john evans

release manager

About

A commercially-driven IT professional with in depth experience in the Finance and Defence sectors. Has a strong background as both an analyst and a technical manager with expertise in design and build of specialist systems tailored to global finance. Has knowledge of being a team and project leader devising robust innovative solutions for complex software development. Specialties: Development Manager – leader of Team Leaders Enterprise/Solutions Architecture ISO 15022 Messaging Performance Analysis Continuous Process Improvement Change Management Technical: Tandem Guardian Pathway COBOL, SQL, C, TACL, MQ Powerbuilder

Country

united kingdom

City

london

Industry

financial services

Skill

Experience

development manager

crestco

2001-1 - 2002-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

design team leader

crestco

1991-1 - 2001-1 · 10 yrs 1 mo

designer

crestco

1997-1 - 1999-1 · 2 yrs 1 mo

grade 16 programmer, team leader, project leader

admiral computing

1990-1 - 1994-1 · 4 yrs 1 mo

grade seven team leader

cap scientific

1987-4 - 1989-12 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Team Leader in charge of development team for a Submarine Command & Control system

senior programmer

john bell technical services

1986-1 - 1987-1 · 1 yr 1 mo

programmer, software designer

cossor electronics

1983-1 - 1986-1 · 3 yrs 1 mo

head of it development

crestco

2002-9 - 2004-12 · 2 yrs 4 mos

* Now part of Euroclear Plc * Worked as head of IT Development, successfully managed first formal budgetary responsibility of £4M/year * Acted as Development Stakeholder for all CREST projects * Sponsor of internal projects, such as: re-engineering of CREST's ISO 15022 interface to use standard products and the integration of the in-house change management system with the document and source code repository * Managed the Development team, implemented projects such as: Central Counterparty, Cross-Border Settlement; Auto-Transformations; Settlement of Gilts within CREST * Successfully manage the challenge of promotion to Design Team Leader ahead of longer-serving Senior Designers * Responsible for speeding up CREST development lifecycle, whilst delivering higher quality software

release manager

euroclear

2005-1 - Present · 21 yrs 9 mos

* Served on the Engineering Board, Change Control and Release Management Committee; Application Domain Owners Forum * Following Euroclear's takeover of CRESTCo, became Development Manager for Common Communication Interface * Successfully negotiated across national and divisional boundaries * Managed cross-cultural Application Development teams for Tandem and Unix platforms * Involved in business case phase of project settlement of funds within CREST * Retained on TUPE Euroclear takeover of CRESTCo, served on Roadmap Committee