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Yacine OUARAD

Yacine OUARAD

Director, Application Development at Orion Advisor Solutions
New York,NY

Summary

A seasoned engineering leader currently serving as Director of Application Development at Orion Advisor Solutions. Oversees multiple Agile squads, ensuring timely delivery of complex products through strategic scope setting, obstacle removal, and risk mitigation. Demonstrates strong technical guidance across web applications and cloud-based architectures, while mentoring lead developers and platform architects. Cultivates a high-performance culture with a focus on innovation, collaboration, and impeccable quality.

Overview

21
21
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Director of Application Development

Orion Advisor Solutions
05.2020 - Current
  • Provide technical leadership for 3 application development Agile squads.
  • Set scope and delivery expectations with business partners, product teams, and customers.
  • Remove obstacles, close gaps and manage and mitigate risks to ensure delivery on time, on budget and with impeccable quality.
  • Manage lead developers and platform architects and provide guidance as they manage their teams and set prioritization.
  • Act as the technical reference for Orion Client Portal and Financial Planning teams and deliver complex product components (Web App, Mobile App, Widget components).
  • Build a world class organization by improving internal processes, utilizing best practices and technologies, and recruiting and growing individual talents.

Software Team Leader

Orion Advisor Tech: orionadvisortech.com/solutions/financial-planning
09.2015 - 04.2020
  • Build the cloud architecture of the leading financial planning platform (C#, F#, AWS, SAML, OAuth, ASP.Net, SQL/NoSQL).
  • Design and implement integrations and customizations with financial institutions and technology partners.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams: Product Experts, Software Engineers, DevOps, QA and SME.
  • Develop highly effective individuals capable of owning the Agile development process.
  • Align team goals to company strategy and growth targets while promoting an innovation culture.

Regional Head of Technical Services, Americas

Misys: www.misys.com
01.2011 - 08.2015
  • Build and manage a high-margin service department for Misys America with a high-performance team of Sophis technical experts.
  • Participated in the pre-sales process, PoC and scoping of Sophis product implementations to finalize closing high-value deals.
  • Bring a strong foundation of in-depth technical knowledge of quantitative finance, American markets, middleware, programming languages and patterns (C++, C#, SQL, SOAP, XML/FpML, FIX).

Toolkit Team Service Manager

Sophis S.A.
01.2008 - 12.2010

Financial Software Engineer

Sophis Technology
04.2004 - 12.2007

Education

Postgraduate Diploma in Machine Learning And AI From Emeritus And Columbia Engineering
12.2019 - 08.2020

Univ. of Paris Sorbonne, Ms Statistics & Financial Modeling
11.2002 - 09.2004

Univ. of Paris Pierre And Marie Curie, Ms Numerical Analysis
11.2001 - 09.2002

Skills

Software Dev methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Test Driven Dev, Domain Driven Design, SOLID

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