Skills
Sybase Transact-SQL, C, UNIX Shell Script, Perl, SybPerl, Python 2.3, ASQL ,HTML,PHP, Drupal 6, CGI

Trading Application Skills
Front Arena, Gloss Trading & Settlement Engine, Bloomberg , Reuters, ISMA Trax, Euroclear, Swift.

Face to Face Trader support
The ability to react calmly but quickly in emergency situations with the enthusiasm to build strong relationships with demanding users. Proven ability to pick up new system and take ownership of issues, “Get the job done attitude”.

Business Knowledge
Equities, CFD, FX, Future & Options, Energy Commodities, Repo Bonds, Bond Options, Corporate Bonds, Government Bonds , P&L Reporting, Euroclear, Swift, Settlements, Trade Life Cycle

Database skills
Sybase, Oracle, MySQL

Process
Remote & Onsite Support, 24hr Cover, Full Project Lifecycle, Requirements Gathering

Soft skills
Team Training, Mentoring, Code Review, Performance Review ,Motivation

Education
University College London, Electronic Engineering with Computer Science

Deutsche Bank, One Appold Street, London EC1V 1UU
Supporting and developing Front Arena platform used by global hedge fund managers within the DB Absolute Return Strategies area, using OO Python 2.3, ASQL, Sybase, Unix Shell scripts, Citrix, Control –M, TSQL, Python dblib, AEL on a Sun –Sparc ( Unix, SunOS 5.9) & Windows XP.

BNP Paribas, Harewood Avenue London NW1
Working within a global (London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Mumbai) tier 1 production GLOSS settlement system Environment, processing over 100,000 trades daily. Supporting and enhancements of Gloss using
SYBASE V12.5.3, store procedures, Triggers, SQL, Perl 5.0 , Syb Perl, C, UNIX Shell Scripts on Sun –Sparc ( Unix – SunOS 5.x). Trading instruments include Equities, Repo Bonds, Bond Options, Corporate Bonds, and Government Bonds.

eSpeed Inc (Part of Cantor Fitzgerald). One America Sqr, London EC1Y
Gloss support, software development, managing installations/upgrades, and providing business user support during UAT and more recently involved in front office support for European government bond trading. Using SYBASE V12, ‘C’/UNIX, GLOSS 4.0, Stored Procedures, SQL, T-SQL, PERL 5.0, SybPerl, UNIX Shell Scripts, GLOSSHUB, GLOSSLINK on a SUN-SPARC Workstations (UNIX – Solaris )

SocGen Securities, Exchange House, Primrose Street, London EC2A 2DD
Member of a small development team responsible for all development aspects of a new implementation of GLOSS-HV 4.09 (a C/SYBASE settlements package) at Societe Generale in a high profile, mission critical project to replace legacy settlement systems in a series of phases using C/UNIX, SYBASE, SQL, PERL

Commerzbank Securities, 60 Gracechurch Street, London EC2Y
Developed an instruction-based feed called GHP within Gloss and Gloss HUB – to external system using Gloss data gathers methods, stored procedures using T-SQL, C and Unix shell scripts.

UBS Warburg, 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M
Gloss trading support, Trax PC, Euclid Server, Print Adapter, installing new production releases. Day to day business user troubleshooting.

Warburg Dillon Read, 100 Liverpool Street, London EC2M
Position: Front office Support Analyst
Supporting and enhancing live systems within the Front Office. Written in, Sybase, T-SQL, Stored procedures, VB front end running on a NT 4.0 platform, Bourne Shells, ODBC drivers, MS Access, Perl, Java script, HTML.

ADP Wilco International, One America Sqr, 17 Crosswall, E3CN
Part of a team of 6-support analysts, involved in supporting Gloss, GlossHUB, Gloss Adapters & AutoTALK products. Provided 24-hour support cover for GLOSS production installation across the City of London, Europe, Hong Kong, New York