IT professional with extensive experience in the Financial, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing & Credit Card Industries, creating innovative solutions for complex projects and technology integration. Proven expertise in quantitative and qualitative data analysis, data evaluation, impact analysis and trend and error evaluation. Strengths include advanced problem solving, technical, multitasking, communication and presentation skills.

1. DONALD C. HAWRYSZ
https://www.linkedin.com/in/DonaldHawrysz
6406 Deerwood Dr. (815) 479-8096
Crystal Lake, IL 60012 donandnik@comcast.net
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY PROFESSIONAL
IT professional with extensive experience in the Financial, Insurance, Retail, Manufacturing & Credit Card
Industries, creating innovative solutions for complex projects and technology integration. Proven expertise in
quantitative and qualitative data analysis, data evaluation, impact analysis and trend and error evaluation.
Strengths include advanced problem solving, technical, multitasking, communication and presentation skills.
EXPERIENCE
Zurich North America Insurance, Schaumburg, IL 2012 – 2016
Sr. Enterprise Data Specialist
Led the support of the data build and delivery framework for Predictive Modeling, Pricing, and Analytics Teams.
Performed data preparation and manipulation, model impact analysis, documentation, error analysis, and
presentation of results to teams across Zurich.
• Led the support of the build and delivery framework for Worker’s Comp, General Liability, Direct Market,
and Lawyer’s Models for the Predictive Modeling and Analytics Team using Mainframe, SAS, SQL, UNIX
and MS Office Tools.
• Performed data preparation and manipulation, impact analysis, testing and presentation to General
Liability and Workers Comp Pricing Teams using Mainframe, SAS, SQL, UNIX, and MS Office Tools.
• Performed Ad-Hoc tasks across Teams in Zurich. Included were Hadoop Data Discovery and Mapping,
Database Queries using DB2, SQL, MS Access, data analysis using SAS, SQL, MS Excel, Word and
Power Point. Presenting analysis and findings to teams and leaders across Zurich.
Sears Holdings Corporation, Hoffman Estates, IL 2006 – 2012
Technical Specialist – Pricing Forecasting & Analysis
Led the design, development, implementation, and maintenance of complex forecasting and modeling systems
utilizing UNIX, Java Technologies, Teradata SQL and SAS. Analyze and tune statistical model performance to
accurately compute and improve pricing performance and forecast future trends.
• Team Project Manager on 2 year Dynamic Pricing Re-architecture project managing local resources as
well as off shore resources. Also called upon to for technical contributions as well as presentations to
upper management.
• Developed an in-store iPhone/iTouch application to aid shoppers in locating and purchasing items in
store.
• Designed, developed, and implemented intricate modeling systems and data analysis techniques using
UNIX Shell Scripting and SAS. The result of this development and analysis was the Markdown
Management Tool used to drive the seasonal advertising strategies. Managed a team of off shore
resources dedicated to support the function.
• Project Manager for the Forecasting/Modeling Department. Responsibilities include allocating the
department’s resources to accomplish goals and meet milestones throughout the year across several
projects utilizing MS Project as the primary organizational tool. Led regular departmental meetings to
discuss progress and bring any issues to light. Set up and guided meetings across departments within
Sears when necessary to gather requirements resolve issues, and present incremental and final results.
Genworth Financial, Schaumburg, IL 2004 – 2006
Sr. IT Analyst
Developed online solutions to complex financial industry issues. Managed multiple projects in the IT Department
from concept to implementation working with cross-functional teams of marketing sponsors, sales
representatives, compliance representatives, and members of the senior operating group. Presented detailed
project summaries to senior-level management and conducted post-implementation analyses to determine areas

2. for both project and technical improvement.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a web-based solution to replace a manual process to create and
store Investment Policy Statements used in calculating and stating a client’s investment portfolio using
ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, and SQL Server 2000. Increased accuracy by 10%, eliminated a 72-hour
response time, and created the ability to store and recall historical data.
• Designed, developed, and implemented a web-based solution to manage requests for IT assistance from
other departments within the company using ASP, VBScript, JavaScript, and SQL Server 2000. This
resulted in an increase in the IT department’s efficiency by 15%.
• .NET conversion project responsibilities included planning, design, development, testing, and
implementation of the new .NET framework and applications for the department’s guest and member
web sites.
Motorola, Libertyville, IL 1998 – 2004
Sr. Software Engineer/IT Lead
Managed projects and developed solutions to complex manufacturing industry issues. Managed multiple
projects in the Software Engineering Department from concept to implementation working with cross-functional
and international teams throughout the corporation. Presented detailed project summaries, demonstrations, and
milestone achievements to senior-level management. Led complex IT projects whose key activities entailed
interfacing with staff and customers during all phases of the project life cycle.
• Designed and implemented an object oriented solution utilizing Java and J2EE (Servlet, EJB, JDBC,
JSP) technologies that empowered the Motorola Supply Chain Division with the ability to predict and
forecast demand more effectively. The result of this project was a 50% increase in response time and a
greater accuracy in the prediction model.
• Administratored 5 Dell Power Edge Servers using the Windows 2000 Operating System, running the
global software development groups production and development environments. Maintained these
Servers by applying maintenance and upgrade patches provided by Dell and Microsoft, providing
multiple off-site backup/recovery procedures, and responding to server issues as they occurred in a
timely manner on a 24-hour basis.
• Led the design, development and implementation phases of a global planning data warehouse. This
provided faster, more accurate data enabling quicker decisions to be made. International coordination
and travel required.
• Designed, developed, and implemented an automated comparison process to evaluate discrepancies in
the materials used in the manufacturing of mobile devices utilizing C, ProC, UNIX and ORACLE DB
technologies.
• Created an automated process to take file inputs and create a standardized metrics report used by
management to monitor yield, defects, and production machine efficiency across all Motorola Production
facilities worldwide utilizing C, ProC, UNIX and ORACLE DB technologies. This replaced a manual
process, eliminating erroneous calculations and decreasing the completion time of the report.
• Designed, developed and implemented miscellaneous software, applications, and interfaces to Factory
Systems across all Motorola Production facilities worldwide utilizing such technologies as C, ProC, UNIX,
C++, Perl and ORACLE DB
• Maintained and enhanced the existing Factory Systems used to control/optimize data retrieval and data
sharing throughout Motorola Manufacturing Facilities worldwide, providing 24 hour system support and
training for technicians and software users.
• Worked to define and maintain SEI (Software Engineering Institute) standards as part of the SEPG.
(Software Evaluation Process Group)
EDUCATION
Master of Science (M.S.), Computer Science Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science
DePaul University, Chicago, IL Minors: Physics and Chemistry
Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, IL