a technology solution that utilizes these technologies

    followed by a presentation to their peers.\n\nManagement of IT Projects (MGS 425 / MGS 625):MIS concentration capstone course. Advanced MIS majors

    operating as a high performance team

    will engage in and complete the design and implementation of a significant information system

    Project management

    management of the IS function

    and systems integration will be components of the project experience.

    University at Buffalo

    M&T Bank

    Lead a team on the Windows 7 Migration Program that was responsible for technical support/analysis

    Windows server upgrades/migrations

    PC imaging

    and retail branch migrations.

    Project Delivery Manager

    Infrastructure Engineering & Solutions

    Buffalo/Niagara

    New York Area

    Answered customer calls for service issues and new service requests. Dispatched repair and installation technicians.

    Time Warner Cable

    M&T Bank

    Buffalo/Niagara

    New York Area

    I oversaw all I.T. delivery within the Commercial and Credit divisions for M&T Bank. My day-to-day responsibilities include full staff management / development

    technical and project oversight of all projects (10-15 at any given time) within my team including regular architecture / design review. I regularly interface with senior business line managers

    senior technical managers as well as offshore and onshore developers

    business analysts

    product managers

    infrastructure engineers

    and database administrators.\n\nMajor accomplishments include lead role as technical/BA delivery manager for several systems that were built including the scoring and monitoring application for liquidity risk reporting and liquidity stress testing

    of which data was used for FRB reporting. These projects encompassed the full project lifecycle including application security controls

    system requirements

    specifications/use-cases

    design/development

    performance testing

    system/functional testing

    data conversions

    and implementation. The systems are heavily integrated and have multiple high-availability features. \n\nSoftware development processes we used include both agile and traditional waterfall-based.\n\nPrior to working in application development at the Bank

    I managed a business analyst team that was responsible for eliciting and documenting infrastructure requirements on projects.

    Application Development Manager

    Commercial and Credit Application Systems Delivery