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France

Archamps, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

• Analysed business requirements and redacted comprehensive product specifications, regression test plans, user stories, acceptance criteria, and communicated effectively with internal and external stakeholders.• Implemented regulation updates, user experience upgrades, and technical enhancements.• Participated in Level 3 Support, coordinating Client Support, Ops and Dev teams.• Automated unit tests with Selenium, improving productivity by 60%.

Hong Kong, Hong Kong Sar

• Managed two 6/10-member cross-functional (product, engineers, QAs, BAs, UI/UX designers) teams, facilitating seamless software development with planning, monitoring and coordinating for timely product release cycles.• Evolved in a Scrum Agile environment, managing 2-week sprints and prioritizing the sprint backlog for optimal product development according to data analysis and the company’s product strategy. • Translated business requirement gatherings for 15 features (e.g.: Primary Issuance, API keys, trading pairs, FIX client engine) into technical needs (epics, user stories, acceptance criteria), business requirements documentation, and functional specifications.• Spearheaded cross-functional workshops over 3 geographical zones to ensure clear communication and alignment across 6 teams.• Communicated closely with Operations, Marketing and Legal teams for rapid regulation updates or issue resolutions.• Maintained JIRA backlog with documentation, demo templates, presentations, market research and analysis in Confluence.• Increased sprint completion ratio from 60% to 90% by implementing strict planning procedures.• Deployed a tool in Python to create test users, reducing onboarding time by 75%.

Hong Kong Sar

• Supported the Exchange business line as a Business Analyst, focusing on product development initiatives in an Agile environment.• Worked closely with the Brokerage and Custody business lines for complete integration.• Elaborated and standardised product documentation, including regression test plans, user stories, and functional specifications.• Redacted and completed daily smoke tests and full regression tests.• Collaborated with development and QA teams, as well as external vendors, to ensure continuous delivery.rated with development and QA teams, as well as external vendors, to ensure seamless delivery.

Hong Kong Sar

• Provided technical support for the Warrant Market Making trading platform, collaborating seamlessly with Business, Development, and Project teams.• Significantly enhanced productivity by 40%, by automating labor-intensive tasks through shell scripting and VBA macros.• Implemented a comprehensive monitoring system, leveraging tools such as ITRS Geneos, reducing time reaction by 90%.• Reduced morning checks time by 80% by automating the process.• Automated the generation of monthly reports regarding the platform’s technical usage (latency, throttle, number of messages handled…).• Successfully deployed software upgrades, failovers and performed mock tests on HKEx and NSE. • Demonstrated strong technical skills in resolving complex issues.

Hong Kong

• Analysed customer requirements and redacted comprehensive product specifications, regression test plans, user stories, acceptance criteria, and communicated effectively with internal and external stakeholders.• Led simultaneously multiple customizations for high-profile clients and took ownership of projects from beginning to end (e.g: main analyst on a new client with heavy customisations)• Product specialist for Compliance (Market Surveillance, SFC DS-OL), Risk, Composite Trading• Planned client backlogs, prioritized tasks based on the product roadmap, and actively participated in client-facing meetings, facilitating client relationships and project success.• Designed workflow charts, architecture diagrams, and mock-ups to facilitate product understanding and development.• Led successful migrations of new technologies and products, such as a new Risk framework and the Middle Office module.• Played a crucial role in pre-sales activities, conducting demos, analysis, and scoping exercises.• Maintained and executed UAT scripts.

Hong Kong

• First level support on both Cash and FnO Securities platforms, including user training, initial troubleshooting, and user's guides writing.• Managed client expectation, with respect to KPIs and SLAs• Led a desk of 6-8 people across Hong Kong and Singapore, oversseing recruitment of new staff, coaching and monitoring of their progression, reviewing of their annual appraisals and progression plans, setting individual and collective goals.• Developed team metrics to measure productivity and created monthly reports for management analysis.• Reduced members' turnover by 75% within a year.• Initiated floor walks at customers’ offices to reinforce relationships and client satisfaction, assist users in desktop set up and functional questions. • Performed demos for Pre-Trade Risk, Algo, and Middle Office modules.• Achieved strong working relationships with technical support, delivery managers, and product management teams.• Conducted regression tests and monitored Fidessa systems to ensure optimal performance.• Leveraged VBA to create an internal tool that improved the desk's efficiency by 15%.

Hong Kong

• Developing the User Interface and new functionalities of the current system• Developing new products• Business Development• UAT, Regression test

Hong Kong

• Managing a portfolio of international investment bank clients in the Asia Pacific Region• Establishing, training and deployment of a team• Development and deployment of a new business strategy• Korean, Taiwanese and Singaporean markets (option on index)• Delta One products (mainly Japanese markets)• Development and testing of CreditMatch for Delta One products• Improved company’s ranking from last to 6 out of 15 broking firms

Hong Kong

• Managed a portfolio of international investment bank clients in the Asia Pacific Region • OTC dealing and listed execution (knowledge of front-to-back and Clearing processes)• Development of an automated deal confirmation system• Analysis of options characteristics (price, trend) on the main AsiaPac indices• Training of junior brokers and planning of client events• Generated average PnL of USD 600,000 per annum

London, United Kingdom, Hong Kong

Hong Kong October 2005 – December 2007• Set up Equity Derivatives desk across the Asian market• 75% of the clients under management within the first 12 months• Knowledge of the different Asian markets and their particularities• Generated PnL of USD 450,000 after one year of productionLondon June 2004 – September 2005• Junior broker on the French single stock market desk• Dealing with market makers and international investment banks• Knowledge of financial software (such as Bloomberg)• Break even within 6 months

La Garenne Colombes (92), France

Vehicle Economic Valuation• Data analysis: forecasting industrial cost prices including vehicles directories, specifications analysis and funding estimates in cooperation with the project team, Finance and Buying Departments• Devising estimation models for local currency prices - economic and cost structures in Mercosur and China, with the Buying Department• Establishing production sites provisional budgets with local controllers• Running simulations for global implication across all company stake holdings• Creation of analysis tools using VBA, setting parameters in conjunction with project teams

Paris, France

• Relationship building with investors, journalists and prospects• Development, enhancement and execution of the Business Plan • Fund raising and presentation of products and solutions to investors• Marketing the different products

Tigy (45), France

Main result: ISO 9004 Certification• Set up of the Quality System• Drafting of the Quality Manual and all the documents for traceability purposes• Conducting Quality reunions with operators and technicians• Conducting internal audits

Mba, Corporate Finance, Statistics, Economics, Commercial Law, Sociology

Universite de Paris 1 - Pantheon-Sorbonne

Engineer, Conception, Mechanics

Activities and Societies: President of the Cine-Club, Rugby