Experience
I’ve spent my career in financial technology, moving from hands-on quant development to leading technology organizations of several hundred people. The thread running through it all: build strong teams, develop people, deliver systems that matter.
Credit Suisse — Poland · 2015–2023
Developer Experience Product Management · 2022–2023
- Led end-to-end proof-of-concept evaluations for AI-assisted development (GitHub Copilot) and infrastructure-as-code adoption
- Established agile feedback loops between engineering teams and service providers
Poland Technology Transformation Lead · 2018–2022
- Designed and executed a multi-year transformation program across a 2,000-person organization
- Co-designed a global, skills-based learning and development platform with structured learning pathways for ~25,000 technology staff
- Created interactive adult learning initiatives — workshops, hackathons and learning labs — focused on practical skill acquisition
Location Head, Global Markets Technology · 2017–2018
- Led regional operations for 450 FTE across risk, pricing and booking functions
- Achieved the lowest divisional attrition while delivering the highest per-dollar productivity globally
- Provided regular one-on-one coaching for team leads and managers
Location Head, Fixed Income Technology · 2015–2017
- Built a 140 FTE center of excellence for fixed income technology (Credit, Rates, FX)
- Established university partnerships and a technical associate program
Credit Suisse — Singapore · 2006–2010
Head of Fixed Income Rates Technology
- Built a 75 FTE service center covering front-to-back systems and engineering
- Architected and delivered low-latency electronic trading connectivity to major platforms
- Led integration of trading systems across New York, EMEA and Asia
Credit Suisse — London · 1999–2006
Lead Fixed Income Rates Technology
- Developed front-office applications for automated market making and algorithmic trading
- Integrated major European fixed income platforms: MTS, Liffe, BrokerTec, MarketAxess, TradeWeb, Eurex Bonds
- Managed a team of ten plus client and vendor relationships
Earlier roles
University of Aberdeen — Refactored RangeShifter, a C++ stochastic population dynamics model, and mentored faculty on practical software engineering. · 2015
Tokai Bank Europe, London — Front-office quant developer; designed the C++ risk system for a £100M AAA-rated derivatives vehicle, working with Moody’s, S&P and regulators. · 1995–1998
Independent consultant, London & Paris — Risk and trading tools for Daiwa Bank and Bankers Trust; co-founded two AI/ML startups applying neural networks to econometric forecasting for clients including HM Treasury and BAA. · 1990–1995
Education
- M.Sc., Neural Networks and Information Processing (Mathematics) — King’s College London
- B.Sc. (Hons), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology — UMIST, University of Manchester
- B.A., Natural Sciences — University of Cambridge, Downing College
Languages
- English — native
- German — native
- Indonesian — conversational