Mark Jones

Mark Jones

Quantitative Analyst at Goldman Sachs JBWere

Melbourne Area, Australia

Current
Past
Education
  • University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School
  • RMIT University
Connections
168 connections
Industry
Computer Software
Websites

Mark Jones’s Summary

Mark's aim is to be involved significantly in technology and enterprise software development projects in the financial domain. He is now starting to think about moving into Project Management, and is interested in studying further, most likely, in doing an MBA specialising in Finance.

Over the last few 4 years, Mark has developed a strong finance / technology expertise working for National Australia Bank (NAB), UBS and most recently Goldman Sachs JBWere (GSJBW). Mark joined global investment bank firm GSJBW as a Senior Developer / Analyst in Jan 2007, in Melbourne, Australia where he is currently working in the Securities team on algorithmic trading systems.

Prior to this, Mark had been working internationally for 6 months in the Investment Banking department of UBS in Zurich, Switzerland, on a large J2EE trading and accounting system. Mark's core technical experience resides in Java technologies which he was exposed to from working 4 years as consultant for Object Consulting. In his time at Object Consulting, he was on-site at the NAB for 3 years working in the Corporate Institutional Banking department. Here, Mark worked in a number of capacities including senior developer, team lead, solution architect and project manager. Primarily though he was a senior Java developer that worked on a number of Java/J2EE projects and in his time at the NAB, he was the Java Practice Lead for a period of 1 year. In this role, Mark consulted to all Java projects and was responsible for improving the capability of Java technology in the NAB environment.

Mark is an active member of the software engineering / Java industry and is a member of the Australian Computer Society, is a regular attendee to Enterprise Java Australia (EJA), and is SUN Java accredited.

Mark Jones’s Specialties:

Development: Java, J2EE, Hibernate, Spring;
Vendors: IBM Websphere, Progress APAMA
Project Management: PMBOK (studying)


Mark Jones’s Experience

  • Quantitative Analyst

    Goldman Sachs JBWere

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    January 2009Present (1 year )

  • Senior Developer

    Goldman Sachs JBWere

    (Privately Held; Financial Services industry)

    January 2007December 2008 (2 years )

  • Senior Developer

    UBS

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Investment Banking industry)

    July 2006December 2006 (6 months)

  • Java Practice Lead / Team Lead / Project Manager

    National Australia Bank

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry)

    June 2003May 2006 (3 years )

  • Java Developer

    Infomedix

    (Privately Held; 1-10 employees; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)

    November 2002May 2003 (7 months)

  • Java Developer

    Telstra

    (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Telecommunications industry)

    June 2002October 2002 (5 months)

  • Consultant

    PriceWaterhouseCoopers Consulting

    (Partnership; 10,001 or more employees; Outsourcing/Offshoring industry)

    January 2002June 2002 (6 months)


Mark Jones’s Education

  • University of Melbourne - Melbourne Business School

    MBA , Finance , 20082010 (expected)

  • RMIT University

    Masters of Technology , Software Engineering , 20002002


Additional Information

Mark Jones’s Websites:

Mark Jones’s Groups:

  •    Australian Java Users Group
  •    Current Students - Melbourne Business School
  •    Quant Linked Group (QLG: Wall Street Quants)
  •    Front Office IT Professionals Australia

Mark Jones’s Honors:

SUN Java 1.4 Programmer Certification


Mark Jones’s Contact Settings

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