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Auckland, Nz

Joined in the early stages of the company to establish data and technology strategy, balancing long term goals of becoming data-driven and highly efficient investment bank with short term needs of a new and rapidly growing business. Delivered two key operational systems for Equities in a very short time, leading to significant operational improvements, as well as improvements in how we service our clients.I am overseeing all key infrastructure projects ensuring that Jarden's data ecosystem continues to improve. I lead a highly performant, and lean, team that is also delivering integration of data and insights across the business.

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Joined Lonsec during a pivotal moment in their technology journey. I was tasked with re-imagining what the future of Lonsec data could be, defining the future landscape of data systems, processes, and teams, and laying the groundwork for a transformative journey.Successfully assembled and led a team of data scientists and data engineers during the COVID-19 lockdown. We modernised data acquisition and processing methodologies, extracting data from legacy systems and moving to modern, cloud based, data architectures, paving the way for data-driven decision making. Led a development of AI/ML models and NLP models that augment the research methodology and streamline the production process. Introduced RStudio ecosystem to enable effective sharing of insights and collaboration between teams.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

Responsible for growing the analytics discipline within HoustonKemp, and creating awareness amongst their clients of value data analysis can bring. Responsible for day to day running of client projects and growing data partnerships.Leading number of client projects that focused on analysis of traffic data for Australia, providing insights that support transport planning and speed management strategies. Worked on developing a monitoring framework for major government healthcare organisation, involving geo-spatial analysis of internal data.

Sydney, Nsw, Au

When I joined RoZetta, the company was going through a strategic transformation and I was tasked with driving business development in Capital Markets through elevating company's data capability. I played a pivotal role in nurturing a high-performance culture within the data and engineering teams. I also led numerous client assignments across capital markets and health industries, driving value creation and fostering long-term partnershipsFor the not for profit part of the company, we successfully delivered an innovative product for academia in collaboration with DataBricks, enhancing research and educational outcomes in Universities. I also sponsored a keystone project for University of Technology Sydney, and mentored students throughout the length of the projects.

Created an analytics hub within Institutional Equities, providing an alternative source of investment insights based on proprietary bank data. Responsible for defining the opportunity, creating analytical processes respectful of compliance and data privacy requirements, and leading a team of analysts.

Was instrumental in building of a competitive Institutional Equities business in CBA. Responsible for setting up of core Research systems, ensuring operational efficiency of the department. Built a high quality research service which was recognised and extensively used for client products within the company. Provided quantitative services to Institutional Fund Managers, including publishing quantitative investment research.

New York, New York, Us

responsible for maintaining existing research publications, fulfilling client requests for data and modelling, and maintaining and building client relationships.

Zurich, Ch

Joined the Research Database team to help improve service levels and expand the offering. Within two years started providing quantitative services. Was a regular contributor to Equities Strategy publications. Helped with running of an internal long short fund based on quantitative research.

Responsible for overall architecture, design and implementation of varied client projects, ranging from ranging from putting businesses online, CRM implementations to complete bespoke solutions across various industries (gaming, financial, inventory). This role required strong client skills, deep understanding of architecture and solution design, and extensive technical skills (Microsoft suite of tools, Java, SQL).