Personal information
| Full name: | Néstor Javier Durán Paradela |
| Date of birth: | February 7, 1987 |
| Country of residence: | US (Boston) |
| E-mail: | nestor.jdp@gmail.com |
Key Skills / Strengths
- Business
| Management of precision teams | Ability to handle priorities and deadlines | Proficient in software implantation |
| Strategic Planning, Development and Execution | Fluent in English, Spanish & Galician | Analytical skills |
| Remote management | Care and attention of key stakeholders | Ability in creating tracking documents, policies, procedures and controls |
- Software
| Platforms: | Windows, UNIX, Mac |
| Computer languages: | C, C#, .NET, Java, SQL, PHP, JS/CSS |
| Networking/Web: | TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, XHTML, XML, JSON, AJAX |
| Project management tools: | Microsoft Project |
Highlights & Achievements
- Designed and defined procedures and business processes.
- Successfully implanting and delivering AML (Anti-Money Laundering) complex tools and CDD (Customer Due Diligence) operations in the retail banking sector.
- Analyzed the operational risk due to new requirements affecting implementation and detected opportunities for improvement.
- Provided support and training to other teams involved in implementations.
- Worked with compliance models from various regions including USA, Latin America and Europe.
Professional Experience
| Business consultant at PwC Advisory (Spain). | Sep’2011–Today |
Currently involved in projects of Anti-money laundering (AML) and Customer Due Diligence operations (CDD) in the Retail Banking Sector. Experience with Compliance models from various geographical regions including Latin America and Europe. Today moved on a project in Boston (USA).
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| Research Assistant. | Sep’2010–Sep’2011 |
| Research on Computing applied to chemical risk assessment in Chemistry for the Information Technologies and Communications Department at A Coruña University (Software Engineering Laboratory). | |
Education
| B.S. in Computer Science | 2005 – 2010 |
| A Coruña University, Spain | |
| Undergraduate Thesis Project: “CRACOBA” (Chemical Risk Assessment by COntrol BAnding) | Sep’2010–Sep’2011 |
| In collaboration with CHUAC Hospital (Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña). Accesit to the “Best Final Degree Project Award”, awarded by EVERIS and the Faculty of Computing, A Coruña University. | |
Other relevant information
- Sponsored on a L1-B Visa.
- Co-founder of the Information Security Group of A Coruña, Spain (GSIC).
- Driving license B.