Elm Resources Work Values

Daily Duties at Elm Resources:

(Current Team size 15, Value $5.5 million) • ELM Resources is in the business of providing loan processing services for student loans. It is a Not for profit organization helping processing and disbursement of FELP loans to students, from 500 + schools across USA, from 14 major US banks • Project involves organizing and managing a multi year re-architecture and re-development exercise for ELM products involving o SaaS model with service oriented architecture for delivery to clients on demand o Enterprise service bus using BizTalk 2008 to ensure highly configurable services running in parallel o LinQ to XML provider for custom data transformations on the fly o Concurrency and co-ordination runtime for scalable business and DAL o Web layer with AJAX, MVC and LINQ for lightweight calls o Silver light for enhanced user experience • Developed a change management process involving multiple waves of incremental improvement. Each wave was planned, with well defined goals, ROI and change management process. • Completed the first wave (the 7 week plan) involving major infrastructure upgrade and software installs for the resolution of key stability issues • Completed first release of ELMNet software in the SaaS model. • Championed the introduction of agile processes across the organization, through coaching and training the teams • Responsible for budgeting, planning and execution of multiple projects • Created and executed business readiness plans, release and back out plans, communication plans, and training plans for change wave 1. • Currently we are in the sprint 3 for the wave 2 involving re-architecture of schools application and loan processing rules engine. • Created resource plans and I am currently working with resource partners for ramping up resources for next wave Tools & Technology: Current: (Java + Cold Fusion) New: (Silver light, MVC, LINQ, C#.Net, WCF, CCR), VSTS 2008, Quality Center, MS Project, SCRUM, BizTalk for processing >1 GB XML files

What they like about Elm Resources:

Working for a company with an emphasis on social values and helping society is a clear and important priority for you - a critical factor in who you choose to work for. In contrast to other factors, you place an organization's reputation for fairness and concern for the community above most other aspects of the company. As you search for a new job opportunity, it is usually possible to find out if the company is involved in the community and/or if it is addressing problems and issues in society. Pay special attention to non-profit organizations and those specifically involved in social action. Moreover, speaking with current and former employees should enlighten you to perceptions of the fairness of the company's leaders and the treatment of employees.

Tags

Agile, SCRUM, PMP, ITIL, RUP, Banking, Green Card, WCF, Silverlight, J2EE

Skills

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with Elm Resources: