Functional and Technical Qualifications

Having been involved in all areas of computers and their application througout my career, Boaz Consultancy provides for the following skill sets:

Project Management (10 yrs)

  • Small-scale: Application implementation and Upgrade Projects
  • Medium-scale: Application Design, Development, Roll-out, and Support

Functional

  • Data Issues: Management, Formats, Warehousing, and Interfacing (16 yrs)
  • Data Migration: Upgrades, Conversions, Interfacing between systems (16 yrs)
  • Real-Time Data: Real-Time Data Systems and Instruments (Reuters, Bloomberg, Telekurs, Telerate) (6 yrs), and interfacing thereof.
  • General Banking: Front-office (6 yrs), Middle- and Back-office (6 yrs), Order/Trade Entry Management (12 yrs), Swift Messaging (4 yrs), and interfacing thereof between various systems.
  • Misys Products: OPICS (all aspects, functional and technical) (4.5 yrs), MarketWatch and FIST (all aspects, functional and technical) (6 yrs), Trade Innovation (technical interfacing) (1 yr), Meridian Middleware (technical interfacing) (2 yrs)
  • Microsoft Products: Word, Excel, Outlook, Access, MS-SQL, MS-Project

Technical

  • Operating Systems: Unix (Berkley, Solaris, HPUX, AIX) (12 yrs), Windows NT (11 yrs), XP
  • Databases: Sybase, Oracle, MS-SQL, DBII. (Design & Development, SQL, Interfacing, etc.)
  • Interfacing: Design and development (16 yrs)
  • Languages: C, C++, Java, Visual Basic (both front-end and background programming), C-shell, awk, Fortran, etc.
  • Networking: IP and UDP Protocols, Real-time Programming, Data/System Synchronization, familiar with routers
  • Development: Systems Architecture (overall design), Procedural (Data Input, Interfacing), Analytical (Scientific)
  • Graphics: Visual Basic, X11R5, Motif

Other Qualifications

  • Languages: English (native), Dutch (Spoken, Reading), French (Spoken, Reading)
  • Work Attitude: I am client-focussed, committed, organized, fully self-supporting, and solution-oriented (not excuse-oriented); I take ownership of problems and issues, fully and completely document all tasks, and enjoy working. I am willing to learn whatever new products required to get the job done to everyone’s ultimate satisfaction.