Howard Lewis

About Howard Lewis

I am an experienced, hands-on information technology developer and manager with proven success delivering large scale, complex financial industry applications. In recent years, my focus has been on developing algo trading applications, both equity and fixed income, and AI applications. I have a passion for data analytics and am recognized for delivering a sophisticated rules based data analytics engine. Recently, I have acquired financial quantitative knowledge whilst completing my Masters in Financial Engineering. I have been fortunate to work in world class companies with many great IT thinkers and developers. I have a proven track record of analyzing complex business problems, formulating strategic technical solutions, developing and supporting many large scale applications using multiple computer technologies, to the front, middle and back offices.I have led multiple global teams covering the full software life cycle with a focus on exceeding my clients’ expectations. I take great pride in training and mentoring my colleagues, with an emphasis on fostering a collaborative team environment Key Competencies: IT Server-side Development, IT Team Leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Project Management, Mentoring, Technology Training, Data Analytics, Financial Engineering, Rapid Application ADDITIONAL RELEVANT EXPERIENCE (Professional Experience prior to Fujitsu: Account Development Manager/Image and Workflow developerMorgan Stanley: IT Associate

Experience

1. Teaching Adjunct

   Baruch College

   Jan 2018 — Present · New York, NY, US

   I am a Teaching Adjunct (TA) in the Masters of Financial Engineering (MFE) program for two programs:• Big Data in Finance course (covering machine learning using Python). As part of this position, I developed financial AI models using Scikit-Learn, Keras and Tensorflow. I also taught an introductory class about Deep Learning. In 2023, I implemented discrete and continuous jump models for identifying financial regimes in Python from scratch and presented the results to the class.• Natural Language Processing course providing a hands-on introduction to processing natural language with an emphasis on applications in finance. Used Google COLAB for python coding with tools such as HuggingFace, Spacy etc.I also studied Mandarin Chinese at the college.

Education

• Baruch College

  MSc, Financial Engineering

• The University of Manchester

  BSc, Computer Science

Skills

• Xml
• Xml Schema Definition (Xsd)
• Databases
• Outsourcing
• Machine Learning
• Software Development Life Cycle (Sdlc)
• C
• Fixed Income
• Portfolio Management
• Project Management
• Fpml
• Sql
• Restful Webservices
• Data Analysis
• Management
• Equities
• Electronic Trading
• Rules Engines
• Python
• Trading Systems
• Fix
• Ibm Db2
• C++
• Business Analysis
• Back Office Operations
• Software Project Management
• Financial Services
• Derivatives
• Java
• Banking
• Risk Management
• Integration
• Mq
• Sybase Products
• Statistics
• Securities
• Big Data