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The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco delivers low-cost funding and other services that help member financial institutions make home mortgage loans to people of all income levels and provide credit that supports neighborhoods and communities. The Bank also funds community investment programs that help members create affordable housing and promote community economic development. The Bank's members are headquartered in Arizona, California, and Nevada and include commercial banks, credit unions, industrial loan companies, savings institutions, insurance companies, and community development financial institutions. Raza Development Fund (RDF) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit corporation and a registered Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) under the United States Department of the Treasury. Established in 1999 as a 509 (a) 3 support corporation, RDF provides National Council of La Raza affiliates and other Latino-serving organizations access to capital. RDF is the largest Latino CDFI, with more than $160 million in total assets under management. Since inception, RDF has provided capital to Latino serving organizations nationwide. These organizations have received technical assistance and loans in excess of $250 million, which have helped leverage nearly $1.5 billion in private capital for education, childcare, affordable housing and healthcare projects serving low-income families and individuals.

Thirty years application development experience as a development manager, project manager, product manger, systems architect, and senior developer. Nine years in the software development industry followed by seven years IT management at a leading investment banking and brokerage firm, seven years as a senior partner in two consulting firms, three years product manager of a hosted ASP model CRM solution, and most recently seven years as the Director Applications Programming of a financial services firm. Expert at management of offshore development with sixteen years multi-vendor multi-project experience. Managed and developed projects on intranet/internet web, smart client, client server, and IBM Midrange platforms. Co-Author of the WebLogic Bible published by Wiley Press. Specialties: - Managing Offshore Development and Vendor Relationships - Planning Multi-Year Application Roadmap Strategies - Application Design, Architecture, and Development - Application Integration, proprietary and third-party - Environment Configuration - Project Management - Technical Expertise: BEA WebLogic, Apache Tomcat, Resin, Java, J2EE, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase, DB2/400, PostgreSQL 8, ER Studio, Erwin, Rational Rose, MS Project, Windows, AS/400, RPG/400, S/36, RPG II, S/34, S/32