Mark Thomas Watkins

Software Development Lead

Aon•  November 2022 - September 2024•  Madrid

Led an international team, mentored, agile coaching, collaborated with Actuaries, involved in recruitment, addressed performance issues, onboarded new staff, RFPs, customer presentations, technical decisions, standardized team processes.

Development Director

FIS•  August 2019 - November 2022•  Madrid

Led multiple teams, steered critical client projects, architectural changes, process improvements, managed transition to remote work.

Development Project Director

FIS•  January 2019 - August 2019•  Madrid

Led a key customer project, delivered high-quality software solution, managed follow-up project.

Software Development Team Lead

FIS•  February 2017 - January 2019•  Madrid

Drove software development, managed client-facing projects, transitioned to JIRA, resolved build and configuration issues, innovated software packaging process.

Lead Software Developer

FIS•  January 2015 - February 2017•  Madrid

Spearheaded software development initiatives, built offshore team, designed and implemented Parametric VaR calculation, enhanced Historical and Monte Carlo VaR calculations, developed proxy rules engine.

Senior Software Developer

FIS•  February 2008 - January 2015•  Madrid

Led remote team, oversaw development of Adaptiv 360 product, provided on-site customer support.

Lead Software Developer

FIS•  February 2006 - February 2008•  London

Led Adaptiv 360 product, coordinated efforts between teams, developed tool for Perforce servers integration, provided on-site customer support.

Senior Software Developer

FIS•  February 2005 - February 2006•  London

Ensured purchase of Code Collaborator, led Technical Code Review Team, developed Windows Installer patch creation application.

Software Developer

FIS•  November 2002 - February 2005•  London

Enhanced financial software, Adaptiv 360, developed Historical Scenario Generator plug-in, updated tabular field object, implemented code review process.

Software Developer

Caplin Systems•  December 2000 - November 2002•  London

Took over project to stream real-time data into Excel, redesigned codebase, maintained and improved C++ and COM client libraries.

Software Developer

Micromass•  June 2000 - December 2000•  Manchester

Enhanced software for managing mass spectrometry instruments, utilized Wind River Tornado compiler.

Scientific Programmer

Shell Research•  September 1997 - October 1999•  Chester

Developed application for processing scientific experimental data, integrated C and FORTRAN, implemented Parallel Virtual Machine technology.