Profile
- More than 6 years of Point-of-Sale application development and certification experience
- Extensive experience in managing and certifying POS integrated solutions and devices for various major merchants; ranging from small merchants to Tier 1 merchants such as Walmart
- Excellent knowledge of POS integration applications such as AJB FiPay and Tender Retail Multi
- Subject Matter Expert on PED device key injection and wide support of the bank's key injection infrastructure
- Consistently deliver quality results within approved schedules and budget
- Ability to work under pressure, provide accurate timeline estimates, and meet strict deadlines
- Dedicated and reliable, yet very welcoming and approachable individual
- Work well with team members, effectively share my knowledge and provide strong technical recommendations to others
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TD Bank Financial Group - IT Solutions Developer, Bank Card Networks
- Develop and unit test various enhancements for multiple BASE24 releases adhering to the SRS (eg. Gilbarco key upload, Amex compliance, Mastercard compliance, Amex VPT/Voice authorizations, MasterCard support for cash advances, IMN Triple DES support, Maestro Pre-authorization for non-fuel merchants, manual Maestro for US merchants, North America UI, etc.)
- Create SDS, deployment strategies, system deployment plans, and change management documents for BASE24 changes (eg. North America project)
- Upgrade development environments with various deployed code (XPNET 3.1, TSS 9.2, Trillium)
- Perform integration test, system testing, and performance testing for various BASE24-pos release projects such as iPOS, North America, TSS 9.2 upgrade, etc.)
- Supported AJB in integrating their solution with the Vantiv interface for the North America project
TD Bank Financial Group - Merchant Point-of-Sale Solutions
- Managed (using MS project), certified and delivered MAG and EMV Point-of-Sale solutions projects for debit and credit (IDP, Visa, MasterCard, Amex, , Visafinancial POS transaction processing for various merchants ranging from small to Tier 1 merchants
- Managed all key injection projects for all new standalone and integrated POS devices (such as Ingenico U32 CPX based, VeriFone MX/VX, NBS Sagem devices, Motorola DCR, and others) by directing and coordinating efforts across various device vendors and appropriate TD parties, as well as executed all project technology related activities: from requirements to deployment phase, and support to Equipment Services
- Performed MasterCard TIP Acquire certification using the official MasterCard TIP simulator
- Provided technology expert advice to TD Merchant Services related to POS integrations and key injection
- Assessed technology/business risks during certification projects and advised appropriate solutions
- Configured and maintained BASE24 environment to meet Point-of-Sale solutions testing requirements
- Designed and implemented a conversion utility of PIN pad master keys with encryption, decryption and merging functionality to support a new key file structure implemented on BASE24
- Designed, implemented, and tested a forecasting facility in C# for managers’ use according to provided specifications (a tool for producing financial monthly and quarterly forecasts within an acceptable variance)
- Built a test script repository database application in VB.NET to be utilized by our team to electronically store Point-of-Sale solutions certification test cases and results
- Implemented, documented and tested JCL and COBOL program changes for Visa Merchant Services
- Setup and modified OS/390 test environments to accommodate POS certification projects and run job streams to produce and analyze merchant reconciliation reports
- Resolved production issues pertaining to Point-of-Sale solutions and key injection
- Trained group members on use of the above developed software
Tenatronics Limited - Programmer Analyst
- Designed and implemented a utility written in C# to efficiently backup an SQL database.
- Built an automation facility that corresponds with a Network Analyzer in C# that allows the measurement of Radio Frequency performance of vehicle antennas.
- Assisted in the development of a 3-tier Material Requirements Planning software written in VBA used with MS SQL on the back end, as well as provided users with support.
- Developed and maintained the corporate website using HTML /DHTML, JavaScript and CSS, as well as designed the web graphics in Photoshop and Fireworks.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
POS Integrations/Tools/Devices
AJB FiPay, Tender Retail Multi (Windows and Linux), Beanstream, TD Smartcard Integration Test Tool, CPX, Tellium 1/2 devices, VeriFone MX/VX XPI devices, KaSyS POS Requester and Issuer Simulators, VTS, MasterCard TIP certification software
BASE24-pos
XPNET, Pathway, Pathcom, NCPCOM, Servers, Requesters, FUP, TD’s Acquirer and Issuers BASE24-pos configuration, Not-from-Us and On-Us, Interfaces: ICTS HISO, IMN, MasterCard, VisaNet, Amex, Vantiv, VPT/VRU HISO
Systems
BASE24/Tandem Guardian, Windows (3.1, 95, 98, NT4.0, 2000, ME, XP, Vista, 7), Linux, IBM OS/390
Programming Languages
TAL, TACL, C/C++, C#, Java, VB.NET/VB6.0/VBA, SQL, JCL, S/COBOL, D/HTML, XML, Perl
Concepts
EMV, Cryptography, SPDH, Credit and Debit payment processing, PED security, HSMs ,OOP, RDBMS, SDLC, UML
Developing Environments
Visual Studio (6.0 - .NET 2008), NetBeans, Ecliplse, IntelliJ
PC Software
Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office Suite (97-2007), Lotus Notes, Adobe Software (Fireworks, Dreamweaver, Photoshop 6.0-CS2