About me

VP of Engineering

Keyrock SA - Brussels, Belgium (Remote)

• Lead, mentor, support, and coordinate entire Engineering operations

• More to come

Head of Engineering

Keyrock SA - Brussels, Belgium (Remote)

• Led, mentored, supported, and coordinated a team of 6 engineering members
• Defined and supervised the business unit’s technical strategy and platform blueprint
• Architected and implemented solutions for high availability and data protection on AWS
• Ensured consistency in engineering practices, quality assurance, and software development processes

• Established Internal Risk Passing platform as well as Backoffice system
• Reduced operation cost by ~ 45% within 3 months through developing automated engineering systems
• Reduced security vulnerabilities by ~ 80% within 1 month through automated detection systems

Chief Architect & Director of Engineering

Numeus Group - Zug, Switzerland

• Designing and managing technical strategy and blueprint of cloud operations
• Designing and developing global distributed high-frequency crypto trading systems
• Designing and implementing the automated cloud infrastructure platforms
• Implementing preventative measures and managing cyber risks
• Prioritising enhancing detection and response mechanisms to uphold DevSecOps principles consistently
• Ensuring the organisation follows engineering and architecture best practices
• Managing and fostering collaboration among Engineering and Research teams

• Yielding remarkable results in 3 months by orchestrating swift cloud infrastructure implementation for trading and research
• Reduced operation cost by 25% by spearheading design and implementation of automated cloud infrastructure platforms
• Achieved outstanding 5 stars security assessment result in implementing comprehensive cyber risk management protocols
• Improved efficiency by 65% through upholding and fortifying engineering and architecture best practices organisation wide
• Established two digital assets funds, enhancing their performance
• Guided design and development of HFT crypto trading systems across diverse regions with ~ $25k monthly operation cost

Chief Architect

Covario AG - Zug, Switzerland

• Led, mentored, supported, and coordinated a team of 15 engineering members
• Defined and supervised the firm’s technical strategy and platform blueprint
• Architected enterprise solutions for high availability and data protection across on-premises and multiple cloud vendors
• Ensured consistency in engineering practices, quality assurance, and software development processes

• Established greenfield Crypto Brokerage Systems within a 6-month timeline with an initial team of 3 members
• Completed the OTC trading platform from UI to backbone within 6 months with 5 collaborative OTC venues
• Reduced operation cost by ~ 25% within 3 months through developing automated digital asset trade clearing and settlement engines

Solution Architect

EF Education First - Zurich, Switzerland

• Designed, developed EF’s core commerce system, a cloud-based solution utilising AWS with high availability architecture
• Established architecture strategies and a technical roadmap with industrial-proven best practices
• Led, coached, and mentored cross-functional engineering teams, comprising a total of 20 members

• Migrated multiple legacy software services into Kubernetes within 6 month

Principal Software Architect

Argentière Capital AG - Zug, Switzerland

• Led a team of 5 in architecting and engineering a proprietary enterprise solution across multiple domains
• Provided strategic leadership in technical development and collaborated with management teams to establish functional workflows and business rules

• Managed the design and operation of the trading system, overseeing operations totalling AUM $2.9bn
• Improved productivity by 50% through designing and implementing an automated trade reconciliation system

Head of Desktop Development

Leonteq Securities AG - Zurich, Switzerland

• Directed projects with a team of 4, employing Agile methodologies and adhering to software engineering best practices
• Pioneered and led rapid developments of trading software aimed at enhancing transparency, accuracy, and efficiency

• Orchestrated the successful modernisation of financial tools into distributed microservices within a 6-month timeframe
• Reduced development effort by 50% through designing, enhancing, and refining proprietary APIs and libraries

Senior Software Engineer

Barcode Dynamics - Brisbane, Australia

• Ongoing ASP.NET based solution developments utilising C# and SQL server reporting
• Lead engineer on designing and implementing enterprise software and hardware solutions
• Focused on web-based and standalone developments for desktop and mobile platforms
• Developed and maintained web APIs (SOAP/RESTful) and DLLs in .NET environment
• Conducted software lifecycle management, testing, documentation and quality assurance
• Coached and mentored junior engineers to enhance team force
• Code review, bugs fixing and development of client application modules (WinForm/ASP.NET)
• Project management, requirement management and follow-up activities
• Carried pre and post sales design engineering. Worked closely with customers to compile design & requirements

Application Engineer

Taiwan Semiconductor - Taipei, Taiwan

• Developed production testing software applications (.NET C# / Borland C++)
• Designed and deployed various custom software for partners and end users (PHP + MySQL)
• Carried pre and post sales design engineering
• Participated the mechanical design and firmware developments
• Modified and applied newly developed mechanisms into OEM thermal printer products
• Focused on testing and evaluating products through performance, operational conditions and safety
• Coordinated team members with customer services and inbound info with R&D department