David Omara

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About David Omara

Senior executive with decades of experience successfully incubating and growing new businesses with responsibility for business, accounting, marketing, personnel, research and technology outcomes. Deep knowledge of quantitative finance and global-scale cloud computing. Managing Director responsible for compute platforms at one of the top global quantitative hedge funds. Recruited quantitative researchers and engineers globally. Extensive management and coaching skills - responsible for firm-wide management training program. Former executive in Project Management Office (PMO) defining policies and processes for the second largest defense company in the world. Delivered dozens of complex, leading-edge, software-intensive projects by managing large cross-functional teams of physicists, mathematicians, engineers, scientists, quants, lawyers, and subject-matter experts. One of the top MBA graduates from a leading Australian Business School. Highly qualified, with a PhD in Software Engineering, MBA, PMP, and Six Sigma Black Belt. Well developed analytical and problem solving skills and experience as a Management Consultant for a global firm. Strong influence, negotiation, and communication skills from building relationships with other senior executives, managers, and professional staff. Highly regarded and recommended by peers, and awarded for academic achievement. Strong leadership and mentoring skills: experienced at recruiting, developing, and managing teams for high performance. Experienced at assessing the opportunity, developing, managing and operating an entire business with full accountability. Experienced with Agile and Waterfall Software Development Lifecycles across a broad range of software languages and platforms. Detailed understanding of business process development and improvement. Specialties: Quantitative Finance; General Management; Technology Management; Strategic Planning; Business Analysis; Management Consulting; Program Management; Project Management; Software Architecture; Software-Intensive Systems Development; Policy and Process Improvement.