(Family Office Investment Management)
• Defined the technology strategy and formalised the operational requirements for the Family Office since inception.
• Assessed I.T. risk in terms of resilience, scalability and disaster recovery.
• Mitigated operational risks to the business and coordinated change processes e.g. changing fund administrators and prime broker service providers.
• Responsible for building a team of dedicated development and infrastructure staff.
• Delivered a bespoke data integration system to consolidate data feeds from leading market data providers, fund administrators, and prime brokers.
• Designed and implemented a multi-asset class position valuation system for long and short equities, CFDs, bonds, options, interest rate swaps and structured products.
• Collaborated with quant analysts to develop and integrate a risk monitoring system.
• Developed portfolio management and trade order management solutions to streamline front and back office business functions.
• Implemented a reporting system for fund investment and private accounting purposes, providing accurate daily cash positions, security positions, and fund NAV calculations.
• Integrated a secure128bit encrypted online investor reporting portal.

(News and Market Data Provider)
Next Generation Dealing
• Lead a front-end development team to design and build an online conversational and form-based FX dealing system.
• System was developed on the AVT GenIdeal network architecture enhancing availability of STP for back-office deal settlement.
• Offered as a white labelled prime broker solution to increase market liquidity to their clients by leveraging the global Reuters FX trading community.

Reuters Dealing Link
• Assigned to a task force to facilitate transition of ownership of a Reuters' leading FX trading platform from New York to London.
• Formed the development, test, and global support teams in London to maintain product delivery cycles.
• Trained development staff at a code level to understand the end-to-end components of the trading system, and Reuters global transactional dealing networks.
• Responsible for defining the QA strategy and implementing a comprehensive automated test process for both client and server components.

Reuters ePlatform
• Collaborated with Business Analysts and product groups to deliver a web-based registration and purchase platform for the complete suite of Reuters client products.
• Developed the client interface with Microsoft experts on the beta release of the Microsoft.Net framework.
• QA responsibilities involved leading a team of five testers of varying skill levels from graduate to experienced automated test analysts.

(I.T. Consultancy)
• Responsible for gathering requirements and delivering web solutions.
• Managed client accounts and ensured system requirements were adhered to throughout the development lifecycle.
• Implemented automated QA procedures.

• Responsible for system testing the Nortel Networks Preside Portfolio Network Management applications.
• Automated fully comprehensive QA procedures adhering closely to system specifications and development timescales.
• Responsible for training staff in the implementation of automated test processes.
• Managed a multi-platform test-bed environment to ensure integrity of final product release.

• Responsible for designing and implementing automated QA procedures on behalf of major blue-chip clients.
• Developed software solutions to meet client objectives.

Managed a project to identify, test, and upgrade corporate I.T. assets in order to satisfy millennium compliance objectives.
• Developed and maintained an asset-compliance tracking system.
• Responsible for training internal staff and partner companies.