Arsalan Shahid

56 Columbia Avenue Cell: 201-303-3693

Jersey City, NJ 07307 Arsalan.Shahid@gmail.com

SUMMARY: A hard-working professional who brings a wealth of skills and understan

ds that success comes from keeping the customer satisfied
EDUCATION: a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ
B.S. Computer Science GPA 3.7 Magna Cum Laude August 2002
Deanas List all semesters
a New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), Newark, NJ
M.S. Information Systems GPA 3.55 December 2007
WORK EXPERIENCE: Financial Information Forum http://www.fif.com
Program Director September 2007 a" Present
o Review regulatory filings to determine the implementation impact on broker-dea
lers, market data vendors, trading and back office service bureaus, and exchange
s.
o Work with FIF subscribers to define and track industry initiatives that FIF co
vers. Initiate contact with global representatives to gather information for ass
ociation initiatives
o Manage FIF program office and periodic deliverables including Monthly Capacity
Statistics, Automated Trading Analysis and Initiatives List
o Prepare comment letters explaining implementation issues in a clear and concis
e format based on FIF member feedback.
o Prepare market data capacity statistics on a monthly basis. FIF is the definit
ive source of market data capacity statistics consolidating data from several ex
changes and providing linear projections of OPRA data to assist member firms in
capacity planning.
o Coordinate meeting logistics and member communications including updates and r
esponding to member emails and phone calls.
o Update the website with weekly news, FIF calendar and updated materials.
o Manage FIFas role in Industry wide BCP testing with SIFMA
Jordan & Jordan http://www.jandj.com
Industry Consultant August 2004 a" Present
a Website Developer / Administrator:
o http://www.jandj.com
o http://www.fif.com
o http://bcp.fif.com
o Install and maintain Internal Windows SharePoint Site
o Install and maintain Code versioning system (Subversion) used by developers on
projects
a Network Engineer:
o Maintain Juniper Firewall and all active firewall policies
o Maintain Cisco Routers and Failover Internet solution
o Maintain Windows Active Directory
o Maintain NY and Chicago networks
a Helpdesk Support:
o Provide MS-Office support
o Provide Technical / Hardware support
Jordan & Jordan Consultant Client: RBC Capital Markets July 2009 a" Present
Project: Review Quote Meter System
Role: Application Developer / Business Analyst
a Review Quote Meter application and identify issues with tracking and reporting
of data sourced from exchanges.
a Validate design of new application to ensure flexibility with current and anti
cipated reporting requirements
Jordan & Jordan Consultant Client: Goldman Sachs March 2005 a" Present
Project: Develop Quote Meter System
Role: Application Developer / Business Analyst
a Design Database / scripts for querying Clientas Metering Data and provide peri
odic reports needed for reporting to Exchanges.
a Maintain Business Rules in the database that need updating yearly and whenever
they change
Jordan & Jordan Consultant Client: ING Wholesale Bank March 2006 a" May 2007
Project: Information Risk Management (IRM) Audit Remediation
Role: Information Risk Analyst
a Design and develop procedures and technical solutions for various monitoring a
ctivities including Operating Systems and Databases audit logs to satisfy Intern
al Audit requirements.
a Assist in maintaining Business Impact Analysis Ratings for various application
s and their Application Security Reviews.
a Perform daily monitoring of networks, servers, databases and internet usage us
ing various tools.
a Perform monthly Key Risk Indicator (KRI) analysis for Weak Passwords, Clear Te
xt Passwords and Dormant Accounts across the IT infrastructure, all indicators f
or senior management to review open risks facing the organization.
Jordan & Jordan Consultant Client: Tokyo Stock Exchange June 2007 a" December 2
007
Project: Market Data Fee Study
Role: Market Data Analyst
a Conduct extensive study of fifteen global equities exchanges focusing on marke
t data contracts and fee schedules for terminals, non-display applications, blac
k box applications and data feeds.
a Analyze current data feed fee schedule using use-cases and propose new definit
ions for data feed, non-display applications, black box applications.
Jordan & Jordan Consultant Client: SG Cowen June 2005 a" February 2006
Project: Develop Telecom Expense Management Database
Role: Lead Developer / Telecom Analyst
a Analyze Clientas current Telecom Expense Management Database and design new da
tabase with periodic snapshot features and reporting capabilities.
a Train End-users on entering data, data snapshots, prepare monthly reports.
Frontier Computer Technical Training Center, East Orange, NJ
Instructor 08/2002 a" 08/2004
a Instructor: MS Office XP, Web Programmer, A+ certified Professional
a Directed all consulting services provided by the company in the areas of Progr
amming, Database Design, Web Design, and Networking.
a Created technical specifications and designs for databases and computer networ
ks.
a Supervised all Computer Training Instructors.
a Wrote software training manuals for formal training classes.
a Provide Helpdesk services which include installing, adding / removing various
hardware and software components of computers.
a Designed curriculum for training courses, and conducted formal classroom train
ing for MS-WORD XP, EXCEL XP, POWERPOINT XP, ACCESS and FRONTPAGE XP.
a Designed web pages for corporate clients.
a Website Designer:
o www.jcetonline.org
Princeton Design Group, Hillsborough, NJ
Java Developer 08/2002 a" 06/2003
a Developed software for company in Java, JFC Swing, Java Drag and Drop.
a Software enabled users to create and drop customizable electronic notes onto n
ative applications, such as MS Word, Excel.
CERTIFICATION: a Completed the MCSE Windows 2000 track. MCP
a MS Office Master
a A+ Certified Technician
COMPUTER SKILLS: a Programming Languages: Basic, Pascal, C++/Visual C++, Borland
C++, Java, XHTML, Fortran, SQL, ASP.NET, VB.NET, ActionScript, PHP, Perl.
a Operating Systems: MS-DOS, MS-Windows 95 and 98, MS-Windows NT, Unix, MS-Windo
ws 2000, MS-Windows XP, MS-Windows Vista, MS-Windows 2003, RedHat Enterprise Lin
ux 4.
a Software: MS Office 2007, Visual Studio.NET, CorelDRAW 10, Adobe Photoshop 6.0
, JBuilder, JCreator, Macromedia Fireworks MX, Macromedia Dreamweaver CS4, Macro
media Flash MX, Windows SharePoint Technologies, Subversion, Bugzilla, VMWare ES
X Server, Bindview, GFI Languard, LCP.
References Available Upon Request