FINANCE

PAAMCO

Risk-data engineering and platform modernization for a leading independent fund-of-hedge-funds investment firm managing more than $11 billion in assets.

Pacific Alternative Asset Management Company risk platform
01
Web Services

Oversaw WCF SOAP services that exposed Security Master data to applications outside the Risk group, supporting manager-security analytics and regulatory audit transparency.

02
Municipal Bond Data Loader

Created a process that parsed complex Bloomberg municipal-bond schedules and persisted them to the Risk database using a third-party schema, enabling analysis that had not previously been possible.

03
Flagsheet Report

Managed development of a faster Flagsheet report and web-based limit editor, moving calculations into SQL procedures and functions and adding configurable cell highlighting to provide a consistent alternative to Excel workflows.

04
Agile Scrum Delivery

Introduced daily Scrum coordination and monthly planning to the Risk Data team, along with a TFS team project for tracking initiatives, tasks, bugs, and code changes.

05
Risk Web Portal

Created a centralized portal for portfolio managers to access Risk Data applications and reports through memorable links, using a shared codebase to improve reuse and maintenance.

06
Reporting Services

Migrated Risk Data reports from SQL Server 2000 to SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services, enabling third-party charts, source-controlled report definitions, and one-click deployments.

07
Source Control Implementation

Partnered with IT on a company-wide Team Foundation Server rollout and established the Risk Data repository for safely versioning applications and reports while managing projects, bugs, and assignments.

08
Development Environment

Configured a dedicated Risk development environment for safely testing SQL, reports, and web applications before release, replacing disruptive testing against the live production database.

Technology stack

Institutional risk systems

Microsoft .NET
Visual Studio
C#
WCF
Team Foundation Server
SQL Server
SSRS
Bloomberg
Excel
Agile Scrum
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