iBoost is a rapidly developing company with offices in Dubai, Manila & Nicosia strongly but not exclusively focused on Finastra Equation core banking users. The company has three main areas of operation:i. Sales, implementation and support of its unique optimisation software solution for IBMi (AS/400) applications. This solution has been proven to dramatically reduce batch runtimes for applications as well as allowing a number of other utilisation economies through the implementation of advanced parallelisation without the need to maintain application source codes. With a number of prestigious users in the Financial community worldwide, the benefits are proven and referenceable.ii. As a Finastra Infusion partner iBoost is the partner of choice in the Gulf region for the implementation of upgrades to FB Equation v4.3. Having carried out a number of highly successful upgrade projects we are considered experts in this field and are regularly subcontracted by Finastra to deliver their upgrades.In addition our team of ex-Finastra 'Champions' (all over 10 years experience) are regularly engaged to carry out other tasks such as: * Security audits * Lending health checks * Service composer developments * System customisations * Masterclass trainings and workshops * Additional module implementations (including Islamic Banking modules)iii. Our newly opened office in Manila has been designed to support development offshoring for companies worldwide looking for a cost effective and professional team to support their projects on IBMi (AS/400) technology.

Was responsible for startup of this popular online store selling luxury lighting products from Murano and Veneto area of Italy. Achievements included: - Company registration and establishment, domain selection and registration - Creating and formalising supplier relationships - Assisting with design and managing website creation - Design & specification of site e-commerce workflow automation - SEO optimisation and online marketing setup and monitoring (adwords & analytics) - Selection & implementation of payment channel partners and bankers - Business and local partner development for Arab Gulf region

Founding Director of Software and Services Company in the financial sector providing software for data warehousing, integration, mobile financial apps, treasury & payments systems as well as consultancy services to banks implementing major core and departmental solutions from especially Misys but also Temenos, Oracle (i-Flex), Infosys &c.Specific responsibilities included: - New business development for software and PS sales - Upstream and downstream partnership establishment and maintenance - Establishment of budgets and effective budget monitoring & control - Evaluating and approving prospective PS deals - Client relationship management for project delivery of software and services - Management of up to 60 developers, technicians and team leaders - Design, development and operation of PS and software sales and subcontractor agreements

Delivering consultancy and development to Misys on sub-contract basis and directly to bank clients.Testing the water.

Implementing banking systems all over the world but especially in Eastern Europe & Arab Gulf.Specific responsibilities included: - Authoring and delivering training to new user clients - Technical consultancy - Business consultancy - Project Management - Development design both for core system customisation and newbuild projectsProjects succesfully delivered in countries including: Bahrain, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Estonia, France, Germany, Holland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Syria, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, Ukraine & UK.

Management of all accounting and IT systems within the bank. Specific achievements included: - Design, creation and implementation of new automated accounts generation applications on PC platform - Implementation of SWIFT ST200 terminal to replace tested telex as well as new payments, bank reconciliation and confirmation matching workflows and procedures - Negotiation & Implementation of new Reuters and Telerate dealer trading and information systems - Migration of IBM midrange System/38 to AS/400 platform

Producing Marine Reinsurance Financial Data. Credit control of premium and claim accounts. Assisting with running System/38 based IT systems. Learning and pioneering the use of IBM PC technology. Automating the production of Financial Accounts using 'new' PC technology.