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Peter Ford

Jupiter,FL

Summary

Dynamic programmer with a track record of effective problem-solving and a continuous drive for technical growth. Seeking opportunities to leverage my expertise in database development and application support to deliver innovative solutions and drive results.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

App Support Team Lead

ACA Group
10.2022 - Current
  • Organized and led a team of 5 employees to meet target SLA on ACA’s flagship surveillance products ( Market Abuse Surveillance and eComms )
  • Optimized workflows to successfully reduce the average rate of daily ETL tickets by 40%
  • Utilized analytics tools like Zendesk to measure benchmarks and identify areas of improvement for the support workflow
  • Performed thorough debugging and investigation of .NET codebase
  • Direct communication with clients to gather feedback and translate requirements to be added to the product roadmap

Senior Implementation Specialist

ACA Group
06.2018 - 10.2022
  • Onboard 30+ hedge funds and wealth managers to ACA's trade surveillance tool, Market Abuse Surveillance
  • Developed T-SQL code to perform ETL on client provided trades, holdings, and securities files
  • Collaborated with client vendors and IT teams to ensure data integrity throughout the onboarding process
  • Utilized knowledge of financial principles to assist clients with fine-tuning of algorithms
  • Made enhancements to the algorithms used to improve detection accuracy
  • Performed End-to-End testing and debugging during release cycles

Database Developer

Association of Computing Machinery
01.2015 - 05.2018
  • Developed StAX ETL parsers to replace legacy PLSQL stored procedures which improved performance by 30%
  • Created ColdFusion Front End for generating reports, ranging from Bibliometric data to article download statistics
  • Maintained and expanded a Spring REST API (DL V1) for mobile apps and affiliated journal sites, integrating Elasticsearch for improved search functionality
  • Orchestrated a workflow to update the Elasticsearch Index with changes from the Oracle Production Database.

Education

BA - Information Systems

Baruch College
New York City, NY

Skills

  • T-SQL / SQL Server
  • C#
  • Python
  • PLSQL
  • Financial Principles
  • Effective Communication
  • Zendesk
  • Git

Timeline

App Support Team Lead

ACA Group
10.2022 - Current

Senior Implementation Specialist

ACA Group
06.2018 - 10.2022

Database Developer

Association of Computing Machinery
01.2015 - 05.2018

BA - Information Systems

Baruch College
Peter Ford