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.

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.