Mark McKeown

Experience

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  Amphion Semiconductor Ltd.

  Aug 1999 - Oct 2004

  Design Engineer

  Undertook a Doctor of Engineering Degree in System Level Integration. Thesis title was 'Rescalable configurable semiconductor IP solutions for mobile cellular communications systems'. This research investigated MC-CDMA and MIMO algorithm design and implementation for 4th generation (4G) mobile cellular communication systems. Research collaboration between Amphion Semiconductor Ltd and the Institute for System Level Integration. Degree awarded jointly by the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Strathclyde and Heriot Watt.Digital signal processing design for communications systems, particularly forward error correction systems such as Reed Solomon and Viterbi. Show less

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  AePONA Ltd

  Nov 2004 - Sept 2007

  Software Engineer

  Responsible for test and integration of network switching products: INAP, CAP and SIP protocols. Architected and implemented element management system to configure network switching product.

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  NYSE

  Sept 2007 - Mar 2013

  Development Lead

  Developing and implementing algorithmic trading solutions. Wombat Financial Software acquired by NYSE in 2008.

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  Pace

  Apr 2013 - Nov 2013

  Software Team Lead

  Team Lead of the COBALT software development team. COBALT is a service delivery platform hosted in the cloud. It comprises a TV management platform, multi-device application servers and on-demand delivery systems within the operator headend.The team is engaged in C/C++/Java development, Web Applications, PostgreSQL database development, XMPP. The team follows an agile SDLC approach.

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  CME Group

  Dec 2013 - Mar 2018

  Manager Software Engineering

  Software Engineering Manager within the Belfast IT Efficiency Team. The team works on a variety of efficiency initiatives, spanning application refresh and optimisation, cloud migration and software tool cost reduction, across order entry and market data systems within the enterprise.

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  BOSONIC

  Mar 2018 - Feb 2019

  Senior Engineering Manager and Site Lead Belfast

  Leading a cross-functional development team to implement trading applications for a blockchain-based FX and crypto-asset trading platform.

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  Version 1

  Jan 2019 - now

  Neueda acquired by Version 1 in June 2021 Neueda Capital Markets team

  • Head of Capital Markets Delivery

    Oct 2020 - now

  • Senior Delivery Manager Capital Markets

    Jan 2019 - Oct 2020