Austin Chaird

Experience

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  Dicksmith Powerhouse

  Apr 2000 - Apr 2004

  Information Technology Sales

  Customer IT solution proposals, demonstrations and sales.

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  Macquarie Group

  Oct 2003 - Jul 2015

  Hands-on dev lead for a message based, regulatory reporting platform to align the derivatives business with Dodd-Frank reforms and report deal lifecycle events. Dev lead to scale trade processing throughput of trade order, settlement and matching systems to enable the launch of a new Quant Hedge fund. Tech stacks included Spring, JMS, Hibernate, REST, Alpaca JS, SQL and Web Methods. Deliver a scalable Dropbox-like service for the enterprise using Knockout JS, JQuery and Java to customize a vendor product. Design, build and manage an enterprise-class DevOps platform from the ground-up to provide managed access to 600+ servers via a single-page application or REST API. Tech stack included Spring, GWT, NoSQL, LDAP, JMX and Scripting (Shell/Perl/Groovy). Manage highly available, mission critical web infrastructure for global websites, applications and internet browsing services. Manage n-tier architecture including load balancers, web servers, app servers, databases, internet proxies and firewalls.

  • Development Lead

    Oct 2013 - Jul 2015

  • Full Stack Developer (Java & JavaScript)

    Mar 2013 - Sept 2013

  • Product Manager / Senior Java Developer

    Jul 2007 - Feb 2013

  • System Admin / Analyst

    Oct 2003 - Jun 2007
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  J.P. Morgan

  Jan 2016 - Jun 2019

  Delivery of an in-house, CRM platform as part of a global digital transformation program for the Private Bank.Business engagement to drive digital strategies through the optimal use of technology.Scrum master of scrums for a corporate event management app built from the ground-up. HR business partner for the technology analyst program to recruit, develop and retain next-generation talent for the Wealth Management business Hands-on dev lead of the Trade Ideas app that matches trading opportunities with client accounts using a recommendation engine. Greenfield project developed using React JS, Spring, REST microservices and Oracle DB.

  • Vice President, Technical Project Manager

    Oct 2016 - Jun 2019

  • Tech Lead for Intern/Grad Recruitment

    May 2016 - Jun 2019

  • Vice President, Development Lead

    Jan 2016 - Sept 2016
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  Entrepreneur First

  Jul 2019 - Nov 2019

  Founder In Residence (EFSG6)

  Incubatee of a gov. backed, early-stage incubator which supports individuals to build technology companies.

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  ESG Tech

  Aug 2019 - Jul 2020

  Co-founder, Technical Director

  Develop ESG data solutions to support UN PRB, UN SDG & SASB frameworks.Responsible for technical strategy, roadmap and development.

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  Alpha Impact

  Sept 2020 - now

  Founder

  Founded Alpha Impact from business ideation to product launch covering all aspects of day-to-day business including product, technology, growth, marketing, operations and people management.Alpha Impact tokenizes real-world signals to help traders generate alpha by making impactful decisions.Our platform provides real-time copy trading, comprehensive cross-exchange portfolio and risk management, and empowers creators to monetize their expertise through a social community.

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  Antler

  Oct 2020 - Mar 2021

  Entrepreneur (SG6)

  A global early-stage venture capital firm that invested in Alpha Impact.