Sr. Business Analyst at Westwood College
Greater Denver Area
- Current
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- Sr. Business Analyst at Westwood College
- Business Analyst at Westwood College
- Past
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- VP Secondary Marketing at Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
- AVP Product Development Implementation at Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
- AVP Software Development Manager at Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
- Programmer Analyst at Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
- Business Analyst at Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
- Technical Advocate at Alltel Information Services
- AVP IS Section Manager at Zions First National Bank
- Lan Administrator at Zions First National Bank
- Education
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- Southern Utah University
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Ryan Sherwood’s Summary
Experienced, motivated Management Professional with strong leadership, planning, analytical, and problem solving skills. Over 12 years experience providing consistent and proven results which exceed the needs of Mortgage Banking Organizations in technical and business disciplines. Efficient and effective in the areas of analysis, management, training, presentation, report writing, request for proposal/information. Recognized for proactive approach to management and analysis which mitigates project and departmental setbacks.
Ryan Sherwood’s Experience
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Sr. Business Analyst
Westwood College
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
May 2009 — Present (7 months)
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Business Analyst
Westwood College
(Educational Institution; Education Management industry)
February 2008 — Present (1 year 10 months)
Create requirements documents to meet business needs primarily in the Admissions area. Design web portal screens, calculations, and user inputs.
• Responsible for redesign of tablet online application portal. Replaced primary software utilized by Field Admissions Representatives.
• Responsible for Business Requirements for a Student Finance Portal. Enhance student experience by making a complex process simple, concise, and event driven. -
VP Secondary Marketing
Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; LEH; Financial Services industry)
August 2004 — January 2008 (3 years 6 months)
Led three Pricing/Trading Analysts in delivering pricing for the Conduit, Wholesale, and Consumer Direct Divisions as well as trading whole loans. Systems Analysis for pricing, trading and reporting systems.
• Automated hedge position reporting for the Lehman Fixed Income Trading Desk. Built in automated reasonability tests as well as notification of failure process.
• Demonstrated ability to ensure effective and accurate implementation of strategic initiatives including integration of a new loan origination system to trading/reporting system.
• Improved accuracy of pricing rules within loan origination system by working with IT in creating a user test environment and business controlled push of pricing rules. Eliminated IT’s involvement in pricing rule promotion within one of the loan origination systems.
• Supported department as Business Continuity Coordinator. -
AVP Product Development Implementation
Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
(Financial Services industry)
August 2003 — August 2004 (1 year 1 month)
Led four direct reports on a cross-functional team responsible for project management. Coordinated meetings, systems development, new product analysis and development.
• Improved accuracy and decreased cycle time for implementing product eligibility rules within loan origination systems by implementing a spread sheet upload process.
• Ensured project tracking and work scheduling, meeting all deadlines.
• Created policies and procedures to ensure consistency and compliances with all required investor, state, and federal guidelines.
• Managed the documents within the loan origination systems ensuring accuracy and completeness. -
AVP Software Development Manager
Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
(Financial Services industry)
2001 — August 2003 (2 years )
Led 15 direct reports including RPG Programmer Analysts, Client Server Programmer Analysts, Loan Origination Programmer Analysts, Reporting Analysts, Oracle and MS SQL Database Administrators. Provided leadership for loan origination development as well as Intranet and Internet development portals. Mentored and directed subordinates on Mortgage Banking Concepts, programming design, analysis, and problem solving techniques.
• Completed redesign of the company’s Internet portal. Increased efficiencies with legacy AS/400 system by creating cross functional development teams.
• Increased accuracy and organization by implementing code management software.
• Decreased development life cycle by cross pollinating responsibilities between programming groups. -
Programmer Analyst
Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
(Financial Services industry)
August 1999 — August 2000 (1 year 1 month)
Customized and supported loan origination system in the areas of screen, mathematical calculation, document, tables, and loan product setup.
• Provided sole development and support for two years. Completing 200 projects on time and within budget.
• Implemented industry standard Desktop Underwriter and Loan Prospector interfaces.
• Satisfied remote document delivery via email through implementation of remote documents.
• Created change management procedures in development, user acceptance, and production environments.
• Responsible for user setup, support, printing, batch job control within AS/400 environment. -
Business Analyst
Aurora Loan Services, a Lehman Brothers Company
(Banking industry)
May 1999 — August 1999 (4 months)
Project management and analysis for Consumer Direct Lending. Supported the division concerning cost-benefit analysis, requirement definition, general design, detailed design, testing, and training for IS projects.
• Responsible for creating an effective and efficient campaign mailing and tracking system decreasing loss of servicing due to loan refinancing outside of organization.
• Assisted in the creation and presentation of division business plan for expansion. -
Technical Advocate
Alltel Information Services
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 1999 — May 1999 (5 months)
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AVP IS Section Manager
Zions First National Bank
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ZION; Banking industry)
May 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 9 months)
Managed Information Systems for the entire organization. Led five IS professionals in support and development for origination and servicing systems.
• Increased loan servicing volume through a servicing system created for farm loans including payment and remittance functions.
• Created formal helpdesk call center utilizing Lotus Notes for call tracking and resolution.
• Coordinated the evaluation of request for proposal responses for replacement of loan origination system.
• Addressed electronic data processing audits and implemented corrective action.
• Active participant in Zions Data Services standards committee.
• Year 2000 coordinator ensuring system availability after turn of century.
• Responsible for 1+ million annual budget. -
Lan Administrator
Zions First National Bank
(Public Company; 5001-10,000 employees; ZION; Banking industry)
December 1995 — May 1997 (1 year 6 months)
Maintained and supported local area networks at company headquarters along with 11 branch locations. Provided support for loan origination system at each location.
• Implemented industry standard Loan Prospector system.
• Upgraded local area networks to NetWare 4.1 within the organization.
• Implemented new desktop hardware, Windows 95 and Office 95 organization wide.
• Compiled reports for inclusion in monthly board of directors report package along with adhoc reports for middle and upper management.
Ryan Sherwood’s Education
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Southern Utah University
BS , Computer Infomation Systems, Accounting Minor , 1989 — 1995
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Colorado Audi TT Club, Denver 4X4 Adventure Group
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