Jan 2020 – Jan 2023 · 3 yrs

• Lead developer for migrating the Securities Lending non cash collateral book of €200m collateral from a legacy tactical tool to a strategic solution in Aladdin built in Java
• Global technical design lead and developer for the SFTR (Securities Financing Transactions Regulation) regulatory requirement project

Aug 2012 – Jan 2020 · 7 yrs 5 mos

• Part of the 2 year rotation program initially.
• Current team (since August 2014)
• Working as a Java developer for the global Securities Lending platform
• Developing a new collateral management system for the securities lending book
• Dealing with production support issues raised by the traders and operations users
• Dealing and fixing issues raised by the QA team.
• 4th team:
• Front office developer in the Aladdin Asset Allocation Portfolio Management Solutions Technology team.
• Developing features for the automated asset allocation application
• Developing features for an application to define targets
• Core java, swing, JDBC, SQL
• 3rd team:
• Working with the iShares ETF (Exchange Traded Funds) product technology team
• Worked on the iShares online website (OMS) used by internal and external users
• Daily interaction with Capital Markets team to deal with any order processing issues
• Core Java, Java web services, Spring Batch, Spring MVC, Hibernate, Unix
• 2nd team:
• Developer in the Index team on a tool providing index config, benchmark and projection capabilities
• Developed new features for the tool and fixed bugs
• Daily interaction with developers in the UK and San Francisco
• Core Java, Hibernate, Sybase, Spring framework, Test driven development.
• 1st team:
• Worked on a Greenfield automated testing tool to help launch the new institutional client websites
• Testing tool allowed users to compare specific data from various data sources
• Daily interaction with the users of the tool in Singapore
• Core Java and Swing with relevant design patterns incorporated

Jun 2011 – Sep 2011 · 3 mos · London Area, United Kingdom

• Working as part of the Derivatives Operations Technology, supporting OTC Derivative flows. Responsibilities were to enhance a toolset which empowers users to query data in the CPS or Client Portfolio System to add additional functions and prevent the toolset from gaining excessive use of the production system resources.
• Technologies used included
• Core Java
• Apache Struts
• T SQL
• Sybase
• Tomcat Web Servers
• Skills Developed
• Busniness Analyst skills from interacting with the user and technology team to define requirements and prototype UI models.
• Development life cycles within a strategic platform.
• Application architecture and design.
• Working in a dynamic environment where requirements and priorities were always changing.
• Business overviews of the post trade flows in the securities division.
• Working with team globally.

Aug 2008 – Aug 2009 · 1 yr · Greater Southampton Area

• Spent one year at IBM on the 'Futures Scheme' for Pre-University students.
• 9 months were spent working in a Software Development laboratory as an Application Developer as part of the Green I.T. initiative. Tasks and skills developed:
• Using SQL to obtain data for senior management.
• Creating batch programs.
• Creating software specifications for the developers.
• Developing an integration tool integrating two databases automatically.
• Developing automated tests using IBM software platforms.
• Converting webpage to be compatible with new technologies.
• 3 months were spent working in Technical Support and was more of a hardware orientated role.
• Dealing with client hardware issues, ranging from laptop and server repairs and reinstalls.
• Technologies Used:
• SQL
• Basic Java
• IBM Tivoli Integrator
• IBM Websphere
• IBM DB2
• Perl
• XML