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Saint Helier, Je

Ally Partners is a boutique consulting business that helps companies plan and realize strategic, operational and technology goals.Working with asset managers and fund admins to help select, implement and manage front, middle and back office platforms. In addition we support start ups with website creation and product development.Engagements have included, but not limited to: - FIS Investran implementation and migration from efront for new Fund Admin business- Website creation and deployment for start ups and local business, work carried out pro bono- App development and concept planning- Initial work carried out for Target Global led to full time role- Support with Investran Live upgrade and DX BI reporting improvements for large PE firm- FIS Investran Luxembourg migration and training for large fund adminPlatforms familiar with: FIS Investran (Private Capital Suite), Affinity, Deals Plus, DealCloud, LemonEdge, Tableau, Snowflake, Orca, Qashqade, AllCrux, Anaplan, Workiva, WSO, Office Suite, Google Infrastructure and others..ally-partners.com

London, England, Gb

Target Global is a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management. It invests in companies across all stages of their lifecycle, from pre-seed to pre-IPO.- Initial focus on strategy and support for digital fund admin business, which led to full time role at TG- Led creation, product development and successful launch of proprietary investor portal - Development and implementation of robust data strategy utilising FIS Investran, Snowflake, Tableau, Orca & Affinity- Established information security framework and controls library- Oversight and management of firmwide IT budget, MSP and internal team- Replication and roll out of complete IT infrastructure including enhanced security controls for two spin off companies.

Bad Homburg, Hesse, De

Joined business as part of a group wide restructuring with focus on building the business, streamlining digital operations and developing ideas for growth. - Overall leadership for business critical applications and strategic projects across PE FoF, Real Estate and Direct PE- Implemented Anaplan, Workiva and support enhanced integration and use of Investran and DX portal with MS Dynamics creating single point of truth for investor and contact relations data- Oversight and support with legacy onsite infrastructure to Sharepoint and cloud- Invited to speak at Anaplan San Francisco event showcasing our Workiva and Anaplan use case

New York, Us

Lionpoint Group is a global advisory firm with a unique focus on managers of and investors in alternative investments. We provide strategy, operations and technology advisory services to the alternative investments industry. Our services range from operational transformation and technology strategy to system selection and implementation, data cleansing and migration, system integration, data governance, and reporting, analytics and visualization.

Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Lu

Responsible for ensuring efficient operational use, effective IT integration and implementation of multiple finance and CRM systems.- Develop and build of integration between WSO (debt portfolio) and Investran - Automated FATCA and eCDF reporting tools - FIS Investran internal use enhancement and development- Portfolio monitoring tool selection and implementation- Firmwide Intranet & project collaboration tool roll out

Boston, Massachusetts, Us

Head of Investran product across Global user base (approx 500 users, 8 jurisdictions 5 separately configured databases)Over the years held roles across the business spanning administration, accounting, IT and operations- Seconded to New York for 3 years as Accounting team manager- Support for Luxembourg office development and platform deployment and training- Jersey Fund admin for primary business clients, leading to additional business take on- Selection and firmwide roll out of investor portal and support for key tech projects and platform implementations