Director Of Technical Services

• Apr 2021 - Present

Americas Technical Services Director

Technical Services Manager

• Sep 2016 - Apr 2021

Responsible for managing a team of developers/engineers, leading technical implementations and customizations of OpenLink's commodity trading, transaction, and risk management (CTRM) system, on large-scale, service-oriented, local or cloud-based architectures, for a diversified set of clients across the globe. Cost Estimation, Project Planning, Requirement Analysis, Technical Documentation, Code Development, and Review, Testing, Release Management process.Key clients and achievements: - Tyson Foods Inc (USA) - Technical lead for System Design, Architecture and Implementation, Resource Management, Project Planning. Interfacing, Accounting, Settlements & Invoicing;- Wells Fargo Bank (USA) - Led the OpenLink system version upgrade project, including current system analysis, identification of conflicts and gaps, plan of attack, Unit Testing, Parallel UAT and final deployment;- Voya Financial (USA) - Resource management, and support to system Phase 2 implementation, which included Bond Options, Volatility, Equity, Fx-Forwards, Swaps, Credit Derivatives and Accounting;- FHLB Topeka (USA) - Resource management, and support to System implementation, including Accounting, Collateral Management, and Hedging;- Fifth-Third Bank (USA) - Resource management, and support for System customization;- EQT Corporation (USA) - Resource management, Implementation customization and support- Shell (Australia) - Implementation of service-oriented trade interfacing solution with Trading Technologies (TT) platform leveraging the Connex module;- South California Edison - (USA) - System architectural design and documentation- Cargill (Americas) - Resource management and System implementation support for Front-to-Back solution, including Loans, Bonds, FX, FX-Options, IRS, and Accounting;- South Jersey Resources (USA) - Implementation customization and support- Tate & Lyle (UK) - Implementation customization and support- Constellium (Switzerland) - Specialized Production support Show less

Technical Services Manager

• Mar 2015 - Sep 2016

Provided leadership, coaching, and support to a team of technical consultants, focusing on the OpenLink system implementation and customization. Responsible for project forecasting, cost estimation, resource allocation, and management, including selection and hiring, periodic evaluations and career guidance.Also offered hands-on development, code review, unit testing, integrated testing, support, and troubleshooting.Key Clients and Achievements:- Banco Original (Brazil): Front-to-Back implementation, provided guidance and support to development team and led the implementation of a complex Trade Process Management workflow solution, for Fixed Income trading-flow approval;- Banco Itaú (Uruguay): Project and team leader, offered technical consulting and customization development for the OpenLink System, which included Front-to-Back solution, Interfaces and Credit & Risk Management for Loans, Bonds and FX transactions;- Bank Negara Malaysia (Malaysia): Resource Management for OpenLink's system implementation;- Grupo Financiero Banamex (Mexico): Resource Management, support to allocated developers;- Grupo Profuturo (Mexico): Customized risk management solution for the OpenLink System;- OpenLink (Brazil): Coordinated the effort to remodel, enhance and certify the local network, allowing the São Paulo office to be a part of OLF’s global network domain of data and voice. Show less

Lead Consultant -Technical Services

• Jul 2014 - Mar 2015

Technical Development and Consultant Team leader focused on software development, customizations, and implementation of the Openlink System in Brazil and Latin America CountriesLed the development of an extensive in-house Java coding framework and documentation standardization effort, that allowed our team to reduce development time and increased overall delivery quality;Key clients and achievements:-Banco Itaú (Chile): Implementation leader for Front-to-Back solution for Fx-Forward, FX and FX-Options Trading, including Credit and Risk Management solution; - Banco Itaú (Colombia): Team support on OpenLink Hedging solution implementation;- Brasil Foods - BRF (Brazil): Market Pricing interfaces (MDT) and Risk Management solution implementation Show less

Systems Architect

• Jun 2011 - Jul 2014

Responsible for providing technical advice on OpenLink system implementations in Latin America based clients, including, supporting design- and analysis-phases, custom code development in Java, C++, and .NET, and support to User Acceptance Testing, Production deployment and Post-Production issue tracking. Key clients and achievements:- Banco Itaú (Brazil): Loans and Bonds back-office solution implementation, including interfacing with legacy systems, and customized solution for sending and receiving SWIFT messages;- Banco Itaú (Chile): Front-to-back implementation of FX-Options and Var-Trading instruments, focusing on SOAP-based interfacing, accounting customization, and result calculation; Show less

Systems Analyst

• Jul 2008 - Jul 2011

Led development initiatives to build software solutions dedicated to automate and replace manual work routines related to Information Security access requests. LDAP, Exchange, Java Scripting, VB, MS SQL and PowerShell; Led the implementation of a Proprietary Workflow system which increased the department's performance through a customized Web interface and complex background processing logic, which automated user requests processing, reducing costs and SLAs. Led development initiatives to build software solutions dedicated to automate and replace manual work routines related to Information Security access requests. LDAP, Exchange, Java Scripting, VB, MS SQL and PowerShell; Led the implementation of a Proprietary Workflow system which increased the department's performance through a customized Web interface and complex background processing logic, which automated user requests processing, reducing costs and SLAs.

Security Analyst

• Dec 2006 - Jul 2008

Trainee

• Jan 2005 - Dec 2006

Technical Support and Maintenance of Network and Hardware for the University Campus. Technical Support and Maintenance of Network and Hardware for the University Campus.