Seller 272953 - Alton, Hampshire, UK
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| Overview: | I am an expert in using Mathematics and Statistics to solve problems, and have 13 years experience, mainly in banking. My technical kills include C#, .Net 3.5, ASP.Net, Excel VBA, SQL Server (to version 2005), Oracle (to version 10g), C++, Java and Mathematica. My business skills include option valuation, risk calculations, P&L calculation and analysis, statistical data analysis, and mechanics. Examples of previous work are: risk analysis for Royal Bank of Scotland Shipping, integration of Visual Basic components with a C++ workflow engine for Prudential Assurance, building automated trade models in Excel, C++ and Mathematica for HSBC, and P&L calculations for Tisbury Capital. I have also completed projects for small organisations as well as large corporates. Examples include 4-Front (management software) and Wessex Institute of Technology (mathematical software and editing). | |
CV
| My recent programming experience has been in C# (winforms and web pages), using .Net 3.5, and also in Excel VBA. Prior programming experience has been with C++ and Visual Basic. I have completed contract for financial institutions such as HSBC, Royal Bank of Scotland, ABN/AMRO, Deutsche Bank, Prudential Assurance and BMW. |
Employment History
(Mar 2005 to Mar 2008)
Senior Developer
LondonResponsible for .Net development: Equity and Credit derivative applications in C# Winforms, ASP.Net and Excel with SQL Server 2000 and live links to Bloomberg.
• O-O design and implementation of the Tapas Research Manager application in C# Winforms with a SQL Server 2000 database, hedge calculations, collating analysts’ qualitative and quantitative data, calculating expected values of equity outcomes and indices for correlated securities. Incorporated indices for comparable equities, with annualised returns, associated bonds, CDSs, and risk limits using VaR. Reporting using Crystal Reports.
• Developed real-time high frequency (about 10000 ticks/s) asynchronous links to Bloomberg in C# using Bloomberg’s COM and .Net interfaces, implemented as a multi-threaded application, and writing samples to a database every few seconds.
• Project manager for Tamale: organized installation and upgrades, coordinating teams from London and New York, organized overall schedule, testing and deployments. Integrated custom web pages into the Tamale web portal using the Tamale API
(Jul 2004 to Dec 2004)
Business Anaslyst
ReadingBusiness Analyst/Developer: interest rate modeling of structured notes and other derivatives; O-O implementation of primary issues software in C#/Javascript/ASP.Net/ SQL Server 2000 using UML.
• Valuation of path-dependent floating rate structured products, with associated swaps, using a 1-factor Monte-Carlo model in Excel & Mathematica
• Business Analysis and object-oriented design of a flexible and configurable toolkit to construct primary issues of multi-tranche Structured Notes in C#/ASP.Net, linking to a SQL2000 database. Structured notes incorporated floating rate, basket, range accrual, cliquet and stepped coupons, with triggered switching between coupons. Coupons were modified by caps, floors and knockout calls. Prototyped a C# Winforms applications to create classes for specialist structured note types at run time, and to validate the construction procedure for floating rate and basket notes.
Professional Qualifications
| Member of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications. Chartered Mathematician. |
Education
(Jan 1988 to Jul 1999)
Open University
Ph.D. Mathematical Modelling with Computer Algebra
M.Sc. Applied Mathematics and Computing
(Sep 1974 to Sep 1979)
University of Oxford
M.A. Mathematics
P.G.C.E.
Categories & Skills
Education and Research
Categories
Skills
- French (Languages)
- Statistics
Finance & Accounting
Categories
Skills
- Counterparty (Risk)
- Credit (Risk)
- Fund Management (Risk)
- Interest Rate (Risk)
- Leveraged Finance (Banking)
- Market Analysis (Risk)
- Market Control (Risk)
- Market Reporting (Risk)
- Operational (Risk)
- Risk (Banking)
- Structured Finance (Banking)
IT & Internet
Categories
Skills
- Application Architecture (Application Development)
- Asset Software (Assets/Funds)
- Assets/Funds (Financial)
- Banking/Compliance (Financial)
- Derivatives SwapsWire (Banking/Compliance)
- Financial (Business Software)

