Director Data Development

Alan Tou

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Director Development

Experienced technology executive with a proven track record of delivering successful multi-million dollar modernization programs through the creation of high-performing teams. Recognized for my ability to effectively communicate with team members and stakeholders to achieve common business objectives. Respected collaborator and partner who consistently drives results. Financial Forecast/Technology Roadmap/Waterfall And Agile Methodologies/Digital Transformation/Software Development Team Management/Architecture Design/Enterprise Data Systems Design and Migration/Data Governance/Service-Oriented Architecture/Global Transformation/Vendor Management Professional Experience

Director Data Development, Scotiabank, Toronto, ON 2022 - Present Accountable for AML data technology solutions. Lead a team size of 120+ of full-time and contract staff. Key Accomplishments:

● Lead strategic cloud migration of AML Data model/ETL workloads from on-premise enterprise data lake to Google cloud

● Support payment modernization in the adoption of ISO 20022 standards and new payment types for AML systems

● Facilitate workshops across teams to meet business requirements resulting in the development of a common solution

● Implement data governance and quality controls to ensure compliance, address data issues, and continuous monitoring

● Manage complex relationships among existing technology teams, AML Business, and Analytics team across multi LOBs

● Responsible for overseeing the technology implementation and roadmap of regulatory data initiatives for Customer Risk Rating, Transaction Monitoring, Fintrac reporting, and Name Scanning Senior Manager API Development, Scotiabank, Toronto, ON 2019 - 2022 Accountable for Enterprise APIs and Micro applications. Built and led a team size of 25+ full-time and contract staff. Key Accomplishments:

● Designed reusable cloud base AML and Know Your Customer services that resulted in reduce cost and technical debt

● Launched digital ID and Address verification services during Covid resulting in customer growth on the digital platforms

● Provided technology recommendations, estimated project timelines, and roadmaps for the AML program

● Presented solutions to AML Business, Enterprise Architecture Board, and existing technology teams

● Provided operational support for 100+ channel application integrations, analytics modeling, and RPA team

● Recipient of Scotiabank Enterprise Technology individual award in 2019 for “Best of the Best” Senior Manager Data Development, Scotiabank, Toronto, ON 2017 - 2019 Accountable for data development in the AML Transformation Program. Built and led a team size of 40+ full time and contract staff. Key Accomplishments

● Delivered first AML Enterprise Data Model in hadoop to support Customer Risk Rating in Oracle in less than 5 months

● Consolidated customers, accounts and transactions data globally for increase regulatory product coverages and monitoring

● Engaged and influenced Product Owners/Business on requirements, process, and project timelines in the data workstream

● Presented data solutions to address production issues, regulatory, and audit findings

● Implemented 500+ ETL batch jobs for Customer Risk Rating, Transaction Monitoring, and Name Scanning applications

● Recipient of Scotiabank Enterprise Technology individual award in 2017 and 2018 for “Best of the Best” Manager Software Engineering, Capital One Canada, Toronto, ON 2015 - 2017 Managed 15 developers, testers and Scrum Masters to develop Android and iOS flagship mobile applications. Partnering with Product Owners to set quarterly milestones and support the Leadership Team strategic plans. Key Accomplishments

● Launched new native iOS/Android wallet mobile app and back-end on AWS in less than 6 months to support 500K+ Canada Retail and Costco customers

● Integrated Credit Keeper into the wallet app on time to support marketing campaigns in pilot cities for a soft launch

● Partnered with the service and product design team to create customer centric features in the mobile solutions

● Raised Software Studio visibility successfully by targeting campus recruiting across Canada and local tech talks

● Won Team Awards in 2016 for Canada Hackathon Canada and in 2015 US Card Tech Xcellence Application Project Leader, Canada Broadcasting Corporation, Toronto, ON 2008 - 2015 Managed a portfolio of ~30 shared services of media applications with a team of 6 developers. Ensured delivery of small to large-scale technology initiatives on time and on budget with funding up to $1MM/year. Key Accomplishments

● Created detailed project plans, estimates, schedules, forecast, SOWs and managed vendor contracts for yearly renewal

● Reduced the software development lifecycle delivery time by 30% through streamlined workflows and agile tooling

● Increased department recoverable budget target by 50% by promoting IT capabilities and services to internal clients Technology Consultant, eLoyalty Corporation, Toronto, ON 2006 - 2008 Supported project deliveries with hands-on roles in development, project lead, business system analysis, and quality assurance. Key Accomplishments

● Participated in the development of a new HR employee rewards J2EE/Weblogic application

● Automated the creation of finance reports by using Excel and Cognos Plugin to reduce manual reconciliation by 60%

● Facilitated and conducted JAD sessions to resolve open issues on mobile applications for postpaid and prepaid customers Software Designer/Team Lead, Motorola Software Group, Montreal, QC 2004 - 2006 Led software projects in a team of 5 to develop applications and provide 24/7 global support. Key Accomplishments

● Designed a standalone J2EE Asset Management System using Hibernate and Oracle DB to manage enterprise licenses

● Created CMM/CMMI Level 5 compliant software documentation and artifacts

● Member of the Orthogonal Defect Prevention Team to monitor the health and quality of projects Technical

Core: Dbt, GCS Bucket, Airflow/Dag/Composer, Bitbucket, Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP), Springboot, ReactJs, Mobile (Android/iOS), Hortonworks Hadoop, IBM Datastage ETL, Java/J2EE, Service Now, Splunk, Dynatrace, DevOps, Jenkins, CICD, Micro Services, Confluence, Jira, MS Project, Visio, SharePoint, Data Mapping Education and Certifications

B.Sc. Honours Computer Science,

McMaster University, Hamilton - 2003

Assoc. Dip. of Sci.,

Capilano College, North Vancouver - 2000

Certifications

Certified Professional Scrum Master (PSM), Scrum.Org - 2012 Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute - 2008

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