Charlie Falker

Current

Principal Consultant at LRSoft, LLC

Past

Participant at Brainstorm New York Conference
Senior Business Analyst at Citibank
VP, Business Process Director at Fidessa

VP, US Product Center at Royalblue Financial
Director of Technology at Servador (PrintVision)
Product Manager at Information Builders, Inc.
Project Manager at Zedak Corp.
Senior Software Engineer at Astrogamma (GFI)
Research Analyst at State of New York Mortgage Agency
Real Estate Sales Associate at Newmark (Knight Frank)

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Education

Middlebury College

Recommended

10 people have recommended Charlie

Connections

439 connections

Industry

Information Technology and Services

Websites

Charlie Falker’s Summary

I am actively seeking business process management and process improvement opportunities.

Charlie Falker’s Specialties:

Business Process Management
Business Process Reengineering
Process Improvement
Best Practices
Workflow Automation
Value Stream Mapping
Systems Thinking
Project Management

Charlie Falker’s Experience

Principal Consultant

LRSoft, LLC

(Information Technology and Services industry)

October 1992 — Present (17 years 3 months)

Business process management; process improvement; best practices; workflow automation; value stream mapping; systems thinking; project management

Implemented IT incident tracking system for major financial services organization.
Managed SAS 70 Audit Readiness Assessment for a financial services firm
Program Manager for the NYC Chapter of PMI Mentoring Program
Developed application for five harm reduction programs in NYC, Rochester and Buffalo
Recovered 12 years of medical research data
Launched website for non-profit organization
Participant

Brainstorm New York Conference

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
Senior Business Analyst

Citibank

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2009 — 2009 (less than a year)
VP, Business Process Director

Fidessa

(Public Company; 501-1000 employees; ryb.l; Management Consulting industry)

March 2001 — August 2007 (6 years 6 months)

Strategic planning; process improvement initiatives; procurement; managed vendor relations; and management of complete lifecycle software development.
VP, US Product Center

Royalblue Financial

(Information Technology and Services industry)

2001 — 2007 (6 years )
Director of Technology

Servador (PrintVision)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Printing industry)

March 2000 — January 2001 (11 months)

Responsible for the development of the commercial print procurement portal.

Budgeting and planning; managing vendor relations; evaluating and selecting hardware and software packages; making presentations to VCs; and managing all aspects of software development.
Product Manager

Information Builders, Inc.

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

July 1999 — March 2000 (9 months)

Coordinating activities of development, QA, documentation, production, and marketing; release management; requirements analysis; drafting ISO 9000 functional specifications; creating and making presentations to customers; creating and running training programs; providing sales support; and handling customer support issues.
Project Manager

Zedak Corp.

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

May 1995 — July 1999 (4 years 3 months)

Creating project plans including scheduling and resource usage; providing technical support; promoting and implementing quality assurance activities including software configuration management, defect tracking, testing and code inspections; and recruiting.
Senior Software Engineer

Astrogamma (GFI)

(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Computer Software industry)

October 1992 — May 1995 (2 years 8 months)

Designing, developing, and maintaining market leading foreign exchange derivatives software product; and providing technical support.
Research Analyst

State of New York Mortgage Agency

(Government Agency; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

June 1990 — October 1992 (2 years 5 months)

Researching and analyzing demographics and housing markets in New York State; and preparing management reports on agency activity for senior staff, board of directors, and the Governor of the State of New York.
Real Estate Sales Associate

Newmark (Knight Frank)

(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Real Estate industry)

July 1989 — April 1990 (10 months)

Initiating and developing relationships with large corporations and law firms in New York City; negotiating office leases with building owners and their representatives; analyzing lease obligations; and researching available office space and market conditions in New York City.

Charlie Falker’s Education

Middlebury College

BA , 1985 — 1989

Activities and Societies:

Student Government, WRMC College Radio DJ, Delta Kappa Epsilon

Additional Information

Charlie Falker’s Websites:

Charlie Falker’s Interests:

sustainable development, social entrepreneurship

Charlie Falker’s Groups:

Project Management Institute (PMI), PMINYC, EXIN ITIL, American Society for Quality (ASQ), the New York Software Industry Association, the Association of Business Process Management Professionals, Society for Organizational Learning (SoL), The Agile Alliance, Lean Enterprise Institute, ToDo Institute, Organization Development Network of Greater New York, QualiWare, Swire Family