PRODUCT PROFESSIONAL WITH EXPERTISE IN FINANCIAL SERVICES, APP CREATION AND CONTENT MARKETING [email protected] 07384556824

EDUCATION

MSc. (DISTINCTION) Information Security Royal Holloway University 1997-98 London, UK

BSc. (ECON) Economics 2.1 University College London 1993-96 London, UK

SKILLS Product Management People Management Product GTM/Launch Digital Marketing Low Code and Power BI Agile, Scrum, SAFE Video production, editing, digital marketplaces Product Discovery, User Research

CERTIFICATIONS A-CSPO CSPO AC Agile PRINCE 2

ENTREPRENEURSHIP Digital Product Creator incorporating a Product Ecosystem of Templates for small businesses, information articles and training.

WORK STATUS Available for work now, looking for either permanent or contract opportunities.

PROFILE/KEY ACHIEVEMENTS Track record of Innovation across Financial Services B2B products, with entrepreneurial mindset and additional online digital experience;

• At SimCorp I transformed a functionally adequate but uninspiring Reconciliation product into a user delighter, which went on to become a £2m per year earner, sold in every new sale.
• At SimCorp I won an Innovation of the Year award in 2015 for the Reconciliation product.
• Introduced first Machine Learning application in SimCorp Dimension matching product.
• Product Owner for the first Mobile Application of its kind within the Tax business of PwC.
• As a solopreneur I have created, brought to market, and sold Digital Templates relating to OKR’s, Project/Product Management and Scrum, as well as (Spanish) Language Learning content.
• Published Medium.com author (Babel and Language Lab publications) on subjects relating to technology and language learning (and the mixture of both).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Data Product Manager FE Fundinfo August 2023 - August 2024 -Product Manager of Data Quality suite of products (MyData and Loopback) within a Fund Data Distribution organisation with an International footprint. -Discovery lead of a Data Lineage solution. -People Manager of 2 Product Owners, participant on Management Training Programme -GTM written communications and positioning. Product documentation. -Product Demonstrations and Pre-sales, customer discovery sessions.

Mobile Product Manager PwC UK March 2022 - August 2023 -Product Delivery for Tax Mobile Application (Android and iOS): Scrum based project using a combination of Aha!, Figma, Azure DevOps and Lucid. -Discovery lead across Risk (Portfolio Valuation Tool), and Deals (Marketing Campaign Management application) parts of the business. -Responsible for interviewing Manager grade applicants. -L&D department representative for TechCentral.

Fintech Product Manager SimCorp Ltd November 2011 - November 2021 -Relationship lead with Norges Investment Management, developing and launching a new Reconciliation Module which drove a 25% increase in their STP rates. -This product now present in over 50% of all SimCorp existing customers, and every new customer. -Configuration and packaging of ‘standard configurations’ (templates) relating to Financial Regulatory landscape, including MiFIR, SFTR. -Delivered Launch / Sales enablement materials including marketing materials, Sales packages, Videos, Blogs, Pricing Justifications, etc. -Lead Post-Trade Designer/Expert in SaaS Development Team. -Subject matter speaker (Operations, Workflow, Lending, Post Trade) at Global and Regional Conferences and Events.

Technology Relationship Manager JP Morgan Chase January 2011 - November 2011 -Relationship lead between JP Morgan Chase and Aviva. -Lead departmental Architectural reviews of key global (outsourced) clients.

Sales Engineer SimCorp Ltd June 2008 - January 2011 -Sales support of SimCorp Dimension solution specialising in Post Trade workflow, Equities, Bonds, FX, Credit instruments, Collateral and Securities Lending. -Contributor and Manager of product POC’s, RFP’s, RFI’s, Product Demos.