Managing a highly motivated team geared towards technological development.Articulated an IT Strategy aligned to the Bank’s strategic objectives.Continuous optimization of IT infrastructure.Overseeing the implementation of the IT governance and cyber resilience projects.Formed a dedicated function focusing on Digital Innovation.Delivered a new Data Warehouse environment including self-service analytical reporting. An environment which is now moving to another phase aligning the data models to the ECB’s recommended ontologies. Designed and deployed a state-of-the-art Business Continuity Centre including a Data Centre enabling high availability.Led the team to manage a number of prestigious key transformation projects, including the Branch Transformation including automations and improved customer journey, mobile and web banking, outsourcing activities including the cards business, digitization solution and state-of-the-art archiving centre, open banking environment, and many more.Promoting simplification, continuous improvement and exploiting technology to enable business transformations.

Managed Various mission critical projects and initiatives including: o Managed the selection and implementation of a new Core Banking system. o Involved in the cards strategy as a technical consultant especially for the online integration with the core banking system. o New Portfolio Management System to handle the investment portfolios of private clients o A Payments platform integrated with the core banking system and other heterogeneous systems, including the Treasury System, Anti-Money Laundering System, SWIFT, etc. o Upgrade of Magnetic stripe card to EMV (Chip and PIN) technology. o A Customer Relationship Management system using Microsoft Dynamics 4.0, including various applications, such as: Customer 360 ° View, Forms Automation, Marketing module and Alerting mechanisms. o Design and implementation of a new Data Warehouse environment. o A Business Intelligence platform to support the Bank's corporate performance management system. o Statutory reporting system. o Development of various business applications. o Application Support - Providing 1st, 2nd and 3rd level of support for a wide range of business applications.

I am currently lecturing modules of the B.Sc (Hons) Degree in IT/ Computer Science: University of Hertfordshire, including: Object Oriented programming (Java), Further Object Oriented Development (Java), Business Intelligence and Principles & Application of Web Services (.NET, PHP, AJAX).