Nicholas Michael Email & Phone Number

Limassol (Lemesos), Cyprus

Limassol, Cyprus

Nicosia, Cyprus

• Duties included the research, design and development of software solutions to meet the requirements of the Analytics team• Designed and implemented a decision engine and its associated set of decision rules, for a novel credit product• Designed and implemented a new event-driven smart remarketing platform to improve conversion rates• Contributed to the maintenance and support of the team’s software systems• Responsible for the maintenance and adaptive reprioritization of the product backlog according to business value and risks, while following Agile practices

Limassol, Cyprus

• Worked in an Agile context at the interface between business and non-collocated software development departments with direct involvement in the development process• Involved in the definition and scoping of the minimum viable product as well as in its qualification, estimation and planning phases • Responsible for the creation, maintenance and prioritization of the product backlog based on business value and risks • Engaged in active stakeholder management and direct reporting of project progress • Synchronized regularly with other squads (both onsite and remotely), in order to identify and resolve current or upcoming impediments and risks • Contributed in the design and implementation of a proof of concept conversion of the company’s core system from a monolithic to a micro-services architecture using Spring

Limassol, Cyprus

• Intraday analysis and management of the company's Equity and FX Portfolio, including assessment of market conditions and macroeconomic events, while also in direct communication and coordination with the CEO• Coordinated the research and execution teams for the research and development of algorithmic FX and Equity trading models• Enhancements, maintenance and support of the underlying algorithmic portfolio construction and trading systems

Limassol, Cyprus

• Appointed project leader of the company’s latest FX algorithmic trading platform• Researched and developed trend following strategies for algorithmic trading of futures• Identified business priorities and coordinated the workload within the team

Limassol, Cyprus

• Worked closely with the portfolio managers leading the design and development of a distributed portfolio management platform for equities and futures• Assisted the execution systems team with the further development of a geographically distributed electronic trading system and its associated analysis software

New Brunswick, Nj - Usa

Worked in the CBIM lab (http://cbim.rutgers.edu) on cutting edge projects involving face and body tracking, sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security, NASA, NSF and NIH: analysis of multi-cultural video data for deception detection, emotion analysis and fatigue detection of astronauts in space, recognition of grammatical markers in sign language video, and analysis of the effects of alcohol on emotions expressed via facial expressions (https://www.cbim.rutgers.edu/research/behavior-and-gesture-analysis)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science, 3.883/4.0

Research interests included machine learning and computer vision, focusing on face and body tracking with applications to facial.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.) And Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.) - Double Degree, Computer Science And Mathematics (Actuarial Track), 3.911/4.0 (Summa Cum Laude)

Full Fulbright CASP scholar (https://eca.state.gov/fulbright/country/cyprus) Vice President, Hellenic Cultural Society Vice President.