Experience

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  STS Digital

  • Bermuda
  • Business Consulting and Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Chief Technology Officer

    • Oct 2023 - Present

    STS Digital is a regulated digital asset trading firm for Institutional Clients

  • Head of Engineering

    • Mar 2023 - Sep 2023

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  Covario AG

  • Head Of Engineering

    • Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

    Covario AG is a cryptocurrency prime brokerage for institutional investors.Initially hired as a Senior Software Engineer and promoted to Head of Engineering in July ’22. Involved in all aspects of the software development lifecycle, from inception to delivery and support, in a Kubernetes-based microservice ecosystem. Given responsibility for the development and maintenance of the “Over-the-Counter” trading system and led the design of the “Direct Market Access” trading system. Stepped up to take responsibility for organising the Engineering team (thirteen people) after the departure of the project lead. Responsibilities include: - Development in C#, .NET, Postgresql. - System design/architecture/evolution of a microservice ecosystem. - Creation, maintenance, and support of multiple Kubernetes environments. - Release management, operational and customer support. - Organisation and training of development team to work in Sprint and Kanban.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    • Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

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  Luxoft

  • Zurich, Switzerland

  • Senior Software Engineer, Team Lead, SCRUM Master

    • Jan 2020 - Jun 2021
    • Zurich, Switzerland

    Luxoft is a software engineering and consulting provider. Hired by Luxoft as a software engineer and working ‘on-site’ for a major Swiss Bank. Helped design, develop, deploy and support a new integration with counterparty banks in Italy. Took more responsibility to become Team Lead and Scrum Master. Led the setup of a new team and drove the requirements gathering to develop the teams backlog for 2021. Responsibilities include: - Development in Kotlin, Java, Spring, React. - Creation of Unit/Integration Tests. - Mentoring, training of development team. - Initially organising the team and then helping the team to self-organise in an agile way. - Driving the team to become self-reliant and take responsibility for practices, standards, design, etc. - Gathering requirements for current/future, refining the backlog, building the team.

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  PassportCard Real-Time Travel Insurance

  • Zurich, Switzerland

  • Senior Software Engineer/Team Lead

    • Mar 2018 - Jul 2019
    • Zurich, Switzerland

    PassportCard is a travel insurance provider.Joined as the founding engineer of a new development team in Zurich. Responsibilities include working on the maintenance and extension of PassportCards CRM system, Ensure (ASP.NET, C#, T-SQL), helping to build and manage the new development team in Zurich.

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  Axpo Trading

  • Zürich Area, Switzerland

  • Software Engineer

    • Oct 2015 - Feb 2018
    • Zürich Area, Switzerland

    Axpo Trading is an energy trading and origination company owned by the Axpo Group, based in Baden.Helped with the maintenance and extension of the Corporate Market Data Pool and assisted traders. Built a Market Data License Management solution integrated with Active Directory and other internal systems. Helped launch a new, agile (Scrum) Web Development team to build a new Customer Portal for the origination side of the business.Responsibilities include:• Working with traders, product owners, project managers and other stakeholders to elicit requirements. • Design, development, maintenance and extension of SQL 2014/16 databases. (CMDP, MDLM, Customer Portal). Providing training and guidance to teammates in database design. • Development of REST APIs and integrations to connect systems (internal and external) using C#/.NET Framework/.NET Core.• Developing User Interfaces (AngularJS/Angular2) for both internal originators and customers.

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  Quintillion

  • Dublin, Ireland

  • Software Engineer

    • Jan 2012 - Sep 2015
    • Dublin, Ireland

    Quintillion is an independent fund administration company based in Dublin’s IFSC.Responsible for developing specialised user applications for internal use and integrating systems. Also partially involved with IT support.Responsibilities include:• Working with Fund Accountants/Investor Services to define projects for implementation.• Developing/maintaining WinForms applications in C#/T-SQL.• Integration of two accounting systems with custom applications/processes using C# Windows Services, Web Services, SSIS.• IT Support including Active Directory administration, network support, virtualisation, etc.

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  Daon

  • Dublin, Ireland; Pretoria, South Africa; Bangalore, India; Mexico City, Mexico

  • Technical Consultant

    • Nov 2009 - Dec 2011
    • Dublin, Ireland; Pretoria, South Africa; Bangalore, India; Mexico City, Mexico

    Daon is a provider of biometric identity management solutions.Responsibilities primarily consist of travelling to customer sites to deploy the companies’ products, developing custom tools, enhancements and troubleshooting. Participated in two significant projects to date: “Who Am I Online” (South Africa, 6 months) and “Aadhaar/UID” (India, since July 2010).Responsibilities include:• Developing/bug fixing applications in Java and C# utilising Spring(.NET).• Deploying, configuring and troubleshooting environments with and without Puppet.• Acting as liaison between customer and Dublin for bug lists/fixes.• Biometric quality/accuracy analysis.• Developing BQA tools in C++ and Java/Spring.

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  Construct Software

  • Limerick, Ireland

  • Founder

    • May 2008 - Jul 2009
    • Limerick, Ireland

    Construct Software aimed to help software developers reduce long term maintenance costs by taking advantage of cutting edge software development techniques and methodologies.Responsible for all aspects of developing a start-up business, Construct Software, including:• Business development and planning.• Accounting, financial planning and projections.• Market research and analysis.• Financing.• Organisational/Operational planning.• Developing products/services.• Sales and marketing.

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  GPXS Research & Development (Galty Technologies)

  • Software Engineer

    • Nov 2006 - May 2008

    GPXS Research & Development provides Mobile IT Management Solutions.Responsibilities primarily consisted of developing the companies’ main product, the Mobile Service Manager. The Mobile Service Manager is a BlackBerry management solution. Responsibilities included:• Developing the product, primarily using C#, ASP.NET, SQL. • Revising requirements, functional specifications and design documents.• Managing the build process for the product.• Maintaining installation documentation.• Researching and implementing coding standards and practices.• Organising development environment.• Scoping, advising on and assisting virtualisation.

  • Software Quality Engineer

    • Jun 2006 - Nov 2006

    Responsibilities primarily consisted of black box testing of the companies’ two product families, the Mobile Service Manager and the Condor Application Server. The Condor Application Server enables viewing and printing documents from a BlackBerry device. Responsibilities included:• Black Box testing.• Managing test cases, plans and documentation.• Revising product documentation.• Managing Bugzilla installation, introducing and managing Testopia installation.• Managing test environment.

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  Raidtec Ireland

  • Cork, Ireland

  • Junior Software Quality Engineer

    • Feb 2004 - Oct 2004
    • Cork, Ireland

    Raidtec Ireland provided Network Storage Solutions.Responsibilities involved black box testing of one of the companies’ primary products, SNAZ. SNAZ was a Network Attached Storage solution that could also be attached to a Server. Responsibilities included:• Testing.• Managing test cases, automation, plans and documentation.• Managing and customising Bugzilla installation.• Managing test environment. • Communicating with Chinese software development office.