Gregory A.

Clay
312-502-6513
gregoryaclay@cs.com

--PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY--
Accomplished Project Manager & Business Analyst with 10+ years
leveraging broad talents in technology and staff leadership to design deliver an
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maintain advanced solutions for prominent telecommunications clients (SBC,
Ameritech, and Southern New England Telephone). Consistent record of
achievement in consultative engagements, with ability to identify business goals
,
envisions the solution, develop strategy, estimate resources and deliver project
s on
time/budget.
* Continuously seek innovative ways to improve operation productivity, through
the introduction of new technologies, systems, methods and controls.
* Proficient at building strong and positive relationships with key clients,
organization management and end-users.
* Uncompromising commitment to performance excellence with an ardent bias
for action. Thrive in fast-paced environments, readily adapting to evolving
business and technology challenges.
--KEY COMPETENCIES--
Systems Analysis & Design
Project Management
eCommerce Software Applications
Business Process Re-engineering
System Testing & Defect Resolution
Electronic Data Interchange
SDLC & PMI Methodologies
Virtual/On-site Meeting Facilitation
Implementation & Support
Client Relationship Management
Use Cases & Business Requirements
Risk Management
--PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS--
Project Management Professional (PMP) - PMI
Certified Software Testing Engineer (CSTE)
--PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE--
Nella Enterprises, Chicago, IL 01/2006 - Current
Equity Options Trader 3+ years
Trade equity options for personal book. Define and Analyze short term investment
strategies. Apply advanced investment concepts to option trades. Performs in-de
pth analysis of investment performance, taking into account financial market con
ditions, market trends, portfolio construction and positioning, and risk toleran
ce. Utilize knowledge of investment concepts and strategies, risk management con
cepts, and analytical methodologies.
* Positive track record of options trades over an extended time period.
* Developed customized application of investment tools.
* Created customized options trading system.
* Proven ability to accept and mange risk.
SBC Telecommunications, Inc, Chicago, IL 09/2003 - 12/2005
Consultant/Project Manager/Business Analyst 1 year 9 months
Key Project Accomplishments:
* Integrate SBC/AT&T Management Reporting: Project Manager on an
SBC/AT&T merger project to develop a process to acquire, translate, and
report AT&T balance sheet and cash flow financial information into the SBC
MR2000 reporting structure. MR2000 is a management reporting system
that provides a consolidated view of revenue, expense, and product based
revenue information for SBC. External reporting is derived from MR2000,
making it critical for consistency in reporting to federal and state regulators.
* Initiated Project Development Plan (PDP) documents, including baseline
Business Requirements, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Project Issue
Log, etc.
* WINDS & LIghtspeed: Supplied technical leadership and expertise in
defining system architecture, schedule and scope across 9 IT functional
groups for high speed data service offerings to businesses nationwide.
Handled logistics and communications for integration council and vendor
integration council meetings; reported status to IT management.
* Established processes, roles, responsibilities and objectives for a virtual,
multi-regional application integration project team.
* WINDS Ordering IT System Architecture: Coordinated and facilitated
weekly technical architect team meetings (teleconferencing, netmeetings and
on-site). Analyzed and provided feedback on client requirements, system
design documents and process flows.
- Represented team at design, application and client meetings.
- Supported build of business cases and recommended alternatives.
- Created diagrams representing enterprise level system architecture.
- Developed presentation materials to communicate functionality to clients.
- Instituted a reconciliation process comparing functions specified in
system design documents to application interface information on a
Website (context diagrams, process flows and application description).
* Strategic Assessment Team (SAT): Collaborated with technical architects,
business managers, application team leads and project managers to analyze
work requests to align development efforts with strategic plan. Coordinated
and facilitated SAT meetings.
* Developed, implemented and maintained strategic assessment process
Method & Procedures, used as a prototype to introduce an
organizational level SAT process spanning 6 IT Sales/Marketing areas.
* Efforts maximized investment, provided flexible architecture, reduced
number of applications and minimized manual processing.
Environment: MS Office Suite
SBC, Chicago, IL 05/2002 - 05/2003
Consultant/Analyst 1 year
Core member of Midwest Wholesale Integrated Testing team for software releases.
Key Accomplishment:
* Led meetings with the project team to timely resolve system defects,
facilitating rollout of applications on planned system release dates.
Environment: MS Office Suite, WinRunner, Test Director
Southwestern Bell, Chicago, IL 06/2001 - 08/2001
Consultant/Project Manager/Business Analyst 2 months
Key Project Accomplishments:
* Streamlined error messages from 13 states into a uniform set of messages
applicable to all states, facilitating the transmission to trading partners to
identify errors on mechanized (EDI and WEB) purchase orders.
* Supported project management of mechanized ordering systems (EDI and
WEB) at Ameritech and Southern New England Telephone.
- Assessed impact of enhancements, changes and maintenance requests.
- Reviewed and evaluated system test plans/test cases.
- Provided subject matter expertise to product project teams.
Environment: MS Office Suite
Ameritech and Southern New England Telephone (SNET) 12/1999 - 06/2001
Consultant/Project Manager/Business Analyst 1 year 7 months
Vital technical resource on the Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) product team deriv
ed
from merger of SBC and Ameritech. Project managed IT system change requests
to implement an EDI ordering interface for DSL products/services offered by
Ameritech & SNET wholesale business units.
* Created business requirements and EDI system specification documents
used by business units and IT to design system logic and develop methods,
procedures and system test plans.
Key Accomplishment:
* Change requests enabled trading partners to submit EDI purchase orders for
advanced data services.
Environment: MS Office Suite
Ameritech, Chicago, IL 04/1997 - 12/1999
Consultant/Project Manager/Business Analyst 2+ years
Key Project Accomplishments:
* Oversaw IT system change requests to implement an EDI ordering interface
for unbundled elements of the telecommunications network. Created system
specifications, recommended system test cases and reviewed test plans.
* Directed process for updating the Ordering sections of the Ameritech
Electronic Service Ordering Guide (ESOG) and supporting documentation.
* Developed EDI interface ordering specification documents for complex
telecommunications products offered by the wholesale business unit,
complying with industry standards.
Environment: MS Office Suite
EDI Technologies, Chicago, IL 04/1995 - 04/1997
Consultant/Analyst 2 years
Worked with the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) and Illinois Department
of Commerce to establish an e-commerce process for small government suppliers.
Key Accomplishments:
* Presented workshops to government representatives, suppliers and
contractors on how to successfully implement an EDI program.
* Educated 8(a) government contractors on hardware requirements, EDI
translation software, the levels and dispersion of EDI integration, and various
costs involved with setting up an EDI system.
Environment: Client-Server
--TECHNICAL SKILLS--
Software: MS Office Suite, MS Project, MS Outlook, FileNet, Visio, Lotus
Notes, NetMeeting, WinRunner, Test Director, Power Point
EDUCATION: DePaul University, Chicago, IL B.S., Accounting