AVP at Citi; Editor at The Daily Newarker
Greater New York City Area
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- Assistant Vice President at Citi
- Editor at The Daily Newarker (Sole Proprietorship)
- Past
- Education
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- New Jersey Institute of Technology
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark
- County College of Morris
- West Morris Central High School
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Ken Walker’s Summary
Currently working in the Citi Markets & Banking risk management organization with a primary focus on Business Continuity and control testing
Familiar with the challenges supporting a global continuity program across 1,500 business units, establishing and tracking program metrics and controls
Specializing in web design for communication and executive dashboard reporting; well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint
Ken Walker’s Specialties:
Risk and control management; business continuity; executive and web-based reporting; control testing & QA; web design & development (SharePoint, WordPress, podcasting, HTML, CSS, JavaScript); usability; business and systems analysis; project management; technical writing
Ken Walker’s Experience
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Assistant Vice President
Citi
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 3 months)
Currently working in a controls and risk management organization with a primary focus on Business Continuity and control testing
Familiar with the challenges supporting a global continuity program across 1,500 business units, dealing with cross-cultural challenges
Specializing in web design for communication and executive dashboard reporting; well-versed in Microsoft SharePoint -
Editor
The Daily Newarker (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
November 2005 — Present (3 years 2 months)
The Daily Newarker is a community weblog written by the people who live, work and study in Newark, NJ. In addition to covering local news, we tell the stories of people and organizations that are making an impact on the city.
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Principal
Simplificate (Sole Proprietorship)
(Sole Proprietorship; Myself Only; Online Media industry)
January 2002 — December 2007 (6 years)
Banner for my web miscellany on the side:
www.villagechurchnyc.com (design + implementation)
www.halliegreider.com (design + implementation)
www.zoaearts.com (design + implementation)
www.newarksafehaven.org (advisory)
I'm no longer taking client work. -
Business Analyst
Citi
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; C; Financial Services industry)
April 2005 — September 2006 (1 year 6 months)
Managed resources for development unit of 100 team members: developed processes to ensure new hires, terminations, and transfers are completed; forecasted budgets; liaised with vendors; tracked hardware and software license inventory
Ensured compliance with policies: managed developer access to production; enforced SDLC by tracking, communicating with, and assisting team members; influenced & motivated team to be 100% compliant with required training; delivered required documentation for development unit IT audit
Produced reports to enable the managing director to make effective decisions and counter risk with respect to SDLC engagement status, headcount, and budget; documented unit policies and procedures in a centralized team wiki
Supported resource management system: implemented defect tracking to monitor improvements and fixes, worked with users to identify issues, tracked defects, coordinated QA and user acceptance testing, conducted release of changes to production -
System Analyst
D&B
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; DNB; Information Services industry)
January 1999 — March 2005 (6 years 3 months)
Provided business analysis and development for D&B's premier web-based business research tool, Million Dollar Database on the Internet (MDDI): gathered requirements, evaluated solutions, coordinated development, and organized a public beta program; designed, implemented and deployed user management system
Performed SDLC business analysis for Siebel and Saleslogix CRM: gathered requirements, proposed solutions, identified risks, estimated costs and dates
Supported MDDI: managed user accounts, provided large-scale deployment support and "trained-the-trainer" for Fortune 500 customers, tested platform data refreshes, managed application maintenance releases
Designed, deployed and maintained MTW website dbleads.com (now offline): constructed product catalog and SIC-search tool, provided copywriting and editing, rebranded the site according to D&B branding specifications, updated site with marketing copy changes, optimized the site for search engines
Ken Walker’s Education
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New Jersey Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, 2000 — 2003
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Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey-Newark
Bachelor of Arts, Computer Science, 2000 — 2003
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County College of Morris
Associates of Applied Sciences, Computer Programming, 1997 — 2000
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West Morris Central High School
1993 — 1997
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Ken Walker’s Interests:
Web design, reporting and development; WordPress; SharePoint; emerging technology, blogs, writing
Ken Walker’s Groups:
Usability Professionals Association, The Village Church
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Rutgers Newark Alumni Forum
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