Hi, I'm Manuel Daziale

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Italian professional with solid experience in building risk, quantitative & financial tailor made products and automation tools

About

I am a Technical Product Manager @ UBS and a passionate techie who enjoys coding. I have a solid technical experience in Python and I am currently enhancing Machine Learning, Quantum Computing and DevOps/MLOps skills. These areas are accompanied by solid knowledge of equity, fixed income, derivatives, commodities, funds and FX. I have a deep interest in quantum computing, big data, AI, DevOps, MLOps, predictive analysis, risk and econometric modelling.

  • Languages: Python, VBA, SQL, Bash, Unix, Apache Spark, HTML/CSS, R, C++, MATLAB
  • Databases: MySQL
  • Frameworks & Libraries: Scikit-learn, SciPy, Numpy, Pandas, Statsmodels, Boto3, Requests, Flask, FastAPI, Matplotlib, Plotly, Seaborn, BeautifulSoup, Xlwings
  • Tools & Technologies: Git, Docker, AWS, Postman, Palantir Foundry
  • Workflow & Design: JIRA, Confluence, Figma, Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, Outlook, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro
  • Financials: Refinitiv Workspace/Eikon

Experience

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UBS

Technical Product Manager
  • Analyze complex business processes and identify business needs (providing relevant product measurements and metrics)
  • Design scalable digital solutions (documenting functional and non-functional requirements, devising test cases, automating regression tests)
  • Communicate all aspect of architecture (operating model, architecture principles, target architectures, standards and KPIs) to technical and non-technical audience
  • Drive Product Management and Tech Transformation topics supporting modernization and automation of Business
  • Tools: Python, SQL, Postman, Confluence, JIRA, Excel, Word, Power Point
April 2023 - Present | Zurich, Switzerland
Technical Product Manager
  • Designing, building and implementing Python scalable analytics to make financial workflows empowered by machine learning, statistical/econometrics models and streaming trading data
  • Leading end to end technical software/product development lifecycle
  • Cooperating with internal and external stakeholders on the merits of engineering and technology discussion, capabilities, product roadmaps and status
  • Tools: Python, GIT, AWS, Postman, Figma, Confluence, JIRA, Excel, Word, Power Point
July 2021 - March 2023 | Gdansk, Poland
Senior Quantitative Developer
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance models for credit risk, market risk, and/or counterparty credit, including risk capital and/or stress testing
  • Develop, maintain, and enhance technical documentation, including project plans, model descriptions, mathematical derivations, data analyses, process and quality controls
  • Develop and implement methodologies, algorithms and diagnostic tools for testing model robustness, stability, reliability, performance, and quality control of modelling data
  • Support various tasks in response to regulatory and internal risk management requirements
  • Tools: Python, GIT, Excel, Word, Power Point
July 2020 - June 2021 | Warsaw, Poland
Risk Management Analyst
  • Member of a cross-functional team aimed to deliver risk management and capital market advisory services for financial services costumers across Europe and Middle East
  • Member of Capability Network (CN) Quantitative Risk Framework
  • Leading Swiss multinational bank Project: Designing, building, tuning and maintaining large scale ETL Pipelines to meet business and technical requirements. Developing set of scripts to help automatize client's workflow and critical areas
  • Tools: Python, Apache Spark, GIT, Palantir Foundry, JIRA, Confluence, Excel, Word, Power Point
July 2019 - June 2020 | Warsaw, Poland
Consultant/Specialist/Sr. Specialist
  • Consulting: Supporting clients' VBA and Eikon API (Excel and Python) queries providing tailored solutions and automation tools
  • Financial Modelling: Responsible for providing industry leading financial modelling services to Investment Banks, Asset Managers and Corporates globally. Creating comprehensive equity research and IB excel models. Focus areas are: Equity, Fixed Income, commodities, derivatives, funds and FX
  • Various: Assisting clients in building, auditing and automating investor presentation materials. Dealing with content issues and checking data accuracy
  • Tools: VBA, Excel, Word, Power Point, Python
September 2017 - June 2019 | Gdansk, Poland
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EY

Performance Improvement Intern
  • Business Process Re-engineering: rethinking and redesigning the way clients' work is done to better support client company's mission and reduce costs
  • Strategic planning: Redefining company's strategy and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue the best strategy
  • Business analysis: Identifying clients' business needs and determining solutions to these business problems
  • Tools: Excel, Word, Power Point
March 2017 - June 2017 | Milan, Italy

Projects

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Skills

Languages and Databases

Python
VBA
MySQL
Shell Scripting
Apache Spark
HTML5
CSS3
R
C++

Frameworks and Libraries

scikit-learn
SciPy
NumPy
Pandas
Statsmodels
Boto3
Requests
Flask
FastAPI
matplotlib
Plotly
Seaborn
BeautifulSoup
xlwings

Other

Git
Docker
AWS
Postman

Education

Catholic University of the Sacred Heart

Milan, Italy

Degree: M.Sc. in Banking and Finance

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Quantitative methods for finance
    • Derivative securities pricing
    • Applied econometrics
    • Investment risk management
    • Market microstructure

UCLA Anderson School of Management

Los Angeles, USA

Degree: Summer Program

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Finance
    • Money and Banking

University of Milano-Bicocca

Milan, Italy

Degree: B.Sc. Economics for Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions

    Relevant Courseworks:

    • Basic calculus
    • Financial mathematics
    • Statistics I
    • Statistics for finance
    • Derivative pricing

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