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London, United Kingdom

Responsible for delivering trading systems to clients and for improving internal processes, controls and governance:- Leadership and coordination across multiple teams worldwide (Client Implementation, Broker Onboarding, FIX integration, GUI Development, Server Development and IT Infrastructure) to deliver trading systems to clients.- Communication and collaboration with clients to identify goals, requirements and issues and risks. Negotiation of scope, timelines and resolutions.- Improvement of working practices - implementation of daily stand-ups and facilitation of retrospectives across teams, leading to improved team communication and coordination, resolution of team tensions and ultimately improved delivery for our clients and bottom-line.- Training of new starters in Finance concepts and trading, software architecture and component ownership leading to a more able team ready to contribute sooner.

London, United Kingdom

Responsible for the delivery of an FX trading platform and associated server components (Order Manager, Price Streams, FIX messaging)- Increased delivery rate and reduced delivery turnaround times; delivered new updates to clients every two weeks.- Higher client satisfaction through reduced turnaround time for fixing production issues; better client communication; client input on solution choice.- Improved communication, better relationships and closer working across GUI and Server based teams, Front-Line Client Support and Sales teams.- Management of client deliveries in EMEA, India, East Asia and North America; Liaison with local Sales, Support and Operations teams.- Development of agile processes and team norms: size estimation; iteration planning; sprint review; definition of done.- Running daily scrums across multinational teams.

London, United Kingdom

AHL is one of the world's largest CTAs and part of Man Group PLC, the largest publicly traded hedge fund in the world.Recruited to deliver key strategic projects, ensure all projects were effectively managed and business processes were lean and sufficient.- Provided leadership in projects and governance, employing project governance standards amongst project managers with widely varying abilities, challenging and/or supporting where necessary. Developed and delivered PM training and coached PMs.- Monitored and reported on all projects across the business ensuring all projects and their interdependencies were properly managed.- Delivered critical strategic projects working closely with the CIO, COO and CTO.- Defined and managed the process of releasing software to trading, contributing to a three-fold increase in delivery rate whilst improving quality and reducing risk. Achieved through communication, relationship building and planning.- Delivered a 10% increase in the number of securities traded using Agile methods and an offshore team. Increased the rate of implementation tenfold through process improvements and bringing together teams from their silos. - Developed and defined processes for the review and release of trading algorithms, ensuring robustness and reducing the risk of trading incidents.- Coordinated the production of the 2012 business plan with all managers from the CEO down, transforming ambiguous ideas into clear strategic goals and the means of achieving them. Managed stakeholders and gained buy-in across the organisation.- Delivered reductions in operational risk through the re-development of trading algorithms, pricing systems, trading systems and associated user-interfaces.- Managed the Performance Working Group, driving performance improvements in collaboration with investment managers through R&D, planning and implementation of new trading algorithms; commitment to delivery and transparency of progress.

London

I was engaged to deliver systems that supported the central purpose of the organisation.- Developed architectural solution to integrate JISCs Content Management System, Document and Media repository and project management system.- Developed RESTful Web API and RSS/Twitter feeds using Agile methods to implement integration between systems and communicate with stakeholders.- Designed changes to the Project Management System schema to enable the RESTful API. Developed and delivered scripts to make the database changes with minimal downtime and enable thorough testing before change.- Defined the requirements for a document and media repository and managed the procurement process. Awarded contract and managed vendor.- Formulated the consolidated hosting project and developed a cost benefit analysis to gain buy-in. Managed procurement process.- Delivered consolidated hosting, reducing operational costs by 10% across a team of 40 and improving JISC's negotiating position with suppliers.- Negotiated demarcation of responsibilities between hosting and application service providers.- Coached Project Office team.

London, United Kingdom

- Developed and delivered to production a client management and billing system in Microsoft .NET, SQL Server and Sharepoint.- Developed and delivered to production a system to manage prospective clients and drive targetted sales.- Liaised with potential customers to identify needs and requirements.- Analysed competitors and market opportunities.- Developed bids for competitive tenders.

London, Uk

Engaged to manage the migration and integration of data from individual courts to a single organisation. This was critical for the newly independent judiciary to function effectively.- Analysed 50 fragmented and undocumented data sources in Excel and text format. The data was cleansed and integrated through custom iterative matching techniques developed in VBA and SQL. - Transformed the data into the target schema and developed SQL scripts to populate the new database with no manual intervention. Delivered on time and to budget.- Managed project using PRINCE2 – managed plan, budget, risks and issues and reported progress.

London, United Kingdom

Recruited to deliver a range of business critical projects with impact across the organisation.- Created a development team and delivered an Incident Management system using Agile methods, enabling a high quality low latency incident response.- Delivered a Data Warehouse solution to time, budget, quality and scope, improving the quality of information given to the public in a shorter time-frame.- Developed implementation options for a new Payroll system. Delivered new system to time, budget, scope and quality, reducing costs and driving self-service improvements. Managed vendor and internal team.- Delivered the business case and options analysis for a new HR system, informing the in-source/outsource/build/buy/wait decision.- Developed an interim HR system in Visual Basic and SQL Server, saving legacy system licensing costs and driving data quality improvements. Managed the procurement of the strategic delivery.- Defined the demarcation of responsibilities between Payroll/HR teams, Vendor and front line IT support. Negotiated, agreed and communicated integrated processes to ensure smooth service delivery.- Removed impediments to delivery by listening to team and stakeholders and taking swift corrective action.- Managed out problem performers.

London

- Developed a bespoke CRM system in Microsoft .NET and SQL Server.- Developed bid to win contract.- Delivered prototypes and test systems to ensure final system would meet quality requirements.- Delivered system to client production.

London, United Kingdom

Engaged to deliver a number of critical IT projects in PRINCE2.- Delivered new outsourced supplier arrangements to time, budget, scope and quality. This led to a 90% reduction in service delivery time and reduced downtime over the following year by 95%.- Managed the transition from the incumbent supplier to the new supplier, ensuring continuity of service throughout the transition.- Delivered upgrade of 600 desktop PCs to a new OS, reducing administrative costs through common platforms and builds.- Resolved conflicts between stakeholders with divergent interests.- Rescued Local Authority Monitoring project from failure by managing out the incumbent supplier and delivering software and process improvements in line with user expectations.

London, United Kingdom

Development of a budget award and tracking system.Technologies: ASP, COM, SQL Server

London, United Kingdom

Development of a customer and account management system for NatWest Bank.Technologies: Visual Basic, COM

London, United Kingdom

Transformation of customer data from Oracle to a new schema implemented in Ingres. Technologies: UNIX, C, Embedded–SQL, Ingres.

Chatham, United Kingdom

Development of remote working systems for the sales team. Technical coaching.Technologies: SQL Server, Access, Visual Basic, C.

Bradford, United Kingdom

A software house specialising in time-management and recording software.This role also involved the development of bespoke cable-management software for a telecoms software supplier - Total Wire Company Limited.Technologies: Access, Visual Basic, C++.

1St Class (Hons) B.Sc, Computing And Informations Systems Science

Activities and Societies: President Photographic Society 1991 Halls Representative 1990 University Course Student Representative 1990.

Gce 'A' Levels, Physics, Computing, Maths, 'A', 'A', 'C'