I am a highly experienced APL Consultant; who has dealt with all phases of project implementation from requirements specification through development to support. I am used to dealing with people at all levels within international organisations and maintain a good rapport with customers. I have made presentations to various audiences, including an international conference.

Soliton Inc. an international company based in Canada and a leading developer of software for the management of market data in the Financial Services industry.

Application Consultant (1998 - 2003) based in Coventry, reporting to the Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Rochester, USA.

• Brought TCP/IP client and server R & D projects to the market place. These included FTP, SMTP, POP3, HTTP, HTML, JavaScript and Java.
• Maintained a market data workflow system (RDBMS, SQL, UNIX) in Coventry. Provided sales and customer support. Developed workflow regression test cases.
• Provided support for an international Spanish bank's global credit risk management system. Discussed possible paths for migration from their existing supplier with senior members of the bank.
• Presented the Soliton vendor forum at APL 2002 in Madrid.

Reuters Ltd a global information company providing information for professionals in the financial services, media and corporate markets..

Senior Analyst Global Limits (1991 - 1998) based in Coventry, reporting to the Development Manager, Deal Management Division, Chessington.

• Developed and supported a global credit risk management system used by major international banks.
• Analysed, refined and ensured consistency of customer requirements; determining which features were to be employed in the base product.
• Consulted on the replacement project; providing gap analysis reports and advice based on my experience.
• Provided development and support for an international Spanish bank. Analysed and specified new requirements. Discussed issues concerning the replacement project with senior members of the bank.
• Trained Madrid based staff to take-over primary development and support responsibilities for an international Spanish bank.
• Acted as project co-ordinator for major issues affecting customer systems; including Millennium and EMU Compliance.

Reuters AG/IP Sharp GmbH, IP Sharp was a wholly owned subsidiary of Reuters, providing in-house, timesharing and consulting services to international customers.

Senior Analyst (1989 - 1991) based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, reporting to the Development Manager, Global Limits.

• Member of the team responsible for developing and supporting the base and customer versions of a global credit risk management system.
• Assisted customers with analysis of their requirements; ensuring consistency of the models they proposed.
• Provided customer and sales support; including development of a demonstration script.

IP Sharp AG, the Swiss subsidiary of an international Canadian company, providing in-house, timesharing and consulting services to international customers.

Senior APL Programmer (1987 - 1989) based in Zurich, reporting to the Team Leader, Global Limits at a customer site.

• Developed a foreign exchange global risk management prototype into a fully operational production system.
• Introduced Mark-to-Market revaluation of risk; including the Black-Scholes model for option pricing.
• Designed and implemented a software management system.

IP Sharp Associates Ltd, the UK subsidiary of IP Sharp Associates.

APL Consultant (1983 - 1987) based in Coventry, reporting to the Branch Manager.

• Maintained, developed and supported a large personnel system; the main customer for the branch.
• Presented and developed APL courses given to customers.

Date of Birth: 23 July 1960

Interests: Badminton, Photography