Chris Howe

Experience

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  HSBC

  Sept 2000 - Aug 2017

  Managed the Global Future State Architecture training team. Responsible for establishing the program and ensuring that training is delivered consistently globallyProvided developer and high level training in EuropeLead responsive work stream to drive the HSBC strategy for developing multi-channel applicationsDefined the architectural strategy for integrating FSA applications with legacy architectureSupported Global teams utilising the architecture to ensure FSA standards being applied Show less Responsible for delivering multiple high profile applications into the UK.Accountable for the delivery of architectural solutions and identifying technical risks in order to meet the IT strategy, standards, agreed schedules and budgets for projects and products; whilst ensuring all stake holders understand and are bought into proposals.Led a large team of offshore developers to undertake regional build work.Involved in all phases of lifecycle from initial business requirements through to delivery and live support, providing technical direction and support to IT teams.Provide mentoring and expertise in HSBC’s Java methodologies and components to the development team, ensuring that local development teams skill levels are maintained. This included assessing, creating and facilitating induction and specific training for developers to ensure that industry patterns and HSBC IT principles are being adopted when designing components. Show less Lead application specialist on a support team for two high value global payment systems. Both highly business critical.Implemented a global release mechanism on a highly complex infrastructure that crossed geographical regions and involved many technology areas. Instrumental in the formation of a global support team and the development of the follow the sun support model.Incident management. Provided out of hours support and managed several incidents to tight deadlines on high value payments systems.Ran complex contingency tests and implementations coordinating business, development and operations areas.Provided technical support in many technology areas, mainly Datastage TX , WebSphere MQ and second line Tuxedo support. Show less Responsible for issue resolution and root cause investigations.Developed several java based tools for performance monitoring and problem diagnosis and detection. Provided in-depth technical support for development teams and issued latest infrastructure builds to them. Co-ordinated the release of new infrastructure code which involved, raising change records, producing changes and impact document and creating build issues within MKS. Liaised regularly with the business to determine appropriate schedules for application upgrades. Central point of contact for UAT environment with responsibilities for maintaining service and liaising with IT operation areas.Implementation managed major infrastructure releases.Improved the efficiency of the code in several areas through analysing SQL performance. Show less

  • Application Architect

    Jun 2013 - Aug 2017

  • Lead Architect / Scrum Master

    Mar 2012 - Jun 2013

  • Technical Lead - Weath Channels

    Sept 2010 - Mar 2012

  • Technical Lead - Internet Channels

    Oct 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Senior Java and Datastage Developer

    Sept 2007 - Oct 2008

  • Technical Analyst

    Feb 2006 - Sept 2007

  • Java Developer

    Jul 2002 - Feb 2006

  • Cobol Developer

    Sept 2000 - Jul 2002
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  Buildit@wiprodigital

  Sept 2017 - Jan 2019

  Platform Engineer
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  LSEG Data & Analytics

  Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

  Technical API Architect
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  LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

  Feb 2021 - now

  Director, Distribution Architecture