About Me

A results-driven individual with a unique combination of a knowledge-rich background of analytical and writing skills as evidenced by over a dozen peer-reviewed scientific publications.

Able to work in multicultural environments and report to technical and non-technical audiences with strong communication skills in both English and Portuguese.

Professional Experience

Davy

Investment Engineer, Senior Associate2024 - current

  • Build and maintain multi-asset class tools, analytical tools, and data sets for portfolio design, risk, and data management across the investment team.
  • Collaborate with senior members to monitor and report on fund and portfolio performance, analyze performance drivers, and prepare analysis packs for investment committees.
  • Support Investment Committee evaluations, manage relationships with external stakeholders, and work with the investment and IT teams to enhance fund management, reporting, and analytical processes.

Allied Irish Banks (AIB)

Advisory Analyst Capital and Liquidity2023 - 2024

  • Model development and monitoring for the delivery of tasks supporting ongoing management of the bank's asset/liability balance sheet.
  • Continuous development and support of core and non-core systems for all measurement requirements, engaging with stakeholders to ensure business needs are met.
  • Use mathematical techniques and data analysis to develop, specify and implement models that support quantifying and managing stress-testing risk and the bank's exposure to the market (using R, Python, Excel/VBA and Time Series Analysis).

Quantitative Risk Analyst2022 - 2023

  • Model Development and management of stress testing risk models such as ICAAP, Capital at Risk (CaR), Value at Risk (VaR) and Liquidity Risk, using tools such as Python, R and Excel/VBA.
  • Use mathematical techniques and data analysis to develop, specify and implement models that support the quantification of the bank's valuation measurements and its exposure to market, balance-sheet and liquidity risks. Techniques include ARIMA, GARCH, Copula and Goodness-of-fit testing.
  • Engage with stakeholders to ensure that model developments meet business needs while complying with internal controls and regulatory requirements.

TELUS International

Language Data Analyst2021 - 2022

  • Resolve queries to train, improve and adapt models of voice recognition software.
  • Data transcription, grading and labelling to be fed into voice recognition AI.
  • Help improve documentation based on existent guidelines, team consensus and latest software updates.

Internships

Eletroquality Soluções e Tecnologia

Electrical Engineering Intern2015 - 2016

  • Performed analysis of grounding systems for industrial and residential units, and electrical substations in collaboration with the team of electricians and engineers on the field.
  • Quality control of electrical installations according to the Brazilian regulatory standard on Safety in Electrical Installations and Services (NR-10).

Energisa Paraíba

Electrotechnics Technician Intern2009 - 2010

  • Worked on managing budget to help minimise waste by surveying materials used in power distribution plans.

Education

South East Technological University

Doctor of Philosophy in Computational and Applied Mathematics (NFQ 10)2017 - 2021

  • Published six peer-reviewed scientific articles.
  • Secured an €8,500 grant for an Innovation Partnership Feasibility study from an Enterprise Ireland programme.
  • Proposed mathematical models of potential strategies for bio-computational approaches from the perspective of Information and Communication Theory (ICT).

Northern Virginia Community College

International Student in ESL and Electrical Engineering2013 - 2014

  • Met requirements for an exemplary student which led to a government-funded scholarship as part of the Science without Borders program.
  • Attended classes on English as a Second Language (ESL), Electrical Engineering and Project Management.
  • Provided services to the local community as a volunteer through the Volunteer Fairfax organisation.

Federal Institute of Paraíba

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (1st Class Honours - NFQ 8)2011 - 2017

  • Awarded a government-funded 12-month scholarship to study abroad in the United States of America.
  • Published six peer-reviewed scientific articles on Digital Signal Processing and Wireless Signal Propagation.
  • Worked on the winning nationwide candidacy for the Best IEEE Student Branch award as a volunteer and member of the leadership team.

Technical High School Diploma in Electrotechnics (NFQ 6)2007 - 2010

  • Integrated education towards an industry-recognized technical degree.
  • Volunteered as Chief Financial Officer at the Students' Union.