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PAUL HORN
100 DeKruif Place Apt. 9D
Bronx, NY  10475-2440
E-mail: paul@paulhorn.org
Home: (718) 671-5771
Cell: (347) 922-1015
 
SUMMARY
Senior analyst and GUI developer with many years of experience in the financial services.
Strong background in graphical, data base, and communications software.  Proven ability to
diagnose and solve complex problems in a fast-paced environment.
Excellent communication and inter-personal skills.  

SKILLS

* Java, C, C++, Perl, Visual Basic .net, COBOL, FORTRAN.
* UNIX (Solaris), Swing, Motif, TIBCO, VOS (Stratus), Oracle and MS SQL.
* Experience with Microsoft Visual Studio, Windows 7, 10,  Vista and XP, WORD, and EXCEL

* Six Sigma Green Belt
* Notary Public.

 
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AT&T Mobility, Paramus, NJ                            2008-2018 

          Industrial Internet of Things, Advanced Solution Care, AT&T Technology and Network Operations

   Troubleshoot data transmission issues of large companies and government agencies and process reports of service outages.

National Business Ordering - order equipment and service and handle transfer of ownership and other business details.


American Home Mortgage, Melville, NY    2007
* Loansoft Support Technician     
* Work in an IT call center helping loan officers and processors with software issues.
Argent Mortgage Corporation, White Plains, NY  2003-2007
* Mortgage Underwriter and Senior Funder
* Analyze income, credit, title, appraisals, and other factors in making lending decisions. Certify papers after mortgage closings.  Insure settlement is in balance and conforms to all regulations.  Wire funds
Bridgett McMillan, Esq., New York, NY    2002 - 2003
* Mortgage Processor and Traveling Notary (Contract)
* Guide mortgage borrowers through closing process.
Merrill Lynch, Jersey City, NJ     1994 to 2002
Herzog, Heine, Geduld (acquired by Merrill)  
AVP / Merrill Lynch Global Markets and Investment Banking Technology (2002)
Lead X Windows GUI developer for NASD traders.
* Coordinated with traders on needs for new applications and enhancements.
  Modern applications, written in C, C++/Motif, and Java/Swing for Sun workstations,
  using TIBCO/Rendezvous for communications and Oracle SQL for data base access,
  enabled traders to increase profits by managing heavy activity at market open
  and at IPO introductions.
* Redesigned and implemented changes to trading systems for decimalization.
  Project completed on time to 100% satisfaction.
Senior Programmer/Analyst (1994 to 2002)
Herzog, Heine, Geduld        
Senior software developer for NASD trading systems.
* Created and implemented a dozen graphical applications for Sun workstations
  (in C, C++, and Java) that greatly enhanced productivity for NASD traders
  in a growing market:
* POSMON – software for traders to display lists of stock symbols and their net
  positions, along with many other variables, in a colorful display.  Written in C,
  using Rendezvous (TIBCO) communications software and the Motif tool kit.
* ooLookUp – arranged orders by price levels in a multi-tabbed GUI, allowing traders
  to search, sort, and execute their orders.  Used linked lists to dynamically
  coordinate changes to orders from both broadcast data and user actions.
  Written in C, using Oracle OCI, and Rendezvous communications.
* TICKER – C/Motif software - customizable moving ticker on workstation showing
  changes to stocks of interest.
* PENDING – multitabbed application showing exposure status of new orders and
  disposition of completed sales.  Using Tibco and Oracle, initially written in
  C/Motif, rewritten in Java/Swing.
* ALERTMON – Places all incoming “pop up” warnings under user control.
* Successfully enhanced all graphical applications for evening trading.
* Successfully insured Y2K compliance with all graphical applications.
* Wrote new documentation on various applications and a new manual on development
  procedures.
* After several years on trading systems using Stratus mini computers, worked to
  replace the COBOL Stratus software with colorful, straightforward,
  and quick applications in C and Java for Sun workstations.
Telekurs, North America, New York, NY    1981 to 1994
Standard and Poors Trading Systems (acquired by Telekurs)
Monchik-Weber Corporation (acquired by Standard and Poors)
Senior Systems Analyst (1984 to 1994)      
Design, code, test, audit, and document a number of systems related to transmitting,
  logging, and calculating data from the world's stock and commodity exchanges.
* Developed system to calculate commodity indices as a second source for Goldman Sachs.
  Work was on Data General MV minicomputer systems with code in C, FORTRAN77,
  and Assembler.
* Lead team of five on project to develop new, higher speed ticker, combining data
  from many stock, option, and commodity exchanges in one feed.
Systems Analyst (1981 to 1984)
* Coded, tested, and debugged stock ticker systems.
* Working in assembler, wrote new program to decode various stock tickers
  into English text for troubleshooting and reports.
 
EDUCATION
* B.S., Mathematics, New York University, Polytechnic Institute
* Honors graduate, Bronx High School of Science