Si Cruse

Current

• IT Director at Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC
• IT Director at Credit Suisse

Past

• Consultant at Credit Suisse Financial Products
• Consultant at National Grid
• Windows Development Lead at Educational Key Solutions (ESL)

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Education

• University of Kent

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Industry

Information Technology and Services

Si Cruse’s Summary

A highly capable, communicative IT professional with sixteen years experience of enterprise system development in global projects. Both highly motivated and passionate in applying technology to meet business needs through effective collaboration.

Retained for eleven years as a senior global manager within a large multinational investment bank, applying technical management skills to build services to underpin the development of financial and commercial applications. Gained in-depth experience with a wide range of hardware and software in a results-oriented corporate culture.

 Senior team player
 Technical expert in Software Configuration Management best practice
 Technical expert in Distributed Systems Development Tooling
 Proven leader; master of staff development, mentoring, objective setting and appraisals
 Committed to mastering technology in order to address business requirements
 Strong hands-on development know-how and architectural design skills
 Committed to pragmatic project estimation & planning and to delivering timely solutions
 Practical knowledge of business critical applications gained through managing global projects
 Proven ability to lead while promoting best practice
 Enthusiastic, confident and motivated self-learner

Si Cruse’s Specialties:

Program Management, Project Management, Systems Development

Si Cruse’s Experience

• IT Director

  Credit Suisse Securities (USA), LLC

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  2006 — Present (3 years )

• IT Director

  Credit Suisse

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

  April 2000 — Present (9 years 9 months)

  I am currently responsible for the firms Software Configuration Management program and leading the firms Development Tools strategy.
  
  I have been with the firm for 11 years, joining Credit Suisse Financial Products in 1995 as a consultant.
  
  Throughout my career at Credit Suisse Financial Products, Credit Suisse First Boston and subsequently Credit Suisse I have applied my technology vision and passion to many subject areas, including: distributed systems development, shared software frameworks, version control practices, software build methodologies, release management automation and platform virtualisation. I have become a well known technology leader in the Strategy and Core Services IT group, running the European branch of Development Tools and Common Components for over 3 years.
  
  In 2006 I relocated from London to the Research Triangle Park Centre of Excellence in the United States to assist in the growth of this facility and extend my vision into new areas of the firm.

• Consultant

  Credit Suisse Financial Products

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1995 — 1998 (3 years )

• Consultant

  National Grid

  (Public Company; Information Technology and Services industry)

  1994 — 1995 (1 year )

• Windows Development Lead

  Educational Key Solutions (ESL)

  (Information Technology and Services industry)

  1993 — 1994 (1 year )

Si Cruse’s Education

• University of Kent

  BSc , Computer Science , 1989 — 1993

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