Project Manager | Product Manager/Owner Copenhagen, Denmark

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(Updated 2022-05-10)

Project Manager | Product Manager/Owner

Copenhagen, Denmark

Native Danish, English, Intermediate Spanish

  • Product Management
  • Product Ownership
  • Project Management
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Skills (60)

TRADING

PRODUCT MANAGER

Scrum

BI

Jira

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

WRITTEN AND VERBAL

Agile

PROSJEKTLEDER

TEAM LEAD

Change Management

FILING

REAL TIME

BUDGET

MICROSOFT OFFICE

SAAS

IT Project Management

Knowledge about blockchains

Excel

BUDGETS

SOFTWARE AS A SERVICE

Kanban

DERIVATIVES

MS VISIO

STRONG COMMUNICATION SKILLS

COACHING

Confluence

UAT

Business Intelligence

MS OFFICE

BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

Blockchain

REQUIREMENTS GATHERING

OFFSHORE

Project Management

TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION

PDF

DOCUMENTATION

GDPR

SAS

SOFTWARE INTEGRATION

GOVERNANCE

CASH FLOW

TRAINING PROGRAMS

PROCESS AUTOMATION

Ravel

IVR

USER EXPERIENCE DESIGN

WORKFLOW

React

MAINTENANCE

MS PROJECT

VISIO

REDUX

CRM

VPN

Python

UX

Jus

SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT

Summary

Keith is an analytical and performance-driven professional specialising in high intensity ownership and management of Capital Markets/FinTech products and projects, along with, change management, reengineering, and workflow automation - with particular emphasis on Rules Driven Process Automation and BI
Business Intelligence. With almost 20 years experience in Capital Markets and Financial Technology as Product Manager, Product Owner, or Scrum Master. Keith is well versed in both Agile- and traditional frameworks for management of multiple projects implementing cross-functional teams, both onsite and remote/offshore, for development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Keith is a strategic thinker, navigates well in highly political environments, and is in possession of outstanding talents in resource loading and leveling, team building and consensus making, requirements gathering and definition of project specifications, scope and backlog grooming (including budgets, timelines, and delivery dates), proof-of-concept design and rapid prototyping, internal- as well as external stakeholder management, establishing and managing customer relationships, cost avoidance, continuous design improvements, as well as reporting, conducting status meetings, and customer reviews. Keith is driven by new challenges, desires to be successful in all endeavors, and enjoys navigating all aspects of complex projects.

Able to capitalize on IT and Financial background to add value to organizations:

- Overseen multiple software development projects
- Developed criteria for content of Database systems
- Created and implemented employee training programs
- Overseen multiple IVR installations, upgrades, and migrations
- Overseen multiple CRM installations, upgrades, and migrations
- Overseen multiple server installations, upgrades, and migrations
- Developed structures and naming conventions for filing and storage systems
- Managed deployment of multiple components for Cloud architectures, incl. SaaS | Software as a Service and IaaS | Infrastructure as a service

Professional Experience

Consultant
BEC Financial Technologies

2017-01 - Present

Denmark Roles: Scrum PO|PM (MiFID2, Basel IV) and Scrum Master (GDPR) Assignment(s): In Q1 2017, BEC's newly implemented organizational transformation to the SAFe agile management framework, combined with the addition of a newly added "nearshoring" operation in Warsaw, Poland, resulted in BEC's BI Data-, Analytics-, and Governance Department requiring a Product Manager having proven experience with both agile management frameworks and management of cross-functional teams in remote- and distributed settings. The combined position of Scrum Product Owner and Scrum Master of the newly established Capital Markets BI Data Team, having development team members in both Roskilde and Warsaw, required close cooperation with both internal BEC stakeholders and external Banking clients, for establishing and confirming Project goals and objectives, ensuring alignment within the BI Data Team, and subsequent Progress Reporting to relevant stakeholders.
Key activities currently entail: Quarterly Increment planning at Program Level, Sprint/Iteration planning, budget development and maintenance, interfacing with internal- and external stakeholders throughout the entire project cycle, reporting to management and stakeholders, requirements gathering and development of project scope, generation of specifications and estimates, meeting project milestones and delivery dates, along with Test Management and Final Implementation/Delivery in connection with the following projects, among others: - GDPR | General Data Protection Regulation - Initial analysis locating PII | Personally Identifiable Information within BEC's systems, including impact assessment of Marking- and Deletion of Personally Identifiable Information - Basel IV Cash flow Loans Data Mart(s) - BI Framework for compliance with BASEL IV reporting requirements for Cash flows related to Loans - Basel IV Cash flow Balances Data Mart(s) - BI Framework for compliance with BASEL IV reporting requirements for Cash flows related to Balances - MiFID(ii) RTS 28 Datamart - BI framework for compliance with MiFID(ii) §28 reporting requirements - MiFID(ii) RTS 27 Datamart - BI framework for compliance with MiFID(ii) §27 reporting requirements
IT Product Manager and Product Owner
208 Monkeys LLC

2013-01 - 2016-01

Assignment: Keith was brought on board to oversee consolidation and streamlining of enterprise IAAS | cloud infrastructure services in 2013. Keith spearheaded several IT infrastructure upgrades and system design projects for cutting costs, including the migration of a 1200 server data farm with Active directory to a Linux-based system with OpenLDAP, integration of 1800 additional virtual servers within the enterprises cloud infrastructure and ensuing configuration management, migration of the enterprise's Operational CRM system to a Collaborative system, along with the integration of an IVR/Visual IVR system within the CRM system.
Key activities entail: development of project scope, creation of user stories, backlog creation and management/grooming including change requests, development and management of budgets, interfacing with stakeholders during project cycle, conducting daily standup- and status meetings along with customer reviews, meeting project milestones and delivery dates, and reporting to management and stakeholders.
- Saved over 30% in annual production costs by optimizing enterprise strategies for configuration management - Generated over 200% increase in annual throughput and revenue by optimizing enterprise infrastructure - Created and implemented IT management procedures for increased efficiency along with slashed error rates and down time - Convinced management to sponsor training and career development for staff - 208 Monkeys LLC was recognized nationally as Telly Award Winners in 2013, 2014, and 2015 as well as Addy Award Winners in 2015
Consultant
PhD Labs, Inc

2015-01 - 2016-01

USA Role: Product Manager Assignment: In connection with PhD's corporate restructure, Keith was brought on board to supervise the implementation of the SCRUM agile management framework, along with oversight/management of conceptualization, design, and production of 3rd party apps as dictated by client requirements Key activities entail: requirements gathering and development of project scope, creation of user stories, creation and management/grooming of project backlog, management of change requests, sprint planning, development and management of budgets, creation of production schedules, resource loading and leveling, interfacing with staff and clients during entire SDLC, conducting daily standup- and status meetings along with customer reviews, conducting code review meetings, meeting project milestones and delivery dates, and reporting to management and stakeholders - in connection with the following projects, among others: - Coin Squirrel: A financial app for the iOS operating system that interfaces with a choice of US financial institutions, and enables users to automatically build their savings by rounding user debit and credit card purchases up the nearest dollar amount - where the difference, or "extra" amount, is transferred to a savings account, and made available to the user upon having reached the users pre-defined savings goal - Renge: a networking app for the iOS operating system described as "a cross between Linkedin and Tinder", enabling users to build up a network of professional contacts, and uses GPS to display the real-time position of all the users contacts within the defined range - Ravel: a live streaming video app for the iOS and Android operating systems that streams video and audio to any viewers who join the broadcast - also facilitating social sharing, live discussions, and feedback. Ravel also incorporates a web-based back-end enabling searchable video and channel content, along with payment services for broadcasters and channel operators, such as subscription and pay-per-view
Consultant
Saxo Bank

2016-01 - 2016-01

Denmark Roles: Scrum Product Owner (STGO Option Chain) and Scrum Master (MyAccount) Assignment(s): Saxo Bank's Apollo Group was faced with an acute need to decommission a legacy software component, which created an immediate requirement for a Scrum Product Owner that was able to work closely with key stakeholders throughout the organization connected to the STGO/PRO platforms JS React Option Chain, for establishing the project's scope according to the agreed business requirements, managing subsequent change requests, conveying the projects vision to the Option Chain's Scrum Team, and delivering regular performance reports at the Program Level. In addition, the Apollo Group also required a seasoned Scrum Master for coaching and training in connection with the introduction of the SCRUM agile management framework to it's new MyAccount Team in India, which was dedicated to development and maintenance of the accounting and reporting sections of the SaxoTraderGO- and PRO Trading Platforms.
Key activities included: Stakeholder management and reporting, requirements gathering, definition of project scope, creation of user stories, backlog prioritization and grooming, management of change requests, coordination of reviews, sprint planning, coordination of development-, testing-, and release cycles, development and management of budgets, conducting daily standup- and status meetings, meeting project milestones and delivery dates in connection with the following projects, among others:
Partner/Employee Login
MyAccount

2016-01 - 2016-01

2016 H2 Roadmap: - New MyAccount Reporting Framework - hereunder: New Real Time Overview, PDF Portfolio Report, and Consolidated P&L-, Bookings-, and Trade Reports - MyAccount Modular Framework: Former Angular components within MyAccount framework modularized and ported to React/Redux in connection with implementation within STGO/PRO - MyAccount Mobile: All MyAccount components ported to React/Redux and made available as Phone Modules - Partner/Employee Login: Simple login for Employees and Partners for seeing respective client accounts in connection with trading "on-behalf of", asset management, and portfolio rebalancing - NEW Option Chain within STGO/PRO: in connection with Order Driven Prices and decommissioning of SaxoWebTrader - NEW PCE | Performance Calculation Engine
IT Manager and Product Owner
Wexler Aps

2011-01 - 2013-01

Technical Lead and Product Owner
Singular FIT Ltd

2010-01 - 2011-01

Assignment: Keith was onboarded to assist Singular FIT Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary of credit-card payment solution provider UGSPay Ltd. (London, UK), with the development of an ultra low-latency system for capitalizing on currency arbitrage within the FX | Foreign Exchange market space. Keith was the technical lead and oversaw the design, production, and implementation of both software and server network.
Key activities entail definition of project scope, creation of user stories, backlog creation and management/grooming, development and management of budgets, hiring and training staff, conducting daily standup- and status meetings along with customer reviews, meeting project milestones and delivery dates, and reporting to management and stakeholders.
- Created definition of specifications and managed design and development of the Exegine automated trading platform's software, hardware, and network.
- Created definition of specifications and managed design, development and implementation/co-location of the international server network, with multiple points-of presence in Denmark, London, and Jersey City, NJ - Managed active directory migration and integration within the Reuters FX-, HotSpot FX-, and RaboBank foreign exchange networks
eLearning Development Product Manager
DayTrade Center Aps

2007-01 - 2010-01

Assignment: Keith was hired to coordinate and oversee development of a curriculum for proprietary FX | Forex Traders to assist with creation of rule based trading strategies and software systems. Keith implemented several initiatives for software, hardware, and network optimization.
Key activities entail: creation and implantation of training programs, development and management of budgets, interfacing with staff and clients during project cycle, conducting status meetings and customer reviews, and meeting project milestones and delivery dates.
- Developed a rule-based approach to trading electronic markets as a replacement for "point-and-click" trading - Authored trading curriculum and technical documentation for strategy development - Created and implemented procedures that increased efficiency, increased performance, and drastically increased winning percentage rates
building/hiring staff
RA Cheetah FIX

2006-01 - 2008-01

Assignment: Keith had previously been contracted in 2006 - 2008, re-contracted again in 2011 primarily to oversee the conceptualization and design of the RA Cheetah FIX messaging engine and FAST Codec along with their respective integrations within Rapid Addition Ltd's (Manchester, UK) Cloud application service. Keith managed the entire production cycle where the focus was time-to-market, as the client was under an unusually tight deadline.
Key activities entail: Team building/hiring staff, design improvements, development of project scope, creation of user stories, backlog creation, prioritization, and grooming, conducting daily standup- and status meetings along with customer reviews, meeting project milestones and delivery dates, and reporting to management and stakeholders.
- Inherited a project that was in jeopardy of being lost due to design flaws. Through a series of actions, including a re-design of the software's specifications and projects scope, along with the addition of new staff, the new team subsequently delivered a project that was on time and met with the customers approval - Developed new criteria and specifications for the RA Fast Codec - Authored technical documentation for the RA Fix Fast Codec - Managed active directory- and VPN migration along with software integration within Rapid Addition's SaaS architecture and ensuing integration within the CME | Chicago Mercantile Exchange's GLOBEX network

Academic Background

BS
Western Governors University

2022-03 - 1991-01

White Plains High School
White Plains High School

2022-03 - 1989-01

Certifications

Certified Product Owner, Product Manager and Scrum Master
SAFe 4.6 POPM | Product Owner/Product Manager
SAFe 4.6 ASM | Scrum Master

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