Anton Sachs
asachs@anton-sachs.com
Professional
Profile
 Information Technology professional since 1989
 Specializing in System Analysis, Rapid Application Development (RAD), GUI Design,
Database Design and Optimization, Data Mining, MS Office and Custom Applications
 Extensive consulting experience in Financial Industry
 RDB / SQL Design and upsizing.
 Legacy Application Maintenance and Upgrade
 Hands-on experience with all major databases
 Excellent problem-solving and communication skills
 Proven track of successful, on-time implementations
Technical
Skills
VBA  Access  Excel  VB  Front Office / MS Office – 20 years
SQL Server  Sybase  Oracle  P/T-SQL – 16 years
Experience in VB, VB.Net, ASP, JavaScript, HTML, XML, C, Windows API, COM, DOM, SOAP
Education
 Bachelor of Science (BS), PACE, NYC (1984)
 1 year Graduate School, Princeton University, Computer Science (2003).
Some of the
clients:
Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Pfizer, Citibank, NYPD, NYC Board of Ed, Aventis, ChaseMellon,
Credit Suisse, HSBC, Mercantile Exchange, Christie’s, Merck, Chemical Bank, DLJ
Some of the recent short term projects.
Panalpina, Morristown, NJ / Basel, Switzerland
May 2011 – July 2011
Application, Template and Report Developer
VBA, Excel 2003, 2007, XML, Outlook API, SQL Server
Design and setup of User Interface for entering data into a Global Freight Logistics Application
 Design of Excel Templates generating XML files for Inventory and accounting systems (Excel, VBA, XML, SQL)
 Implemented a module to email resulting XML to corporate HQ (VBA, Outlook API, VBScript)
 Implemented a module to import XML to corporate HQ SQL Server (SQL)
Jefferies, 520 Madison Avenue, NYC
Application / Report Developer
February 2011 – April 2011
Access, Excel, VBA, SharePoint, SQL
Design of HR Hiring Efficiency measurement and improvement system
 Created an Excel interface for entering HR data into SQL Server via SharePoint (VBA, SQL, Excel, SharePoint)
 Created a correlation and analysis engine with MS Access GUI (VBA, Access, SQL)
 Setup a application generating custom reports based on user defined parameters (Access, Excel, VBA)
Developer
Short term freelance contracts: Benchmark, BrooklynSpaces, Others
2010
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Access, SQL Server, ASP, Excel, VBA, VB, .Net, .COM, API, HTML, JavaScript
Design and development of MS Office-Based applications (Access, VBA, Excel, Outlook, COM, SQL)
Desktop GUI design (Access, VBA, VB, Excel, Word, DLL, COM)
Data integration and Correlation (Access, SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, Excel)
Maintenance and upgrade of existing Applications and Templates (Access, VBA, Excel, Outlook, VB, .Net, WPF)
Design and setup of Websites (HTML, SQL Server, JavaScript)
OneCanDo, 400 Chambers Street, NYC
Application Developer
Sept. 2009 – Jan. 2010
Access, SQL Server, Excel, VBA
Design and setup of Client, Inventory and Accounting Application
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Designed and setup an Access GUI with VBA processing engine (Access, VBA, Win API)
Designed and setup SQL Server (2005) database
Created and setup an accounting module (Access and Excel GUI, VBA, SQL)
Created and Implemented reporting engine (Excel, Access, VBA, SQL)
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CMS Companies, Philadelphia, PA
IT Consultant / Application Developer
April – July 2009
Access, SQL Server, Excel, VBA
The project consisted of two parts:
 Reorganization and setup of dysfunctional IT structure, including consolidation of multiple existing SQL Server
databases onto 3 newly designed and setup of SQL 2005 databases. Optimization of existing, and creation of
new stored procedures (T-SQL)
 Upgrade of several existing Excel applications and merging functionality of multiple obsolete Excel and Access
accounting applications into a new application with Access front end, Excel reporting and templates and
Access / SQL Server back end. Created a set of .mda and .xla shared libraries. (VBA, Access, Excel, SQL, DLL)
Bank of America, New York, Charlotte, NC / Boston, MA
July 2007 – March 2008
Technical Team Lead
Access, XML, Java, Excel, Oracle, SQL Server, T-SQL, P-SQL
Analysis and redesign of an existing pre-trade compliance system with global deployment
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Performed Analysis of the original database and application structure (Oracle, Access, SQL Server)
Created FSD and Business requirements documentation
Disassembly, testing and setup of the original Java application and GUI (Java, JavaScript, HTML, Oracle)
Re-creation of the original multi-source database structure in Access and creation of new Oracle Database
Redesign of User and Administrator GUIs ((Java, JavaScript, HTML, Access, VBA, SQL Server)
Business Requirement Analysis and Data Acquisition Setup (HTML, XML, Oracle)
Coordinated team members in New York, Boston, North Carolina, and Moscow
CollegeBoard, 1865 Broadway, NYC
May – July 2007
Application Developer / Team Lead
Excel, VBA, Access, Word, VB, UAT, SQL Server, MySQL, ETL
Developed an application to generate custom curricula correlated to both State requirements and SpringBoard
standards. The finalized application consisted of an Access front end with SQL Server back end (replaced with Access
.mdb for portable versions), generating curricula in Word format, based on criteria selection in Access GUI
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Analyzed project requirements and submission of FSD
Imported and cleaned-up educational Standards for 22 States, and 18 corresponding textbooks
Designed an Access GUI front end for generating Excel and Word templates (Access, VBA, Excel, Word, SQL)
Designed and setup SQL Server database
Implemented an Excel VBA / VB interface for file correlation and processing
Created a separate Access application to correlate State Standards to SpringBoard Standards to Textbooks
HSBC, 452 5th Avenue, NYC
Dec. 2006 – Mar. 2007
Application and Database Developer / Project Lead
Access, VBA, Excel, VB, SQL Server, ETL, ADO, Word, XML
Developed a system for consolidation of the bank’s loans and liens
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Analyzed requirements and created functional specifications for the project
Designed and implemented a SQL Server database to allow analysis of variable format documents (SQL, VBA)
Designed and implemented an Analysis application (Access, VBA, Excel, VB, SQL, .Net)
Designed and implemented system automation for entering future documents into database (VBA, SQL)
Developed a set of interactive reporting tools (Excel, Crystal Reports, VB, VBA, Access, SQL, OLE, COM)
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Morgan Stanley (ModelWare), 1585 7th Avenue
Dec 2005 – Oct. 2006
Application and Database Developer, Team Lead
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, SQL Server, Sybase, ETL, Java, Market Data, FactSet , XML
ModelWare, a subdivision of Institutional Securities Equity Department keeps track of historical value and
performance of covered companies, and predicts their future values and earnings . Originally the Business Analysts in
the MS New York office sent Excel templates to contractors in India, where they were populated with the raw data. The
results was prone to errors and inconsistencies due to invalid input from multiple data sources. The goal of the project
was to select a single data vendor and pre-populate templates in New York.
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Coordinated multiple projects for Morgan Stanley local and overseas branches
Analyzed application business requirements and optimized project workflow efficiency
Implemented remediation and maintenance of existing analysis templates (Excel, XML, VBA, Access, SQL)
Developed new set of data analysis and file parsing tools (Access, Excel, VBA, VBScript, XML, SQL)
Created a SQL Server database, imported and correlated over 700 points of financial data per company from
multiple Data Vendors’ feeds – Reuters, FactSet, Bloomberg, Capital IQ, WorldScope, CompuStat (SQL, VBA)
Created intermediate MS Access databases with VB front ends for stand-alone applications (Access, VBA, DLL)
Automated financial and performance analysis for covered companies
Expanded the covered universe from 2,400 to 52,000 companies
Designed a Dashboard for market data analysis of covered companies (Access, VBA, SQL, Excel)
Created several .mda, .xla and .dll shared libraries (VBA, VB, COM, C)
Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, 685 Third Avenue
May – October. 2005
Application and Database Developer, Team Lead
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, SQL Server, ADO, Sybase, JavaScript
Implemented an OLAP interface for tracking the results of testing of company’s pharmaceutical products
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Created and setup linked SQL Server and Access databases with Windows and Web interfaces
Setup Web Server with JavaScript front end and Oracle data services
Imported testing and performance data from on-line laboratories and internal databases
Implemented an interface for continuous import of live data by management and support personnel
UAT setup of SQL Server backend, and automated distribution Access front-end to multiple sites
 Designed a set of reporting tools (Excel, Access, VBA, VB, COM, Outlook, Crystal Reports)
 Created a set of .mda and .xla shared libraries (VBA, VB)
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Student / Auditor
October 2002 – December 2004
 Combinatorics, Flow Analysis, Net Topology
 Graduate courses in computer science
Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Bridgewater, NJ
Application and Database Developer
April – July 2001
Excel, VBA, Access, SQL Server, VB
Designed and implemented an application for tracking and maintenance of laboratory analysis data
 Created a set software tools for correlation and comparison of test results with clinical trials (Access, VBA, SQL)
 Setup an engine for generation management reports (Access, VBA, SQL, VB, Crystal Reports)
 Facilitated inter-lab communication (Outlook, OLE, COM, Access, SQL, Excel, VBA, DLL)
ChaseMellon, 65 Challenger Road, Ridgefield, NJ
October 2000 – March 2001
Application and Database Developer
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, SQL Server, ETL, Crystal Reports
Designed and implemented an application for producing Goldman-Sachs investors’ holdings reports
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Setup a SQL Server database for import and correlation of financial data
Imported raw data from Excel, Word, dBII and SQL Server sources (SQL, Excel, Access, VBA)
Created Excel templates for modeling and data analysis (Excel, VBA, SQL)
Designed an interface for generating reports and PDF files (Crystal Reports, OLE, COM, Access, SQL, VB)
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NYC Board of Education, 110 Livingston Str, Brooklyn
Application, Web and Database Developer
May – September 2000
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, SQL Server, Crystal Reports
Designed and implemented an application for interactive Public School Safety plan maintenance
 Designed, implemented and populated a SQL Server database for import and correlation of data
 Created an administrative GUI for import and manipulation of data (Access, VBA, Excel, HTML, VB, DLL)
 Implemented a Web based interface to allow over 1000 New York City schools to submit their reports
Citibank / Salomon Smith Barney, 909 Third Ave
January – August 1999
Application and Database Developer, Team Lead
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, SQL Server, Sybase, ETL, Oracle, Opics
Designed and implemented a system for correlation and redundancy reduction in legacy mainframe data. Multiple
(5,000,000+ records were being migrated from outdated DB system to SQL with Opics front end. The goal was to
merge duplicates and remove obsolete records, while maintaining a field level tracking of all transactions. The result
were two applications – one to import, clean and correlate 95% of the records automatically, and the other with the
user interface to allow human operators to clean up the rest of the data, with the full tracking and rollback options
 Supervised design and setup of a main SQL Server with auxiliary Access databases (Access, VBA, SQL, VB)
 Created a user interface and code to maintain a record of all transactions in the database, with data provenance
and modification trail (Access, VBA, SQL, VB, Excel)
 Cloned the original SQL database, and ported it to Oracle for Web access
 Created an application to import, clean and correlate 95% (Access, VBA, SQL, DLL, VB)
New York City Police Department, 1 Police Plaza
Application and Database Developer
August – December 1998
Access, Excel, VBA, VB, FoxPro, SQL Server, dBII
Designed, developed and setup an application for statistical analysis of gang activity in New York City
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Designed and set up a SQL Server Database for analysis of criminal activity data
Designed and implemented a secure multi-user front-end interface (VB, Access, VBA)
Structured the application to allow tracking of gang-related activity down to the individual gang member level
Setup a dynamic reporting module (Crystal Reports, Excel, VBA, SQL, Access, OLE)
Credit Suisse / First Boston, 11 Madison Avenue
Application and Database Developer
January – June 1998
Access, VBA, COBOL, SQL Server
Designed and implemented a timesheet tracking and reporting application
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Implemented an Access GUI front end for maintaining and entering data (Access, VBA, SQL)
Designed, set up, and populated a SQL Server database
Ported existent data and some of the code from VAX (VB, SQL, Access, Cobol)
Wrote Stored procedures for rapid data retrieval and security (T-SQL)
American Mercantile Exchange, 1 North End Avenue
Application Developer
August – November 1997
Access, Assembler, Excel, VBA, C, dBII, SQL Server
Designed and implemented an interface for a third-party accounting program Compugenex ®
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Analyzed business requirements and setup rules for trading
Created a GUI front end for control and editing of data (Access, VBA, SQL, DLL, Win API)
Designed and set up SQL Server database and populated it with existing data from DB2 Alpha mainframe
Designed an import and parsing module for new data (SQL, VBA)
Implemented an input / output module to Compugenex® proprietary system (C, VB, and Assembler, DLL, API)
Christie's Auction House, 502 Park Avenue, NYC
May 1996 – January 1997
Application and Database Developer
Access, Assembler, VBA, VB, C, Windows API, SQL Server
Designed and implemented an after-sale inventory tracking system for an auction house
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Designed and populated a SQL Server database (Access, SQL, VBA)
Created a multi-user, multi-site GUI front end for entry and manipulation of data (Access, VBA, SQL)
Developed a interface for updating data via bar code scanners (VB, C, DLL, API, Access, SQL)
Integrated the modules into a package capable of correlation of all records relevant to auctions and inventory
Job history continues down to 1989 – for more details please contact me at:
Anton Sachs Résumé
asachs@anton-sachs.com
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