Steffen Skagen

- As Scrum master ensuring the team employ Agile/Scrum methodology to collect, plan and implement requirements and bug fixes; resolving any impediments, ensuring the work is tracked transparently, and organising regular meetings with team and stakeholders. - Development in C#.NET of models for valuing and analysing complex financial instruments such as interest rate swaps, interest rate options and FX options.

- Development of financial calculators for Thomson Reuters flagship product Eikon (and its predecessor 3000 Xtra). - Scrum master of a small Agile/Scrum team developing interest rate derivatives calculators, including a pricer, swap curve monitor and a portfolio valuation tool. - The calculators are built using a combination of web technologies (XHTML, JavaScript, CSS) and COM objects (AdfinX wrapped in XML and called with VbScript)

Development and support of Fixed Income calculators with a focus on straight bonds and callable bonds, repos, horizon analysis. For our commodities segment I developed a crack spread calculator and an ITEC/ENI 80:20 pricer for calculating the fair price of thermoelectric energy on the Italian market.

Development and support of Excel- and Kobra-based calculators using VBA, with a focus on index-linked bonds, index futures, a full suite of FX spot monitoring models, and FX cross matrix.

Worked in the central desktop design group managing 3rd line support and release for the suite of Kobra- and Excel-based pricers and models that formed a key component of 3000 Xtra.

Specialized in all aspects of data retrieval, contributions and analysis using Reuters add-ins for Excel (Powerplus Pro/Adfin).

Front line support for market data and functional queries involving entire range of Reuters financial products for UK and Scandinavian clients.

Scandinavian end user support for printer/scanner hardware.