Dragon Allies is a specialist consultancy providing project/programme management and talent advisory services, licensed in Hong Kong (Dragon Allies Limited EA licence 57782) and Singapore (Dragon Allies Pte. Ltd. EA licence 19S9619) Sample exclusive work:- senior software engineers (C++, Java, Python, Solidity, Rust), DevSecOps, SRE, cybersecurity, PM & DevRel talent for Layer 1 blockchains and crypto trading firms- defined hiring process, EVP and built team (engineering, data & ops from scratch) for seed stage fintech- UX Manager, service designers (incl. global head of SD), (mobile app) products managers, digital BAs and APAC head of mobile delivery for global tier 1 bank- GRC / Data Security talent to ensure critical SOC-1/2, ISO 27001 standards accreditation for US-SG healthtech unicornTalent Advisory:- hiring process review & recommendations- attraction-acquisition (contingent perm & contract, retained, project)Specialist disciplines:Software Engineering (C++, Go / Golang, Java, JS, Kotlin, Python, Rust, Scala, Solidity, TypeScript, Web3)Data (Big Data, Data Science / Engineering, AI / ML / DL)Agile Project Delivery & Product ManagementSecurity (cyber, app/infra/cloud security, S-SDLC, audit/compliance, data privacy & security)Design (UX, service design)Project/Programme Management:- Agile / blended Project and Programme Management- SoWs-Work Packages delivery - Go-To-Market strategy and executionInterested in all things #Blockchain #Decentralization #ConfidentialComputing #Privacy #TechfForGood #FinancialInclusion #DE&I #ClimateTech

Talent Search for ecommerce, fintech, digital health / healthtech and blockchain companies.Software Engineering & ÐApp dev (C++, Go/Golang, Haskell, Java, JavaScript (OO JS, TypeScript, web3.js), Kotlin, Python, Rust, Solidity, Scala, Swift), Big Data, Agile Project & Product Management, security and Design (UI, UX, experience design, interaction design, service design).

AboutQuantitative trading, software engineering and deep tech talent search for hedge funds and financial institutions, fintech, healthtech and ecommerce start-ups, scale-ups and global powerhouses.FocusData Science: Big Data, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, NLP, AILow Latency Development: C++, Java, C#, Python, RSoftware Engineering: Platform evolution and implementationPortfolio Management: Low, Medium & High Frequency Trading, Systematic TradingQuantitative Research: Strategy modelling, big data analytics and product pricingRisk Management: Market, Credit and Counterparty Modelling, Validations and Pricing

Following the "partnership" with Salt NZ signed in April 2016, I went to Singapore as country director to oversee the integration of font Talent and develop and mirror the Salt offering.Developed new client relationships, secured PSAs, hunted and placed senior talent with start-ups, scale ups, global brands, (digital) consultancies and systems integrators focussing on the following disciplines:- Creative: UX / UI / IA, visual, interaction, motion graphics, design & art direction- Digital Marketing: performance, SEO, SEM, content, social, CRM, analytics & insights, adops/adtech- Sales: sales force from demand generation to CRO for SaaS vendors and martech and adtech- Tech: e-commerce, fintech, payments, products, front/back/full stack/mobile software engineering, Agile, DevOps, (big) data, cloud & (cyber)security.

Joined the fold when it was a 50-staff operation HQ'ed in London and launching in Sydney. Lent my international commercial expertise to help it grow across EMEA, APAC and North America by leading the global business development effort, re-engineering the tech contract desks, developing the key account management philosophy and strategy and fulfilling many other tasks from implementing compliance to RFIs management, terms and conditions re-design, coaching and mentoring and generally being the glue between the Creative, Marketing, Sales and Tech practices..

• Initially hired by Square One to strengthen its European team and develop the offering in France and French-speaking countries.• Promoted to lead the International SAP contracts desk in Feb 2010 covering Benelux, DACH, France, Nordics, Central & Southern Europe.• moved to Head of Business Development in August 2011 covering ERP (SAP, Oracle, PeopleSoft, Siebel) and IT&T practices (Microsoft Technologies, Development, Testing and Infrastructure, Digital).• Engaging with existing and new clients to cross-sell our offerings and targeting new clients to achieve PSL status across Europe, an effort that generated in excess of 350 contract placements and close to 500K in permanent fees in 2.5 years.• Corporate Accounts Manager and Account Director for 4 global consultancies: managed tendering process through to short-list and presentations, contract negotiation, on-boarding and implementation of recruitment best practice.

Head hunted in June 2006 to set up the Euro IT Banking and Financial Services division. Start from scratch involved:Review of the existing services across European countries (liaising with business heads and country managers)Client gap analysisMarketing (communication, website, intranet)Internal recruitmentDefinition of rules of engagementReview of the legal framework, to be compliant with EEA regulations, SOX Act and in-country legislationSourced talent for major investment banks, investment managers, clearing houses and securities services firms in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, The Netherlands and Switzerland

Part of the Euro contract desk set up in September 2001 and specialised on the French market amongst others, for the investment banking / management sector (Business Analysts & Project Management, banking software implementation - Calypso, Fidessa, Murex, Summit, Trema, development & testing - C++, VB, .NET, Java, PowerBuilder, HP-Mercury suite), the industry sector (infrastructure, security, ERP/CRM) and for big 5 and end-clients (Oracle/PeopleSoft/Siebel & SAP).

Head hunted by co-founder to participate in the launch of an international dual tech recruitment deskGenerated in excess of 180K perm fees from scratch and placed a handful of contractors Recruited for interactive / web agencies (marchFIRST, IconMedialab, Framfab, Cythere-Nurun) and e-commerce platform software vendors ATG, Vignette, Blue Martini across Europe during the first bubble.Also recruited French team for SDH fibre optics network firm 360networks and forayed into investment banking.

Joined as one of the first employees and learnt the ropes under the co-foundersWorked perm and contract JavaScript, ColdFusion, Vignette and BroadVision roles across Europe, my first deals were a WAP / WML / Html developer at Computer Horizons in Surrey and an AS400 iSeries at Brokat in StuttgartClients were dotcoms and web agencies across Europe in the first digital wave before the bubble burst.

Second stint in the advertising sales industry selling ad space for B2B publication Drinks International https://drinksint.com/ to beer, wines and spirits producers across Latin America and Southern Europe. Great experiences visiting brewers, winemakers and distillers in Portugal, Spain, Italy and trade shows such as International Wine Challenge, London Wine Fair and Vinexpo.

Hired by then publicly listed and notoriously hard sales outfit to sell advertising space worldwide for two of their 85 titles, International Hydrocarbon and Computer Telephony Integration. Pure BD, cold call, hard phone sales techniques, close, faxed back contracts, ring the bell... Sold pages to General Electric, Plantronics and Telia to name a few.