David Harks

Current

• Lead Developer, Legal & Compliance, Tax, Release Management at Citadel Investment Group

Education

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire
• Concordia University-River Forest

Recommended

3 people have recommended David

Connections

55 connections

Industry

Investment Management

Websites

• Python
• My Company
• My Blog

David Harks’s Summary

Software Engineer with a broad background in system administration and development on a variety of platforms. Favors Unix-based systems but comfortable with Windows/MFC, C++, Python, Java, and other languages. Loves creative solutions to difficult problems. Always looking for the next challenge to be tackled with the next system.

David Harks’s Specialties:

Business knowledge of Legal and Compliance reporting, including SEC 13D/G, NYMEX futures position limits and Bluesheet reporting; personal trading compliance; broker reconciliation (trading operations/backoffice); document management and workflow.

Technical knowledge of C++, Java, Python, Perl, Linux/Windows/Solaris system administration, TCP/IP networking & firewalls, MFC, Qt, Documentum, and various other systems.

David Harks’s Experience

• Lead Developer, Legal & Compliance, Tax, Release Management

  Citadel Investment Group

  (Privately Held; 501-1000 employees; Financial Services industry)

  May 2004 — Present (5 years 7 months)

  Hands-On Developer/Team Lead responsible for all systems for Legal & Compliance, including regulatory reporting systems, trading surveillance, personal account trading, legal agreement workflow systems, and data feeds for compliance purposes.
  
  Supervises two small teams whose mission is to automate accurate Tax-oriented reports and tools and to ensure compliance with internal audit/SAS70 controls for software change across multiple environments.

David Harks’s Education

• University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

  Bachelor of Science , Computer Science , 1998 — 2001

  Activities and Societies:

  UWEC Theatre, Vocal Jazz Ensemble

• Concordia University-River Forest

  Bachelor of Science , Computer Science, Theater, English , 1996 — 1998

  Activities and Societies:

  Kapelle, Artists of Concordia Theatre

Additional Information

David Harks’s Websites:

• Python
• My Company
• My Blog

David Harks’s Interests:

compliance, regulatory risk management, programming languages, python, family, music