University at Buffalo Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) - Business
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
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.
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