Nikola Schou Specialist indenfor softwareudvikling, IT arkitektur og finansiel modellering nikolaschou@gmail.com Experience IT Architect (freelance) at PFA Pension September 2014 - Present (11 months) CTO/Architect at MEEwallet September 2014 - Present (11 months) Ansvarlig for drift og sikkerhed af platformen for betalingsløsningen MEEwallet. Integration architect at SDC May 2013 - May 2014 (1 year 1 month) Integrations-arkitekt på indkonvertering af større bank på det nordiske marked. Havde en gennemgående rolle fra projektets opstart til implementation og test. Ansvar for en lang række integrationer mellem frontend, middletier og backend-systemer. Udarbejdelse af designdokumenter samt tekniske tegninger såsom deploymentdiagrammer og netværksdiagrammer. Ansvar for implementation og coaching af udviklere. Udvikling af enkelte dele af løsningen. Software architect and instructor at Lund&Bendsen 2012-2014 (2 years) Responsible for development and teaching of web programming courses including HTML5, Javascript, CSS, jquery and more. Enterprise Architect at Enterprise Architect at SDC November 2012 - May 2013 (7 months) Udvikling af systemlandskab med fastlæggelse af systemejerskab, systemafhængigheder samt afhængigheder til interessenter og infrastruktur. Udviklet som HTML5-baseret værktøj. Ansvar for design, implementation og udrulning. IT architect at datacenter migration from IBM to JN Data at SDC May 2011 - April 2013 (2 years) Overall IT architect representing SDC during the migration from IBM to JN Data. Detailed and structured descriptions of 1000+ Windows based servers partly virtualized, mainframe, AS400 and AIX environments. Dependency graphs, communication and deployment patterns etc. 2 recommendations available upon request IT architect at Skandinavisk Data Center May 2008 - May 2011 (3 years 1 month) Page1
Overall responsibility of the web-based architecture for homebanking systems, employee web-platform etc. The platform is both.net and Java-based. Developed a central identity provider using WCF and.net. Participated in the overall architecture weekly forum at SDC. Developed branch/merge strategies and build and deploy architecture using Maven. Lead of the credit limit domain at Fidelity Information Services March 2008 - June 2008 (4 months) The credit limit domain is concerned with risk exposure of loan and credits. The system is developed in corporation with IsBank (a Turkish bank) as an extension to Corebank on a J2EE platform. 1 recommendation available upon request Technical lead at Fidelity Information Services May 2005 - March 2007 (1 year 11 months) Converting the batch processes to a new J2EE java platform for a large Japanese bank and IBM. Developing lightweight container facilities to allow testing of Corebank outside the WebSphere container. Developing automated testing tool. 1 recommendation available upon request Senior Consultant at Netcompany October 2001 - May 2005 (3 years 8 months) Architecture, project management, software development in Web, Java and.net Summary Experienced software architect and developer specializing in financial systems developed in.net, Java or web-technologies. Experience with data center and infrastructure architecture. Instructor in various courses on web-technologies such as advanced Javascript and HTML5. Strong analytical and mathematical skills. Master degree in physics (2001) - bachelor degree in mathematics (1999) - bachelor degree in finance in 2014. Certified developer on both.net and Java-platforms. Certified Scrum master. Honors and Awards Employee of the year Netcompany January 2004 Received award in 2000 from the Niels Bohr Institute Niels Bohr Institute 2000 A scholarship given to 10 of the most promising students of the year. Student of the year Øster Borgerdyd Gymnasium Page2
June 1993 Awarded for the highest grade of the year Projects CVNavigator October 2010 to Present Members:Nikola Schou, Kim Vindberg-Larsen Online CV Management - software as a service Stillebenshop August 2007 to Present Members:Nikola Schou ecommerce Danish design Technological review of the Omega Platform, Nordea Denmark August 2012 to August 2012 Members:Nikola Schou, Jesper Tejlgaard, Morten Heine Sørensen Performed a technological review of the Omega Platform with focus on the architectural quality, solution quality, test quality and build infrastructure. Roles: Reviewer of solution. Migration of SDCs server platform from IBM to JN Data. June 2011 to December 2012 Members:Nikola Schou, Peter Lind-Hansen, Dan Holbøll, Mark Wiche, Erling Gjelstrup, Anders Bastell, Johnny Agerklint, Frits Holm, Payam Samimi, Jan Wensien, Carsten Jermiin Wredstrøm Migration of SDCs 1000+ Windows based servers partly virtualized from IBM to JN Data. Cuecow October 2012 to Present Members:Nikola Schou, Thomas Geuken Owner and CTO at Cuecow ApS. Social media management for retailers. Languages English Serbian (Full professional proficiency) (Elementary proficiency) Skills & Expertise.NET ReSharper SQL Server Maven DB2 Java JavaScript CSS HTML 5 Page3
jquery Mobile jquery UI jquery Visual Studio Eclipse IntelliJ IDEA Data Centre Architecture Java Enterprise Edition Microsoft SQL Server Design Patterns Enterprise Architecture Web Applications SOAP Web Services SOA XML AJAX JSP Weblogic C# Architecture Software Development Hibernate Websphere UML EJB Software Design Scrum JUnit Architectures OOP Certifications Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1 Sun May 2005 Microsoft Certified Developer Teknological Institute, Denmark 2004 Certified Scrum Master Mike Cohn (Agile Alliance) Education Copenhagen Business School Bachelor's Degree, Finance, 2012-2014 Copenhagen Business School Page4
HD 1. del, 1. del, 2005-2007 Københavns Universitet M.sc., Physics, mathematics, computer science, 1995-2001 Østerborgerdyd Gymnasium Physics and Mathematics, 1990-1993 Page5
Nikola Schou Specialist indenfor softwareudvikling, IT arkitektur og finansiel modellering nikolaschou@gmail.com 4 people have recommended Nikola "I strongly recommend Nikola. Nikola is a hard working, skillfull, very well organized, very competent, dedicated, good colleague and team worker. He has very good communication skills. I can only give Nikola the best recommendation." Peter Lind-Hansen, Senior IT-Specialist / IT architect, IBM and SDC, worked directly with Nikola at SDC "Nikola is one the most tech savvy IT people in a suit that exists. Furthermore he's an amiable person with an empatic as well as pragmatic angle on problemsolving which makes him an eminent negotiator in complex IT infrastructure management." Jakob Dalsgaard, Java Developer / System Integrator, SDC Udvikling A/S, worked with Nikola at SDC "Nikola has been a very valuable assest for our organization and has created many innovative solutions and designs, implemented best practices and delivered code of very high quality over the past 3 years. He always had a strong drive to complete his tasks and coordinated other developers, including offshore resources, to achieve his objectives. I highly recommend Nikola to any future employer and can be contacted for any questions." Alexander M. Weis, was Nikola's client "Nikola is truly standing out among his piers. A perfect balance between advanced solution approach, rational pragmatism and efficient operational thinking characterizes his professional work ethic. I know him as very intelligent, serious and he continuously delivers impressive results. As a person he is very pleasant to be around and treats people with respect He is the best working relation ever to this day and I would work with Nikola at any time, any where." Kim Vindberg-Larsen, Senior Business Analyst, Fidelity National Information Services, was with another company when working with Nikola at Fidelity Information Services Contact Nikola on LinkedIn Page6