Matthew Zalk's Email Addresses & Phone Numbers

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Vice President of Application Server Competency Center @ State Street Created and managed of the Application Server Competency Center. Competency Center's responsibilities included setting standards support of Websphere, interfacing with the vendor, and seeding the corporation with J2EE knowledge globally. Managed the creation of a reference application demonstrating the use of design patterns, creation of a framework, security, XML, and LDAP. Competency Center's responsibilities grew to include Portal Server, Workflow, and Actuate. Served on teams to set architectural standards, review application designs, and create enterprise standards for the corporation. From July 2000 to October 2006 (6 years 4 months) Westwood, MAAssistant Vice President @ State Street Managed a team that designed and created object-oriented middleware in CORBA using C++ and Java. Middleware was deployed globally and was used by a number of applications including the largest online application for the corporation. Managed education on technical decisions and design reviews which resulted in organization consensus across teams on defining interfaces. From February 1997 to July 2000 (3 years 6 months) Westwood, MASenior Systems Officer @ State Street Responsible for all LAN, communication and technical issues within the United States Financial Asset Service Division. Responsible for the deployment of technology to the clients of the division. Set the standards by which all software is deployed in the above-mentioned division. Managed the upgrade to a Novell 4.01 LAN and the deployment of Lotus Notes and Client/Server applications. From April 1994 to April 1996 (2 years 1 month) N. Quincy, MASenior Systems Analyst @ State Street Responsible for a staff of Novell Network Administrators. Integrated shrink-wrapped, shareware and in-house developed applications. Worked with other areas of the bank to develop change control procedures. Assisted development and testing areas in the deployment of in-house applications. From March 1993 to April 1994 (1 year 2 months) N. Quincy, MASystems Analyst /Network Administrator @ State Street Designed, installed and maintained a Novell token ring network with a SNA gateway to an IBM mainframe. Selected vendors and trained all operators in the use of the network and assorted software packages. Provided technical assistance to regional users. Analyzed and resolved telecommunication problems. Demonstrated, trained and installed the on-line product to clients in North America. Developed quality assurance plans. From November 1990 to March 1993 (2 years 5 months) N. Quincy, MASenior Support Representative @ State Street Analyzed and resolved telecommunication problems with the vendor that served as our public data carrier and the provider of our electronic mail service. Demonstrated, trained and installed the on-line product to clients in North America. Provided technical assistance to site offices and developed quality assurance test plans. From August 1989 to November 1990 (1 year 4 months) N. Quincy, MASupport Representative @ State Street Provided assistance to clients that subscribed to our international PC on-line information access system. Conducted quality assurance testing as well as developing an array of applications on the PC. Recommended the appropriate PC equipment to various departments. From November 1988 to August 1989 (10 months) N. Quincy, MATechnical Advisor @ State Street Assisted the accounting staff by providing technical support and serving as a liaison to the systems departments. Served as a project team member on major development efforts by testing program changes. Also served as the problem coordinator. Managed system problems for the division to determine if a problem existed, assigned the priority to the problem and resolved the problem with the systems developers. From June 1987 to November 1988 (1 year 6 months) N. Quincy, MAPortfolio Accountant @ State Street Responsibilities included cash management, trial balances of funds, working investment managers, settling trades and providing monthly portfolio reports in the Global Division. From June 1986 to November 1988 (2 years 6 months) N. Quincy, MAAssistant Treasurer @ State Street Responsible for integration and deployment issues for a web based product (Performance & Analytics On-line). Responsible for the deployment of technology to international site offices. Served as a member of a committee to set Internet security standards and evaluate the issuance of digital certificates. Evaluated new technology and products for a development area in the Information Technology Division. From April 1996 to February 1997 (11 months) N. Quincy, MAVice President of Open Source Management @ State Street Led the corporate Open Source Management initiative and the implementation of Black Duck Software. Included completing a proof of concept, socializing the solution, negotiating the price, producing the budget, and implementing the solution. Facilitated a team composed of Architecture, Corporate Security, Legal, and Risk & Compliance to redefine open source policy. Led a team that identified and implemented enterprise solutions for security-related issues, remediating risk to the corporation and reported status to corporate Audit. Served as a member of the corporate architecture team, providing a cloud solution for the enterprise. Served as stakeholder for agile projects utilizing mainframe web services. Managed the hiring of resources, prioritization of deliverables, and reporting to senior management. From May 2013 to August 2017 (4 years 4 months) Quincy, MAVice President of Mainframe Web Services @ State Street Led the project management of a development team that created reusable web services called over 5 million times per day. Collaborated with teams in defining interfaces and functionality to bring greater robustness to the environment. Managed the SDLC and minimized risk to applications calling web services. Manage the migration of the Mainframe Web Services environment to the corporate clouds IaaS & PaaS environments. Significantly improved the quality of code while increasing productivity by redefining the development process. Included implementing Atlassian’s Jira product for the department. Met with senior management and provided the status of projects and produced budget information for the department. Managed a development team composed of U.S. employees and off shore contractors. From October 2006 to June 2013 (6 years 9 months) Westwood, MA