BSc. (Hons.) Computer Science

Consultant (contract)

 Middle office “Change the Bank” role within Trade and Transaction Reporting Operations.  Responsible for remediation of OTC Derivatives-related obligations (FX, EQ, CR, IR) for Japan (JFSA) regulatory compliance, with frequent CFTC and DTCC interactions.  Drove the team to resolve and deliver solutions for all prioritized items in an Agile manner, along with refinement of processes to reduce ongoing and potential risk.

Global Enterprise Architect

 Startup digital marketing software company in the scale-up phase with an “all-hands-on-deck” approach.  Primary responsibilities were building new partnerships, owning the pre-sales cycle, and creating solutions for clients worldwide.  Delivered real-time personalized customer-centric solutions (increasing ROI from use of Big Data) for a large global bank, and a Thai retail conglomerate.

Director, Corporate IT

 Responsible for assurance and risk oversight of initiatives across the complex integrated resorts worldwide (Singapore, Macau, Las Vegas).  Led the team to successfully deliver the first enterprise-grade Anti-Money Laundering implementation within a casino (taking an industry-leading financial services AML product and adapting it to meet the unique regulatory requirements in Singapore).  Accountable for the supply of a sensitive ERP solution. Acted as the focal-point for remote teams across the organization – spanning multiple cultures, technical disciplines, and disparate time-zones – to deliver an end-product which reduced error, removed manual processing and increased inventory availability.  Identified elements in a proposed design for a cross-network data share which could have put a critical business element at risk were it to be compromised. Swiftly architected an alternate solution which delivered the necessary security without detriment to time nor budget.

Programme Manager (contract)

 Responsible for the whole “Change the Bank” portfolio of technology projects for UBS Wealth Management Taiwan.  Successfully delivered the full book of work and managed the complete front-to-back IT lifecycle.  Accountable to business stakeholders for overall Capex budget, timelines, deliverables, risk mitigation and forecast/actual reporting.

Vendor Management Specialist (contract)

 Responsible for the management and governance of commercial vendor sourcing within APAC, successfully meeting a challenging target to reduce IT Opex.  Delivered precontract oversight from a global perspective within the matrixed organization, ensuring consistency of due-diligence.  Created and delivered a bespoke China Strategy for UBS Group Technology.

Technical Architect (contract)

 After assessing the existing environment, created a strategic technology roadmap (including the first approval to evaluate the use of Cloud technologies within BHP).  Led the analysis, evaluation and selection of the vendors chosen to produce the integrated solution, providing significant input into the Sourcing process.  Headed the multi-vendor team to successfully deliver the Conceptual Design and associated Proof of Concepts for the integrated solution, prior to handover to the selected implementation partner.

Senior Consultant

 Provided objectivity and independent recommendations to clients on such topics as Strategy, Sourcing, Audit Review, Best Practice, & Go-To-Market throughout all stages of the project lifecycle from direction-setting to critical delivery of initiatives at CxO-levels.  Led the team formulating the IT Strategy for a Pan-European blue-chip retailer, owned by Private Equity and with a turnover of around GBP £900 million. Recommendations were accepted by the Board and an eight-figure budget for transformation approved.  Devised an IT Strategy for a transportation client. With hundreds of locations, internal political issues, strained relations with outsourced providers, budgetary constraints and an environment shorn of investment the challenge facing the team was significant. A £40 Million cost model, strategic roadmap and direct recommendations were produced.

Consultant

 Business Case Lead for a J.P. Morgan data optimization initiative, responsible for significantly reducing operational costs and improving business continuity capabilities.  Migration Manager for the high-profile RBS data center consolidation program, delivered ahead of schedule and under-budget.  Lead for ABN AMRO global application classification project – reducing costs by millions through enabling less critical data to be moved to lower cost tiers.

Technical Consultant

 Client-facing engagements such as British American Tobacco (desktop migration: 125% of agreed deliverable was achieved on-time & six-figures under budget).

Systems Engineer

Twelve-month industrial placement (BT Adastral Park) as part of my integrated \"thick sandwich\" undergraduate degree

Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.)

Professional award by the Engineering Council UK

Chartered IT Professional (CITP)

Professional award by the British Computer Society (BCS)

Member of the British Computer Society (MBCS)

Professional award by the British Computer Society (BCS)