Kevin McTait

Kevin McTait has a diverse work experience spanning over the years. Kevin worked as a Senior Developer at Lendscape from September 2020 to the present. Prior to that, they were a self-employed Technical Business Analyst and Consultant from September 2019 to September 2020, working on digital financial services projects for United Nations' postal organizations.

From June 2014 to July 2019, Kevin served as a Technical Account Manager at the United Nations - Universal Postal Union, where they managed a portfolio of accounts and served as the interface between users and software development teams. Kevin also held the role of International Secretary for the International Financial Services User Group.

Before that, they worked at UIA (Insurance) Ltd as a Java Architect from February 2010 to December 2013. Kevin was responsible for architectural design and development using Java.

In 2009, Kevin was an Associate Director of Application Development at Interone, where they managed single login APIs and backend database for customer account management. Kevin also had responsibilities in IT strategy, staff development, and collaboration with on-shore teams.

Prior to that, they worked as a freelance Web Applications Developer from October 2007 to December 2008, and as a Senior Java Developer/Architect at Sogeti from October 2005 to September 2007, where they focused on Java code development, SQL queries, and performance optimization.

Kevin also gained experience as a Language Engineering Consultant at Contract, Edifixio, and Télétcom Paris, where they worked on language engineering projects and research related to information retrieval systems.

Overall, Kevin McTait has a strong background in development, analysis, and consultancy in the field of financial services and technology.

Kevin McTait earned a PhD in Computational Linguistics from The University of Manchester between 1998 and 2001. Prior to that, they obtained an MSc in Machine Translation from the same institution, completing it in 1997. Kevin started their academic journey at the University of Nottingham, where they pursued a BA Hons in Modern Language Studies (French, German, Russian) from 1992 to 1996.

In addition to their formal education, Kevin McTait has obtained various certifications. These include the "Agile Crash Course: Agile Project Management; Agile Delivery" from Udemy in September 2021, "Learn to code for data analysis" from The Open University in May 2020, and the "Certified Scrum Product Owner® (CSPO®)" from Scrum Alliance in February 2019. Kevin has also completed the "Introduction to Statistics (with High Distinction)" course from Udacity and holds the "Oracle Certified Professional, Java SE 6 Programmer" certification from Oracle, although the specific dates of completion are not provided.