Andre Zaffuto
Management Information Systems and Economics graduate from California State University, San Francisco, currently pursuing MBA at UC Davis.
| Headline: | Entrepreneur |
| Skills: | Business, English, French, Italian, Languages, Management |
| Groups: | Big Bang! Business Plan Competition |
| Interested in: | Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding cofounders, Finding team mates, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Recruiting for my startup |
| Schools: | California State University System, University of California System - Davis |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY |
| Position: | Associate Director, Finance and Business Manager |
| Time period: | January 2006 - April 2008 |
| Description: | - Forecasted resource and material expenses for a $40,000,000 portfolio of projects in order to make recommendations for budget overrun scenarios
- Partnered with demand manager to identify and implement infrastructure cost saves resulting in a $700,000 reduction in data backup expenses - Created and presented pro-forma financial analysis as part of a multi-year $25,000,000 business case which resulted in being fully funded - Performed monthly deep-dive analysis of cost variances and presented findings along with mitigation strategies to senior program managers - Approved third party vendor contracts based on budget and project milestone constraints, ensuring maximum labor utilization at the lowest possible cost |
| Employer: | JP Morgan Chase Fire Warden |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | December 2005 - November 2007 |
| Description: | - Execute the safe and timely evacuation of forty employees in accordance with the New York City Emergency Preparedness Plan |
| Employer: | Fitch Ratings, New York, NY |
| Position: | Associate, Project Manager |
| Time period: | March 2004 - January 2006 |
| Description: | - Partnered with senior project managers to prioritize the allocation of a $5,000,000 budget across new and existing systems enhancements
- Interviewed system users to identify and resolve critical application weaknesses culminating in the endorsement and adoption of technology by the research group - Investigated and reported project delays enabling management to match employee availability with expected project resource utilization - Developed and delivered training to 40 employees resulting in a shorter learning curves and faster integration of new hires |
| Employer: | Morgan Stanley-Barra, Berkeley, CA |
| Position: | Analyst |
| Time period: | July 2002 - March 2004 |
| Description: | - Analyzed current system and identified business process improvement opportunities resulting in a data feed loading time save of one business day
- Resolved 90% of historical application functionality and data quality issues within one year of employment - Performed data quality control on over 100,000 fixed income data attributes which consistently delivered error-free data to application users - Trained two junior analysts on data management and quality control processes |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Davis |
| Time period: | 2010 |
| Degree: | Finance, MBA |
| University: | California State University System |
| Time period: | 2003 |
| Degree: | Economics, BA |
| University: | California State University System |
| Time period: | 2002 |
| Degree: | Management Information Systems, BSc |
