Toby Downton

Toby downton

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Travelling. Writing. Eating. Drinking.

  • Education

    • Maidstone grammar school

      1989 - 1994
    • University of nottingham

      1994 - 1997
      2:2 economics
  • Experience

    • Reuters

      Jan 1997 - Jan 1999
      Data analyst
    • Ubs

      Jan 1999 - Jan 2003

      UBS Australia, Sydney branch London branch, 100 Liverpool Street

      • Prime Brokerage

        Jan 2001 - Jan 2003
      • Data Analyst

        Jan 1999 - Jan 2001
    • Bank of america

      Nov 2003 - Feb 2005
      Business analyst, stock lending
    • Deutsche bank

      Jan 2005 - Jan 2006
      Trade assistant structured equity finance
    • Rbs

      Apr 2006 - Apr 2008
      Collateral management team leader
    • Turquoise

      May 2008 - Apr 2009
      Market operations deputy head
    • London stock exchange

      Apr 2009 - Dec 2011
      Technical account manager
    • Aig

      Sept 2012 - Dec 2012
      Uat manager

      A three-month contract coordinating the user acceptance testing for two core AIG applications, their insurance booking system, and their claims system. I coordinated test results from teams in the Philippines (where I spent ten days teaching the software development lifecycle), Norway, Finland, Sweden and Finland, along with test input from colleagues in Spain, Ireland and the Netherlands (where I spent a week preparing for one of the test cycles). I used HP Quality Centre as the defect logging and monitoring tool and helped run daily telecons for people from the above locations. Show less

    • Cannes lions international advertising festival

      Jan 2013 - Apr 2013
      Business analyst

      I am part of a team working on a project to rebuild the Cannes Lions digital archive in time for their 60 year anniversary. I'm performing a dual role as business analyst and software tester, and have also visited many marketing agencies to get feedback on the new archive.

    • Matter digital

      Jan 2013 - Jul 2015
      Head of business development

      Development of new business strategy for Matter, a digital media innovation company.

    • Westminster city council

      Apr 2013 - Jun 2013
      Business design analyst

      Agile business analyst in the Customer-Led Transformation programme focused on developing detailed functional requirements for the implementation of a new corporate website, with particular emphasis on providing transactional capabilities to WCC customers, which includes local businesses, residents and visitors.

    • Trinity mirror group plc

      Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
      Product manager

      Working within the newly-formed Sunday Brands division at Trinity Mirror, on the digital launch of the Sunday People newspaper.

    • Immersiv.ly

      Jan 2014 - Mar 2014
      Agile business analyst and test manager

      Originally conceived as a “Non-Sensationalist Media Site”, this project pivoted halfway through to focus on “Immersive Journalism” following the purchase of Oculus Rift by Facebook. I worked as an Agile BA and UAT lead, helping to define and test the product, before the project pivoted into a virtual reality agency.

    • Essex county council

      Apr 2014 - Dec 2014
      Agile business analyst

      Helped design the new information architecture for the Essex County Council intranet site. The controls around the existing intranet were poorly defined which had led to it consisting of more than 6,000 pages. It was my job to map out the existing IA and help ECC iterate towards a new User-Centred solution that would be less than one tenth the size.

    • Chelsea apps factory

      Nov 2015 - Sept 2016
      Product owner
    • Suncorp new zealand

      Nov 2016 - Sept 2017
      Business analyst
    • Cove insurance

      Oct 2017 - Feb 2019
      Product manager
    • Fidelity life assurance company limited

      Feb 2019 - Sept 2021
      Product owner
    • Non-fungible labs

      Sept 2021 - Jun 2023
      Product manager
    • Wayver

      Jun 2023 - May 2024
      General manager
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Foundation certificate in software testing

      Bcs
      Feb 2013