Richard Whitehead Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Quant Group | C# | Pricing

Durham, England, United Kingdom

• Java | Python | Mule | Linux
• Architecture and implementation of a cloud-based mobile banking platform using RESTful API integration and orchestration of core banking components
• Introduction of a GCP CI/CD pipeline and development environment tooling for handling the complex API and repository versioning of the rapidly developing orchestration layer
• Implementation of interest rate and cashflow simulation APIs for customer conversion and retention
• Introduction of a component testing solution for headless testing and reliable development of APIs
• Design and implementation of non-functional testing (NFT) solutions

Durham, United Kingdom

• C# | WPF | SQL ServerDevelopment lead for line of business warehousing logistics, business analytics and eCommerce solutions for a £65m manufacturing, distributions and agency business selling high-end products to the.
• Design and launch of a new distribution business
• Research and development of business intelligence and business savings solutions, such as customer credit reductions and quality control
• Business analysis and technical architecture of a replacement material resource planning solution (MRP)

City Of London, England, United Kingdom

• C# | WPF | SQL ServerSenior Developer for the fund operations team of a multimanager institutional investment business.
• Design and implementation of a replacement extract-transform-load (ETL) service for the primary data warehousing platform
• Introduction of automated regression (CI) testing & NuGet / TeamCity / Octopus (CD) patterns and workflows for improved code quality and delivery
• Lead development of the primary investment analytics and decision support application
• Private client reporting ($1bn portfolio)

Durham, England, United Kingdom

• Java | SwingMultinational geophysics consultancy producing large-scale bespoke and off-the-shelf desktop software (2.5M+ lines) for upstream oil & gas exploration.
• Introduction of application patterns such as DI and low coupling / high cohesion; UI (variants of MVVM / MVC); fluent mocking (virtual filesystems and buffers)
• Design and implementation of a new seismic file integration wizard for opening the business to a previously inaccessible market

London, England, United Kingdom

• C# | WPF | SQL ServerConsultant for fund operations and risk technology.
• Lead development responsibility for the company's corporate risk system used by traders, heads of desk, senior management and investors
• Introduction of a regression analysis, post-processing and reporting system to mitigate risks to the critical nightly reporting system required by traders
• Decommissioning and replacement of a trading desk portfolio management system
• Change control consultancy
• Training and support for less experienced staff

London, England, United Kingdom

• C# | SQL ServerSenior Developer for fund operations and risk technology, covering all major line of business systems for trading, portfolio management, brokerage and compliance for a multistrategy investment business.
• Lead development of the company's primary risk platform used by traders, risk managers, heads of desks, and senior management
• Design and implementation of an automated regression testing platform for reducing the integration testing of new critical backoffice components from 3 days and multiple onsite and offsite resources to 5-10 minutes.
• Server side, database centric, n-tier and SOA systems; ESB middleware and thick client applications
• Wide range of financial products across all trading desks, from common listed options, futures and equities, to OTC derivatives, CDS single name & index, swaps, forwards, swaptions, bonds & convertibles, from trade.

North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom

• C# | C++ | Oracle | SophisLead Developer / Architect, IT Consultant, Account Manager, and Senior Management Team member for an outsourcing company specialising in hedge fund and investment banking.
• Formed and led a team of 10 developers providing comprehensive front to back development and support to the company's first hedge fund account
• Full lifecycle business analysis; change control; ad hoc reporting and support; and strategic development
• Founding member of the senior management team
• Lead architect / developer of a new hedge fund trading platform

Geneva, Switzerland

• C++ | Oracle | SophisFront to back development and support for a startup hedge fund from month one of trading.
• Leadership of a 10-strong team of developers
• Trading support; risk and compliance; prime services; reconciliation; fund administration; fund rebalancing and more
• Wide range of simple and complex financial instruments, from common equities and fixed income, to swaps and OTC derivatives

Gateshead, England, United Kingdom

• C++ | PythonLead vehicle dynamics engineer producing driving games for PC and games consoles. My work topped marketing content, brought repeat business from international investors, and beat renowned driving game Gran.
• Responsible for the vehicle handling, game cameras and physics, and a large portion of the artificial intelligence across all company projects and platforms
• I also covered a large proportion of the general game physics, and significant amounts of game design and progression, hardware programming, and effects

Newcastle Upon Tyne, England, United Kingdom

• Oracle | HTML | JavaScript | Java | Active-X Data ObjectsApplication development for a consultancy providing bespoke and pre-packaged solutions for the Aluminium industry.
• RDBMS design, maintenance & optimisation, and large-scale data migration
• Replacement of factory production databases and software support

Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

• Matlab | Java | SimulinkMathematical modelling and engineering consultant specialising in providing solutions, training and support for clients in the Automotive, Aerospace, Defence and Finance industries.
• Project lead (grid computing)
• Lead testing and sales & marketing support of a pre-release Matlab product (Simulink)
• Rapid model prototyping and hardware-in-the-loop development
• Development and support of a database-driven model management application for automotive design and development, used by Ford, Jaguar and Land Rover

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Theoretical Atomic Physics

Activities and Societies: Scholarship from the British Council and the Japan International Science and Technology Exchange Centre (JISTEC).

Master Of Physics - Mphys

Prize for the Best Final Year Undergraduate Project (C++ modelling).