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I ensure that our cloud platform is scalable, resilient and secure, identifying improvements to reduce customer time-to-value and make repeatable, trusted deployments. I also provide input and thought leadership on marketing, cloud-native services, and create new products.

Together with my fellow co-founder Zandre Coetzer, we aimed to revolutionise the current UK higher education market - to do what the challenger banks did for consumer banking in the last decade and serve an under-served market using technology. Specifically, we aimed to create a SaaS university. We focussed on non-traditional students - those above the age of 25, with working or caring responsibilities. By making learning flexible and better via on-demand learning materials and… Show more Together with my fellow co-founder Zandre Coetzer, we aimed to revolutionise the current UK higher education market - to do what the challenger banks did for consumer banking in the last decade and serve an under-served market using technology. Specifically, we aimed to create a SaaS university. We focussed on non-traditional students - those above the age of 25, with working or caring responsibilities. By making learning flexible and better via on-demand learning materials and offering a much cheaper overall experience, we unlock the potential of those traditionally excluded by the higher education industry. We worked using an array of technologies and pedagogical techniques to achieve this, including highly tailored prompt engineering for large language models. Due to the current investment climate, the project has since been put on hold. Show less

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Working on a six-month contract, I've been spearheading the design and launch of a new third-party learning platform to people wanting to become driving instructors. This is part of a wider business transformation to drastically increase the number of driving instructor franchisees; this in turn aims to increase revenue and margin for the driving school. I've combined elements of digital marketing conversion, learning experience optimisation principles, and SaaS time-to-value/user success… Show more Working on a six-month contract, I've been spearheading the design and launch of a new third-party learning platform to people wanting to become driving instructors. This is part of a wider business transformation to drastically increase the number of driving instructor franchisees; this in turn aims to increase revenue and margin for the driving school. I've combined elements of digital marketing conversion, learning experience optimisation principles, and SaaS time-to-value/user success strategies to help create a world-leading learning experience. In particular, I've been able to make a difference in: - ensuring solid UI (applying the usual design paradigms, plus extensive user testing) - working to optimise business processes (rollout of digital features to reduce paperwork and improve the trainee experience)- identifying and designing integrations (API and SSO)- applying my significant expertise in launching new products to maximise awareness and uptake, and ultimately ensure the platform's success. Show less

United Kingdom

My main achievement has been creating and executing on a cloud platform product strategy encompassing legal, public sector, healthcare, education and more. It has since grown to be the single most important initiative across the company, securing a huge amount of investment from our owners Vista Equity Partners and BC Partners. My remit now involves defining roadmaps and allocating development days across 8 teams comprising over 75 team members, covering: - A new framework for cloud… Show more My main achievement has been creating and executing on a cloud platform product strategy encompassing legal, public sector, healthcare, education and more. It has since grown to be the single most important initiative across the company, securing a huge amount of investment from our owners Vista Equity Partners and BC Partners. My remit now involves defining roadmaps and allocating development days across 8 teams comprising over 75 team members, covering: - A new framework for cloud migration and API-design-first feature development- The formation of a rapid application development framework, based on an innovative browser runtime + back-end-as-a-service tool based on DynamoDB- A platform strategy for centralising customer data, enabling customers to retrieve/access data and BI, including interoperability with in-house machine learning and AI tools- Single sign-on and centralised task management- A toolkit and process for automatically provisioning new customer tenancies, automated SaaS sales, and licensing integration - Developer experience and user experience for all of the above (creating a developer portal, collaboration with our UI and UX teams)- Promoting all of these tools internally and to partners - organising Hackathons, engaging with product teams, marketing internally and collaborating with partners. - Innovative new features for the sports ticketing market Show less

London, United Kingdom

I managed derivative regulatory reporting software products, both maintaining existing ones and creating new products in response to challenges posed to the financial industry by upcoming regulation. This required me to be an expert in OTC derivatives and exchange-traded instruments, as well as on the various regulations. Our customers were primarily investment banks, asset managers, and brokers/dealers of various varieties. This entailed analysing compliance requirements, liaising with… Show more I managed derivative regulatory reporting software products, both maintaining existing ones and creating new products in response to challenges posed to the financial industry by upcoming regulation. This required me to be an expert in OTC derivatives and exchange-traded instruments, as well as on the various regulations. Our customers were primarily investment banks, asset managers, and brokers/dealers of various varieties. This entailed analysing compliance requirements, liaising with firms on what their needs are, writing functional specifications, identifying the right commercial strategy and engaging in sales and marketing. My main products were MiFID II Commodity Positions Reporting, UnaVista G20 Reporting (EMIR, ASIC, CFTC etc.), and Bank of Israel Reporting. I also worked on MiFIR implementation for the London Stock Exchange plc. Show less

London

Third six-month placement on the London Stock Exchange Group Graduate Business Programme.I represented our members' interests within the firm, kept them informed of changes in our services, and compiled management information. I learned a lot about margin, buy-ins, flex derivatives, swaps, and interoperability between exchanges and clearinghouses.

Milano, Lombardia

Second six-month placement on the London Stock Exchange Group Graduate Business Programme. I assisted Italy's central securities depository in the deployment of TARGET2-SECURITIES (T2S) systems for the Italian markets launch on 31st August 2015. Key responsibilities include functional testing, business analysis, and translation of business documentation, although I worked entirely in Italian.

London, United Kingdom

First six-month placement on the London Stock Exchange Group Graduate Business Programme, working for the London Stock Exchange Group’s provider of regulatory reporting and data reconciliation services. My primary responsibilities were with the UnaVista Product Management team in researching and designing new products, with ancillary work (business analytics, configuration, client onboarding and testing) concerning their creation and implementation, as well as meeting with regulators… Show more First six-month placement on the London Stock Exchange Group Graduate Business Programme, working for the London Stock Exchange Group’s provider of regulatory reporting and data reconciliation services. My primary responsibilities were with the UnaVista Product Management team in researching and designing new products, with ancillary work (business analytics, configuration, client onboarding and testing) concerning their creation and implementation, as well as meeting with regulators (FCA, Bank of England) regarding our submissions to them. Show less

London

Sales & Trading rotational summer internship:Delta-1 Structured Products: learned about dividend arbitrage, gamma trading/delta hedging, and index arbitrage.Bank Resource Management: wrote reports investigating the effect of banking leverage ratios on repo operations, EONIA forecasts, and repo market benchmark rates.FX e-commerce Sales: algorithmic execution, transaction cost analysis, ensuring client account access and pricing laddering.Other: divisional… Show more Sales & Trading rotational summer internship:Delta-1 Structured Products: learned about dividend arbitrage, gamma trading/delta hedging, and index arbitrage.Bank Resource Management: wrote reports investigating the effect of banking leverage ratios on repo operations, EONIA forecasts, and repo market benchmark rates.FX e-commerce Sales: algorithmic execution, transaction cost analysis, ensuring client account access and pricing laddering.Other: divisional overviews, weekly equity stock pitches, credit trading challenge. Show less

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

A triple-accredited Executive MBA. My dissertation was on implementing SaaS e-commerce for my employer for our cloud product base.

Economics Ba, 2:1 (Hons)

This was a general economics course covering advanced economic theory, social policy and econometrics and statistics. I ended up focusing.

A-Level: A* In Physics, A* In Economics, A* In Spanish And A In Mathematics