Orbium

• Speakers : Manuel Anton started his career in the IT field at Banque BNP Paribas and after that joined the financial services unit of PricewaterhouseCoopers Management Consulting where he specialized in implementation of core banking systems and more specifically Avaloq Banking System. In 2003, he co-founded Orbium and worked on some large Avaloq implementation projects in Switzerland and Luxembourg. Mr Anton took various roles and responsibilities on these projects and on his last project he successfully managed the first ever implementation of the Avaloq Banking System in Luxembourg. Olivier Schneider started his career as an auditor in the private banking sector. Later on, he moved to New York City where he became responsible for the Management Information department of an international Bank. Following that experience, he returned to Geneva to establish the Management Consulting practice of Coopers & Lybrand. The latter merged with Price Waterhouse to form PricewaterhouseCoopers, the largest Management Consulting firm in the world. At PwC, Mr Schneider took on responsibility for all sorts of projects, focusing mainly on wealth management – before taking charge of the PwC private banking service for Switzerland. He joined Orbium in 2005 as a partner and is in charge of the business development and international expansion of the firm.

Callataÿ & Wouters and SAP

The wealth management process is dynamic, moving at a rapid pace to incorporate new products, processes, regulatory requirements and address ever-changing customer demands. Outdated or fragmented core systems often create obstacles for the front-office to manage customers effectively and maximize revenues. Service providers must respond quickly to business changes whilst leveraging application infrastructure to address new business requirements.

Speakers

• Thorsten Zapf is Director Banking Solutions at SAP AG. He joined SAP in 1999. Currently, he is responsible for Business Solutions EMEA in the area of Analytical Banking. Before joining SAP, he had several positions in Risk Management and Asset Liability Management in a German bank. Thorsten holds a master degree in Industrial Engineering of University Karlsruhe.
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• Johan Martens is Sales & Marketing Director and member of the Managing Committee at Callataÿ & Wouters. He started his career working for ING Belgium in Credits & Risk Management in 1987. In 1997, he joined PWC Consulting as a partner where he led several innovative banking projects. In 2002, he joined Callatay & Wouters, Brussels as Program Director. In 2004, he became head of Professional Services and a member of the Management Committee. Johan was appointed Global Head of Sales & Marketing in September 2008.

Jörg Strässer is Director at Exigo S.A. He worked the whole time of his professional life in Switzerland before at PwC and various private and universal banks. He has 20 years experience in Project Management, Test Management, Co-ordination between banking business and IT, focused on securities, back office and mortgages, implementation of core banking systems, training and organization, business analysis and development of it strategy.

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Agility Workshop 2008

• Presentations on Agility and TTM - Avaloq, Orbium and LBBW
Presentations by Frédéric Kemp for Avaloq, Manuel Anton for Orbium and Germain Wolff for LBBW.
• Presentations on Agility and TTM - Callataÿ&Wouters and SAP
Presentations of the workshop Agility and Time to Market by Thorsten Zapf, SAP and Johan Martens, Callataÿ&Wouters.