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Geneva, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

Geneva Area, Switzerland

o Assessed business needs and designed/recommended functional and technicalsolutions.o Parameterized the various packages (Manager / Trader / Compliance).o Specified, developed and administrated the technical interfaces. Supervisedthe exploitation and the support of the solution.o Managed roll-out and releases including training and testing.Main Achievement: Led the implementation for the new Institutional Asset Management division of the company. I performed business analysis to define the functional and technicalscopes of the solution and extensively worked on the implementation. I also acted as a compliance business analyst (UCITS and internal guidelines).

Montreal, Canada Area

o Managed the IT department, infrastructure and budgets.o Managed implementation and administrated financial applications. Providedday-to-day support and consultation to portfolio managers, traders, brokersand custodians.o Defined and administrated the IT Security.Main Achievement: Migration of an Order Management System, in ASP (hosted) mode.I managed the project which consisted in the definition of operational and functional processes (gap analysis), the selection of a solution among a few providers, the integration with others systems such as an accounting system and a Post Trade messaging system. I also attended to all necessary testing throughout the integration.

Montreal, Canada Area

o Administrated systems and network equipments for three physical sites (PCs, servers, Cisco network, firewalls, VPNs, telephony).o Designed and integrated a Business Continuity Plan.o User training and support for corporate applications.o Application packaging and deployment.o Webmaster (corporate Website, CMS)Main Achievement: Implementation of a Business Continuity Plan.After a Risk Analysis and a Business Impact Analysis, I designed and implemented technical and operational solutions in order to recover all operational processes within 4 hours on a remote site.

Montreal, Canada Area

o Migrated and administrated the Windows systems from NT4 to 2000.o Improved the collaborative Website (Lotus QuickPlace).o Provided documentation and trained users.

Master, Engineering

Engineering program in Computer Science, Telecommunication and Electronic general practice. ISEN Engineer– European Master’s degree issued.

Master, Information Systems & Network

Exchange student during the final ISEN year. Specialization in Information Systems & Network. www.etsmtl.ca

Prep Classes, General Mathematics & Physics