# Gregory Chernomaz > Software Developer, NYC Department of Finance Location: New York, New York, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/gregorychernomaz ## Work Experience ### Software Developer @ NYC Department of Finance Jan 2022 – Present ### Director of Digital & Information Systems @ NYC Mayor's Office of Environmental Coordination Jan 2015 – Jan 2022 | New York, NY ### Project Manager @ FJA-US Jan 2013 – Jan 2015 As a Project Manager, was responsible for managing client’s entire project portfolio with annual budget up to $6 Million in support of a major national health insurance company. Projects included major software upgrade, BAU operational software implementation and support, and various federal mandates and strategic business initiatives. Matrixed, nationwide/off-shore team comprised of up to 20 BA, developer, modeler, and QA resources. Day-to-day responsibilities included: • Served as the primary point of contact with customer executive management and internal project team, and internal; managed the overall client relationship, expectations, and deliverables • Developed and managed implementation and delivery plans with the customer and the FJA internal design and development teams • Developed and managed resource plans, budgets, and forecasts with the customer, and for internal reporting purposes; adhered to budgeted revenue and profitability benchmarks • Provided weekly and monthly project updates to FJA management and to the client based on their requirements regarding status, risks, mitigations, and escalations • Provided leadership, mentoring, and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle • Assisted teams with project best practices, techniques, and tools for project planning, execution, project management, ongoing milestone/deliverable tracking, communication, and key performance metrics ### Sr. Director of Project Management @ New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) Jan 2012 – Jan 2013 •Managed 9 full-time and contractor direct reports, 7 Project/Program Managers and 2 Production Support Services Managers •Responsible for an IT project portfolio of up to 57 projects totaling $29 Million in budget. Projects/programs range from 2 months to 2 years in duration and $50-100K to $3.5 Million in budget •Promoted creation of a matrix, project-based IT organization, with a shared pool of about 50 developers, tech leads, data modelers, business analysts, and QA testers •Implemented new project management strategic framework and redesigned SDLC process to replace current Waterfall methodology with Iterative and Agile-based approach. Implemented Microsoft Project Server as the agency IT project portfolio management tool •Built cross-departmental and external (e.g. Citibank, Hill International, Mayor’s Office) relationships in an effort to manage project/support objectives, design application solutions, prioritize deliverable, determine implementation strategy and coordinate the assignment of resources •Worked with IT Business Analysts, Chief Architect, and Data Modelers to review and approve business requirements, technical/functional specifications, application, process design, technological solutions, platforms •Served as Technology Division representative at agency’s strategic decision-making forums (e.g. Business Council). Reported at monthly PMO meetings to executive management on IT project portfolio status and presented business process improvement, problem and risk mitigation ideas •Managed hands-on implementation of the agency’s Oracle-based Enterprise Data Warehousing Solution with a data capture process and Proactive Preservation Initiative (PPI) data mart as Phase 1. Directed contract negotiation with IBM and Oracle during BI tool selection process, managed tool’s installation, customization, and organized training for IT staff and users ### Computer Systems Manager @ New York City Department of Finance Jan 2010 – Jan 2012 • Responsible for evaluation, installation, customization, and ongoing support of the agency’s mission critical COTS packages manufactured by IBM, CA, Oracle, and other major software companies • Planned, coordinated, and managed multiple, agency-wide software releases • Created simplified, streamlined solution to evaluating, scoring, and tracking production support issues related to the use of commercial software packages • Led diverse, cross-functional teams and created customer relationships across multiple agency units, other city entities, and software vendors • Responsible for Project Budget planning, tracking, and reporting (ERP and financial reporting), maintains control of project scope, schedule, resources, risks and issues • Developed user manuals and white papers on software package/tool use and optimization for software development and support teams agency-wide • Assisted, coordinated, and mentored project resources on all aspects of the project, identified training needs of project resources and assisted with documenting training plan(s) to address ### Software Application Developer @ Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company Jan 2005 – Jan 2010 o Led 3 inter-dependent projects with budget up to $2 Million while supervising multiple IT, QA, Business Analyst, and PMO teams o Oversaw and conducted all project activities and supervised the creation of the related documentation, including user documentation and manuals, using Documentum Repository o Negotiated vendor proposals and managed software / consultant vendor relationships o Provided articulate and accurate status to the executive management, project sponsors, and audit / IT departments from Private Client Group, Global Processing, Finance, General Ledger, Accounting, HR, and other business units o Analyzed business process, created functional design, performed acceptance testing, and indentified, mitigated, and reported project risks o Participated in JAD sessions with users to identify, define, and confirm requirements as the basis for system design to create use cases. Assisted in providing system training in accordance with project requirements o Worked closely with a major third-party software vendor to achieve a high level of product customization, integration, and performance improvement o Participated in JAD meetings and gathered business requirements through a variety of techniques such as work sessions and interviews o Created and maintained business requirements traceability matrices, process flows, and use cases supporting the project development, as well as assigned roles in change issue and risk for the project o Conducted requirements, design and code reviews. Frequently collaborated with internal and external C-level executives. ### Application Development Manager @ Wachovia, A Wells Fargo Company Jan 1996 – Jan 2005 o Analyzed business requirements, prepared functional specifications, and coordinated work of benefits outsourcing vendors o Was responsible for project scheduling and ongoing product maintenance o Coached business users in preparation of test conditions and resolution of various business problem scenarios o Negotiated business and IT resources for project allocation o Captured, analyzed, and documented business and technical user requirements. Formulated use cases and named use cases and actors to concentrate on the flow of events. Utilized Visio to diagram use cases to specify the complete functionality of the system design o Consulted with the business partners to understand and assess its business processes, existing systems, and related problems o Created business use case diagrams to break down the complicated workflow into simple units and show the relationships of use cases. Presented use case diagrams to customers, users and the development team o Conducted business and gap analysis and created RFP / RFI o Directed domestic and off-shore teams in project planning, functional requirements, design, coding, user acceptance testing planning, and launch. ### System Programmer/Analyst @ Smith Barney Jan 1995 – Jan 1996 ## Education ### MBA in IT Management Trident University International ### BS in Finance Excelsior University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/gregory-chernomaz-819a563 --- Source: https://flows.cv/gregorychernomaz JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/gregorychernomaz/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13