Summary
I attended Hampton School in Middlesex, Surrey from 1996 until 2003, attaining a total of 10 GCSEs, 9 at grade A* and the remainder at grade A.
I went on to achieve 6 A-Levels at grade A, earning a place at the University of Warwick where I studied Electronic Engineering, finishing in 2007 with a First Class degree at the level of MEng.
I now work in IT for the Equity Derivatives business at UBS Investment Bank, having started in January 2008.
Work Experience
Associate Director, UBS Investment Bank - Full time employment
January 2008 - Present
In February 2010 I joined the Equity Derivatives Middle Office team, working in an agile environment on a lifecycle platform.
The Java application leverages technologies such as Spring, Hibernate, Lucene, Compass, Apache and others. We use TDD, Scrum, Pair Programming and other agile techniques on a daily basis.
Previously, having joined the company in January 2008 on the Graduate Training Programme I worked on the risk system for Equity Derivatives IT. The role includes analysis and development of Java applications
for static data maintenance and trade flow between intra-bank systems and small-scale project management for initiatives with both onshore and offshore resources.
UBS Investment Bank - Summer Internship
Summer 2006
I joined the UBS Investment Bank Internship programme for 10 weeks during the summer of 2006 between my third and fourth year of University.
My role was with Equity Derivatives IT where I enhanced an application for maintenance of data in the risk system, paving the way for retirement of a legacy application.
Roke Manor Research - Summer Internship
Summer 2005
I worked for 8 weeks on the Roke Manor Research Summer Internship programme in the summer between my second and third years of University.
I joined a team focussed on next-generation mobile network routing and developed several applications to assist in remote debugging of software.
Young Voice - Part time employment
2003 - 2007
I worked for the charity Young Voice on a variety of website projects and technical support, developing an e-commerce aspect,
online feedback forms and data libraries for their website.
Academic Qualifications
Hampton SchoolSubject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| Biology | A* | 2001 |
| Chemistry | A* | 2001 |
| English Language | A* | 2001 |
| English Literature | A* | 2001 |
| French | A* | 2000 |
| Geography | A* | 2001 |
| Mathematics | A* | 2000 |
| Physics | A* | 2001 |
| Spanish | A | 2001 |
| Technology | A* | 2001 |
Hampton School| Subject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| Business Studies | A | 2003 |
| French (AS Level) | C | 2001 |
| Further Mathematics | A | 2003 |
| General Studies | A | 2003 |
| Mathematics | A | 2003 |
| Physics | A | 2003 |
| Technology | A | 2003 |
University of Warwick| Subject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| Communications and Media | 81 | 2004 |
| Electrical and Electronic Systems | 82 | 2004 |
| Electronic Circuits and Devices | 72 | 2004 |
| Engineering Software | 74 | 2004 |
| Mathematics for Engineers | 89 | 2004 |
| Modelling and System Dynamics | 86 | 2004 |
| Professional Studies | 71 | 2004 |
| Solid State Electronics | 83 | 2004 |
University of Warwick| Subject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| Analogue Design | 80 | 2005 |
| Applied Linear Algebra | 85 | 2005 |
| Design of Measurement Systems | 69 | 2005 |
| Digital Design | 59 | 2005 |
| Electronic Systems | 69 | 2005 |
| Signal Processing and Communications | 83 | 2005 |
| Software Development | 89 | 2005 |
| Starting a Business (for Engineers) | 60 | 2005 |
| Systems & Control | 83 | 2005 |
| ULSI MOS Devices & Technologies | 81 | 2005 |
University of Warwick| Subject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| 3rd Year Project | 90 | 2006 |
| Analogue and Digital Systems Design | 63 | 2006 |
| Communications Systems | 73 | 2006 |
| Digital Signal Processing | 82 | 2006 |
| Finance & Accounting | 78 | 2006 |
| Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Design | 73 | 2006 |
| New concepts in Electronics | 78 | 2006 |
| Optoelectronics and Laser Physics | 66 | 2006 |
University of Warwick| Subject | Grade | Year |
|---|
| 4th Year Project | 84 | 2007 |
| Automation & Robotics | 77 | 2007 |
| Current uses of computers | 72 | 2007 |
| Directed Reading | 85 | 2007 |
| Engineering Business Management | 70 | 2007 |
| Future Electronics | 84 | 2007 |
| High Integrity Systems | 74 | 2007 |
