LANCE H.

HOROWITZ
14 Azalea Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816
(Home) 732-613-0959 (cell) 908-202-6762
E-mail: LanceHorowitz@aol.com
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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
Experienced applications development manager exhibiting strong leadership and su
pervisory skills for Fortune 100 Company. Expertise in SDLC project management
methodologies from the project inception to the post-deployment phase. Demonstr
ated leadership in launching new and enhanced projects. Extensive project manag
ement skills including resource management, risk assessment, cost analysis. Exte
nsive knowledge in Enterprise COBOL II, DB2, CICS, SQL SERVER, IBM JCL, MVS, I
SPF/TSO, QMF, Syncsort, RACF, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office products, HTML
, VISIO, Changeman and Remedy. Successfully completed several Project Management
courses. Great inter-personal skills. Excellent oral and written communication
skills.
EXPERIENCE
GalaxE.Solutions, Inc.
Technical Lead - Consultant
March 2009 - June 2009
As a technical lead for a major pharmaceutical client, Medco, I managed the day
to day activities of a staff of 4 onshore and 5 offshore consultants. Managed th
e Home Delivery sub team for a 3 month HIPAA assignment.
• Provided FRD analysis, writing of TSDs, Mainframe development programming, unit
testing and integration testing for client.
• Calculated and applied LOEs in creating budgetary estimates.
• Created and managed the sub team's project plan using Microsoft Project. Used th
is to manage the weekly tasks for the assigned resources.
• Managed the weekly team meetings and provided various status reports to upper ma
nagement.
• Managed the resource allocations and staffing plans for the sub team.
• Managed the Home Delivery portion of the HIPAA budget.
• Worked with other various technical leads to ensure the project was running acco
rding to plan. If there were any delays, they needed to be identified quickly an
d defined. Issues and risks were fully documented if necessary.
• Managed the requirement changes through proper change controls.
• Assisted in the creation and updating of the Productivity Model to assist with b
udget maintenance.
• Worked with RPM (Rational Portfolio Management) to input project financials.
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company December 1985 - October 2008
Manager – Applications Development January 2003 - October 2008
Managed a staff of 15-20 developers, business systems analysts and testers. Full
responsibility for creating, developing and coordinating multiple, complex proj
ects from inception to post-deployment using SDLC methodologies. Activities inc
luded interviewing business and technical leads in gathering requirements, coord
inating the development of Business Requirements and Technical Specification Doc
uments, and creating and managing project plans. Interfaced with managers of di
fferent IT areas as well as the business areas. Supported all of the ADG Compens
ation systems.
• Implemented a new compensation plan for MetLife sales reps and managers utilizin
g mainframe batch, online interfaces, client server and website reporting. Assis
ted in several development activities when resources were limited in order to me
et critical project milestones.

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• Managed, and was the subject matter expert on 12 compensation related systems, s
ome being legacy. Managed the time and resources directed to these multiple sys
tems. Supervised all the development activities within these systems utilizing b
atch and online interfaces. Ensured weekly delivery of the
field payroll in an effective and timely manner. Conducted weekly meetings with
the business to go over statuses, priorities and upcoming release schedules.
• Managed the successful implementation of the ADG Compensation Reporting Website
and the NEF Compensation plan.
• Managed the Core Processing project for the re-platform of the MLFS field force
compensation plan into a new environment. Wrote the Concept charter, the scope
document, created and managed the project plans, and helped administer the plan
for business requirements and other specification documents.
• Managed the Field Payroll Gross to Net project migration of the entire net payro
ll processing to the Administrative payroll department.
• Managed the transition of all maintenance and production support activities to a
new Platform Services group.
Project Manager June 1998 - December 2002
• Directed a team responsible for converting a legacy system to a new DB2 batch an
d on-line system. Designed, developed and coded the new field payroll commission
system.
• Project Leader for a team of JAVA developers in charge of extracting data from a
Data Warehouse for loading into the ODS environment.
• Communicated with upper management to ensure that the project plans were up to d
ate and supervised to keep the project moving forward in order to maintain proje
ct milestones.
• Managed Y2K migration projects in Field Payroll.
Senior Systems Analyst May 1995 - May 1998
• Designed and developed functions within CICS on-line applications.
• Established batch systems to interface with on-line applications.
• Assisted in the design and development of electronic systems which were instrume
ntal in replacing obsolete systems with new technologies.
Systems Analyst August 1990 - April 1995
• Designed and developed easy, user-oriented access to corporate databases within
a Front-End Access mechanism.
• Served as a liaison between programmers and end-users in Personal Insurance Fina
ncial Management.
• Provided guidance for a staff of three programmers.
• Designed and developed an electronic process for reconciling Field Payroll suspe
nse accounts.
Programmer/Analyst August 1987 - July 1990
• Wrote, compiled, debugged and executed COBOL, FORTRAN and Culprit programs using
data stored on magnetic tapes and disks.
• Mechanized old manual systems into new electronic ones.
• Developed user-friendly EXECS and JOBS which enabled users to obtain reports fro
m production files.
• Provided guidance in the use of SQL/DS Relational databases, as well as supplies
ad hoc information to upper management.
LANCE H. HOROWITZ
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Programmer December 1985 - July 1987

• Wrote, compiled, debugged and executed COBOL and FORTRAN programs using data sto
red on production files.
• Collected interdepartmental data and applied it to newly written or existing pro
grams.
• Furnished mainframe and PC support to various other units.
EDUCATION
B.S., Computer Science, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, January, 1987
Additional coursework in Economics, Mathematics, Biological and Chemical Science
s
Degree Requirements included courses in: PL/I, Assembler, COBOL, Operating Syste
ms, File Processing and fundamentals in other programming languages such as PASC
AL and FORTRAN.
PROFESSIONAL DESIGNATION
Successfully passed LOMA Exams 1, 2, 3 and 6.
SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS
2008 -- For implementation of NEF Compensation plan.
2007 -- For managing the MLIC Deregistration project for Field Compensation.
2000 -- For spearheading the running of Field Payroll's annual tax/W2 trail in a
n accurate and timely fashion
to meet government mandated dates.
1993 -- For the design and development of Field Payroll's electronic suspense ac
count reconciliation system.
1990 -- For the development of MetLife's APMS (Agency Profit Margin System) Mode
l.