Chris has been on a long-term engagement with a large investment bank (in administration). During this time he has consistently delivered across multiple workstreams for a number of strategic, high-profile projects. He is currently Head of IT Infrastructure for the organisation which includes the IT Governance function.Previous roles include: - Data Control Team Lead - Application Decommissioning Programme Lead - Design & Decommissioning Authority Chairman - Data State Change Policy Author - Data Quality Improvement Programme Lead - Sub-team lead for the Administration-wide Data Integrity Programme - Sub-team lead for the Administration-wide Data Archive Programme

Irish Commercial BankAs a uniquely qualified ETL Subject Matter Expert, Chris was engaged by the Irish firm to deliver a project on their behalf. On this engagement he advised the client’s Internal Audit Team on security protocol and general banking industry ETL best-practices. In addition, Chris assessed the current risk level at the bank to present a comprehensive set of recommendations to improve security across the Group.Multinational Financial Services CorporationChris worked with the business-owners to develop and manage multiple process improvement projects. He was responsible for establishing a data quality sustainability framework; successfully leading a globally distributed team and managing the logistical issues that this presented.Global Banking & Financial Services CompanyChris delivered a Data Quality Improvement Programme to materially improve the quality of MI reporting for the Asset Management group.Government Agency (National)Chris leveraged his extensive technology experience to deliver a highly productive deep-dive analysis into system performance issues; producing a detailed set of recommendations that significantly increased efficiency.

Responsible for the design & development of ETL solutions for the Global Transaction Services team; managing relationships with the business and keeping executive stakeholders appraised of progress.Led team responsible for designing and developing a highly extensible and robust data load system; consolidating scores of processes into a single generic solution that was widely recognised for its innovation.Managed near-shore resources including contractor group; remotely managing off-shore staff, operating with high efficiency in a cross-location / multiple time zoned environment.Ensured industry, departmental and corporate standards were observed in all elements of the teams' development.Delivered a comprehensive retrospective system documentation project for a number of legacy systems which included large-scale reverse engineering efforts resulting in valued detailed design documents.

Contracted as Lead Technical Consultant in major migration effort working closely with the client to move from business-wide proprietary system to an all-purpose vendor application.Authored an initial data analysis report that was presented to the client detailing their organisation’s level of data quality and identifying solutions to bring improvements for data preparedness ahead of any implementation and provided a project timeline to achieve readiness.Managed a number of client employees that were directly assigned to the project; also had a wider pool of staff at my disposal on an as-needed basis for data entry and data reconciliation tasks later in the project.Developed a proof of concept which investigated (and ultimately proved) feasibility of the solution, secured buy-in from stakeholders who later referred to te POC as the deciding factor in moving ahead with the project.Responsible for the end to end mogration which included, but was not limited to, legacy system data quality review and the ETL.Drove data governance; responsible for all facets of data throughout the ETL processes including integrity, security and accessibility; designed and coordinated the complex data reconciliation process which involved the management of a large group of subject matter experts ensuring continuity-of-business during this time.Operated as primary liaison between the business and the vendor; organised related issues and presented them to the vendor-team. Reduced the technicality of information flowing back to the client, presenting all information clearly and concisely.

Designed and developed new reporting platform that drastically reduced report time-to-submission, virtually eliminated manual involvement and exceeded expectations of the stakeholders. Responsible for managing the complex relationships between the (corporate) IT Team and the client groups (subsidiaries).Played an integral role in the complex, large-scale upgrade of the company’s central software system; acting in multiple roles from domain expert, business analyst and developer.Managed the creation of a detailed Proof-of-Concept document for a cross-environment (DEV, UAT, Production) integration testing comparison application; coordinated all resources across multiple functions while regularly briefing its commissioners.Identified serious inefficiencies in a legacy cheque-printing system and subsequently conceived, designed and led development on an innovative replacement application that brought real efficiencies for business owners through a marked reduction in required resources and the virtual elimination of downtime.Operated as business analyst on federally-mandated reporting project; responsible for the initial requirements gathering process, communicating directly with government assigned contact and developing complex business rules and the communication of these to the various development teams.

Joint Lead developer on proprietary Labour Management System. Daily interaction with primary stakeholders ensuring all requests could be evaluated and prioritised before presenting to the development team. Technical Lead on a team charged with conducting comprehensive vendor analyses and presenting our recommendations to key stakeholders. Primary Windows developer responsible for many applications and utilities.

Assigned on three medium term engagements as Visual Basic developer responsible for design, development and implementation of complex reporting engines that were custom designed for each client. Effectively managed relationships with all clients; frequently the only representative on-site and typically the first point of contact for any project-related communications. Responsible for retrieving any project related government communications and working with stakeholders to develop custom business rules that were then provided to the development staff.