Derek Thomas Email & Phone Number

Dublin

A one year academic programme which included modules in Innovation Management, Project Management, New Product Service Development. The course also includes a Practical Research Project which combined the relevant elements above and involved an in-company development assignment for four months.

Citiwest Business Campus, Dublin

Innovation is an expression we have all used at some time to describe our company, product, service or process approach - I know we did. However, few really understand the impact and importance Innovation plays in an organisations success. Usually, it is an ad-hoc or reactive process brought about by declining performance or loss of market share. At JANUS Innovation we believe that Innovation should be a core component of any corporate culture and that Innovation can be achieved by a myriad of… Show more Innovation is an expression we have all used at some time to describe our company, product, service or process approach - I know we did. However, few really understand the impact and importance Innovation plays in an organisations success. Usually, it is an ad-hoc or reactive process brought about by declining performance or loss of market share. At JANUS Innovation we believe that Innovation should be a core component of any corporate culture and that Innovation can be achieved by a myriad of small, incremental improvements as well as by the big, game-changing idea. We work with companies to: 1. Help them establish a culture of Innovation2. Facilitate the creative process, internal and external, that will generate lots of new ideas3. Build internal processes for measuring the impact of any Innovation4. Implement our unique Ideas Management Platform that will encourage, manage and measure the thousands of new ideas that will be generated either from continuous Innovation or campaign specific projects.Innovation is perhaps the most critical element of business survival and growth. We at JANUS Innovations take Innovation very seriously - do you? Show less

Dublin, Ireland

o Co-ordinated bi-annual service reviews with 8 of the main correspondent providers e.g. Citibank, HSBC & UBSo Initiated Service Level Agreements (SLA) with 15 nostro provider bankso Increased STP levels to over 99% for the nostro providers through increased analysis of errant trades and arranging correction of SSI’so BIFFO - Bank Information Fees For Operations. Initiated and completed a project to set up a database to capture, validate and provide line by line statistical analysis… Show more o Co-ordinated bi-annual service reviews with 8 of the main correspondent providers e.g. Citibank, HSBC & UBSo Initiated Service Level Agreements (SLA) with 15 nostro provider bankso Increased STP levels to over 99% for the nostro providers through increased analysis of errant trades and arranging correction of SSI’so BIFFO - Bank Information Fees For Operations. Initiated and completed a project to set up a database to capture, validate and provide line by line statistical analysis of trends in nostro bank fees. o Arranged fee reductions with various nostro banks of USD 100k in 2011 and USD 150k in 2010. o Increased liquidity across Bank of America London, Merrill Lynch International London and MBNA in accordance with FSA requirements, in conjunction with Treasury Department.o Migrated 8 high value/volume USD external nostro provider bank accounts to in-house Bank of America bank accounts ensuring all static data, nostro instructions, nostro bank accounts were updated in all internal systemso New Product Review - coordinated and assessed 25 new initiatives each month for any impact on Cash Management Services (CMS). Implemented all changes required to ensure CMS had all relevant requirements instigated to support the initiative.Project Manager, Business Development Group 2005-2006o EMEA Bank Project (90 person team). The consolidation of Merrill Lynch Capital Markets Bank, Dublin and Merrill Lynch International Bank, London. As the GMIS project manager, ensured the following aspects of the migration were completed on time and with little practical ramifications on the Cash Management Services team o Consolidated 4 sets of MLIB nostro bank accounts into MLCMB nostro bank accounts. (100 bank accounts across 30 currencies) Manager - Cash Management Services 1996-2005Managed a team of 20 who reconciled 150 cash banks accounts across 14 legal entities and across 30 different currencies.- Show less

London

Provide the firms funding requirements to both the Treasury and Repo desks

London, United Kingdom

Manage a team that's reconciled the firms Equity bank accounts

Honours Bachelors Degree, Business Innovation, Honours Degree

A 4 module course containing modules in Innovation Management, New Product/Service Development, Project Management & Practical Research.

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology And Greek & Roman Civilization. Philosophy At First Year Level, Commendation In Psychology

Cbc Monkstown Park, Leaving Cert

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