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New York City Metropolitan Area

New York City Metropolitan Area

New York, New York, United States

Created and headed a managed service for testing client specific configuration, customization, and integrations of enterprise software.Designed a cloud-based, modular, real-time, front to back platform for small to medium size Hedge Funds with significant lower costs due to the pre-packaged SaaS offering.* Developed a managed service from the idea to the market with USD 1MM revenue in the first year and 50% revenue growth thereafter.* Hired, trained, and supervised large staffs (up to 25 people) in consulting, managed services, and software development in onshore and nearshore locations.* Transformed a legacy desktop-client application into a cloud-based Software as a Service offering with continuous delivery and managed business processes.* Reduced implementation/upgrade effort and duration by standardizing the base setup and packaging the product for modular deployment with automation tools.* Spearheaded a best practice test-driven project management methodology for implementing portfolio management, risk management, order management, and accounting systems. In addition to the main benefit of reducing the project risk, this methodology enables continuous delivery and enhanced project monitoring.

New York, New York, United States

Managed the Professional Services team in New York for implementations/upgrades of Front Arena - a portfolio management, risk management, order management & accounting system.* Improved product/domain knowledge within the team with recurring webinars (lunch & learn), strategic relocation of senior resources, and paring junior resources with experienced resources. * Expanded the footprint of FIS’ Front Arena in North America in close collaboration with sales and product team.

Hong Kong

Managed Hedge Funds implementation projects of the Hedge360 product suite (Front Arena, Monis, APT, VPM) within the APAC region.* Mentored the project team as a leader and coached sub-ordinates on various technical and business-related topics* Conducted workshops and trainings for various clients in the context of release management, project infrastructure and the management of environments.

Zürich Area, Switzerland

Lead client projects in the areas of trading, asset management, treasury, trade automation, portfolio management, risk management, market data and compliance.* Held full responsibility for client management, business development, networking, and identification of cross-selling potentials.* Authored standard software engineering principles to increase efficiency in the IT department and reduce operational risk (version control, change management, release management) and conducted workshops for various clients.

Graz, Austria

Spearheaded a migration and standardization project for the front office systems in cooperation with IT management.* Facilitated discussions with system architects and developers to convert business requirements into system requirements.* Garnered extensive experience in technologies, financial instruments, and business processes on front office and front to back related topics.

Vienna, Austria

Held full responsibility for the refurbishment project of an apartment building* Conceptualized the full project plan, cost estimates, tender documents and arranged for the financing of it* Managed communication and negotiations with contractors and the authorities as well as monitoring of financial performance vs. budget.

Doctoral Program, Social And Economic Sciences

Magister, Business Administration

Tve-Diploma, Secondary Technical College, Computer Science And Business Administration

Electronic Data Processing, Business Administration, Software Development and Project Management