Gad Hazum, MBA

Gad Hazum, MBA

at MedRisk, Inc.

Greater Philadelphia Area

Current
Past
Education
  • Drexel University
  • West Chester University of Pennsylvania
Connections
170 connections
Industry
Information Technology and Services
Websites

Gad Hazum, MBA’s Summary

Highly skilled and experienced hands-on IT professional with over 20 years of demonstrated track record of designing, implementing, and managing on-time, on-budget projects that deliver enterprise level, n-tier, web based solutions with substantial business benefits utilizing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). Solid leadership experience with collaborative and innovatively focused project delivery combining software engineering background with strong business, analytical, design, and communications skills. Well rounded IT background of infrastructure and software development management who is known for the ability to rapidly assess business needs and quick-start technology solutions.

Gad Hazum, MBA’s Specialties:

Software Architecture & Development, Business Requirements Analysis & Design, Strategic Planning, Business Process Development, Project Planning, Resources Management, VB.NET, C#, ASP.NET, AJAX, Web Services, XML, Oracle, SQL Server, ADO.NET, Web Custom Controls, SOAP, HTML/DHTML, JavaScript, PL/SQL, UML, OOAD, RUP, Agile, Scrum, SOA


Gad Hazum, MBA’s Experience

  • Solutions Architecture Consultant

    MedRisk, Inc.

    (Privately Held; Insurance industry)

    July 2009Present (6 months)

  • Managing Partner – Information Technologies

    Network Auto Exchange

    (Partnership; Automotive industry)

    May 2008June 2009 (1 year 2 months)

  • Supervisor Application Development

    T-Mobile

    (Public Company; DT; Telecommunications industry)

    October 2007January 2009 (1 year 4 months)

    T-Mobile completed their acquisition of SunCom Wireless.

  • Supervisor Application Development

    SunCom Wireless

    (Public Company; TPC; Telecommunications industry)

    March 2007January 2009 (1 year 11 months)

    Provide technical direction and leadership for the development of enterprise level software solutions. Recommend, introduce, and implement best practices (RUP and Agile) development methodology for teams of 2 – 4 .Net developers. Manage and mentor developer teams and operating budget in specific implementation of business objectives. Collaborate with business units, database architects (Oracle and SQL Server), other application developers (J2EE), and third party vendors (Convergys – Atlys) to allow for the streamlining of operations and providing better customer service in the areas of eCommerce, Credit & Activation, and Telesales. Identify, design, prepare specifications, and develop reference implementations of re-usable frameworks and common components for a new e-Commerce portal based on .NET architecture. Implement, document, and deploy AJAX. Design, develop, and implement Web Services responsible for Phone Activation and Credit Card transactions with VeriSign.

  • Senior Information Technology Architect

    SunCom Wireless

    (Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; TPC; Information Technology and Services industry)

    October 2005February 2007 (1 year 5 months)

    Provide technical and business direction for the improvement of Network Engineering and various eCommerce applications. The eCommerce web site was developed in ASP and provided Sales, Credit & Activation, and Fulfillment departments with a mechanism to manage customer orders and billing. This site required a re-design in order to become the company’s web portal. It entailed a migration into .NET 2.0 (leveraging AJAX, Web Custom Controls, and Web Services) and the design and development of re-usable business objects responsible for performing discreet actions such as credit card charges via VeriSign and automatic phone activation. The Network Engineering web site developed under .NET 1.1 architecture provides a dynamic mechanism for managing mobile communication technologies and resources (GSM and TDMA). It provides a custom setup process that drives the maintenance function and the data being collected for each technology and its resources.

  • Project Director, Application Development

    Entium Technology Partners

    (Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

    20042005 (1 year )

    Provide technical direction for the development of enterprise level software solutions incorporating structured and none-structured information. The web based solutions were implemented for the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey Engineering Department’s intranet portal (EOL) to provide seamless and intuitive user access to the department information resources. EOL serves as a framework for enterprise level application initiatives and provides a management tool for process, organization, and technology integration. It ties together over 500,000 Engineering project and tenant documents, drawings, and calculations that are stored in a LiveLink Document Management System (DMS); several external applications such as AutoCAD; several Engineering functions workflows such as contract initiation and contractors selection; and several other independent web applications.

  • Senior Technical Consultant

    JP Morgan Chase

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; JPT; Banking industry)

    20032004 (1 year )

    Provide technical consulting for the development of the Marketing Credit Card System (CPlan) projects that support the development of credit card campaigns, programs, and offers to various consumer groups. The system provides a mechanism of building various credit card offers that consist of one or more of the following areas: pricing, rewards, plastics, inserts, premiums, and product change. It constructs the marketing offers by pulling together the information from various supporting systems and databases allowing the user to perform complex searches and data maintenance. The offers built via CPlan are shared with other systems and vendors used by the bank (e.g., customer service for pricing disclosure information, prospect database vendor for sending pre-qualifying applicants promotional materials). This is a long-term initiative that involves over 100 complex projects – including a massive conversion of the bank’s card processor platform.

  • Technical Architect

    Merck

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; MRK; Pharmaceuticals industry)

    April 2003September 2003 (6 months)

    Provide technical consulting for the development of the Worldwide Atypical Tracking System (WATS) project that supports the tracking and reporting of anomalies that deviated from the approved and published manufacturing processes of compounds and vaccines. The system provided a mechanism of documenting internal investigations in support of FDA audits. It recorded the initiation, investigation, quality review, and quality approval phases with electronic signatures and email notifications and allowed for formal documentation of the actions taken.

  • Technical Architect

    Delaware Valley Financial Services, Inc.

    (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Insurance industry)

    October 2000March 2003 (2 years 6 months)

    Provide technical consulting for the development of an insurance administration application. The application supported functionality such as policy maintenance, loans, investments, transfers, commissions, and reporting for a variety of insurance products.

  • Product Development Manager

    McKesson

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

    February 2000September 2000 (8 months)

    Led and managed the development and integration of n-tier claims auditing and compliance application. The application consisted of various middleware components that were re-used by the GUI front-end, integration partners, and web development.

  • Sr. Project Manager – Information Technologies

    Access Group

    (Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Financial Services industry)

    November 1996September 1999 (2 years 11 months)

    Responsible for the full life cycle development of multiple projects for the organization's mission-critical loan origination system. Directed up to 15 developers in specific implementation of business objectives.


Gad Hazum, MBA’s Education

  • Drexel University

    MBA , Information Systems , 19901992

  • West Chester University of Pennsylvania

    BS , Computer Science , 19861989

    Deans List 1988, Graduated Cum Laude


Additional Information

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Gad Hazum, MBA’s Groups:

America-Israel Chamber of Commerce (AICC)

  •    Executive Suite
  •    Relevante -- Networking Group for Accounting, Audit, and Finance Professionals
  •    Telecom Professionals
  •    Drexel MBA
  •    West Chester University Students and Alumni Network
  •    The Israeli Connection
  •    T-Mobile
  •    Chase Alumni Association
  •    Sales and Marketing Professionals Promoting Israeli High-Tech in the USA

Gad Hazum, MBA’s Honors:

SunCom Quest for Excellence Award, 2008
SunCom Quest for Excellence Award, 2007


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