IT Consultant

8/2007 – 5/2010

Project manager and functional expert for the installation of the Portfolio Management System package “TripleA” by Odyssey Financial Technologies (Temesos Group); in collaboration with B-Source SA and Odyssey Financial Technologies. Main focus: managing collaboration with suppliers and testing.

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of the Portfolio Management business, business analysis, functional specification design, analyse and write test cases, testing, write SQL queries to support tests, system implementation, financial products knowledge (including derivatives), project management, organizational, problem solving, written/verbal communication.

SQL, Testen, IT-Support (allg.), Technisches Projektmanagement, Business Analysis, Projektmanagement

6/2006 – 6/2007

Project manager for the planning and execution of the cutover activities for the system migration project from former BUC to BSI SA Lugano.

Main skills used/developed: project management, problem solving, written/verbal communication.

Systemmigration, Technisches Projektmanagement, Projektmanagement

9/2004 – 2/2006

Feasibility studies and analysis for the evolution of the Bank’s credit card system.

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of the credit card business, business analysis, functional specification design, business processes analysis, problem solving, written communication.

Requirement Analyse, Workflows, Business Analysis

3/2001 – 12/2003

Project manager and Business Analyst for installing and customizing an internet banking package.

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of the internet banking business, analyse and write test cases, testing, write Oracle SQL queries to support tests, project management, system implementation, organizational, problem solving, written/verbal communication.

Oracle-Anwendungen, SQL, Testen, IT-Support (allg.), Intranet, Requirement Analyse, Technisches Projektmanagement, Business Analysis, Projektmanagement

6/1997 – 7/2000

Development of a life insurance management system, based on Object Oriented technology.
Installation of the system for the Swiss and Liechtenstein branches.
Customization of the system for the UK and HK/Singapore branches.

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of Object Oriented analysis and development, Objective-C development, Java development, knowledge of insurance linked financial products, business analysis, business processes analysis, functional specification design, using UML for documenting the system specifications, system implementation, analyse and write test cases, testing, extensive writing of Sybase SQL queries, problem solving, written communication.

Sybase, SQL, Testen, UML, Software Architecture, Objective-C, Java (allg.), Requirement Analyse, Workflows, Business Analysis

7/1995 – 5/1997

Responsible for the IT development of the following areas: Forex/Money Market, treasury, derivative products, financial risks management and accounting, in the context of a programme aimed at building a new information system for the whole Bank.
Management of three development teams made up of about 12 employees and 10 external contractors.

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of the treasury, derivatives, risks management and accounting businesses, business analysis, business processes analysis, data analysis, system implementation, financial products knowledge, project management, organizational, problem solving, written/verbal communication.

IBM DB2, Portfolio-Optimierung, Requirement Analyse, Technisches Projektmanagement, Business Analysis, Rechnungswesen (allg.), Projektmanagement

12/1992 – 6/1995

Management and coordination of the analysis activities for the complete implementation of a new IT system for the whole Bank. I have been involved in the functional and data analysis for all of the bank’s areas.

Main skills used/developed: all round knowledge of an universal bank business, business analysis, business processes analysis, data analysis DB2, financial products knowledge (including derivatives), project management, organizational, problem solving, written/verbal communication.

Softwareauswahl (Evaluierung), Requirement Analyse, Technisches Projektmanagement, Business Analysis, Projektmanagement, Prozessberatung

3/1981 – 12/1992

Involved in various projects, both in Italy and abroad, covering the various aspects of the development of an information system, from strategic planning to implementation.
Manager from 1986, senior manager from 1990.
Main areas of specialization:
• portfolio management
• banking treasury and Forex/Money Market
• accounting
• financial risks management (interest rate, currency rate).

Main skills used/developed: knowledge of the portfolio management, treasury, derivatives, risks management and accounting businesses, business analysis, business processes analysis, project management, system implementation, analyse and write test cases, testing, financial products knowledge (including derivatives), organizational, problem solving, software selection, written/verbal communication, Cobol programming, PL/1 programming, RPG II programming.

DL/I, Portfolio-Optimierung, Testen, COBOL, Telekommunikation / Netzwerke (allg.), It-Beratung, Technisches Projektmanagement, Rechnungswesen (allg.), Projektmanagement