Resume of ALEXANDER (SASHA) URMAN - Technical Leader Off-Shore Software Projects

· Lead teams of off-shore based computer programmers on a variety of software development projects.

· Responsible for successful completion of all stages of project lifecycle.

· Serve as a focal point for all client and programmer communications.

· Translate client needs into software architecture requirements and implementation tasks.

· Coordinate day-to-day software development efforts.

· Desktop Applications, Web Applications, Custom Software For QuickBooks.

Chevron eBusiness Development Company 7/00-10/00

Finance Development Program Summer Intern/eBusiness Analyst San Ramon, California

· Employed in a VC role with a broad scope of major responsibilities.

· Utilized strategic business model analysis, financial valuation techniques, and specific technology assessment to make recommendations for equity investment in over 10 Internet start-ups seeking external funding.

· Presented findings to Chevron’s senior management and funding committee.

· Developed comprehensive business models with pro-forma accounting statements and sophisticated sensitivity analysis for several of Chevron incubated eBusiness spin-offs.

· Helped evaluate and structure several lending deals involving warrants and convertible notes.

C3-ILEX Systems, Consulting Services Division 5/97-9/99
Project Manager/Senior Software Engineer (7/98-9/99) Milpitas, California

· Led a Y2K team to complete supplier audit and develop contingency plans for General Electric Nuclear Energy.

· Handled all interviewing of suppliers’ senior management and made final switch/maintain supplier decisions.

· Designed and coordinated mass correspondence mailings for initial supplier contact and follow-up rounds.

· Conceptualized and implemented a comprehensive Y2K supplier database and document filing system to allow for detailed supplier segmentation and assessment by various compliance categories.

· Helped Purchasing, Engineering and Legal departments develop contingency plans for high-risk suppliers.

· Prepared reports and made presentations for senior management.

Senior Software Engineer (5/97-7/98)

· Successfully managed all stages of software design and development for General Electric Nuclear Energy.

· Collaborated with senior management to develop corporate IT strategy for the firm.

· Worked with engineers and managers to develop client/server and Intranet automation solutions.

· Led feasibility workshops to identify existing process inefficiencies and evaluate possible IT improvements.

· Provided internal auditing and remediation of reactor control room embedded system software.

Independent Contractor 3/98-8/98
Software Consultant San Jose, California

· Participated in the development of a classified U.S. Army software prototype at Raytheon, Inc.

· Advised Raytheon’s management on complex design issues related to the existing IT architecture.

· Worked with managers and engineers at Phoenix Inc. to develop a company-wide BIOS Production database.

Providian Bancorp, Inc. 6/95-5/97
Senior Risk Management Analyst/Project Manager. San Francisco, California

· Developed and implemented complex mathematical and financial models to analyze credit risk and fraud.

· Designed and implemented comprehensive multivariate models for short and long term forecasting of charge-offs for the entire credit card portfolio using various regression and market segmentation techniques.

· Led a project to redesign a new portfolio-wide line increase policy which brought over $30 million in profit.

· Worked with Marketing to target specific customer segments using predicted risk and profit characteristics.

· Developed criteria for identifying and limiting credit card fraud at all stages of the approval process.

INTERESTS: Strategic simulations, military history, classics, travel, nature, swimming.