Integration of Vermeg Life (https://www.vermeg.com/software-insurance/) within the information system of a main actor of the health insurance in Luxembourg. Vermeg Life is a highly customisable packaged solution, allowing complete insurance policies lifecycle management. The goal of this project is to replace both existing back office systems that manage “investment” and “traditional life” products. The global workload, including “investment” and “traditional life” parts, is estimated to 15000 man days, the team size is around 20 members.

BSB developed for Natixis a front to back solution for its Private Bank branch called BP1818 and all subsidiaries of the BPCE group (S1818, Caisse d’épargne, Banque Populaire, Banque IOM). The back end is based on the Soliam package. The Front end is a tailored project based on the HTML5 technologies using Vaadin. The connection with Soliam is done using SOAP Web Services. The Front End Solution is connected to other various external providers using many protocols. For financial data, and financial analysis :Six Telekurs, Quantalys. For the Order Management System, its Patio. , For the Marketing, and other content, it is Jalios; For the documents and pre-generated statement, it is Filenet; For security, it is Natixis LDAP;The objectives for the Front End Team are • to deliver a secured front end solution for the advisory network S1818,• to deliver a secured front end solution for the clients of advisory and of the Private Bank BP1818.The Front end delivers functionalities like CRM, Transactional Banking ( Orders, Payments), Banking Information (statements, account details), Financial Market Data, Advisory module for investment and Branding Console to manage the look and feel for each subsidiaries.As a project manager for the front end part:o Steering of screen design workshopso Participation to technical workshops to validate technical architecture with different third parties o Participation to technical workshops to define the data model based on the data received from the third party systems.o Definition of the test strategy with the QA project manager.o Validation of Detailed analysis documentso Reporting of the status of the project to the cliento Reporting of the results of the testso Management of the team (dev + tests)o Management of the defects detected by the client testers, including analysis of defects, reporting to client, dispatching of the defect in the development team.

In the context of a proposition marketed as the Zurich Cash Management Solution (CMS) in association with a private banker, set up of a portal for customers and employees of the private banker. The portal is based on eSolife solution.The proposition is available for customers to place on deposit and where an offshore wrapper is appropriate for them. The portal is read-only and allows:The clients to consult their portfolio, their transaction history and the details of their plans.The Relationship Manager (contact point between the client and the bank) to get an aggregated view of the plans of their clients.The Head Officer to get an aggregated view of all the Relationship Managers.As project manager for the front part:Management of the pre-study phase, including:o Frequent travel to Swindon (UK) and Dublin (IE)o Steering of screen design workshopso Participation to technical workshops to validate technical architecture with different third parties o Participation to technical workshops to define the data model based on the data received from the third party systems.o Definition of the test strategy with the QA project manager.Validation of Detailed analysis documentsReporting of the status of the project to the clientReporting of the results of the testsManagement of the team (dev + tests)Management of the defects detected by the client testers, including analysis of defects, reporting to client, dispatching of the defect in the development team.Technological aspects of this project :N-tiers (Front, Middle, Back & DB)SOA (Webservices)Java/JEE & Design OO (Patterns) Spring, Spring security, Spring Data, Spring CacheApache Camel 2.8Vaadin 6.xCSS3LESS CSSGWT 2.4JackRabbit (JCR 2.0)JPA 2.0 / HibernateAtmosphereBSB – Services Framework (SF)Serveur applicatif : Weblogic 10gPersistance : Oracle 11g Outils : IntelliJ, Balsamiq, JUnit/JCoverage/Mockito

From July 2012, I took the lead of the project

Setup of the private portals for the IFA and the Client, based on the eSolife solution.This new offer is a « Wrap » product, including SIPP, ISA Cash, ISA S&S et GIA sub-products.Setup of an ESB to establish the link between the portals and the underlying systems (Platform, External providers)International project executed in English. : United Kingdom , Czech Republic, LuxembourgAs team leader for the front part:Management of the pre-study phase, including:o Frequent travel to Swindon (UK)o Steering of screen design workshopso Participation to technical workshops to validate technical architecture with different third partieso Participation to technical workshops to analyse gaps between the screen required and the existing API.o Definition of the test strategy with the QA project manager.Validation of Detailed analysis documentsReporting of the status of the project to the clientReporting of the results of the testsManagement of the team (dev + tests)Management of the defects detected by the client testers, including analysis of defects, reporting to client, dispatching of the defect in the development team.Support for the penetration tests (Bristol – UK)Technological aspects of this project :N-tiers (Client, Front, DB, ESB, Back-end)SOA (Webservices)Java/JEE 6Flex 3.5/ BlazeDSREST servicesBSB – Services Framework (SF)Oracle Service Bus (OSB) 10gOracle Weblogic Server 10gOracle Database 10g.BSB eSolifeIntelliJ IDEA

Setup of the private portals for the Employer and the Employee, based on the eSolife solution.This new offer is a « Corporate Wrap » product, including SIPP, ISA Cash, ISA S&S et GIA sub-products.Setup of an ESB to establish the link between the portals and the underlying systems (Platform, External providers)International project executed in English : United Kingdom , LuxembourgAs team leader for the front-end part:I was involved in the pre study workshops that took place in Swindon (UK) for 5 monthsI was in charge of the design of the screens of the application in collaboration with the clientI produced the Detailed Analysis DocumentsI managed the development team for the front end part (the size of the project team for the front-end part : 7 FTE)Technological aspects of this project :N-tiers (Client, Front, DB, ESB, Back-end)SOA (Webservices)Java/JEE 6Flex 3.5/ BlazeDSREST servicesBSB – Services Framework (SF)Oracle Service Bus (OSB) 10gOracle Weblogic Server 10gOracle Database 10g.BSB eSolife

User training to the injection framework of Soliam.Supervision and advising in the realisation of the interfacing of Soliam with different custodian.

Installation of different technical environments to execute the front office and the back office of Soliam.Configuration of Soliam in order to cope with the requirements of the client :- Accounting- Dedicated funds management, FP, FIC, external funds and underlying assets portfolio- NAV computing- CAA reportingWork in collaboration with the client in order to migrate data into Soliam.

Realization of a Proof Of Concept that aimed to implement a Web Client Portal solution (Business To Business model) in order to provide to customers a new communication and information platform. The goal consists in delivering the right content at the right moment to the customer including:Reporting – put at customer’s disposal current reports as a new distribution channel, and historical reports,Analysis and reporting tool – offer a tool allowing customers to build and schedule their own reports,Funds information – offer to our customers the Fund Processing Passport containing the key operational information about investment funds,Register & Transfer Agent information – Transactions and positions lifecycle follow up, Transaction input, static data, fund related corporate actions, trailer fees, pending trades, …Fund Administration information – NAV, portfolio, pricing, static data, …Security layer – authentication management, confidentiality and data segmentation management, customer and profiles management, …Legacy system integration (vendor software or home-made application) – ECM system, Register and TA application, Compliance application, Report subscription application, …Technologies used during this mission:Adobe Flex 3, Adobe Cairngorm, BSB SF Framework.J2EE, Spring, HibernateWeb Content Management System: LiferayTomcat 5HypersonicEclipse, Flex Builder

The purpose of this project is to provide public and private websites with updated branding, new content, strengthen architecture and ergonomic enhancement. The public website can be consulted at the following URL: http://www.lamondialeeuropartner.lu. The private website is a user friendly web application that allows brokers, partners and client to consult simple and consolidated financial information (about policies, fees, funds).It also contains a module that provides reporting facilities as paper statement under PDF format.Technologies used during this mission:Adobe Flex 3, Adobe Cairngorm, BSB SF Framework.J2EE, Spring, Hibernate, XFire, Acegi securityContent Management System: MagnoliaReporting Tools : Jasper Report, iTextMySQL

Design and implementation of a CRM web application for the marketing department of the EIB. This application is made of 4 modules:Contacts management: Dealers/InvestorsTransaction management on EIB BondsMarketing event managementReporting BO

The goal of the project is to build the Intranet/Extranet parts of the Health Portal, the official website of the Luxembourg’s Department of Health. The development of this Intranet/Extranet is separated into four distinct web applications: a directory of health professionals working in Luxembourg, a job offers publication tool, a vaccine management application, and a duties plan management application. Technologies used during this mission:J2EE, Struts, DB2

Automation of the turnover reporting process, from data capture to report generation with a web application. The application contains three main functionalities:Integration of counterpart’s file into database.Management of the database via the web interface.Generation of turnover reports (BO)Technologies used during this mission:JDK 1.5, JDBC, JSF, CSS,Design OO (Patterns), BO, Sybase

Evolutive maintenance for an application called Loan Grading.LoanGrading is software based on a complex mathematical model that computes the grading of a loan, according to the rating of the borrower and the guarantor.This position includes the analysis and development of changes in the application and the bug fixing.Outstanding achievement in this position:Improvement of the performances of a batch from 12 hours to 2 hours.Proposition of a new architecture based on JAVA.Technologies used during this mission:• VB , Java 1.5, Sybase

Design and implementation of an SMS/MMS Gateway. This solution allows a mobile operator to provide Premium SMS and MMS services in partnership with one or more content provider.The solution has been implemented using the following technologies:Java, Proxy Platform (Proprietary Technologies of Alcatel) – JSP, HTML, XML