Peter Farkas

ASPAC Regional Director of Technology Innovation @ KPMG | MBA | MSc

Singapore

About

I am a C# enthusiast for 20+ years with 15+ years of experience in the finance sector. Supporter of cloud computing initiatives to deliver faster, more reliable in a budget- and maintenance-friendly manner. Open to learn: Golang, Kotlin, more functional programming and everything related to cloud computing

Experience

  • Regional Director of Technology Innovation, ASPAC at KPMG Singapore
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    As a member of the ASPAC Regional Tax Technology team, I support KPMG Member Firms in achieving our collective Growth and Trust ambitions by driving the development and deployment of global technology platforms. I collaborate closely with local and regional teams across the network to deliver innovative, scalable solutions that enhance operational efficiency and client value. Technologies: Microsoft 365, VBA, Powershell, Azure

  • Cloud Architect | Senior Manager at KPMG Global Services Hungary
    Aug 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 2 mos

    Member of KPMG’s international compliance services center, which offers VAT compliance and accounting solutions. Part of the technology & development team, I focus on delivering public cloud solutions using Azure. Responsibilities: * Act as a technical liaison between analysts, delivery teams and support * Assist migrating applications from the enterprise to public cloud and app modernization * Lead the architectural design, define technology directions and development standards * Design solutions that integrate on-prem back office systems and third-party components * Assist in vendor selection and candidate assessment * Mentoring and professional development of 21-person team * Process engineering: SDLC, mentoring/coaching/workshops Technologies: Azure, ARM, Git, Powershell

  • Senior Software Engineer at Dealogic
    Oct 2020 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Working on a platform that is used by 100+ investment banks across the globe and has been used to run the largest IPOs in history. Responsibilities: * Shaping on-prem application Azure migration strategy with 7R * Design, build and/or migrate applications, software and services on public cloud to meet business needs and reduce costs Technologies used: .NET Core, REST API, ARM/Bicep/Terraform, Cosmos DB, Event-driven architecture, Azure

  • Morgan Stanley (13 yrs 3 mos)
    • Cloud/PaaS Engineer | Vice President
      Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

      Responsibilities: * Driving the IT transformation to the new IT landscape (Cloud, DevOps, CI/CD) * Design, develop and deliver migration process for proprietary applications to the new platform * Work actively with operations teams to analyze and resolve infrastructure issues, identify defects, discrepancies and trends * Lead regular status update calls for the joint project team Technologies used: Microsoft Azure Stack, IIS, Docker, C# ASP.NET, Javascript, OIDC

    • IT Development Manager | Vice President
      Apr 2015 - Aug 2018 · 3 yrs 5 mos

      Responsibilities: * Coordinate front-end development effort of firm's Settlements product line and Trade Risk Control space * Build CI/CD pipeline using P4, Jenkins * Cross-functional team leadership to deliver regulatory requirements on time * Maintain project plan and setup WBS structures; track approved action plans on critical path deliverables * Process engineering to increase transparency and team throughput * Coach junior colleagues, perform year-end evaluations and participate in recruitment * Manage team of developers: PL1, Sybase, DB2, Java, .NET

    • IT Development Manager | Vice President
      Aug 2013 - Mar 2015 · 1 yr 8 mos

      IT asset management tool provides information about the firm’s technology assets including system and components, application infrastructure, enterprise technology infrastructure, facilities, and the relationships between these assets. It is also used to manage the team associations, roles, and technology access entitlements for people within Tech & Data; reporting on system disaster recovery plans and documentation; risk management, system and infrastructure cost reporting, management reporting, and general plant management. Responsibilities: * Manage development of firm's TAI product including scope validation, effort estimation, task management, deployment and support * Work with stakeholders driving architecture changes of the product to meet business requirements and integration points with other systems * Represent team in cross-functional working groups * Provide coaching to the staff and drive continuous improvement initiatives * Conducting year-end evaluations and career development for team members * Responsible for divisional business continuity planning for Budapest * Manage team of developers: Java 6, Adobe Flex 4.5, HTML5 with AngularJS, DB2

  • Lead Software Developer at Siemens
    Jul 2006 - Jun 2007 · 1 yr

    As an on-site consultant from evosoft, I implemented components for industrial automation software.