Benoit Barthelet
benoit.barthelet@gmail.com • +33 698 609 237 • 47
years old
13, rue d’Alexandrie - 75002 Paris, France
- Strategic yet pragmatic thinker with deep technology background who
excels at navigating the levels of complexity in defining and building
software-based solutions – from conceptual architecture to detailed
coding.
- Sustained track record in financial services solutions co-creation
in capital market (exotic instruments, trading, risk, pricing modeling,
trade execution workflow management) with major global
institutions.
- Adept at quickly impacting trajectory of projects through informed
diagnostics leveraging in-depth experience in solution design and
optimization.
- Recognized thought leader in the open-source community as maintainer
of uvicorn and contributor to a
range of projects – from asgi-ratelimit
to FastAPI. Hands-on
experience in big-data database design, migration and integration,
developed tools to perform migrations on async drivers.
- Expert in designing and implementing DevSecOps infrastructure in
both public and private clouds.
- Expert in using agile approach to problem-solving by promoting
customer-centric mindset tackling the organizational, process and
technology dimensions of issues.
- Serve as force multiplier in software engineering and development
shaping organizations through peer coaching and best practice
dissemination.
- Equally adept and comfortable at operating as individual contributor
and as team lead in complex environment dealing with challenging
environment with a passion to solving intractable problems.
| Product Development |
Software Engineering |
Enterprise Application |
| Business-Driven Co-Creation |
Development |
Data Architecture |
| API Architecture & Development |
Cloud Migration, SaaS, AWS, GCP |
Capital Market products and processes |
Experience
SFJ Technologies
LLC − Chief Architect and Head of
Engineering − Sep 2018 ‣ Present
Fintech generating signals to measure and detect bankruptcy and
fraud risks applied to portfolio management. Scaled up of technology
environment by deploying enterprise-strength operation best practices
and microservice-based architecture.
- Built pipelines for converting datasets of accounting statements
into actionable scores
- Built API for frontend developers (FastAPI / Postgresql / arq)
- Built API consumer clients, mainly Excel User Defined Functions
- Built and maintain our backend infrastucture, AWS based, full CI/CD
integration on Gitlab, and IAC powered by Terraform
Sullivan
Cloud − Chief Solution Architect − Sep
2017 ‣ Present
Leading advisory and system integrator providing digital
transformation of legacy workflow, automation and data environments.
Design and developed cloud-based migration tools and methodology to port
Windows-based applications leveraging GCP native solutions.
- Built several tools to enhance Gsuite, mostly App Engine based
- Built time-saving tools for migrating clients to GSuite
- Migrated clients and reviewed their cloud infrastructure in a broad
range of industries from manufacturing to professional services
Generali
Investments Europe − Portfolio Manager −
Dec 2010 ‣ Sep 2017
Actively managed multibillion portfolio of derivative-based
assets.
- Managed non-traditional assets and created insurance-specific
investment strategies with a focus on European fixed income
instruments.
- Developed pricing and risk modelling tools on derivatives portfolios
and other illiquid asset classes.
- Automated end-to-end processes and supporting technologies to foster
opportunistic value creation.
- Drove integration of French activities within newly creating
pan-European operations.
Lazard Freres
Gestion − Portfolio Manager − Jun 2005 ‣
Dec 2010
Recruited by asset management division to create new structured
product and Fund of Hedge Fund investment options for ultra-high-net
worth clientele
- As Product Manager, defined service offering and marketing strategy
including go-to-market approach, service definition and pricing
- Assumed dual operational responsibility as principal architect for
the technology software and IT platforms supporting the lifecycle
delivery of the products
SGAM
Alternative Investments − Fund derivatives
trader − Mar 2001 ‣ Jun 2005
Created new market to trade hedge-fund derivatives with
ultra-competitive pricing model based on advanced principal component
analysis leading to first billion-dollar European capital guaranteed
mutual fund transaction. Architected the integration of research and
pricing experts output into an end-to-end solution.
- Personally managed €1B book of highly illiquid fund derivatives
- Developed pricing and risk assessment models and liaised with
research, operation and IT to create agile deal management
solutions
- Developed integration platform to automate workflow across all
business and technology domains (sales, middle/backoffice, IT)
Education and certifications
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris MSc Finance,
Majored in Derivatives Trading
Thesis on the pricing of PCS options (Property-Claim
Services)
and its impact on the reinsurance natural disasters markets
GitLab Certified Associate: GitLab
Certified Associate
Associate Google Cloud: Associate
Google Cloud
OSCP: Offensive Security
Certified Professional (OS-101-035377)
Skills and personal
interests
python: python expert, deep understanding of
asyncio
javascript: extensive use of javascript, mainly
through React
C#: basic knowledge, Excel-DNA library developing
several Excel add-ins
Debian: using it daily since Potato
Docker: coding pretty much eveything in
containers, some experience with Podman
Gitlab: extensive use of this particular CI
Postgresql: advanced user
Open-source sofware: developer of aiosqlembic,
maintainer of uvicorn
Human Languages:
- French (native speaker)
- English (fluent)
- Chinese (rookie, 我会一点儿中文)
Ultratrail
Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first
place.
So if you’re as clever as you can be when you write it,
how will you ever debug it? – Brian Kernighan
Inspired by pandoc_resume