Director of Engineering for the Irish based, global leader in B2B travel technology

Achievements and Responsibilities- Fully responsible for tech/product strategy and vision, tech/product budget and forecasting, global remit with a huge focus on commercial deliveries. Led digital transformation, scale through technology, and SME product strategies.- Part of an executive team that turned a loss making ‘start-up’ into one on the verge of turning profitable and secured a successful round of funding in 2018, with major new Hong Kong and London based investors - Led IT transformation programs of strategic importance and high complexity. Performed a full successful AWS migration in 3 months, with 0 outages and only positive customer impact. Improved processes in terms of delivering MVP’s, continuous integration supporting multiple production releases every day, pragmatic delivery models using some scrum principals but always what makes the most sense for the team- Fully responsible for product roadmap prioritization and ultimately delivery. Huge focus on client experience and project ‘outcomes’. Passionately believe in business cases and return on investments for all R&D activities. Passionately believe in transparency and in empowering engineers, teams, product owners and designers to take ownership and make a difference.- Led talent acquisition, retention and team expansion efforts over the past year, researched across the globe to establish the correct development partner and in May 2019 delivered our first full project via this model from Portugal. Other partners and resources in Croatia, Poland and Hong Kong.- Built a multi-jurisdiction platform to support new market entries in Hong-Kong, Singapore, Canada, UAE, taking into consideration the differing regulatory environments of each entity. - Built and managed an integration to a major e-commerce platform partner in Guangzhou China. This is the first step to a Payments-As-A-Service platform, with a focus on the Chinese market.

Variety of roles typically involving both leading technology and product departments tasked with delivering new strategic products and platforms. Proven track record in delivering the highest priority, global enterprise projects and programs with a strong emphasis on leadership, communication, risk management and stakeholder management activities. Very outcome and commercially driven with a huge focus on client experience. Fully responsible for budgeting, recruitment, retention, globally distributed teams of up to 200 in size.I am a very driven individual, pragmatic by nature and results orientated. I function best under pressure and thrive on ownership and accountability.

Responsible for leading a team of 50+ resources, including project managers, permanent staff, consultants and outsourced teams charged with delivering new strategic projects targeted at attracting a new client base in the area of hedge fund managers.

In parallel with running and leading large departments, I was responsible for delivering the largest project in the history of Saxo Bank - one which has enabled the client base of the to trade Equity Options. This was an 9 figure DKK budget project, which is now rolled out world wide and traded on 5 continents in 70+ countries.

Responsible for a team of 50+ resources, including project managers, permanent staff, consultants and outsourced teams charged with delivering new strategic projects in the area of 'Futures and Options'

Responsible for all aspects of program management right through the SDLC. Delivered an E2E enterprise flagship project that enabled clients to trade Futures and Stock Index Options at Saxo Bank. Role included:Leading both an onsite and outsourced development team of 50+ resources, located in 4 different countriesGlobal stakeholder managementSteering group reporting at CEO levelResource management & recruitmentBudget responsibleDeliveries included support for: Risk Management, Back Office Operations, Trading Desk, Front Office, Commercial, Data Management, Client Trading Experience

Achievements and Responsibilities- I was responsible for leading a cross border team of non-functional test/quality experts on a SOA based IT transformation program. Team was based in Stockholm, Helsinki, Oslo and Copenhagen- Team management

- Working as a consultant was an excellent opportunity to get exposure to different industries; to determine my strengths and weaknesses and to ascertain where I wanted my professional future to lie. Achievements and Responsibilities- Quickly progressed from a individual quality analyst and performance test engineer to hands on team lead roles - Clients included:o State Street investment banko Allied Irish Banko Bank of Irelando Vodafoneo Meteoro O2