Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)

Current

Independent Consultant at Yellow Spider, Inc.
Editor-in-Chief (www.cmcrossroads.com) at CM Crossroads

Past

Manager, Process Improvement at FXall
Associate Director at Bear Stearns & Co.
AVP at Deutsche Bank

Technical Director at SIAC
Project Manager, Testing at The Bank of New York
Project Manager, Quality Management at JJ Kenny/McGraw Hill
Director, Computer Services at Capital Cities/ABC Inc.
Programmer at Prudential Insurance Company

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Education

Hofstra University
New York University

Recommended

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Connections

500+ connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Summary

Hands-on software process improvement including implementation of large scale SCM systems (e.g. ClearCase/Multisite), Rational Team Concert (RTC 2.0), Subversion(SVN), MKS, Accurev, CVS, StarTeam, PVCS, IBM Team Connection, IBM z/OS extensions. automated Workflow systems (Rational ClearQuest/Kovair) to support software process improvement (full SDLC) - business process reengineering (BPR) to address issues in the software development effort (e.g. repeatable builds, ITIL Service Desk, code promotion, IT governance and compliance - SOX - Sarbanes-Oxley, COBIT 4.1, ITIL v3, ISO/EIA/IEEE).

Promote Industry Standards as IEEE S2ESC Management Board Member(http://standards.computer.org/sesc/s2esc_mgtboard/mgtbndex.htm), Vice Chair of IEEE 828 (CM Plan) working group. Build engineering including Ant/Maven/CruiseControl (continuous integration) on both Unix/Windows. Strong interest/experience in offshore outsourcing process and best practices (CMMI, Agile/XP).

Editor-in-Chief at CM Crossroads (www.cmcrossroads.com) - promoting active participation in virtual community to support CM best practices, review SCM products including MKS, Accurev and others.

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Specialties:

RTC/ClearCase SME - Process Improvement (SPI) - solve software development problems (e.g. repeatable builds, release management) and support SDLC/ALM in large scale financial services firms. Implement automated workflow using Rational ClearQuest/Kovair.

IBM/Rational tools SME including Rational Team Concert (RTC 2.)/Jazz/Websphere/DB2

Promote standards & frameworks (e.g. CMMI, Agile, ITIL, IEEE/ISO/EIA) and SCM best practices (www.cmcrossroads.com).

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Experience

Independent Consultant

Yellow Spider, Inc.

(Information Technology and Services industry)

February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)

Independent consultant specializing in Software Process Improvement (SPI) including Software Configuration and Release Management (SCM SME).

instructor ClearCase/Multisite/ClearQuest and partner with Island Training (www.islandtraining.com). Expert in large scale implementation, administration and support of CM solutions including Rational ClearCase/Multisite/ClearQuest (UCM and base), z/OS extensions to ClearCase using REXX/TSO/ISPF.

Establishing Quality Management Systems (QMS). Expert in standards and frameworks (e.g. ISO 9001:2000, IEEE 12207, EIA 649-A, CMMI).

Implement ITIL v3 compliant Service Desk solution using Kovair (www.kovair.com) including modules for Events, Incidents, Problems, Requests, Access, and Change Control.

Establish effective process methods (e.g. Agile) for Configuration and Change Control, Build Engineering (e.g. Maven 1 & 2, Ant 1.6.5), Continuous integration (e.g. Cruise Control) and automated Application Deployment.

email :: raiello@acm.org
Editor-in-Chief (www.cmcrossroads.com)

CM Crossroads

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2000 — Present (9 years )

CM Community where professionals share best practices and promote Software Configuration and Release management process improvement.

I am always glad to network with other technology professionals (raiello@acm.org).
Manager, Process Improvement

FXall

(Financial Services industry)

July 2006 — March 2008 (1 year 9 months)

Responsible for establishing repeatable repeatable builds and deployment procedures using Maven (1&2), Ant 1.6.5, SVN/CVS and CruiseControl. Applications included high end SOA/Java trading systems with deployment to development, testing, integration and production environments.

Setup automated workflow solution using Kovair for POC (Proof of concept). Participated in Change Control and Process Improvement efforts.
Associate Director

Bear Stearns & Co.

(Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

May 1999 — July 2006 (7 years 3 months)

Associate Director assigned to the Chief Architect's office where I supported 700+ developers using ClearCase/Multisite/ClearQuest using 1500+ source code repositories wordwide.
AVP

Deutsche Bank

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

September 1997 — May 1999 (1 year 9 months)

Managed test team and established source code management controls and procedures using IBM's Team Connection. Also served as AIX Unix Administrator.
Technical Director

SIAC

(Non-Profit; 1001-5000 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

April 1994 — September 1997 (3 years 6 months)

supported ClearCase and established release management process and best practices. Also served as a Unix HP-UX administrator.
Project Manager, Testing

The Bank of New York

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

January 1994 — April 1994 (4 months)

Developed automated test tools for financial systems.
Project Manager, Quality Management

JJ Kenny/McGraw Hill

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Financial Services industry)

January 1991 — January 1994 (3 years 1 month)

Support automated software testing using SQA Robot, source code management and process improvement. Maintained test environments and release management process.
Director, Computer Services

Capital Cities/ABC Inc.

(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; Broadcast Media industry)

March 1986 — January 1991 (4 years 11 months)

Hands-on manager of data processing department. Also served as the manager of automation for the ABC Radio Network.
Programmer

Prudential Insurance Company

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1983 — March 1986 (2 years 6 months)

Programmer in the productivity support group. Coded personnel and HRIS information systems.

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Education

Hofstra University

BS , Computer Science/Math/Psychology , 1977 — 1981
New York University

MA , Computer Science, Math & Industrial Psychology

Activities and Societies:

Professional - CitySPIN, CM SIG, CM Crossroads
Civic - volunteer in community service (e.g. EMT, Medical Reserve, CERT, NYPD).

Additional Information

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Interests:

Music, theology and philosophy (e.g. corporate citizenship).

Bob Aiello (Bob.Aiello@ieee.org)’s Groups:

Editor-in-Chief - CM Crossroads (www.cmcrossroads.com), Steering Committee -NYC SPIN (www.nycspin.org),Community Service groups, Empire
State Shomrim (www.empirestateshomrim.org)