Messages In This Digest (4 Messages)
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- Tech companies point to upturn in economy From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Updated - Lead SW Eng - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI - From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- Microsoft Office Solutions Developers - VBA - OOM - Boston, MA Area From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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- SalesForce.com Business Analyst/Admin - Jr. - Mid Level - Boston, MA From: Gary Wright - Wright Associates
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Tech companies point to upturn in economy
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Oct 27, 2009 11:48 am (PDT)
October 27, 2009
Tech companies point to upturn in economy
Here are 10 signs coming out of the tech industry that point to tempered
optimism for the economic future
By Patrick Thibodeau | Computerworld
With unemployment high and an outlook that's improving but still uncertain,
the best responses coming out of the big tech companies about the immediate
future is tempered optimism. IBM's recent assessment that the economy has "
really stabilized " may have best summarized expectations.
But some of the more interesting clues about what's ahead for tech many be
in the results of companies with a more specialized market focus.
Here are 10 data points about the most recent third quarter.
1. If there's one industry to watch next year, it is clean technology. The
federal government stimulus package set aside billions for a sector that's
already heating up. For instance, SunPower's third quarter revenue was $466
million compared with $298 million in the second quarter. That compares to
$378 million in the third quarter of 2008. Its share price may have taken a
hit on a lower outlook, but the company's career page lists 60 job openings.
2. Venture capital investments are increasing. In the third quarter there
was $4.8 billion in 637 deals, a 17 percent increase in terms of dollars
from the prior quarter, driven by clean tech investments. There was a
decline of 3 percent in the overall number of deals, according to report
from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the National Venture Capital Association.
The slight decline in deals, from 657 in the prior quarter, may mean a shift
to longer term investments, according to the industry association.
3. Hynix Semiconductor, a memory chip maker in Seoul, on Monday reported a
net profit of $207 million for the third quarter after seven consecutive
quarters of losses. It was also a 26 percent increase over the previous
quarter.
4. Hard drive maker Western Digital said last week that it had finished it
most recent quarter with 44.1 million hard drive shipments compared to 39.4
million shipments in the year ago quarter. Revenues were $2.2 billion, a new
record for the Lake Forest, Calif.-based company.
5. Last week, Riverbed Technology's third quarter revenue was $102 million,
an increase of 12 percent from $91 million from the second quarter and an
increase of 18 percent from $86.5 million from the same period a year ago.
The San Francisco-based company makes WAN optimization technology, which
helps improve application response times, something SaaS (software as a
service) applications, in particular, need.
6. Infinera revenues for the third quarter were $83.4 million, compared to
$68.9 million for the second quarter this year, a 21 percent increase. The
Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company makes digital optical networking systems
sold to carriers and said its results demonstrated that customers are
investing again.
7. Splunk, a privately held company in San Franciscisco that produces a tool
for searching, analyzing and troubleshooting IT infrastructure, said its
year through third quarter revenue was $26.6 million, compared to $13.1 for
the same three quarters last year.
8. Apple Computer sold 3.05 million Macs during the third quarter, a 17
percent increase over the year-ago quarter, evidence that for consumers,
some things are indispensible.
9. Mellanox Technologies, a company based in Sunnyvale, Calif., and Yokneam,
Israel, reported $32.7 million in third quarter revenue this month, a 29
percent increase over its second quarter revenue of $25.3 million. It makes
InfiniBand and Ethernet connectivity products.
10. Intel is a good company to end this list because its outlook on chips,
with third quarter revenue of $9.4 billion, was up $1.4 billion from the
prior quarter, and IT spending helped set the stage for an improving
outlook. It sees "momentum."
Computerworld is an InfoWorld affiliate.
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Updated - Lead SW Eng - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI -
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:13 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to other groups and people you know.
Updated 10-27-2009
Position Title - WR095006
Lead SW Eng. - Equity Trading - C#/.Net - Messaging - GUI - Boston, MA
Area - Outstanding Package
Outstanding Compensation Package - Base + Bonus + PS
Local Candidates Only - No Sponsorship
Company
Large, successful, and growing Boston based Investment Management Firm -
Great Company - Lots of Upside - Excellent Compensation Package - Bonus -
Profit Sharing etc. Join a team oriented, collaborative, results focused
environment and become part of an elite organization with great growth
possibilities.
Position Responsibilities - Summary
The Equity Trading team is seeking a Lead software engineer to be an
integral member of the development team responsible for developing the
firm's next generation Equity Trading System. This role will report to the
Software Engineering Manager for the Equity Trading applications.
Great Opportunity to be involved in building a complete Trading System from
the ground up in a elite Buy Side Firm.
Detailed Responsibilities;
As a Lead member of this team, the individual will have the following
responsibilities:
· Technical design, implementation, deployment, and support of the
Equity Trading System
· Partner with Business Analysts to review and implement business
requirements
· Partner with Project Managers, Technical and QA Leads on
estimates, statuses, identify issues and raise risks
· Partner with the Architecture team to ensure track work is aligned
with the strategic direction of the enterprise
· Stay current with evolving Trading industry and technical trends
to ensure systems and team are of highest caliber
Keys to This Position:
1. Technical requirements: C#/.Net, VS 2005+, GUI, Messaging, WPF, WCF.
2. Leadership experience. Team management responsibilities, including the
direct supervision of approximately 15 software engineers (consultants) -
4-5 Onshore - 10 Offshore thru a Lead - Group is mostly made up of
consultants. Responsibilities breakdown - 65% Technical Leadership - 35%
Team Leadership.
3. Domain knowledge (in this order): Trading Systems, Financial
Institution - Front Office, Equities, Fixed Income, Derivatives, etc. , or
other Financial Services Experience. Work will involve building the Front
End (GUI) for a Major/Multi Year Trading System Project - This will be the
Order Mgt - Order Execution & Order Allocation Portal used by the Firm's
Traders.
4. Strong Communication skills.
5. Seeking experience with High Volume, High Transactional Systems. This
individual will be a strong Technical, Hands On Leader that knows how to
build High Speed Performance Applications.
Required Skills and Competencies:
The ideal candidate must have excellent communication skills and proven
ability to design and deliver solutions relevant to complex business
problems. Specific requirements include:
· 8+ years of experience including 3 plus years of experience
managing or leading a development team.
· 5+ years of GUI development using Microsoft technologies
· Two years of .net development experience using C#
· Two years of using.net frameworks version 2.0 or greater
· Experience with Visual Studio 2005 or greater
· WPF or WCF is considered a strong plus as is Data Grid Knowledge
· Strong knowledge of Relational DB Systems - Oracle is Preference
but other major RDB Systems is fine
· Strong analysis, design and modeling skills
· Strong knowledge and experience with message technologies (e.g.
MSMQ, ActiveMQ)
· Knowledge of software development and testing methodologies and
their effective application
· Strong motivation and ability to work in a fast-paced,
team-oriented environment supporting a business-critical production
environment
· Computer Science degree or related field
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President - Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354 - Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEBnet
Site - www.wrightassociates.org
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Microsoft Office Solutions Developers - VBA - OOM - Boston, MA Area
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:13 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Position Title – WRCMSOSD102009
Microsoft Office Solutions Developers – VBA – OOM - Boston, MA Area – Up to
$80K+ DOE
Base + Bonus + PS
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
1 Junior Role & 1 Sr. Role – The following Description is for the Senior
Role
Company
Mid-Sized, successful, and growing Boston based global investment management
company – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation Package –
Bonus
Position Responsibilities - Summary
Working for a global investment management firm, this individual will work
within the Application Development Group for Investment Control Systems to
build and enhance user productivity solutions using Microsoft Office. This
person will be assigned to work on a wide variety of projects, primarily as
an individual contributor.
Position Responsibilities – Detailed
· Work with in-house staff, consultants and external parties to
develop and document Microsoft Office solutions.
· Participate in the design of long-term group strategies to
implement the IT needs of various business groups.
· Work with in-house staff to specify and develop application
technical architectures.
· Write application code which is technically sound and easily
maintainable, and that effectively employs all corporate programming
standards.
· Participate in the QA process and certify the quality of
production code.
· Coordinate availability of test environments and lab
configurations.
· Support production code on a scheduled basis.
· Provide technical support and enhancements for existing Excel and
Access-based applications
Required Skills and Competencies:
· 3 – 5 years relative work experience. Financial Services
industry required.
· Experience with Microsoft Office development technologies (VBA,
Office Object Model). – Must have experience developing Excel VBA
applications for traders or portfolio managers
· Experience with Microsoft Excel.
· Experience developing database applications required, with a
preference for experience with SQL Server.
· Ability to understand and manipulate pre-existing code.
· Experience with Visual Studio Toolkit for Office (VSTO)
preferred.
· Experience in the financial services sector preferred.
· Extremely strong interpersonal skills.
· Very strong organizational skills and detail orientation
· Ability to work effectively and efficiently with little or no
supervision
· Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals, and meet
deadlines
· Must be willing to take initiative and employ good follow-through
skills
· Strong accountability and results orientation.
· Flexibility in addressing changing requirements and schedules.
· Sensitive to business issues and their impact on product
delivery.
· Strong analytic and problem solving skills
Additional Skills and Competencies:
· Ability to learn new concepts, systems, and software
independently and quickly.
· Ability to provide quality documentation of processes – ITIL
preferred.
· Attention to process and procedures to comply with
internal/external audits
· A demonstrated track record handling demanding user groups in a
time critical environment.
· Flexible/on call hours to support project and production support
issues.
Character:
· High energy, positive attitude, professional and mature
· Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet
deadlines
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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SalesForce.com Business Analyst/Admin - Jr. - Mid Level - Boston, MA
Posted by: "Gary Wright - Wright Associates" gary_wright@verizon.net wrightassociates
Tue Oct 27, 2009 1:14 pm (PDT)
Please feel free to refer this position to your associates – Referrals
appreciated.
Position Title – WRSFBAA102009
SalesForce.Com Business Analyst/Administrator – Jr. to (Mid-Level) – Boston,
MA Area – Up to $80K+ DOE
Competitive Base + Bonus + Retirement
Local Candidates Only – No Sponsorship
Company
Leading private investment firm with over $50 billion in assets under
management – Great Company – Lots of Upside – Excellent Compensation
Package – Bonus
Position Summary:
This position will be working with all of the business units fulfilling CRM
support and analysis. The person will participate at various levels in all
technology related initiatives from inception to implementation and support.
Through an in-depth knowledge of the business, this position will elicit the
business processes, gather business and functional requirements develop
needs analysis, document functional / technical specifications and perform
system / user acceptance testing around CRM initiatives. Will also provide
certain SalesForce.com Administrative functions.
Detailed Responsibilities:
· Provide level one and two support for CRM (Salesforce.com)
technology across multiple Business Units
· Act as liaison between business users and Salesfore.com Premier
Support department to facilitate large-scale changes and complex problem
solving.
· Define reporting needs, build customized reports and
define/?build analytic dashboards by functional role for all business units
· Maintain user roles, security, profiles and workflow rules
· Creation and modification of page layouts and field values
· Responsible for maintaining data integrity across multiple
business units
· Identify opportunities to improve business processes and
operational efficiency within CRM Application.
· Analyze user requirements and issues; provide the best fit
solution, while maintaining the integrity of existing applications
· Document and communicate changes throughout the user
organization, supporting change management and compliance
· Work closely with Risk and Compliance teams to ensure data is
protected and actively recertified.
· Assist in running the CRM Steering Committee to ensure that CRM
usage is standardized across the firm
· Maintain Sandboxes for UAT and Proof of Concept situations
· Perform QA and UAT testing throughout all future CRM iterations.
· Gather, validate, document, and facilitate implementation of
business requirements for technology initiatives (includes business/data
requirements, data flows, data modeling, workflow context and design, and
user interface designs)
· Provides direction and support to application developers when
application changes require knowledge of or changes to system functionality
· Represent all CRM changes in front of IT Change Advisory Board
· Form strong working relationships with internal users - both
business and technical - to facilitate application support and adoption
· Act as liaison to internal development team to maintain custom
developed applications and SFDC pages utilizing VisualForce and Apex
· Maintain Workflow and Triggers to ensure Integrity and sequencing
· Manage External and Internal application integration (API)
· Drive quality control, to maximize value of the CRM system as a
key business development tool.?
· Provide data access reports to Compliance and Security ensuring
that data and roles are properly defined and transparent.
· Work in conjunction with in house training team to perform end
user training sessions and best practices sessions
· Create documentation in support of technology requests and overall
CRM usage
Required Skills & Competencies:
· In-depth knowledge and hands-on experience in supporting &
implementing Salesforce.com solution required
· Formal Salesforce.com training required, Salesforce.com
certification preferred
· Experience with Unlimited Edition integration tools, DataLoader,
and APIs preferred
· Exposure and experience in data migration and integration aspects
of the product
· Experience in training and documentation around business
applications
· Able to explain complex concepts in a clear and concise manner
· Ability to manage multiple projects and iterations within the CRM
application
· Understanding and ability to follow a well defined project
lifecycle
· A proven resource in defining systems strategy, developing
systems requirements, designing and prototyping, testing, training, defining
support procedures, and implementing practical business solutions under
multiple deadlines.
· Exposure to private equity and hedge fund concepts and
terminology is a plus
· Experience with a large, functionally diverse, and informed user
base that demands high quality applications
· Self-motivated and willing to work in an energetic, fast pace
team environment
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Contact Information
Gary Wright - President – Wright Associates
Phone - (508) 761-6354
Email - replywrightassociates@verizon. - WEB Site –net
www.wrightassociates.org
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Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
Gary L. Wright - President/Principal - Wright Associates
Wright Associates specializes in High Technology Recruiting Services for the New England Market Place.
Phone: 508-761-6354
Email: mailto:garywright@prodigy.net
Website: www.WrightAssociates.org
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