Matthew O'Connell

I developed the Trade Planning & Optimisation (TPO) application for Man’s multi-billion dollar multi-manager business, aiding portfolio and risk managers in rebalancing, trading and managing their large fund-of-funds and structured products book. Working to extend, refactor and renew a large and challenging legacy codebase, we have nonetheless implemented on schedule several valuable new features over the past year, including rebalancing of structured products and bond hedge trading.

Working in close contact with the UK/European Equities trading desk, to support existing trading desktop and develop its replacement using multithreaded Microsoft .NET technologies interfacing with preexisting and new SOA and CORBA infrastructures.

Working with the European warrants desk to develop a new retail web presence for european warrants using Microsoft .NET server technologies.

Working with business clients in QBE Lloyds of London insurance division to develop solutions using Microsoft .NET technologies, included new primary desktop insurance application for business users in one of the largest Lloyds syndicates and a new corporate intranet using MS CMS

Working in this software start-up to develop using Microsoft .NET server technologies a new product to interface/augment existing business intelligence from Cognos etc and provide process management and high-level status within large organisations.

Additional elective modules in Computer Science