Peter Lawrey

Current

Trading Performance Engineer at Barclays Capital

Past

Electronic Trading Developer at UBS Investment Bank
Build Manager at Royal Bank of Scotland
Technical Architect at Cantor Index (eSpeed)

Software Support Consultant at Reuters
Product Consultant at Reuters
Technical Java Consultant at Sun Microsystems
Technical Team Manager at Cambridge Technology Partners
Senior UNIX Technologist at BHP IT
Support/Developer at De Beers

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Education

University of Melbourne
University of Melbourne
Ivanhoe Grammar School

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Recommended

9 people have recommended Peter

Connections

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Industry

Investment Banking

Websites

My Website

Peter Lawrey’s Summary

My key concern is the successful delivery of the project. My key skills are problem solving and being able to deliver quality work efficiently.
I look to draw on a wide range of experiences as Trading Performance Engineer (Barclays Capital), Electronic Trading Developer (UBS). Build Manager (RBS) Technical Architect (Cantors), Developer Support (Reuters), Technical Java Consultant (Sun) and Technical Manager (Cambridge Technology Partners)
My interest is in challenging roles where my strong technical skills can make a difference.

For a sample of my work see My Website http://www.freshvanilla.org:8080/

Peter Lawrey’s Specialties:

Server Side Java Architect and Development of complex systems (9 years), Release and Deployment (8 years), Performance Tuning (Software & Hardware, 12 years)
Investment Banking (6 years), Telco (5 years), Mining (5 years)

Peter Lawrey’s Experience

Trading Performance Engineer

Barclays Capital

(Public Company; BARC; Investment Banking industry)

August 2008 — Present (1 year)

I am responsible for performance of a high frequency FX algo-trading system. RMI/pricing distribution with sub 100 micro-second latency.
The focus of my role is to identify and reduce sources of latency over a milli-second.
Electronic Trading Developer

UBS Investment Bank

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

May 2006 — August 2008 (2 years 4 months)

Designing and implementing a platform framework in Java. Emphasis is on simplicity, testability and supportability.
The framework contains a Data Model driven generation of data value and messaging objects. A spring like component framework which supports threading model for components, use of constructors to build objects (rather than rely on setters) and rule based properties (so a single set of rules can describe all possible deployments)
There is a single build which can be applied to dev, uat, demo or prod.
The framework is designed to support a web based trading platform with a clear layer seperation between infrastructure, application and business logic.
Build Manager

Royal Bank of Scotland

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

November 2005 — May 2006 (7 months)

Build Manager for teams totalling 15 developers.
Re-engineered the build to be automatic from checkout to deployment to multiple servers. Builds/Deploys 1,000,000 line application consisting of 285 services to 50+ servers in UAT in around 30 minutes. (Across three countries)
Java Development to add global bond management.
Technical Architect

Cantor Index (eSpeed)

(Privately Held; 1001-5000 employees; Financial Services industry)

March 2003 — October 2005 (2 years 8 months)

Technical Architect for a leading edge online trading system
See http://www.ladbrokes.co.uk/ and select the "Financial" tab
Software Support Consultant

Reuters

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTR.L; Financial Services industry)

September 2002 — March 2003 (7 months)

Support for Developers using Reuters Developer Connect
Product Consultant

Reuters

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; RTL.L; Financial Services industry)

September 2002 — March 2003 (7 months)
Technical Java Consultant

Sun Microsystems

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; SUNW; Computer Software industry)

September 2000 — April 2002 (1 year 8 months)

Java and Sun Products Consultant.
Technical Account Manager for Telstra (One of Sun's top 10 customers)
Technical Team Manager

Cambridge Technology Partners

(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Computer Software industry)

April 2000 — September 2000 (6 months)
Senior UNIX Technologist

BHP IT

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1995 — 2000 (5 years)
Support/Developer

De Beers

(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Information Technology and Services industry)

1993 — 1995 (2 years)

Peter Lawrey’s Education

University of Melbourne

Honours , Electrical and Electronic Engineering , 1989 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

CPU Design (Thesis)
Neutral Networks
Computer Architecture
University of Melbourne

Degree , Computer Science , 1989 — 1993

Activities and Societies:

Software Engineering
Object Orientated Design
Ivanhoe Grammar School