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| SEAN NOEL DE SOUZA | |
| BEng (Imp) - MPhil (Cantab) - ACGI | sean@seandesouza.com |
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| Full Name: | Sean Noel De Souza |
| Email: | sean@seandesouza.com |
| DOB: | 19/05/1981 |
| Nationality: | British / Australian |
| EDUCATION | |
| Sept 2004 - Aug 2005 |  University of CambridgeWolfson College, Cambridge, CB3 9BB, UK 1 Year MPhil - Computer Speech, Text and Internet Technology Awarded Full Scholarship by William Gates Laboratory (£15,000) MPhil Thesis: Automatic Text Summarisation - PDF Supervisor: Dr Simone Teufel Speech Project: HMM Automatic Speech Recognition System - PDF Text/Internet Project: TREC-8 Automatic Question Answering System - PDF Reading Club: Noise Robustness in ASR Systems: Front End Processing - PDF |
| Sept 2003 - March 2004 |  Securities Institute (FSA)24 Monument Street, EC3R 8AQ, UK Investment Administration Qualification (IAQ) Paper 1 (Introduction to Securities and Investments) Result: Pass Paper 2 (Financial Regulatory Environment) Result: Pass Paper 3 (Portfolio Performance Measurement) Result: Pass |
| Sept 1999 - July 2002 |  Imperial College Of Science, Technology and Medicine180 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK 3 Year BEng – Computer Science (Software Engineering) Year 1 Results: Grade A - (FIRST) Year 2 Results: Grade A - (FIRST) Year 3 (Overall) Results: FIRST CLASS HONOURS Awarded Associateship of the City and Guilds Institute (ACGI) BEng Thesis: OMIS: Online Management and Information System - PDF Supervisor: Mrs Margaret Cunningham |
| Sept 1992 - June 1999 | St. Christopher’s Secondary School Isa Town, Bahrain 5 A-Levels in Computer Science (A), Economics (A), Mathematics (A), General Studies (A) and French . Total: 46 points 9 GCSEs in Computer Science and Business Studies (A*), Mathematics (A), Biology (A*), French (A*), German (A*), Geography (A), English (A), English Literature (B), and Economics (B). Prizes Awarded:
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| Sept 1985 - June 1992 | Awali Primary School Awali, Bahrain Prizes Awarded:
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| WORK EXPERIENCE | |
| Oct 2005 - present |  Citigroup Global Markets LimitedTrader - Foreign Exchange, Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, UK Joined Foreign Exchange Options desk as a Junior Trader specialising in FX Warrants. The role also includes involvement in development of an E-Commerce Trading platform for provision of the FX Options products to third-party banks and institutions. |
| Sept 2003 - Sept 2004 | Citigroup Global Markets Limited Technology Analyst, Citigroup Centre, Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London E14 5LB, UK Developed Fixed Income - Foreign Exchange (FX) trading and valuation systems at the World's leading Financial Institution of all most 280,000 employees. Joined Graduate Fast Track program in September 2003. Concentrating on a new system to support trades and replace an ailing legacy program. Moved to the SPOT FX Desk to support the product and develop complementary financial models. |
| Feb 2003 - Aug 2003 | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Technology Manager, Entrepreneurship Centre, Business School, 53 Prince's Gate, London SW7 2PG, UK Researched and developed Content Management Solutions and Intranet/Extranet applications. Head Technical Advisor in an ongoing research project into E-Learning and Virtual Learning Environment using the Internet. |
| July 2002 - Nov 2002 | Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine Project Manager, Dept. of Computing, Dept. of Surgical Oncology and Technology, 180 Queen’s Gate, London SW7 2BZ, UK Headed up a team to develop software applications to aid in the dissemination of information to the interested parties of a multi-million pound research project into Computer Vision and Medical Image Computing. These parties include charities and public information campaigns to the researchers themselves. The project entailed the creation of numerous portable web- based tools that could be reused in several different applications with minimal modification. This was particularly challenging given the limited power of web browsers. There was also considerable development of streaming technologies (Java) for use in online training and presentation applications via the Internet. Skills Developed: Team leadership/management, time management, documenting code and design algorithms. Presenting designs and completed work to superiors. |
| Aug 1997 – 2002 | Proforce Engineering Technology Managing Director, Internet Division PO Box 26173, Adliya, Bahrain. Founded Internet Division of the Company in 1997. Acted as Head of Internet Division – creating Websites and online systems for Clients (Local businesses etc.) in London, Australia and Bahrain. View portfolio Skills Developed: Negotiation, Teamwork, Preparing quotations, Web Development (ASP, Java, Javascript, Database, PHP, PostgreSQL/MySQL, Hosting), Client/Developer communication, Accounting |
| July 1998 – Aug 1998 | American Express, Bahrain Assistant Web/Intranet Developer, Manama, Bahrain. Worked with Head Of Networks at American Express to develop a web-based system to allow Amex cardholders in the Middle East to perform queries on their accounts, based on information stored at Head Office in Utah, USA. Skills Developed: Teamwork, presentation skills, practical Networking and System Interfacing knowledge. |
| Dec 1997 – present | Disc Jockey Summer 2000 – Promoted and ran my own themed music night at nightclubs in Bahrain, including ticket sales and promotion.Appeared on local radio station, Radio Bahrain Skills Developed: Writing of Quotes/Pricing, Subcontracting, Public Relations, Promotion and Communication Skills |
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