Making software boring

I am an experienced programmer who has enough expertise in business and finance to be cited in books and academic journals. I am a pragmatist who strongly believes in using technology that works over using the latest and shiniest: my priority in a work context is reliability and security: use the cutting edge stuff for learning and when you actually need it

My previous career required not just financial analysis, but spending a lot of time talking to people who ran big business (such as FTSE 350 companies), asking the right questions, and understanding a variety of businesses.

That is why I have something unusual to offer, that combination of skills to figure out how to make technology work for your business.

Experience

• Over a decade of programming experience
• Author of Moneyterms which is frequently cited in academic journals
• Business designer (a client facing role dealing with everything from requirements to acceptance testing) at what is now LSEG Technology
• Analyst at a stockbroker and then a fund manager, in Asia and the UK
• Analyst at a now defunct investment dotcom, where I was also the liaison between my department and the developers

Qualifications

• MSc in Finance
• MBA

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