Versatile

technologist with 8+ years of experience in global equity trading systems

and market data, with roles ranging from backend application development to
front-line trading floor support. An established record of project ownership,
technical leadership, and adaptation to frequently changing demands and products.

Dennis L. Schwandt, Jr.

dennis.schwandt@gmail.com
(484) 467-9907

EXPERIENCE

Jul 2013 Dec 2014

Personal travel following voluntary resignation from Jefferies.

Jefferies Hong Kong Ltd.

Hong Kong
Apr 2011 Jun 2013

Vice President, Equities Technology

Provided trading platform and FIX connectivity support for the Hong Kong sales
and trading desk, as well as remote support for desks in Tokyo, Singapore, and
Mumbai, as part of the firm's Asia equities expansion initiative
Worked extensively with the Fidessa trading platform, performing production
troubleshooting, release testing, user training, frontend customization,
requirements gathering and analysis, and review of new functionality
Customized the ULLink connectivity bridge (via configuration and Java code) to
normalize/enrich FIX traffic to fulfill internal and client-specific requirements
Liaised with clients, brokers, and vendors to configure and certify FIX links
Documented Asia-specific support, testing, and release management procedures
Assumed the role of technical client on-boarding manager, coordinating with
front office, middle office, operations, and technical management teams locally
and globally to establish and refine Asia equities on-boarding procedures
Brought 100+ buy-side clients live over a two year period, comprising flows for
the Asia-Pacific cash desks, program desks, DMA, and algo services

Fidessa Corporation
New York, NY
Mar 2005 Mar 2011

Developer, Fidessa Core Development

(Jun 2008 Mar 2011)
Established a relationship with the UK-based market data development team to
facilitate joint UK/US development of the Fidessa Ticker Plant
Enhanced the Ticker Plant product, integrating Canadian and Latin American
data, re-architecting external interfaces, and improving performance, with
implementation in Tcl and C++
Wrote design proposals and contributed to global development discussions
Mentored local team members on development and operational procedures
Team Lead, Fidessa Hosted Services


(Jan 2007 Jun 2008)
Assumed technical ownership of the Ticker Plant deployment initiative in the US
Formulated project plans to integrate foreign data into the US Trading Platform
Developer, Fidessa Core Development

(Apr 2006 Jan 2007)
Contributed Tcl and C++ code for the first version of Fidessas back-office product
Took ownership of the delivery of four back-office interfaces
Implementation Specialist, Fidessa Hosted Services
(Sept 2005 Apr 2006)
Built a distributed instrument reference data reconciliation tool in Tcl
Implemented regulatory-related change requests within the US Trading Platform
Implementation Specialist, Fidessa Enterprise Services (Mar 2005 Sept 2005)
Customized and deployed an on-site Fidessa installation ahead of schedule

High Performance
Technologies, Inc.
Picatinny, NJ
Jun 2003 Mar 2005

Software Engineer / Analyst

Developed components in C++ to provide user interface, hardware control, and
mission processing functionality for advanced firepower systems
Received two Certificates of Customer Service Excellence from the US Army

EDUCATION

Bucknell University
May 2003

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Minor in Japanese Language

TECHNICAL SKILLS

C++, Java, Tcl, Python

FIX protocol, Fidessa OpenAccess

Relational databases, incl. SQL

Perforce, TFS

UNIX server operation and

performance analysis